SciTE change syntax parameter highlight color?

[DrLarch]

I'm running a black background and have adjusted my colors with SciTEconfig accordingly, but the only thing that I can't figure out is how to change the highlighted parameter color from the syntax description that pops down when you type in a function name. The color is dark blue which is tough to see against a black background. I've dug around in the forums but haven't found a clear answer. Any help much appreciated...

Edited February 11, 2012 by DrLarch

[Melba23]

DrLarch,

I have got as far as seeing that you need to use SCI_CALLTIPSETFOREHLT - but as yet I cannot get it to work. You may have to wait until our SciTE guru Jos comes back next week.

M23

[DrLarch]

Well, thanks Melba23 for checking into it - somehow I'm relieved to find that it isn't just something simple I missed!

[jaberwacky]

style.au3.38=

"Style 38 is used for displaying calltips. Only the font, size, fore and back are used."

[Melba23]

LaCastiglione,

Do not keep us in suspense - you found that where?

M23

[jaberwacky]

http://www.scintilla.org/SciTEDoc.html

Scroll down to: "Defined variables in properties files".

Edited January 27, 2012 by LaCastiglione

[Blue_Drache]

He probably performed a text search on the folder with the word "calltip"

[Melba23]

Blue_Drache,

No, I had already done that - which is why I asked.

Looks like we wait for Jos...

M23

[jaberwacky]

I can't figure out how to change the color of the function parameters though.

[DrLarch]

Bump?

You may have to wait until our SciTE guru Jos comes back next week.

[jaberwacky]

See if this doesn't do what you want:

[Jos]

You mean this one?

# Set the fore and back color of the calltip window
style.au3.38=fore:#DADADA,back:#15191E

[DrLarch]

You mean this one?

# Set the fore and back color of the calltip window
style.au3.38=fore:#DADADA,back:#15191E

OK, obviously I'm doing something wrong - and I'm obviously in unfamiliar territory...

I fiddled around with the calltips_color_highlight setting in several places, all to no avail. Still the dark blue default...

Here's my relevant(?) files:

SciTE_Doug.lau file: (referenced by SciTEStartup.lua)...

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myCallTips = EventClass:new(Common)

function myCallTips:OnOpen(path)
    myCallTips:set_above()
    myCallTips:set_highlight_color()
    return true
end

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- set_above()
-- Displays the calltip above the function.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
function myCallTips:set_above()
    local calltips_set_above = tonumber(props["calltips.set.above"])

    if ((calltips_set_above ~= 1) and (calltips_set_above ~= 0)) then
        calltips_set_above = 1
    end

    scite.SendEditor(SCI_CALLTIPSETPOSITION, calltips_set_above)
end

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-- set_highlight_color()
-- Set the color of the highlighted calltip property
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
function myCallTips:set_highlight_color()
    local calltips_color_highlight = props["calltips.color.highlight"]

    if (calltips_color_highlight == '') then
        calltips_color_highlight = "#FFFFFF" -- dark blue default
    end

    calltips_color_highlight = myCallTips:BGR2Decimal(calltips_color_highlight)

    if (calltips_color_highlight == "Error") then
        return true
    end

    scite.SendEditor(SCI_CALLTIPSETFOREHLT, calltips_color_highlight)
end

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-- BGR2Decimal()
-- convert BGR to decimal, duh! (albeit in a hack and stab manner)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
function myCallTips:BGR2Decimal(BGR)
    if (BGR.len(BGR) ~= 7) then
        return "error"
    end

    BGR = BGR:gsub('#', '') -- remove hash
    BGR = BGR.reverse(BGR)
    BGR = "0x"..BGR

    return tonumber(BGR)
end

SciTEStartup.lua:

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- SciTE startup script.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-- A table listing all loaded files.
LoadLuaFileList = { }

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- LoadLuaFile(file, directory)
--
-- Helper function for easily loading Lua files.
--
-- Parameters:
--  file - The name of a Lua file to load.
--  directory - If specified, file is looked for in that directory.  By default,
--     this directory is $(SciTEDefaultHome)\Lua.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
function LoadLuaFile(file, directory)
    if directory == nil then
        directory = props["SciteDefaultHome"] .. "\\Lua\\"
    end
    table.insert(LoadLuaFileList, directory .. file)
    dofile(directory .. file)
end -- LoadLuaFile()

-- Load all the Lua files.
LoadLuaFile("Class.lua")    -- Always load first.
LoadLuaFile("Common.lua")   -- Always load second.
LoadLuaFile("AutoItPixmap.lua")
LoadLuaFile("AutoHScroll.lua")
LoadLuaFile("AutoItAutoComplete.lua")
LoadLuaFile("LoadSession.lua")
LoadLuaFile("AutoItIndentFix.lua")
LoadLuaFile("EdgeMode.lua")
LoadLuaFile("SmartAutoCompleteHide.lua")
LoadLuaFile("Tools.lua")
LoadLuaFile("AutoItTools.lua")
LoadLuaFile("AutoItGotoDefinition.lua")
LoadLuaFile("SciTE_Doug.lau", "C:\\Program Files\\AutoIt3\\")

