[Jprogramming] Highlighting J syntax

[Devon McCormick]

I would prefer Method B, but only mildly, as it seems more precise.
However, I forgo syntax highlighting entirely by my use of a monochrome
emacs session, so I'm not a very big fan of it.

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Sherlock, Ric <R.G.Sherlock at massey.ac.nz>wrote:

> I've been working with the maintainer of GeSHi Syntax-highlighter (provides
> the syntax highlighting on Rosetta Code) to add support for J.
>
> There are a couple of J features that GeSHi doesn't currently handle well
> and the options for handling them each have their pros and cons. One of
> those features is the control word construct ( controlword_myjvarname. )  .
> For example ( for_i. ) or ( goto_myname. ).
>
> The maintainer of GeSHi suggested I should seek guidance from the J
> community as to which of the following two methods fits best with J and best
> meets our needs.
> In short Method A highlights the whole word (including the "dot" and
> "_myvar" suffix), whereas Method B highlights only the "word" part of the
> control words (not the trailing "." or the "_myvar" suffix). For a better
> description and examples see the following wiki page:
>
> http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Guides/Syntax%20Coloring/GeSHi%20Options
>
> If you have a preference for one of the two methods please register it
> either here or on the wiki page. (Method B is currently being used by
> GeSHi).
>
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