Posted by Marvel on 10/11/06 04:45

"John Salerno" <johnjsal@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
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> Toby Inkster wrote:
>
>> I highly recommend SciTE (it's on the list). Why?
>
>> * It's got Syntax highlighting in tonnes of languages, including
>> HTML, CSS, PHP, Perl, Javascript, SQL and XML
>
> I would love using Scite except for one thing that is very unsatisfying:
> you can't define your own syntax highlighting. Actually, I find this to be
> a problem with every text editor I've used except UltraEdit (which I use
> and love).
>
> I know there is syntax highlighting, but it's very inflexible. There are a
> limited number of groups of words that can be highlighted, and you have to
> settle for what Scite wants to highlight. With UltraEdit, you define your
> own groups (such as "Methods", "Keywords", "Exceptions", etc.) and
> customize the highlighting. With Scite, you can highlight main things like
> keywords, but you can't define your own groups (so no exception
> highlighting), and you also can't highlight methods and functions wherever
> they appear, only when they are first defined. Maybe some people like this
> behavior, but I like the more flexible behavior of highlighting exactly
> what I want.
>
Yea I have to totally agree it's all about control, if you can't do it the
way you want it messes with your head.
>

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