[Tinyos-help] nesc syntax hilighting for // in kwrite

[David]

Thanks, this works!

I don't know how to send you a bear, so I hope you like this instead:

http://icanhascheezburger.com/tag/beer/

David.

PS: Please also forward the updated nesc.xml file to the nesc Ubuntu
package maintainer so it goes in the next release :-)

On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 9:55 AM, Harshavardhan Chenji
<harshavardhan.cj at gmail.com> wrote:
> Good news David, here's the working syntax file.
>
>
> Please send me a beer if you find this useful :).
>
> On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 6:11 AM, David <wizzardx at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi list.
>>
>> I've got nesc syntax hilighting working in kwrite by copying
>> /usr/share/ncc/editor-modes/kde/nesc.xml to
>> ~/.kde/share/apps/katepart/syntax/
>>
>> This works great.
>>
>> But it looks like nesc.xml isn't setup to recognise comments starting
>> with "//". Comments in the /* */ style work fine however.
>>
>> nesc.xml was installed on my Debian Sid workstation by the 'nesc'
>> ubuntu package, version 1.2.8a-2 (I followed the instructions on this
>> page to install it: http://www.5secondfuse.com/tinyos/install.html).
>>
>> It looks like '//' is meant to work, because the XML file has this
>> section at the end:
>>
>>  <general>
>>    <comments>
>>      <comment name="singleLine" start="//" />
>>      <comment name="multiLine" start="/*" end="*/" />
>>    </comments>
>>    <keywords casesensitive="1" />
>>  </general>
>>
>> But if I remove that section, the /* */ comments still work. It looks
>> like there is some comment-recognition logic earlier for /* */
>> comments, but none for //
>>
>> I had a quick look at the cpp.xml file for comparison, but it's too
>> complicated for me to understand how I would add // support to
>> nesc.xml.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> David.
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