Functionlist no longer working on .vb files

[Diedrich Hesmer]

Since several days the functionlist panel is empty for vb files on Notepad++ 7.9.1. For other files its still working as usual.
I checked the functionlist folder and there is no vb.xml file available.
How to get it work again on vb files?

best regards
Diedrich

[Ekopalypse]

@Diedrich-Hesmer

@MAPJe71 has a comprehensive list of function lists for different languages here

[Diedrich Hesmer]

@Ekopalypse
Thanks for the answer.
But its still not working.
I copied the 43 lines of vb-3.0.FL.xml to an empty file, renamed it to vb.xml and copied the file to the functionlist folder, where the other xml files are located.
What did I wrong?

best regards
Diedrich

[Ekopalypse]

Can you try this one?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<NotepadPlus>
  <functionList>
    <associationMap>
      <association langID="18" id="vb_function"         /> <!-- L_VB           -->
    </associationMap>
     <!--                                                     [vb_function] -->
      <parser 
          id="vb_function" 
          displayName="Visual Basic (.NET|Script|for Applications)"  
          commentExpr="(?m:((?&lt;=&apos;).*?$)|((?i:REM)([\t ].*?)?$))"> 
        <classRange
            mainExpr="(?s:(?&lt;SCOPE&gt;(?i:CLASS|TYPE)).*?(?i:END[\t ]\k&lt;SCOPE&gt;))"
            displayMode="node" >
          <className>
            <nameExpr expr="(?i:CLASS|TYPE)[\t ]+(?:[A-Za-z_][\w]*\b)(?:.*?[\r\n])" />
            <nameExpr expr="[\t ]+(?:[A-Za-z_][\w]*\b)" />
            <nameExpr expr="[A-Za-z_][\w]*" />
          </className>
          <function
              mainExpr="(?m:^[\t ]*(?i:(?:(?:PRIVATE|PROTECTED|PUBLIC)[\t ]+)?(?:STATIC[\t ]+)?(?:SUB|FUNCTION|PROPERTY)).*?(?:\(|$))" >
            <functionName>
              <funcNameExpr expr="(?i:(?:(?:PRIVATE|PROTECTED|PUBLIC)[\t ]+)?(?:STATIC[\t ]+)?(?:SUB|FUNCTION|PROPERTY)).*?(?:\(|$)"/>
              <funcNameExpr expr="(?i:(?:SUB|FUNCTION|PROPERTY)).*?(?:\(|$)"/>
              <funcNameExpr expr="[A-Za-z_][\w]*(?=[\t ]*\()"/>
            </functionName>
          </function>
        </classRange>
        <function 
            mainExpr="^[\t ]*(?i:(?:(?:PRIVATE|PROTECTED|PUBLIC)[\t ]+)?(?:STATIC[\t ]+)?(?:SUB|FUNCTION|PROPERTY))[\t ].*?[A-Za-z_][\w]*(?:[\t ]*\(|$)" 
            displayMode="$functionName">
          <functionName>
            <nameExpr expr="(?i:(?:(?:PRIVATE|PROTECTED|PUBLIC)[\t ]+)?(?:STATIC[\t ]+)?(?:SUB|FUNCTION|PROPERTY))[\t ].*?[A-Za-z_][\w]*(?:[\t ]*\(|$)"/>
            <nameExpr expr="(?i:(?:SUB|FUNCTION|PROPERTY))[\t ].*?[A-Za-z_][\w]*(?:[\t ]*\(|$)"/>
            <nameExpr expr="[A-Za-z_][\w]*(?=[\t ]*\()"/>
          </functionName>
        </function>
      </parser>      
      <!--                                                                [] -->
  </functionList>
</NotepadPlus>

[PeterJones]

@Diedrich-Hesmer said in Functionlist no longer working on .vb files:

What did I wrong?

Did you remember to exit all copies of Notepad++ and restart Notepad++ after putting that file in the right location? Because Notepad++ won’t re-read the configuration files until you restart.

Are you sure it got saved as vb.xml and not vb.xml.txt?

[Ekopalypse]

@PeterJones

It looks like the parsers tag was removed. I’m currently trying
to find out when this happened.

[Ekopalypse]

Seems this has been introduce with version 7.9.1.

[PeterJones]

@Ekopalypse ,

Correct, the new syntax doesn’t include the <parsers> tag wrapped around the <parser> tag anymore.

The file you posted works:

Hmm, looks like the documentation for Function List and especially function list section of config files could use slight improvement to make it more clear that you don’t need the <parsers>...</parsers> with v7.9.1 and newer.

[Ekopalypse]

The new solution seems not cover lexer plugins.
I was trying to use

<association id= "v.xml"		langID= "86"/>

or

<association id= "v.xml"				userDefinedLangName="VLang"/>

But both failed. Technically lexer plugins do get an unique ID
assigned but this varies depending how much lexer plugins you are using.
So … any ideas?
I assume I have to open an issue.

