NAME
Syntax::Highlight::Engine::Kate - a port to Perl of the syntax highlight engine of the Kate text editor.
SYNOPSIS
#if you want to create a compiled executable, you may want to do this:
use Syntax::Highlight::Engine::Kate::All;
use Syntax::Highlight::Engine::Kate;
my $hl = Syntax::Highlight::Engine::Kate->new(
language => 'Perl',
substitutions => {
"<" => "<",
">" => ">",
"&" => "&",
" " => " ",
"\t" => " ",
"\n" => "<BR>\n",
},
format_table => {
Alert => [ "<font color=\"#0000ff\">", "</font>" ],
BaseN => [ "<font color=\"#007f00\">", "</font>" ],
BString => [ "<font color=\"#c9a7ff\">", "</font>" ],
Char => [ "<font color=\"#ff00ff\">", "</font>" ],
Comment => [ "<font color=\"#7f7f7f\"><i>", "</i></font>" ],
DataType => [ "<font color=\"#0000ff\">", "</font>" ],
DecVal => [ "<font color=\"#00007f\">", "</font>" ],
Error => [ "<font color=\"#ff0000\"><b><i>", "</i></b></font>" ],
Float => [ "<font color=\"#00007f\">", "</font>" ],
Function => [ "<font color=\"#007f00\">", "</font>" ],
IString => [ "<font color=\"#ff0000\">", "" ],
Keyword => [ "<b>", "</b>" ],
Normal => [ "", "" ],
Operator => [ "<font color=\"#ffa500\">", "</font>" ],
Others => [ "<font color=\"#b03060\">", "</font>" ],
RegionMarker => [ "<font color=\"#96b9ff\"><i>", "</i></font>" ],
Reserved => [ "<font color=\"#9b30ff\"><b>", "</b></font>" ],
String => [ "<font color=\"#ff0000\">", "</font>" ],
Variable => [ "<font color=\"#0000ff\"><b>", "</b></font>" ],
Warning => [ "<font color=\"#0000ff\"><b><i>", "</b></i></font>" ],
},
);
#or
my $hl = Syntax::Highlight::Engine::Kate::Perl->new(
substitutions => {
# ...
},
format_table => {
# ...
},
);
print "<html>\n<head>\n</head>\n<body>\n";
while ( my $in = <> ) {
print $hl->highlightText($in);
}
print "</body>\n</html>\n";DESCRIPTION
This module is now depricated.
It is superceded and replaced by Syntax::Kamelon. Best use Syntax::Kamelon for new projects.
Syntax::Highlight::Engine::Kate is a port to Perl of the syntax highlight engine of the Kate text editor.
The language XML files of Kate have been rewritten to Perl modules using a script. These modules function as plugins to this module.
Syntax::Highlight::Engine::Kate inherits Syntax::Highlight::Engine::Kate::Template.
OPTIONS
- language
-
Specify the language you want highlighted. Look in the PLUGINS section for supported languages.
- plugins
-
If you created your own language plugins you may specify a list of them with this option.
plugins => [ ["MyModuleName", "MyLanguageName", "*,ext1;*.ext2", "Section"], .... ] - format_table
-
This option must be specified if the highlightText method needs to do anything useful for you. All mentioned keys in the synopsis must be specified.
- substitutions
-
With this option you can specify additional formatting options.
METHODS
- extensions
-
Returns a reference to the extensions hash.
- language(?$language?)
-
Sets and returns the current language that is highlighted. When setting the language a reset is also done.
- languageAutoSet($filename)
-
Suggests language name for the given file $filename.
- languageList
-
Returns a list of languages for which plugins have been defined.
- languagePlug($language, ?$insensitive?)
-
Returns the module name of the plugin for $language.
If $insensitive is set it will also try to match names ignoring case and return the correct module name of the plugin.
e.g.
$highlighter->languagePlug('HtMl', 1);will returnHTML. - languagePropose($filename)
-
Suggests language name for the given file $filename.
- sections
-
Returns a reference to the sections hash.
ATTRIBUTES
In the Kate XML syntax files you find under the section <itemDatas> entries like <itemData name="Unknown Property" defStyleNum="dsError" italic="1"/>. Kate is an editor so it is ok to have definitions for foreground and background colors and so on. However, since this module is supposed to be a more universal highlight engine, the attributes need to be fully abstract. In which case, Kate does not have enough default attributes defined to fulfill all needs. Kate defines the following standard attributes:
dsNormal
dsKeyword
dsDataType
dsDecVal
dsBaseN
dsFloat
dsChar
dsString
dsComment
dsOthers
dsAlert
dsFunction
dsRegionMarker
dsError
This module leaves out the <ds> part and uses following additional attributes:
BString
IString
Operator
Reserved
Variable
I have modified the XML files so that each highlight mode would get its own attribute. In quite a few cases still not enough attributes were defined. So in some languages different modes have the same attribute.
PLUGINS
Below is an overview of existing plugins. All have been tested on use and can be created. The ones for which no sample file is available are marked. Those marked OK have highlighted the test file without apparent mistakes. This does not mean that all bugs are shaken out.
