SciExtLexer.dll
This is an external lexer for the scintilla based maxscript editor that ships with 3dsmax 2008 and later.
It adds syntax highlighting for C++, C#, Python and Ruby source code to the editor. This comes in handy if you are doing just-in-time compilation of external source through .NET.
Follow the included readme.rtf file to install it and configure your MXS_Editor.properties file.
The attached source code consists of a stripped down version of the full Scintilla code base (get the full version at www.scintilla.org) All I've added is a front end that wraps the internal lexer for each language (the ExtLex.cxx file under the vcbuild folder)
It should be trivial to add/recover support for additional languages.
Hope you find this helpful.
.biddle
biddle at mail dot com
NOTE: My original submission had a broken 32bit dll. It should be fixed now
| Attachment | Size |
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| SciExtLexer.zip | 70.64 KB |
| SciExtLexer_src.zip | 524.82 KB |
Comments
Right now you can only
Right now you can only highlight it as MXS or C# you can't have both at the same time. You can use the language menu to flip back and for between the two though.
Nothing is keeping you from having a block of MXS code inside a C# file. I leverage this trick by placing my cursor on a comment in the .cs file that actually contains mxs launch code and running it. Something like:
/*
--Use shift-enter (or numpad-enter) to execute this:
myCompileCSharpFunc (getSourceFileName())
*/
ok , it does work with the
ok , it does work with the sample file :-)
doesn't seam to work in 2010
doesn't seam to work in 2010 x64 ...I'm pretty sure I get your install step right ...but still I don't see the new choice from open file ???
in comment I mean because ,
in comment I mean because , I sometime comment C# snippet and it would make so much readable :-)
Thank, look very usefull
Thank, look very usefull ...do you think it could be possible to do something like mixed language using custom preprocess directive ex:
some maxscript
...
...
...
--:begin C#
...
...
--:end C#
that would be sooo cool :-)