Syntax Highlighting

Basic syntax highlighting. More...

Typedefs
typedef struct ic_highlight_env_s	ic_highlight_env_t
typedef void()	ic_highlight_fun_t(ic_highlight_env_t *henv, const char *input, void *arg)
	A syntax highlighter callback that is called by readline to syntax highlight user input. More...
typedef char *()	ic_highlight_format_fun_t(const char *s, void *arg)
	Experimental: Convenience callback for a function that highlights s using bbcode's. More...

Functions
void	ic_set_default_highlighter (ic_highlight_fun_t *highlighter, void *arg)
	Set a syntax highlighter. More...
void	ic_highlight (ic_highlight_env_t *henv, long pos, long count, const char *style)
	Set the style of characters starting at position pos. More...
void	ic_highlight_formatted (ic_highlight_env_t *henv, const char *input, const char *formatted)
	Experimental: Convenience function for highlighting with bbcodes. More...

Detailed Description

Basic syntax highlighting.

Typedef Documentation

ic_highlight_env_t

typedef struct ic_highlight_env_s ic_highlight_env_t

ic_highlight_format_fun_t

typedef char*() ic_highlight_format_fun_t(const char *s, void *arg)

Experimental: Convenience callback for a function that highlights s using bbcode's.

The returned string should be allocated and is free'd by the caller.

ic_highlight_fun_t

typedef void() ic_highlight_fun_t(ic_highlight_env_t *henv, const char *input, void *arg)

A syntax highlighter callback that is called by readline to syntax highlight user input.

Function Documentation

ic_highlight()

void ic_highlight	(	ic_highlight_env_t *	henv,
		long	pos,
		long	count,
		const char *	style
	)

Set the style of characters starting at position pos.

ic_highlight_formatted()

void ic_highlight_formatted	(	ic_highlight_env_t *	henv,
		const char *	input,
		const char *	formatted
	)

Experimental: Convenience function for highlighting with bbcodes.

Can be called in a ic_highlight_fun_t callback to colorize the input using the the provided formatted input that is the styled input with bbcodes. The content of formatted without bbcode tags should match input exactly.

ic_set_default_highlighter()

void ic_set_default_highlighter	(	ic_highlight_fun_t *	highlighter,
		void *	arg
	)

Set a syntax highlighter.

There can only be one highlight function, setting it again disables the previous one.