https://bfwiki.tellefsen.net//index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=ScannerScanner - Revision history2026-04-13T14:00:58ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.42.1https://bfwiki.tellefsen.net//index.php?title=Scanner&diff=39&oldid=prevChristian: New page: To enable the scanner, use <pre> ./configure --enable-scanner </pre> you might want to add <pre> --enable-unstable-install </pre> to avoid the change of any settings of your stable bluefis...2008-10-26T22:30:16Z<p>New page: To enable the scanner, use <pre> ./configure --enable-scanner </pre> you might want to add <pre> --enable-unstable-install </pre> to avoid the change of any settings of your stable bluefis...</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>To enable the scanner, use<br />
<pre><br />
./configure --enable-scanner<br />
</pre><br />
you might want to add<br />
<pre><br />
--enable-unstable-install<br />
</pre><br />
to avoid the change of any settings of your stable bluefish install<br />
<br />
==== Here you can find Bluefish langugage specification format.====<br />
<br />
<pre><br />
<br />
<bflang name<code>\"Testlang\" description</code>\"Test language file\"><br />
'''''name''''' - ''name of the language''<br />
'''''description''''' - ''language description''<br />
<br />
<options> ''global options''<br />
<option name=\"case-sensitive\">false</option><br />
''is this language case sensitive ?''<br />
<option name=\"scan-markup-tags\">true</option><br />
''if TRUE markup tags will be scanned and proper signals sent''<br />
<option name=\"scan-blocks\">true</option><br />
''if TRUE blocks will be scanned and proper signals sent''<br />
<option name=\"auto-scan-triggers\">{}&#x0A;&lt;&gt;</option><br />
''these are characters which will switch scanning procedure when autoscan is on''<br />
<option name=\"restricted-tags-only\">true</option><br />
''if TRUE it means that signals should be emitted only for tags and attributes''<br />
''defined in &lt;restricted-tags&gt; section''<br />
<br />
</options><br />
<br />
<br />
<block-group id=\"grp1\"><br />
''block group definition - block groups does not have any special meaning but they can be used by you''<br />
<block id<code>\"one\" begin</code>\"&lt;====--\" end<code>\"--&gt;\" scanned</code>\"true\" foldable=\"true\"====<br />
case<code>\"false\" markup</code>\"true\" regexp=\"false\" /><br />
'''''id''''' - ''block identifier''<br />
'''''begin''''' - ''string which begins block''<br />
'''''end''''' - ''string which ends the block''<br />
'''''scanned''''' - ''should this block be scanned inside''<br />
'''''foldable''''' - ''can we fold this block''<br />
'''''case''''' - ''should we recognize case sensitive inside block''<br />
'''''markup''''' - ''should we recognize markup inside block''<br />
'''''regexp''''' - ''if TRUE, block begin-end strings are recognized as regular expressions - see token regexp''<br />
<br />
<block id<code>\"brackets\" begin</code>\"{\" end<code>\"}\" scanned</code>\"true\" foldable<code>\"true\" case</code>\"true\" markup=\"false\"/><br />
<br />
</block-group><br />
<br />
'''the scanner does not implement the complete regular expression specification==='''===<br />
<br />
<token-group id=\"red\"><br />
''token group''<br />
<token>void</token><br />
''this is simple token definition''<br />
<br />
<token-list separator=\",\">gint,gchar,glong</token-list><br />
''this is list of tokens for faster specification''<br />
<br />
</token-group><br />
<br />
<token-group id=\"blue\"><br />
<br />
<token context=\"brackets\">~[[Bf Text View]]</token><br />
''another token specification''<br />
'' '''context''' attribute is block id. This token is recognized ONLY if found inside specified block''<br />
<br />
<token name<code>\"number\" regexp</code>\"true\">~[[0-9]]+.?~[[0-9]]*</token><br />
''yet another, but this time we specify token as regular expression''<br />
'''''name''''' - ''optional name for token''<br />
'''''regexp''''' - ''if TRUE it means token text should be recognized as regular expression''<br />
<br />
'''the scanner does not implement the complete regular expression specification==='''===<br />
<br />
''You can use:''<br />
''~[[]] - for set of characters f.e. ~[[a-z34$]] means characters from a to z and 3, 4 and $''<br />
''''' - for zero or more times f.e. a''' means character a zero or more times''<br />
''+ - for one or more times''<br />
''? - for zero or one times (optional)''<br />
''~[[^]] - means negation of the set so ~[[^a-z]] is everything but a-z chars''<br />
</token-group><br />
<br />
<br />
<restricted-tags><br />
''This section defines specific tags to be recognized''<br />
<tag name<code>\"html\" attributes</code>\"xml:lang,id\" /><br />
'''''name''''' - ''tag name''<br />
'''''attributes''''' - ''list of allowed attributes separated by comma''<br />
</restricted-tags><br />
<br />
</bflang><br />
<br />
</pre></div>Christian