Easy syntax color changing

xavekinho · Post by **xavekinho** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 4:23 am

Why haven't you implemented an "instant-color-syntax-changer" like in Notepad++? In there, we have a list of languages that we can instantly select one so we can see the current document in the appropriate colors, and it's not necessary to save the file in the desired extension (.html) for example, to have the colors applied.
Thanks!

ben_josephs · Post by **ben_josephs** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 8:51 am

View | Document Properties | Syntax
[X] Enable syntax highlighting
Choose a Syntax definition file.

xavekinho · Post by **xavekinho** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 8:16 pm

Hmm that's the deal! Thanks!!
However, the suggestion is still on the table: In NPP, it's easier, two clicks and we're done. In here we have to navigate a little. But thanks a lot anyway!

Bob Hansen · Post by **Bob Hansen** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 10:16 pm

Actually it is no clicks, once the class has been defined. Just open the document and the syntax coloring takes effect immediately.

xavekinho · Post by **xavekinho** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 10:41 pm

Bob Hansen wrote:Actually it is no clicks, once the class has been defined. Just open the document and the syntax coloring takes effect immediately.

That's not the issue; I'm talking about the times we start a document from scratch, or when we create a blank document and paste a piece of code from a specific sintax. Like a piece of html on a blank text file. The syntax will not be applied until the file is saved or we select with Alt+Enter,Ctrl+2xPgUp,Tab, and tap down x times until we get to the desired syntax.

moreover, I just did the test:
I took a .ahk file, copied a piece of it, and pasted on a blank txt file, then applied the syntax. Only the characters got coloured, not the background, why?