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The codewin api defines the codeWindow control.
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The codeWindow is a multi-line editing window (based on editWindow)
with the following features:
* Custom language definition.
* Syntax highlighting.
* Code completion.
* Code indexing.
* Auto indenting.
* Trim end of line spaces.
* Auto save flag.
The language is defined in a name/value pair file with the following
options:
; tab spaces
tab=number
; auto indent on enter
autoindent=boolean
; trim end of line spaces
autotrim=boolean
; auto save
autosave=boolean
; use code completion
autocomplete=boolean
; colors - must be number values
keywords=number
nouns=number
comments=number
strings=number
operators=number
numbers=number
; keywords - as many as needed
keyword=word
; indexes - as many as needed
index=pattern
The codeWindow control has the following methods:
boolean codeWindow:get_auto_indent ()
Returns the auto indent setting.
nil codeWindow:set_auto_indent (boolean)
Sets the auto indent setting.
boolean codeWindow:get_auto_trim ()
Returns the auto trim spaces at end of lines setting.
nil codeWindow:set_auto_trim (boolean)
Sets the auto trim end of line spaces setting.
boolean codeWindow:get_auto_save ()
Returns the auto save flag.
nil codeWindow:set_auto_save (boolean)
Sets the auto save flag.
boolean codeWindow:get_auto_complete ()
Returns the auto complete setting.
nil codeWindow:set_auto_complete (boolean)
Sets the auto complete setting.
number codeWindow:get_keyword_color ()
Returns the definition's keyword color.
number codeWindow:get_noun_color ()
Returns the definition's noun color.
number codeWindow:get_comment_color ()
Returns the definition's comment color.
number codeWindow:get_string_color ()
Returns the definition's string color.
number codeWindow:get_operator_color ()
Returns the definition's operator color.
number codeWindow:get_number_color ()
Returns the definition's number color.
boolean codeWindow:load_definition (path)
Loads the definition from the file at path.
Returns true if file was loaded, false if not.
string codeWindow:get_text_with_trim ()
Returns the full text from the control after stripping end of
line spaces if the autotrim setting is
set.
table codeWindow:get_indexes ()
Returns an indexed table with the indexes from the code. Each
entry in the returned table has 2 keys; text
and line.
The text key is a string
contains the text from the line matching the index pattern.
The line key is a number of the
line number within the control.
Typically the text would be
displayed to the user as the index, and the line
is passed to codeWindow:gotoLine to
navigate to the indexed line.
nil codeWindow:goto_line (line)
Scrolls the contents of the control to bring the given line to
the center of the control.
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