-- Start up the events (Calls OnStartup()).
EventClass:BeginEvents()

MyTools = EventClass:new(Common)

function stripTrailingSpaces(reportNoMatch)
    local count = 0
    local fs,fe = editor:findtext("[ \\t]+$", SCFIND_REGEXP)
    if fe then
        repeat
            count = count + 1
            editor:remove(fs,fe)
            fs,fe = editor:findtext("[ \\t]+$", SCFIND_REGEXP, fs)
        until not fe
        print("Removed trailing spaces from " .. count .. " line(s).")
    elseif reportNoMatch then
        print("Document was clean already; nothing to do.")
    end
    return count
end

function fixIndentation(reportNoMatch)
    local tabWidth = editor.TabWidth
    local count = 0
    if editor.UseTabs then
        -- for each piece of indentation that includes at least one space
        for m in editor:match("^[\\t ]* [\\t ]*", SCFIND_REGEXP) do
            -- figure out the indentation size
            local indentSize = editor.LineIndentation[editor:LineFromPosition(m.pos)]
            local spaceCount = math.mod(indentSize, tabWidth)
            local tabCount = (indentSize - spaceCount) / tabWidth
            local fixedIndentation = string.rep('\t', tabCount) .. string.rep(' ', spaceCount)

            if fixedIndentation ~= m.text then
                m:replace(fixedIndentation)
                count = count + 1
            end
        end
    else
        -- for each piece of indentation that includes at least one tab
        for m in editor:match("^[\\t ]*\t[\\t ]*", SCFIND_REGEXP) do
            -- just change all of the indentation to spaces
            m:replace(string.rep(' ', editor.LineIndentation[editor:LineFromPosition(m.pos)]))
            count = count + 1
        end
    end
    if count > 0 then
        print("Fixed indentation for " .. count .. " line(s).")
    elseif reportNoMatch then
        print("Document was clean already; nothing to do.")
    end
    return count
end

function cleanDocWhitespace()
    local trailingSpacesCount = stripTrailingSpaces(false)
    local fixedIndentationCount = fixIndentation(false)

    if (fixedIndentationCount == 0) and (trailingSpacesCount == 0) then
        print("Document was clean already; nothing to do.")
    end
end

--switch_buffers.lua - http://lua-users.org/wiki/SciteBufferSwitch
--drops down a list of buffers, in recently-used order

local buffers = {}
local append = table.insert

local function buffer_switch(f)
--- swop the new current buffer with the last one!
  local idx  
  for i,file in ipairs(buffers) do
     if file == f then  idx = i; break end
  end
  if idx then
     table.remove(buffers,idx)
     table.insert(buffers,1,f)
  else append(buffers,f)
  end
end

function OnOpen(f)
  buffer_switch(f)
end

function OnSwitchFile(f)
  buffer_switch(f)
end

function do_buffer_list()
  local s = ''
  local sep = ';'
  local n = table.getn(buffers)
  for i = 2,n-1 do
      s = s..buffers[i]..sep
  end
  s = s..buffers[n]
  _UserListSelection = fn
  editor.AutoCSeparator = string.byte(sep)
  editor:UserListShow(12,s)
  editor.AutoCSeparator = string.byte(' ')
end

function OnUserListSelection(t,str)
  if t == 12 then
     scite.Open(str)
     return true
  else
     return false
  end
end

SciTEUser.properties:

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#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#
# START: DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING AFTER THIS LINE  #-#-#-#-#
# Created by SciTEConfig
#------------------------------------------------------------
font.base=font:Verdana,size:11,$(font.override)
font.monospace=font:Andale Mono,size:14
proper.case=1
check.updates.scite4autoit3=0
use.tabs=1
indent.size=4
indent.size.*.au3=4
tabsize=4
#Background
style.au3.32=style.*.32=$(font.base),back:#010000
#CaretLineBackground
caret.line.back=#6F7D82
# Brace highlight
style.au3.34=fore:#F9EE98,back:#010000
# Brace incomplete highlight
style.au3.35=fore:#5F5A60,italics,back:#010000
#White space
style.au3.0=fore:#F8F8F8,back:#010000
#Comment line
style.au3.1=fore:#5F5A60,italics,back:#010000
#Comment block
style.au3.2=fore:#5F5A60,italics,back:#010000
#Number
style.au3.3=fore:#F52525,back:#010000
#Function
style.au3.4=fore:#A54AFF,back:#010000
#Keyword
style.au3.5=fore:#F9EE98,back:#010000
#Macro
style.au3.6=fore:#DADADA,back:#010000
#String
style.au3.7=fore:#008040,back:#010000
#Operator
style.au3.8=fore:#91E254,back:#010000
#Variable
style.au3.9=fore:#FFFF00,back:#010000
#Sent keys
style.au3.10=fore:#DADADA,back:#010000
#Pre-Processor
style.au3.11=fore:#8996A8,back:#010000
#Special
style.au3.12=fore:#FF8040,back:#010000
#Abbrev-Expand
style.au3.13=fore:#DADADA,back:#010000
#Com Objects
style.au3.14=fore:#DADADA,back:#010000
#Standard UDF's
style.au3.15=fore:#0080FF,back:#010000
# END => DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING BEFORE THIS LINE  #-#-#-#-#-#
#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#
## CallTips
# Display the calltip above the function
calltips.set.above=1
# Set the fore and back color of the calltip window
style.au3.38=fore:#DADADA,back:#15191E
# Set the highlight color of the function argument
calltips.color.highlight=#FFFFFF

