Function list and AutoIt / AU3 files

[Dave HbsK]

Hi there,

my name is Dave and I am a big fan of NotePad++ and I am trying to customize it as far as I can. And as I am writing some AutoIt stuff at the moment, I try to find or write a parser to include into functionList.xml to add recognition of AU3 functions.
They look like this :

Func function_name(parameters)

and comments are delimitated by a “;” : everything on the right of the “;” is ignored.

as a first try, I added this :

		<association langID="40" id="au3_function"/>

and

		<parser id="au3_function" displayName="Au3 script" >
			<function
			    mainExpr="^\s*func\s+\w+\(.*"
				displayMode="$functionName">
				<functionName>
					<nameExpr expr=".*"/>
				</functionName>
			</function>
		</parser>

the function list seems to detect the AU3 file, but nothing appears…

subsidiary question : is the function list parser case sensitive ? because I type “func” but it could be “Func” or “FUNC” or any other combination…

Notepad++ doc on the subject :
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/features/function-list.html

Thanks for your help and have a nice day.

Dave.

[MAPJe71]

Try this parser:

  <parser id="au_function" displayName="AutoIt3" commentExpr="(((?mi-s)^\h*;.*?$)/|((?s-m)#cs.*?#ce))" >
    <function mainExpr="(?i)^\h*func\h+\w+\h*\(" >
      <functionName>
        <nameExpr expr="(?mi)(?&lt;=^\h*func\h+)\w+" />
      </functionName>
    </function>
  </parser>

[binbinhfr]

Hi,

thanks a lot for the answer.
sorry to reply with another login, but I cannot login with my google+ on firefox… strange.
So I tried what you said, but it does not match at all.
So I tried to simplify and the only thing that worked was :

			<function mainExpr="^\h*func\h+\w+\h*\(" >
				<functionName>
					<nameExpr expr="^\h*func\h+\w+" />

but it returns “func” before each function name.
I do not understand why (?<= does not work…

[MAPJe71]

Mea Culpa, didn’t test it, just copied from my FuncionList.xml.

Try this (tested and confirmed!) parser:

  <parser id="au3_function" displayName="AutoIt3" commentExpr="(?mi-s)^\s*;.*?$|(?s-m)#cs.*?#ce" >
    <function mainExpr="^\s*(?i:FUNC)\s+[A-Za-z_]\w*\s*\([^()]*?\)" >
      <functionName>
        <nameExpr expr="(?!(?i:FUNC)\s+)[A-Za-z_]\w*\s*\(" />
        <nameExpr expr="[A-Za-z_]\w*" />
      </functionName>
    </function>
  </parser>

[binbinhfr]

Thanks a lot !
It works like a charm.
I understood what you did,
I just have a problem with the [^()]*? part between the two function parenthesis at the end of mainExpr.
And what about (?!func\s+). Does it mean that I don’t want a func patern at the right ? Why not a positive lookbehind with ?<= is not working ?

Could you explain to a novice ?

[MAPJe71]

With the [^()]*? (none greedy zero or more characters not being parenthesis) I was aiming for the possibility to include the function parameters in the tree view.

(?!(?i:FUNC)\s+)) should have been (?!(?i:FUNC)\b)) so you can even use function names starting with func, Func, fUNC, FUNC, FuNc, etc. e.g.

Func functionNameExample()
     ; function body
EndFunc

Positive look behind is supported since Boost v1.33.0.
So in theory it should be supported as Notepad++ is using Boost v1.55.0 for the RegEx engine in its custom Scintilla build.

[binbinhfr]

Thanks for the explanation

[Martian]

Hi!
here is an alternative working version of the author AZJIO http://azjio.ucoz.ru/
You need to Don Ho added support for AU3 functions in functionList.xml
it will be more convenient and useful for many users.
P.S.
Sorry for the emphasis is the translator.

<parser id=“au3_function” displayName=“au3 Func” commentExpr=“(((?m)^\h*;.?$)/|((?s)#cs.?#ce))”> <!-- комментарий, где игнорировать -->
<!-- то, к чему совершать прыжок -->
<function
mainExpr=“(?i)^\hFunc\h+[_A-Za-z0-9]+\h(”
displayMode=“$functionName”>
<functionName>
<nameExpr expr=“(?mi)(?<=^Func\h)([_A-Za-z0-9]+)”/> <!-- захватить имена в список функций -->
</functionName>
</function>
</parser>

[MAPJe71]

@Martian the commentExpr is incorrect.

FYI PR #2602 - FunctionList Update 2 includes an AutoIt3 parser.

[Martian]

@MAPJe71 said:

@Martian the commentExpr is incorrect.

FYI PR #2602 - FunctionList Update 2 includes an AutoIt3 parser.

Thank you MAPJe71
I meant it to be in the official Notepad ++ installer