Syntax Highlighting - max line length in .syn file problem.

[BryceS]

Hi,

Does anyone know how to allow a line length greater than 63 characters in a syntax (.syn) file?

We have a custom syntax file to list all function names for highlighting.

Today I added some recently created functions to this file that have name lengths around 70 characters (highly descriptive names are used here).

When textpad tries to read this file it spits the dummy on the first line longer than 63 characters and does no highlighting at all.

Is this a bug or is there a way round it?
To me it seems strange to have such an arbitrary limit on the line length.

Regards,
Bryce Stenberg
(Harness Racing New Zealand computer dept.)