Thanks a lot for this!

I am trying to combine the table support from the code above into this new code.

			<parser
				displayName="Lua w/o Class"
				id         ="lua_function"
				commentExpr="(?x)                                               # free-spacing (see `RegEx - Pattern Modifiers`)
								(?s:                                            # Multi Line Comment
									(?&lt;!-)-{2}                               # - start-of-comment indicator with
									\x5B(?'MLCLVL'=*)\x5B                       #   ...specific level
									.*?                                         # - whatever, until
									\x5D\k'MLCLVL'\x5D                          # - end-of-comment indicator of equal level
								)
							|	(?m-s:-{2}.*$)                                  # Single Line Comment
							|	(?s-m:                                          # String Literal
									=\s*
									\x5B(?'SLLVL'=*)\x5B                        # - start-of-string indicator with specific level
									.*?                                         # - whatever, until
									\x5D\k'SLLVL'\x5D                           # - end-of-string indicator of equal level
								)
							"
			>
				<function
					mainExpr="(?x)                                              # free-spacing (see `RegEx - Pattern Modifiers`)
							(?m)                                                # ^ and $ match at line-breaks
							(?:
								^\h*                                            # optional leading white-space at start-of-line
								(?-i:local\s+)?
								(?-i:function)
								\s+[A-Za-z_]\w*
								(?:\.[A-Za-z_]\w*)*
								(?::[A-Za-z_]\w*)?
							|
								\s*[A-Za-z_]\w*
								(?:\.[A-Za-z_]\w*)*
								\s*=
								\s*(?-i:function)
							)
							\s*\([^()]*\)
						"
				>
					<functionName>
						<nameExpr expr="(?&lt;=\bfunction\b)\s+[A-Za-z_][\w.:]*\s*\(|[A-Za-z_][\w.]*\s*=" />
						<nameExpr expr="[A-Za-z_][\w.:]*" />
					</functionName>
				</function>
			</parser>

			</parser>

			<!-- Basic lua parser for functionList.xml in Notepad++ 6.5.3 -->
			<!-- See http://notepad-plus-plus.org/features/function-list.html -->
			<parser
				displayName="Lua"
				id         ="lua_function"
				commentExpr="(?x)                                               # free-spacing (see `RegEx - Pattern Modifiers`)
					(?s:                                            # Multi Line Comment
						(?&lt;!-)-{2}                               # - start-of-comment indicator with
						\x5B(?'MLCLVL'=*)\x5B                       #   ...specific level
						.*?                                         # - whatever, until
						\x5D\k'MLCLVL'\x5D                          # - end-of-comment indicator of equal level
					)
				|   (?m-s:-{2}.*$)                                  # Single Line Comment
				|   (?s-m:                                          # String Literal
						=\s*
						\x5B(?'SLLVL'=*)\x5B                        # - start-of-string indicator with specific level
						.*?                                         # - whatever, until
						\x5D\k'SLLVL'\x5D                           # - end-of-string indicator of equal level
					)
				"
			>

				<!-- Basic lua table view, nested lua table not supported -->
				<classRange
					mainExpr="[.\w]+[\s]*=[\s]*\{"
					openSymbole="\{"
					closeSymbole="\}"
					displayMode="node">
					<className>
						<nameExpr expr="[.\w]+"/>
					</className>
					<function
						mainExpr="[.\w]+[\s]*=[\s]*['&quot;]?[\w]+['&quot;]?">
						<functionName>
							<funcNameExpr expr=".*"/>
						</functionName>
					</function>
				</classRange>
				<!-- Basic lua functions support -->
				<function
					mainExpr="(function[\s]+[.\w]+(:[\w]+)?)|([.\w]+[\s]*=[\s]*function)"
					displayMode="$className->$functionName">
					<functionName>
						<nameExpr expr="((?<=function)[\s]+[.:\w]+)|(([.\w]+)(?=([\s]*=[\s]*function)))"/>
					</functionName>
					<className>
						<nameExpr expr="[.\w]+(?=:)"/>
					</className>
				</function>
			</parser>

			<!-- ================================================================= -->
		</parsers>
	</functionList>
</NotepadPlus>

It didn’t change anything. I think I indented right.
It errors on this line <nameExpr expr=“((?<=function)[\s]+[.:\w]+)|(([.\w]+)(?=([\s]*=[\s]*function)))”/>
according to the online xml validator.

