From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: twb <fubarbaz@bigpond.com> Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: BNF for hilighting? Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 23:36:02 +1000 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <20030831233602.3d0a7a14.fubarbaz@bigpond.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1062337350 9992 80.91.224.253 (31 Aug 2003 13:42:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 13:42:30 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 31 15:42:29 2003 Return-path: <help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org> Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19tSTM-00051Q-00 for <geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org>; Sun, 31 Aug 2003 15:42:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 19tSSv-0004IL-J4 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 31 Aug 2003 09:42:01 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 19tSQY-0002j8-TJ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Aug 2003 09:39:34 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 19tSPu-00022Q-PO for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Aug 2003 09:38:55 -0400 Original-Received: from [144.135.25.169] (helo=mta08ps.bigpond.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 19tSPe-0001ZK-M6 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Aug 2003 09:38:39 -0400 Original-Received: from harpo ([144.135.25.72]) by mta08ps.email.bigpond.com (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.14 (built Mar 18 2003)) with SMTP id <0HKH008DCKGWBA@mta08ps.email.bigpond.com> for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Aug 2003 23:36:32 +1000 (EST) Original-Received: from cpe-144-132-71-32.vic.bigpond.net.au ([144.132.71.32]) by psmam02.bigpond.com(MAM REL_3_3_2c 74/39994057); Sun, 31 Aug 2003 23:36:32 +0000 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.3claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-pc-linux-gnu) Latitude: -37.7500 Longitude: 144.9667 Altitude: 130m X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs.gnu.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs>, <mailto:help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/help-gnu-emacs> List-Post: <mailto:help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> List-Help: <mailto:help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs>, <mailto:help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org?subject=subscribe> Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:12217 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:12217 I've recently fallen in love with Bison / BNF. It struck me that using BNF would be a *really* easy way to set up syntax hilighting for a custom format; ones more complex than default-generic allows. Does that sparc^Hk anyones imagination? I'm not a *Lisp programmer so I can only dream. (BTW, please cc: to my mail address, as I'm only passing thru this group.) -trent -- Have you ever gotten sick of hearing AT&T take credit for things that they didn't invent? You will. -- Dave Hamilton <jazzbo@onr.com>