Restore Lexer Styles?

sl23 · Post by **sl23** » 26.10.2021 20:40

This was a really helpful feature in SynWrite, does it exist in CudaText? Will it ever make an appearance if not?

main Alexey · Post by **main Alexey** » 26.10.2021 20:53

If you use lexer-themes, "ui_lexer_themes":true, you should not need this command. If option is 'false' then Cud uses files *.cuda-lexops. They are auto loaded, no?

sl23 · Post by **sl23** » 26.10.2021 21:08

Sorry, all the Lexer stuff confuses me!!! Not just in SynWrite or CudaText, but also other editors too.

At present, I am having to drop all the exported SynWrite Lexers onto CT in order to load them back on every update of CT. Does the option you refer to support that?

main Alexey · Post by **main Alexey** » 26.10.2021 21:10

CT don't support that 'restore lexer styles' cmd, because it don't need it- CT auto loads lexer changed styles, if they are changed in CT itself, files *.cuda-lexops.

sl23 · Post by **sl23** » 26.10.2021 21:12

Is there a way to "convert" Syn Lexers to CT ones?

main Alexey · Post by **main Alexey** » 26.10.2021 21:14

Syn lexers are OK for CT already- files *.lcf *.cuda-lexmap. But saved-lexer-styles cannot be converted, so you must config lexer styles in CT now.

sl23 · Post by **sl23** » 26.10.2021 21:16

But at present, on every CT update, I have to drag and drop the zipped Lexers onto the CT window in order for CT to recognise them and use them.
Is there a way around this? Could I unzip those Lexers and place them within the Lexer folder or something like that?

main Alexey · Post by **main Alexey** » 26.10.2021 22:01

If they are lexers with the same names as default lexers, no way. If they are additional ones, just put them to the 'data/lexlib'.

sl23 · Post by **sl23** » 26.10.2021 22:33

Well, yes, they are existing Lexers in Syn that have been exported and are now a list of zip files:
lexer.Batch_files.zip
lexer.C#.zip
lexer.C.zip
lexer.C++.zip
lexer.CSS.zip
lexer.HTML.zip
lexer.Ini_files.zip
lexer.JavaScript.zip
lexer.JSON.zip
lexer.Lua.zip
lexer.Markdown.zip
lexer.Pascal.zip
lexer.Pascal_script.zip
lexer.PHP.zip
lexer.Python.zip
lexer.VBScript.zip
lexer.XML.zip

Each zip contains four files:
Batch files.acp
Batch files.cuda-lexmap
Batch files.lcf
install.inf

So there's nothing I can do to make the process easier?

main Alexey · Post by **main Alexey** » 26.10.2021 22:57

You can just copy (using Batch file) folder data/lexlib from Synwrite to CT, it is the same as installing all these zip's.