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gb.highlight

Since 3.19

This component provides a syntax highlighter based on definition files.

Class	Description
TextHighlighter	This class is the parent class of all syntax highlighters.
TextHighlighterStyle	This class represents the style used for drawing a specific highlighter state.
TextHighlighterTheme	This class implements an highlighter theme.

At the moment, the following highlighter are provided:

C language.
C++ language.
Cascading style sheets.
Diff output.
Gambas language.
HTML.
Javascript language.
Bash shell scripts.
SQL.
Gambas webpages.

The Gambas highlighter is not implemented by a definition file. Instead it is based on the Highlight.Analyze() method of the gb.eval component.

See also

Text highlighting definition file syntax