Re: Trouble fontifying /** ... */

[Xah Lee]

On Jan 13, 7:18 pm, Davin Pearson <davin.pear...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 10, 2:21 am, Xah Lee <xah...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Jan 8, 8:54 pm, Davin Pearson <davin.pear...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > I have invented a language called SJS that it a mixture of Pascal and
> > > Java for easier learning of the Java language.  In sjs-mode
> > > I would like the following code:
>
> > > /**
> > >   I am a Javadoc-style comment.
> > > */
>
> > > To be fontified in font-lock-doc-face but I cannot find an elegant way
> > > to do this.  What follows is some Emacs version information,
> > > via report-emacs-bug:
>
> > your question is a FAQ but without much polished answer.
>
> Here is my existing code.  The trouble with it is
> that it sometimes highlights the keyword end in font-lock-type-face.
> This is a problem with inheriting from the java major mode.
>
> (defun sjs-mode
> ()
>
> (interactive)
>   (font-lock-mode
> 0)
>   (kill-all-local-
> variables)
>   (java-
> mode)
>
>   (setq major-mode 'sjs-
> mode)
>   (setq mode-name
> "SJS")
>
>   (set-syntax-table sjs-mode-syntax-
> table)
>   (use-local-map sjs-mode-
> map)
>
>   (local-set-key "\t" 'sjs--
> tab)
>
>   (local-set-key [(meta control \\)] 'sjs--meta-control-
> backslash)
>
>   (abbrev-mode
> 1)
>   (setq local-abbrev-table java-mode-abbrev-
> table)
>
>   (font-lock-add-
> keywords
>
> nil
>
> '(
>      ("\\<\\(assert\\|begin\\|end\\|function\\|var\\|classVar\\|
> instanceVariable\\|property\\|method\\|constructor\\|until\\|then\\|and
> \\|or\\)\\>" (1 'font-lock-keyword-face nil))
>
>      ("\\<\\(beginMain\\|endMain\\)\\>" 0 'font-lock-keyword-face
> nil)
>
>      ("\\<\\(null\\|true\\|false\\)\\>" 1 'font-lock-constant-face
> nil)
>
>      ("\\<\\(abstract\\|break\\|byte\\|case\\|catch\\|class\\|const\\|
> continue\\|default\\|do\\|else\\|extends\\|final\\|finally\\|for\\|goto
> \\|if\\|implements\\|import\\|instanceof\\|interface\\|native\\|new\\|
> package\\|private\\|protected\\|public\\|return\\|static\\|super\\|
> switch\\|synchronized\\|this\\|throw\\|throws\\|transient\\|try\\|
> volatile\\|while\\|null\\)\\>" 1 'font-lock-keyword-face nil)
>
>       ("\\<function [^ ]* \\([a-z][A-Za-z0-9_]*\\)" 1 'font-lock-
> function-name-face nil)
>       ("\\<method [^ ]* \\([a-z][A-Za-z0-9_]*\\)" 1 'font-lock-
> function-name-face nil)
>
>       ("\\<\\([A-Z]+[a-z][A-Za-z0-9]*\\|[A-Z]\\|boolean\\|char\\|int\\|
> long\\|short\\|float\\|double\\)[][]*[ \t]+\\([a-z][A-Za-z0-9]*\\)"
>        (1 'font-lock-type-face
> nil)
>        (2 'font-lock-variable-name-face
> nil))
>
>       ("\\<[A-Z]+[a-z][A-Za-z0-9_]*" 0 'font-lock-type-face
> nil)
>       ("\\<[A-Z]\\>" 0 'font-lock-type-face
> nil)
>       ("\\<\\(boolean\\|char\\|int\\|long\\|short\\|float\\|double\\|
> void\\)\\>" 0 'font-lock-type-face nil t)
>
>      ))
>
>   (font-lock-mode
> 3)
>
>   )
>
> > If your comment syntax is more complex, you cannot use syntax table
> > for it. You have to use font-lock-syntactic-keywords, and also you'll
> > need to implement your own comment-dwim.
> > • How To Add Comment Handling In Your Major Mode
> >  http://xahlee.org/emacs/elisp_comment_handling.html
>
> > See also Rick (rgb)'s experience, at
>
> > •http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.emacs.help/browse_frm/thread/465e9...
>
> > •http://groups.google.com/group/comp.emacs/browse_frm/thread/c1b7de448...
>
> Could you give me some more information as to how to proceed. I am
> stuck.

i'm not expert in dealing with emacs font lock... only wrote 1 mode
myself and only started to explore it in recent months. Your code is
too big for me to dig into and give helpful advice.

... maybe others here can pitch in.

i wouldn't inherit or call java mode though... but this may not be a
expert advice. I wouldn't because unless you really need to, calling
other modes esp complex mode like java, introduces a lot complexities
and behaviors into your mode, which is hard to guess what's going on
and you have little control.

  Xah
∑ http://xahlee.org/

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