((BOL)) need...

IBIT-ZEE

Hi

Since there is not yet available the possibility of using RegEx
for UDL/Syntax coloring…

I would dare to suggest the introduction of ((BOL))
(the counterpart of ((EOL))… so is not so alone anymore ;-) )

I have some languages who need to interpret delimiters
in a specific way only if they are at the beginning of the line…

Anyway… i think for the future…
a Syntax-Color-Parser based in RegEx
will be much more powerful and flexible…

something like what Ultraedit uses (can be better though!!!)
“https://www.ultraedit.com/wiki/Wordfiles”

PeterJones

@IBIT-ZEE ,

Great idea. This FAQ explains the only location where feature requests are tracked. If you submit a request, please paste a link in reply here.

That said, as of this posting there are 41 open issues mentioning UDL, and I cannot remember the last time that a new feature was added to UDL. So if it’s a critical need, you might want a workaround.

For a workaround, you can add extra highlighting to a UDL language using regexes via the script EnhanceUDLLexer.py that @Ekopalypse shares in this linked post

IBIT-ZEE

@PeterJones Thanks for you answer peter…
I already try to use Python…
but bring me other problems… when updating… and performance…
I think the addition of ((BOL)) for now it will solve this problem…
but for a bright future… the RegEx native implementation it’s a must!!!

IBIT-ZEE

…and here is the link to the GitHub feature request:

https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/8153