[PeterJones]

@Ekopalypse ,

Did you remember to also update the overrideMap.xml? For default builtin lexers, the overrideMap defaults to a reasonable value (shown in comments); but for any others (like UDL and presumably lexer plugins), you have to update the overrideMap.

[dinkumoil]

@Diedrich-Hesmer

I use this file and it works:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<!-- ==========================================================================\
|
|   To learn how to make your own language parser, please check the following
|   link:
|       https://npp-user-manual.org/docs/function-list/
|
\=========================================================================== -->
<NotepadPlus>
	<functionList>
		<!-- ================================================== [ VB/VBS/VBA ] -->

		<parser
			displayName="Visual Basic (.NET|Script|for Applications)"
			id         ="vb_function"
			commentExpr="(?m:((?&lt;=&apos;).*?$|((?i:REM)([\t ].*?)?$))"
		>
			<classRange
				mainExpr="(?s:(?&lt;SCOPE&gt;(?i:CLASS|TYPE)).*?(?i:END[\t ]\k&lt;SCOPE&gt;))"
				displayMode="node"
			>
				<className>
					<nameExpr expr="(?i:CLASS|TYPE)[\t ]+(?:[A-Za-z_][\w]*\b)(?:.*?[\r\n])" />
					<nameExpr expr="[\t ]+(?:[A-Za-z_][\w]*\b)" />
					<nameExpr expr="[A-Za-z_][\w]*" />
				</className>

				<function
					mainExpr="(?m:^[\t ]*(?i:(?:(?:PUBLIC|PRIVATE|PROTECTED|FRIEND|PROTECTED FRIEND)[\t ]+)?(?:(?:STATIC|SHARED|SHADOWS|OVERRIDABLE|OVERRIDES|READONLY|WRITEONLY)[\t ]+)?(?:SUB|FUNCTION|PROPERTY)).*?(?:\(|$))"
				>
					<functionName>
						<funcNameExpr expr="(?i:(?:(?:PUBLIC|PRIVATE|PROTECTED|FRIEND|PROTECTED FRIEND)[\t ]+)?(?:STATIC[\t ]+)?(?:SUB|FUNCTION|PROPERTY)).*?(?:\(|$)"/>
						<funcNameExpr expr="(?i:(?:SUB|FUNCTION|PROPERTY)).*?(?:\(|$)"/>
						<funcNameExpr expr="(?i:(?:GET|LET|SET)[\t ]+)?[A-Za-z_][\w]*(?=[\t ]*(?:\(|$))"/>
					</functionName>
				</function>
			</classRange>

			 <function
				mainExpr="^[\t ]*(?i:(?:(?:PUBLIC|PRIVATE|PROTECTED|FRIEND|PROTECTED FRIEND)[\t ]+)?(?:(?:STATIC|(?:DECLARE(?:[\t ]+(ANSI|UNICODE|AUTO))?))[\t ]+)?(?:SUB|FUNCTION|PROPERTY)).*?(?:\(|$)"
				displayMode="$functionName"
			>
				<functionName>
					<nameExpr expr="(?i:(?:(?:PUBLIC|PRIVATE|PROTECTED|FRIEND|PROTECTED FRIEND)[\t ]+)?(?:(?:STATIC|(?:DECLARE(?:[\t ]+(?:ANSI|UNICODE|AUTO))?))[\t ]+)?(?:SUB|FUNCTION|PROPERTY)).*?(?:\(|$)"/>
					<nameExpr expr="(?i:(?:SUB|FUNCTION|PROPERTY)).*?(?:\(|$)"/>
					<nameExpr expr="(?i:(?:GET|LET|SET)[\t ]+)?[A-Za-z_][\w]*(?i:[\t ]+(LIB|ALIAS)[\t ]+[\w&quot;\.]+)*(?=[\t ]*(?:\(|$))"/>
				</functionName>
			</function>
		</parser>
	</functionList>
</NotepadPlus>

[Ekopalypse]

@PeterJones

Sorry, I should have clarified that these changes were made in overrideMap.xml.

[PeterJones]

@Ekopalypse ,

These overrideMap customizations work for me

			<!-- ==================== Peter's Customizations ============================ -->
            <association id= "my_perl.xml"			langID= "21" />
			<association id= "udl_markdown.xml"		userDefinedLangName="Markdown"/>
			<association id= "udl_cadence.xml"		userDefinedLangName="Cadence"/>
			<!-- ======================================================================== -->

The first overrides where the default perl (#21) file is named. The other two are for UDL maps.

So what you showed does look like the syntax you should use. Maybe a bug in the implementation that doesn’t allow for plugin-based lexers to work with functionList?

[Ekopalypse]

@PeterJones said in Functionlist no longer working on .vb files:

Maybe a bug in the implementation that doesn’t allow for plugin-based lexers to work with functionList?

I am currently assuming this is the case, but am struggling to really understand the code. Will have to check this further.

[Ekopalypse]

Issue, perhaps better called question, 9519 opened.

[Diedrich Hesmer]

@Ekopalypse
I’m back to normal. Thanks for your help, this copy did it.

best regards
Diedrich