Perl Support Problem

[Chris Pickle]

I am using the perl support extension by Chris Bank, to enable code colouring
for my .pl & .cgi files.

However I'm having problems with the start and end of strings. It uses the
single & double quotes as delimiters for the start and end of strings, and
anything in between is coloured red.

Problem is, everytime I have something like this: [h]$kk13 =~ s/\'//g ;[/h] it
assumes you're opening a string and all subsequent code is coloured red.

Does anyone know a way around this? It may be an odd question but its quite
major for me as I edit a lot of old perl code.

Many thanks.

[Randy Edmunds]

Chris,

I don't have that extension installed at the moment, but it looks like
the regular expression settings are either missing or incorrect. If it's
missing try adding this (blatantly copied from the JavaScript code
coloring settings :)

<regexp name="RegExp" id="CodeColor_PerlRegexp" delimiter="/" escape="\\">
<searchPattern><![CDATA[(\s*/\e*\\/]]></searchPattern>
<searchPattern><![CDATA[=\s*/\e*\\/]]></searchPattern>
</regexp>

Let me know you results so I can pass them on to Chris.

HTH,
Randy

> I am using the perl support extension by Chris Bank, to enable code colouring
> for my .pl & .cgi files.
>
> However I'm having problems with the start and end of strings. It uses the
> single & double quotes as delimiters for the start and end of strings, and
> anything in between is coloured red.
>
> Problem is, everytime I have something like this: [h]$kk13 =~ s/\'//g ;[/h] it
> assumes you're opening a string and all subsequent code is coloured red.
>
> Does anyone know a way around this? It may be an odd question but its quite
> major for me as I edit a lot of old perl code.

[Chris Pickle]

Well I've checked the xml file and it does contain regular expression settings:

<regexp name="RegExp" id="CodeColor_perlre" delimiter="/" escape="\\">
<searchPattern><![CDATA[(\s*/\e*\\/]]></searchPattern>
<searchPattern><![CDATA[=\s*/\e*\\/]]></searchPattern>
<searchPattern><![CDATA[=~|!\s*/\e*\\/]]></searchPattern>
</regexp>

and I did try the one you posted also, except I changed the id of it to mine.
No luck there either.

Its because the colour xml thinks the string is still open isn't it? If you
know Chris and could pass the message on I'd very much appreciate that.

Thanks very much

Chris A.

[ChrisBank]

Try adding these lines of code to that code coloring file. If they fix the bug
I'll post an update to the exchange. How is the rest of the extension working
out for you. The exchange doesn't have a good feedback mechanism so it's hard
to tell what people think other than the number of downloads.

Thanks,
Chris
Adobe Dreamweaver Engineering



<regexp name="RegExp" id="CodeColor_perlre" delimiter="/" escape="\\">
<searchPattern><![CDATA[(\s*/\e*\\/]]></searchPattern>
<searchPattern><![CDATA[=\s*/\e*\\/]]></searchPattern>
<searchPattern><![CDATA[=~\s*/\e*\\/]]></searchPattern>
<searchPattern><![CDATA[=~\s*s/\e*\\/]]></searchPattern>
<searchPattern><![CDATA[=~|!\s*/\e*\\/]]></searchPattern>
</regexp>

[ChrisBank]

Try adding these lines of code to that code coloring file. If they fix the bug
I'll post an update to the exchange. How is the rest of the extension working
out for you. The exchange doesn't have a good feedback mechanism so it's hard
to tell what people think other than the number of downloads.

Thanks,
Chris
Adobe Dreamweaver Engineering



<regexp name="RegExp" id="CodeColor_perlre" delimiter="/" escape="\\">
<searchPattern><![CDATA[(\s*/\e*\\/]]></searchPattern>
<searchPattern><![CDATA[=\s*/\e*\\/]]></searchPattern>
<searchPattern><![CDATA[=~\s*/\e*\\/]]></searchPattern>
<searchPattern><![CDATA[=~\s*s/\e*\\/]]></searchPattern>
<searchPattern><![CDATA[=~|!\s*/\e*\\/]]></searchPattern>
</regexp>

[Chris Pickle]

Yes Chris, thats done the trick! Thanks very much. Also, could you tell me how
to make this codecoloring work for .cgi files too? The syntax is identical, but
at present they only color .pl files.

Many thanks

Chris

[Randy Edmunds]

Chris,

This TechNote explains it:

[url]http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_16410[/url]

You'll need to add "cgi" to the list of fileextensions where "pl" is
specified.

Randy

> how to make this codecoloring work for .cgi files too? The
> syntax is identical, but at present they only color .pl files.

[pickledegg]

many thanks Chris & Randy for your time spent helping me out with this one. I can now finally uninstall Homesite and use Dreamweaver as a total solution to all my development needs.

All the best!