Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > comp.lang.java.gui > #5062

Re: Syntax highlighting

Show all headers | View raw

On 02/29/2012 04:14 PM, ricoh51 wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 10:27:43 -0500, Jeff Higgins wrote:
>
>> On 02/29/2012 08:38 AM, ricoh51 wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> I need to make an editor with syntax highlighting. The lexer run as I
>>> want, but I do not know how to start th GUI. I have choose a JTextPane
>>> to do that, is this a good choice? Do I need to extend DocumentListener
>>> or DocumentFilter? Who can help me to start?
>>>
>> I believe I would start by looking at how others have approched the
>> problem.
>>   From the first page of results of a web search with the key words
>> swing+syntax+highlight+editor I get these open source projects:
>> RSyntaxTextArea, jEdit Syntax Package, JSyntaxPane, and a very old
>> tutorial article from Sun, "Customizing a Text Editor".
>
> Thank's, but all are difficult to understand...
>

These articles have been around for years.
I found them useful and fairly simple to understand a long time ago.
They are still relevant.
Hope it helps.

Customizing a Text Editor
<http://java.sun.com/products/jfc/tsc/articles/text/editor_kit/>

Using the Swing Text Package
<http://java.sun.com/products/jfc/tsc/articles/text/overview/index.html>

If you decide to build the project in the article you will need to:
replace all references to packages com.sun.java with javax,
ignore the file GapContent.java -don't build it, it is now included in 
the JDK,
include in your build path tools.jar from the lib directory of your JDK

I just built and ran this using Java 7.

Back to comp.lang.java.gui | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar

Thread

Syntax highlighting ricoh51 <ricoh51@free.fr> - 2012-02-29 13:38 +0000
  Re: Syntax highlighting Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-02-29 10:27 -0500
    Re: Syntax highlighting ricoh51 <ricoh51@free.fr> - 2012-02-29 21:14 +0000
      Re: Syntax highlighting Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-02-29 18:02 -0500
        Re: Syntax highlighting Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-03-01 09:49 -0800
          Re: Syntax highlighting ricoh51 <ricoh51@free.fr> - 2012-03-01 22:24 +0000
        Re: Syntax highlighting ricoh51 <ricoh51@free.fr> - 2012-03-01 21:16 +0000
          Re: Syntax highlighting Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-03-01 19:23 -0500
          Re: Syntax highlighting Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-03-02 11:21 -0500
  Re: Syntax highlighting Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-03-02 04:39 -0800
  Re: Syntax highlighting ricoh51 <ricoh51@free.fr> - 2012-03-03 13:29 +0000
    Re: Syntax highlighting Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-03-03 21:09 -0500
      Re: Syntax highlighting Éric Marchand <eric.marchand51@gmail.com> - 2012-03-05 01:32 -0800
        Re: Syntax highlighting Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-03-05 05:35 -0500
          Re: Syntax highlighting Éric Marchand <eric.marchand51@gmail.com> - 2012-03-05 04:59 -0800

csiph-web