OpenEuphoria

Re: Suggestion for syntax-colored editors

• Posted by Pete Lomax <petelomax at blueyonder.co.uk> May 18, 2004
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On Tue, 18 May 2004 04:23:11 -0700, Tommy Carlier
<guest at RapidEuphoria.com> wrote:

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>posted by: Tommy Carlier <tommy.carlier at pandora.be>
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>I see syntax-coloring being used in MEditor, and in the IDE, and probably also
>in other apps. I have a little suggestion.
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>Blitting bitmaps is faster than drawing text. Why not generate a large bitmap
>and draw all the standard keywords in their appropriate color on this bitmap, and
>then if you need to draw such a keyword, just blit it from the bitmap to the
>editor? Wouldn't this make the syntax coloring faster?

I pass. Post a demo which proves it faster. )
Maybe then I'll believe you.

I took on Mike's editor and have done very little with the core
innards, such as display, concentrated more on up-front additions.

To draw this to its logical conclusion, you need a bitmap for every
character in every colour, along with the several (standard keywords)
you mention side-by-side in one block, plus what next?- one for every
variable name in the current source perhaps?

MEditor is open source; feel free to modify it and just send the whole
kit and cabooble back; I'll sort it out no worries.

Yours, Still Somewhat Unconvinced,
Pete