LANGUAGE MODULE COMMENT
******** ****** ******
.desktop Desktop OK
4GL FourGL No sample file
4GL-PER FourGLminusPER No sample file
ABC ABC OK
AHDL AHDL OK
ANSI C89 ANSI_C89 No sample file
ASP ASP OK
AVR Assembler AVR_Assembler OK
AWK AWK OK
Ada Ada No sample file
Alerts OK hidden module
Ansys Ansys No sample file
Apache Configuration Apache_Configuration No sample file
Asm6502 Asm6502 No sample file
Bash Bash OK
BibTeX BibTeX OK
C C No sample file
C# Cdash No sample file
C++ Cplusplus OK
CGiS CGiS No sample file
CMake CMake OK
CSS CSS OK
CUE Sheet CUE_Sheet No sample file
Cg Cg No sample file
ChangeLog ChangeLog No sample file
Cisco Cisco No sample file
Clipper Clipper OK
ColdFusion ColdFusion No sample file
Common Lisp Common_Lisp OK
Component-Pascal ComponentminusPascal No sample file
D D No sample file
Debian Changelog Debian_Changelog No sample file
Debian Control Debian_Control No sample file
Diff Diff No sample file
Doxygen Doxygen OK
E Language E_Language OK
Eiffel Eiffel No sample file
Email Email OK
Euphoria Euphoria OK
Fortran Fortran OK
FreeBASIC FreeBASIC No sample file
GDL GDL No sample file
GLSL GLSL OK
GNU Assembler GNU_Assembler No sample file
GNU Gettext GNU_Gettext No sample file
HTML HTML OK
Haskell Haskell OK
IDL IDL No sample file
ILERPG ILERPG No sample file
INI Files INI_Files No sample file
Inform Inform No sample file
Intel x86 (NASM) Intel_X86_NASM seems to have issues
JSP JSP OK
Java Java OK
JavaScript JavaScript OK
Javadoc Javadoc No sample file
KBasic KBasic No sample file
Kate File Template Kate_File_Template No sample file
LDIF LDIF No sample file
LPC LPC No sample file
LaTeX LaTex OK
Lex/Flex Lex_Flex OK
LilyPond LilyPond OK
Literate Haskell Literate_Haskell OK
Lua Lua No sample file
M3U M3U OK
MAB-DB MABminusDB No sample file
MIPS Assembler MIPS_Assembler No sample file
Makefile Makefile No sample file
Mason Mason No sample file
Matlab Matlab has issues
Modula-2 Modulaminus2 No sample file
Music Publisher Music_Publisher No sample file
Octave Octave OK
PHP (HTML) PHP_HTML OK
PHP_PHP OK hidden module
POV-Ray POV_Ray OK
Pascal Pascal No sample file
Perl Perl OK
PicAsm PicAsm OK
Pike Pike OK
PostScript PostScript OK
Prolog Prolog No sample file
PureBasic PureBasic OK
Python Python OK
Quake Script Quake_Script No sample file
R Script R_Script No sample file
REXX REXX No sample file
RPM Spec RPM_Spec No sample file
RSI IDL RSI_IDL No sample file
RenderMan RIB RenderMan_RIB OK
Ruby Ruby OK
SGML SGML No sample file
SML SML No sample file
SQL SQL No sample file
SQL (MySQL) SQL_MySQL No sample file
SQL (PostgreSQL) SQL_PostgreSQL No sample file
Sather Sather No sample file
Scheme Scheme OK
Sieve Sieve No sample file
Spice Spice OK
Stata Stata OK
TI Basic TI_Basic No sample file
TaskJuggler TaskJuggler No sample file
Tcl/Tk TCL_Tk OK
UnrealScript UnrealScript OK
VHDL VHDL No sample file
VRML VRML OK
Velocity Velocity No sample file
Verilog Verilog No sample file
WINE Config WINE_Config No sample file
Wikimedia Wikimedia No sample file
XML XML OK
XML (Debug) XML_Debug No sample file
Yacc/Bison Yacc_Bison OK
de_DE De_DE No sample file
en_EN En_EN No sample file
ferite Ferite No sample file
nl Nl No sample file
progress Progress No sample file
scilab Scilab No sample file
txt2tags Txt2tags No sample file
x.org Configuration X_org_Configuration OK
xHarbour XHarbour OK
xslt Xslt No sample file
yacas Yacas No sample fileModule Syntax::Highlight::Engine::Kate::Convert::ToolKit and script hl-kate-convert can be used to convert existing Kate/KTextEditor Syntax Highlighting file from XML format to Perl.
BUGS
Float is detected differently than in the Kate editor.
The regular expression engine of the Kate editor, qregexp, appears to be more tolerant to mistakes in regular expressions than Perl. This might lead to error messages and differences in behaviour. Most of the problems were sorted out while developing, because error messages appeared. For as far as differences in behaviour is concerned, testing is the only way to find out, so I hope the users out there will be able to tell me more.
This module is mimicking the behaviour of the syntax highlight engine of the Kate editor. If you find a bug/mistake in the highlighting, please check if Kate behaves in the same way. If yes, the cause is likely to be found there.
TO DO
Rebuild the scripts I am using to generate the modules from XML files so they are more pro-actively tracking flaws in the build of the XML files like missing lists. Also regular expressions in the XML can be tested better before they are used in plugins.
Refine the test methods in Syntax::Highlight::Engine::Kate::Template, so that choices for case sensitivity, dynamic behaviour and lookahead can be determined at generate time of the plugin, might increase throughput.
Implement code folding.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
All the people who wrote Kate and the syntax highlight XML files.
AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
This module is written and maintained by:
Hans Jeuken < haje at toneel dot demon dot nl >
Copyright (c) 2006 by Hans Jeuken, all rights reserved.
You may freely distribute and/or modify this module under the same terms as Perl itself.