[jaberwacky]

You have:

LoadLuaFile("SciTE_Doug.lau", "C:Program FilesAutoIt3")

but should be:

LoadLuaFile("SciTE_Doug.lua", "C:Program FilesAutoIt3")

Also, let me get you the latest version of that lua file...

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myCallTips = EventClass:new(Common)

function myCallTips:OnOpen(path)
    self.error = "Error"
    myCallTips:set_above()
    myCallTips:set_highlight_color()
    return true
end

-- set_above()
-- Displays the calltip above the function.
function myCallTips:set_above()
    local calltips_set_above = tonumber(props["calltips.set.above"])

    if (calltips_set_above == 1) then
        scite.SendEditor(SCI_CALLTIPSETPOSITION, true)
    else
        scite.SendEditor(SCI_CALLTIPSETPOSITION, false)
    end

    return true
end

-- set_highlight_color()
-- Set the color of the highlighted calltip property
function myCallTips:set_highlight_color()
    local calltips_color_highlight = props["calltips.color.highlight"]

    if (calltips_color_highlight == '') then
        calltips_color_highlight = "#FF0000" -- dark blue default
    end

    calltips_color_highlight = myCallTips:BGR2Decimal(calltips_color_highlight)

    if (calltips_color_highlight == self.error) then
        return false
    end

    scite.SendEditor(SCI_CALLTIPSETFOREHLT, calltips_color_highlight)

    return true
end

-- BGR2Decimal()
-- convert BGR to decimal, duh! (albeit in a hack and stab manner)
function myCallTips:BGR2Decimal(BGR)
    if (BGR.len(BGR) ~= 7) then
        return self.error
    end

    BGR = BGR:gsub('#', '') -- remove hash
    BGR = BGR.reverse(BGR)
    BGR = "0x"..BGR

    return tonumber(BGR)
end

Edited February 13, 2012 by LaCastiglione

[Jos]

You don't need any of the LUA stuff to just update the colors, just add the 2 lines I posted into your SciTEUser.properties and set the colors to what you want.

Jos

Edited February 10, 2012 by Jos

[jaberwacky]

It works except for the highlighted parameter.

[DrLarch]

You don't need any of the LUA stuff to just update the colors, just add the 2 lines I posted into your SciTEUser.properties and set the colors to what you want.

Jos

Thanks for your help, but I do have your two lines (thanks Jos) in my SciTEUser.properties (scroll down in the code posted above). I also have the calltips.color.highlight=#FFFFFF line added as well in the same file (last line - put in the FFFFFF and 000000 to see if I could throw it one way or another with no luck). I fixed my bad file extension for the .lua (been a long week, thanks LaCastiglione for catching that), but I still get dark blue text. . Nothing seems to effect the highlight color... I do have to say though that after adding all those lua's files and tweaks that LaCastiglione mentioned (in the link), my SciTe is now doing cool stuff it didn't do with just the regular install. Now it's matching parenthesis and doing other nice auto-formatting stuff. Cool!! Edited February 11, 2012 by DrLarch

[jaberwacky]

I think your set up has barfed somehow. Uninstall and reinstall please.

[DrLarch]

OK, uninstalled and reinstalled just now. Same thing. Nothing will change the highlight color from dark blue. Jos's line changes the foreground and background color just fine. Does this work for anyone?

[Jos]

OK, uninstalled and reinstalled just now. Same thing. Nothing will change the highlight color from dark blue. Jos's line changes the foreground and background color just fine. Does this work for anyone?

Did you do the following steps?:

1. Use the Full version of SciTE (Not the one that comes with AutoIt3 installer.)

2. Add the line to sciteuser.properties:

style.au3.38=fore:#DADADA,back:#15191E

3. open a file with .au3 extension.

That does it for me.

Jos

This is all I need to do to make it work for AutoIt3

Edited February 13, 2012 by Jos