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Warning using TextEditor as a text editor. (gambas highlight)

Posted: Thursday 22nd October 2020 1:06pm
by BruceSteers
I have a Text Editor i've made using the TextEditor control an di was using it yesterday on a bash script of mine.
A 700+ line bash script.

I was looking at the different "Highlighting" options it has as it does not have a shell one so i had to find the best one.

Before i saved my script i had not noticed something...

Setting the Highlight option to "gambas" on the TextEditor actually re-formats the entire text to suit gambas.
And it really does not suit bash scriptiing.

I just spent 4-5 hours repairing the script reformatting it to be correct and looking for tiny little erros cause by gambas moving text around.
bloody nightmare :(

Attached are 2 bash scripts.
One is a working script.
The other is just how messed up it gets just by choosing the gambas highlighting style on a TextEditor.

PS. selecting any other highlight style does not change the text oinly gambas style.

So be warned.
Bruce

Re: Warning using TextEditor as a text editor. (gambas highlight)

Posted: Thursday 22nd October 2020 9:52pm
by BruceSteers
Benot (bless him) has just fixed this :)

So only relevant on previous Gambas versions to the latest commit now.