How to set a lexer from a plugin?

[dail]

Previously I used SCI_SETLEXER from a plugin so that a scintilla instance would be lexed appropriately.

Since that message is gone I need to call CreateLexer() and use SCI_SETILEXER however a plugin can’t call CreateLexer() since it is implemented in SciLexer.dll.

Does a new Notepad++ message need to be created to have Notepad++ call CreateLexer() on behalf of a plugin? Am I missing something?

[dinkumoil]

@dail

You could use NPPM_SETBUFFERLANGTYPE <BufferId> <LanguageCode> to set a lexer for a specific tab. LanguageCode is a constant from enum LangType in file Notepad_plus_msgs.h.

[dail]

@dinkumoil

I’m using NPPM_CREATESCINTILLAHANDLE to create a couple of instances not managed by Notepad++. E.g. LuaScript has an instance in the console that highlights Lua.

NPPM_SETBUFFERLANGTYPE won’t work in this case.

[dinkumoil]

@dail

Ah, OK. Now I understand why YOU asked that question. ;-)