Colour of word disable after update

yoshiki · Post by **yoshiki** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:41 pm

I update my textpad from version 4 to latest version.

I face a problem that those word in my source code become black,
example:
public should be in blue colour,
comment should be in green colour.

But now all the words are black,
I follow the instruction and install the latest version at previous folder.
I try to figure at tools/option part,
everything is all right.

Please help me to solve this problem,
thanks.

Bob Hansen · Post by **Bob Hansen** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 4:05 pm

You must have been using a syntax file that you are not using now.

Each Document Class can have its own syntax file.

darkhunter · Post by **darkhunter** » Mon May 18, 2009 11:34 am

@yoshiki

hi, i'm having a same problem like you, if you've already solved the problem please help me...

what should i do?

thank you very much...

@Bob Hansen

hi, i don't understand syntax file can you explain me in simple way because i'm not too much understand about that...

what should i do to solve this problem?

thank you very much...

Post by **helios** » Mon May 18, 2009 11:41 am

In order to enable the syntax highlighting, you will need to implement the following procedure for each Document Class, as in the example below:

Click on:

1. Configure
2. Preferences
3. Plus sign next to Document Classes
4. Plus sign next to "HTML"
5. Syntax
6. Check the "Enable syntax highlighting" box.
7. Under the heading "Syntax definition file" Select
"html.syn".
8. Click Apply / OK

Please ensure that *.html is a member of the Files in class as follows:

1. Configure
2. Preferences
3. Plus sign next to Document Classes
4. HTML
5. Under the heading "Files in class", make sure that *.html is in the list. If it is not there, then you will need to add it to the list, along with any other file extensions that you are using for HTML files.
6.Click Apply / OK

Bob Hansen · Post by **Bob Hansen** » Mon May 18, 2009 12:45 pm

Syntax files allow you to define colors for certain words. Some syntax files come with TextPad, others can be downloaded, and you can create your own syntax files.

Do the following for your setups:
1. Close all other copies of TextPad.

2. Close all open documents, including the blank default document.

3. Syntax files can be located anywhere, but they must all be in the same location. The location is defined in the configurations. From the Main Menu:
Configure/Preferences/Folders/Syntax

4. Files can belong to different classes. In each class, you define the filename extension, and you define the name of the syntax file for that class. From the Main Menu: Configure/Preferences/Document Classes. Expand the desired class, select syntax. Put a check mark in the box to "Enable syntax highlighting" and choose the syntax definition file to be used.

5. Apply and OK your way out.

6. Close TextPad and restart it again, your settings should all be saved.

darkhunter · Post by **darkhunter** » Mon May 18, 2009 3:30 pm

@All...

wow it works...

thank you very much, it was truly helpful...