Help understanding QLexers

[Andrea]

On 23/01/2021 11:54, kristof.mulier at telenet.be wrote:
> Hi Andrea,
> Did you have a look at the QScintilla (unofficial) documentation page?
> Here is the page about lexers:
> https://qscintilla.com/#syntax_highlighting
> 
> And here about your specific question:
> https://qscintilla.com/#syntax_highlighting/subclass_qscilexercustom/all_about_styles
> 
> Hope it helps.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Kristof Mulier

Reading the source code gives some hints.

All lexers are really implemented in scintilla (e.g. LexerLua.cpp) in the lexers folder.
The interface available in Qt is a little layer which does not really contain the full logic.

This is probably the reason why the lexer in Qt has the functions lexer() and lexerId().
It is to link to the "real" lexer.

This probably answers my question and to add a new lexers it is a big task.
Only answer is to reuse an existing one and change the keywords.

Cheers