This repository will enable syntax highlighting based on the patterns the programmer defines.
Example:
var syntaxHighlighter = new SyntaxHighlighter(theRichTextBox);
// That's it. Now tell me how you'd like to see what...
// multi-line comments; I'd like to see them in dark-sea-green and italic
syntaxHighlighter.AddPattern(
new PatternDefinition(new Regex(@"/\*(.|[\r\n])*?\*/",
RegexOptions.Multiline | RegexOptions.Compiled)),
new SyntaxStyle(Color.DarkSeaGreen, bold: false, italic: true));
// singlie-line comments; I'd like to see them in Green and italic
syntaxHighlighter.AddPattern(
new PatternDefinition(new Regex(@"//.*?$",
RegexOptions.Multiline | RegexOptions.Compiled)),
new SyntaxStyle(Color.Green, bold: false, italic: true));
// numbers; I'd like to see them in purple
syntaxHighlighter.AddPattern(
new PatternDefinition(@"\d+\.\d+|\d+"),
new SyntaxStyle(Color.Purple));
// double quote strings; I'd like to see them in Red
syntaxHighlighter.AddPattern(
new PatternDefinition(@"\""([^""]|\""\"")+\"""),
new SyntaxStyle(Color.Red));
// single quote strings; I'd like to see them in Salmon
syntaxHighlighter.AddPattern(
new PatternDefinition(@"\'([^']|\'\')+\'"),
new SyntaxStyle(Color.Salmon));
// 1st set of keywords; I'd like to see them in Blue
syntaxHighlighter.AddPattern(
new PatternDefinition("for", "foreach", "int", "var"),
new SyntaxStyle(Color.Blue));
// 2nd set of keywords; I'd like to see them in bold Navy, and they must be case insensitive
syntaxHighlighter.AddPattern(
new CaseInsensitivePatternDefinition("public", "partial", "class", "void"),
new SyntaxStyle(Color.Navy, true, false));
// operators; I'd like to see them in Brown
syntaxHighlighter.AddPattern(
new PatternDefinition("+", "-", ">", "<", "&", "|"),
new SyntaxStyle(Color.Brown));MIT