        <parser id="lua_function" displayName="Lua" commentExpr="--.*?$">

to

			<parser
				displayName="Lua"
				id         ="lua_function"
				commentExpr="(?x)                                               # free-spacing (see `RegEx - Pattern Modifiers`)
								(?s:                                            # Multi Line Comment
									(?&lt;!-)-{2}                               # - start-of-comment indicator with
									\x5B(?'MLCLVL'=*)\x5B                       #   ...specific level
									.*?                                         # - whatever, until
									\x5D\k'MLCLVL'\x5D                          # - end-of-comment indicator of equal level
								)
							|	(?m-s:-{2}.*$)                                  # Single Line Comment
							|	(?s-m:                                          # String Literal
									=\s*
									\x5B(?'SLLVL'=*)\x5B                        # - start-of-string indicator with specific level
									.*?                                         # - whatever, until
									\x5D\k'SLLVL'\x5D                           # - end-of-string indicator of equal level
								)
							"
			>

--[[
	Resize and hide any unusable bag slots in the frame.
		This function needs to know about the size and layout of the frame
--]]

“needs” here is recognized as a function because it is right after the word “function”

and here:

–this function is there so that it can be overriden

the word "is" is recognized here also.

This is my code, already integrated into functionlist and working.

Just need to parse out the comments, so they dont appear in thefunction list.

		<!-- Basic lua parser for functionList.xml in Notepad++ 6.5.3 -->
		<!-- See http://notepad-plus-plus.org/features/function-list.html -->
		<parser id="lua_function" displayName="Lua" commentExpr="--.*?$">
			<!-- Basic lua table view, nested lua table not supported -->
			<classRange
				mainExpr="[.\w]+[\s]*=[\s]*\{"
				openSymbole="\{"
				closeSymbole="\}"
				displayMode="node">
				<className>
					<nameExpr expr="[.\w]+"/>
				</className>
				<function
					mainExpr="[.\w]+[\s]*=[\s]*['&quot;]?[\w]+['&quot;]?">
					<functionName>
						<funcNameExpr expr=".*"/>
					</functionName>
				</function>
			</classRange>
			<!-- Basic lua functions support -->
			<function
				mainExpr="(function[\s]+[.\w]+(:[\w]+)?)|([.\w]+[\s]*=[\s]*function)"
				displayMode="$className->$functionName">
				<functionName>
					<nameExpr expr="((?<=function)[\s]+[.:\w]+)|(([.\w]+)(?=([\s]*=[\s]*function)))"/>
				</functionName>
				<className>
					<nameExpr expr="[.\w]+(?=:)"/>
				</className>
			</function>
		</parser>

		<!-- ================================================================= -->
	</parsers>
</functionList>

</NotepadPlus>

However, it also finds the word function in comments, obviously these are not functions…

I guess the code can be made so that it skips these comments using regex or something like that.

Unfortunately I don’t know regex and this is beyond my coding skill.
I would be happy if someone could code this into the code that is found here (the code with green checkmark): https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19246077/how-to-add-lua-functions-to-the-notepad-functionlist-xml

That’s all, thanks if you look into this.

Hint: pick the one from the favoured answer on stackoverflow.

Hi, I added this piece of code to the functionlist.xml that is found in both n++ installation directory and the user directory

<association langID=“23” id=“lua_function”/>

<parser id=“lua_function” displayName=“Lua”>
<function mainExpr=“^[t|locals]functions+[^0-9][_A-Za-z0-9.: ]+s(” displayMode=“$functionName”>
<functionName>
<nameExpr expr=“[.:]?sK[^0-9][_A-Za-z0-9]+s(”/>
<nameExpr expr=“[^0-9][_A-Za-z0-9]+s*(”/>
<nameExpr expr=“[^0-9][_A-Za-z0-9]+”/>
</functionName>
<className>
<nameExpr expr=“functionsK[^0-9][_A-Za-z0-9.:]+(?=s[.:])”/>
</className>
</function>
</parser>

I took this code from an over 3 years old post,
https://hristoz.com/2014/04/08/notepad-lua-function-list-with-tables/

I think I integrated this code into the functionlist.xml correctly. Does anyone know how I can get it working?

With a Google-search:

1. https://notepad-plus-plus.org/community/topic/11351/function-list
2. https://hristoz.com/2014/04/08/notepad-lua-function-list-with-tables/
3. http://yohanip.blogspot.nl/2014/01/lua-function-list-on-notepad.html
4. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19246077/how-to-add-lua-functions-to-the-notepad-functionlist-xml