Jellyfish

[Robert Rioja]

Is there a way to create a new language for Jellyfish?
Thanks,
Robert

[Knuth Konrad]

I guess you need to be a bit more specific as to what you want to do.

- Add new syntax highligthing to Jellyfish? If so, have a look at the various *.dat files in Jellyfish's folder, i.e. pbcc_keywords.dat
- Localize Jellyfish's GUI? No idea if that is possible.
- ???

[Robert Rioja]

I want to add a new syntax for another language.  I have already created a dat file but Jellyfish does not know it exists.  Where do I tell Jellyfish to read my new file, etc.?

I think that years ago I saw some documentation on customizing Jellyfish, but I cannot find it anywhere.  Also, the links on the Jellyfish page at planetsquires.com are all broken (they point to nowhere).  I guess there is no support for Jellyfish?

I am looking into other similar programs, like Geany which looks promising.  I tried Notepad++ but their documentation is not that good either, and it does not handle code folding properly.

Thanks,
Robert

[Paul Squires]

You could add the keywords to one of the existing dat files. JellyFish only recognizes the dat files that are in the same folder.

[Paul Squires]

FYI - I do not support Jellyfish any longer nor do I update it.

[Knuth Konrad]

I want to add a new syntax for another language.

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I am looking into other similar programs, like Geany which looks promising.  I tried Notepad++ but their documentation is not that good either, and it does not handle code folding properly.

If you're willing to shell out a few bucks, you might want to have a look at UltraEdit

There's also MS' Visual Code, along with explanation on how to add custom languages:
https://code.visualstudio.com/
https://code.visualstudio.com/Docs/customization/colorizer
https://github.com/viatsko/awesome-vscode

[Robert Rioja]

Thanks for this info.  I am looking into your suggestions.  Presently I use Notepad++ which does almost everything I need.
Robert