PythonSyntaxHighlighter.h

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//  BornAgain: simulate and fit reflection and scattering
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//! @file      GUI/coregui/Views/InfoWidgets/PythonSyntaxHighlighter.h
//! @brief     Defines class PythonSyntaxHighlighter
//!
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/*
This is a C++ port of the following PyQt example
http://diotavelli.net/PyQtWiki/Python%20syntax%20highlighting
C++ port by Frankie Simon (docklight.de, www.fuh-edv.de)
 
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#ifndef BORNAGAIN_GUI_COREGUI_VIEWS_INFOWIDGETS_PYTHONSYNTAXHIGHLIGHTER_H
#define BORNAGAIN_GUI_COREGUI_VIEWS_INFOWIDGETS_PYTHONSYNTAXHIGHLIGHTER_H
 
#include <QSyntaxHighlighter>
 
//! Container to describe a highlighting rule. Based on a regular expression, a relevant match # and
//! the format.
class HighlightingRule {
public:
    HighlightingRule(const QString& patternStr, int n, const QTextCharFormat& matchingFormat)
    {
        originalRuleStr = patternStr;
        pattern = QRegExp(patternStr);
        nth = n;
        format = matchingFormat;
    }
    QString originalRuleStr;
    QRegExp pattern;
    int nth;
    QTextCharFormat format;
};
 
//! Implementation of highlighting for Python code.
class PythonSyntaxHighlighter : public QSyntaxHighlighter {
    Q_OBJECT
public:
    PythonSyntaxHighlighter(QTextDocument* parent = 0);
 
protected:
    void highlightBlock(const QString& text);
 
private:
    QStringList keywords;
    QStringList operators;
    QStringList braces;
 
    QHash<QString, QTextCharFormat> basicStyles;
 
    void initializeRules();
 
    //! Highlighst multi-line strings, returns true if after processing we are still within the
    // multi-line section.
    bool matchMultiline(const QString& text, const QRegExp& delimiter, const int inState,
                        const QTextCharFormat& style);
    const QTextCharFormat getTextCharFormat(const QString& colorName, const QString& style = "");
 
    QList<HighlightingRule> rules;
    QRegExp triSingleQuote;
    QRegExp triDoubleQuote;
};
 
#endif // BORNAGAIN_GUI_COREGUI_VIEWS_INFOWIDGETS_PYTHONSYNTAXHIGHLIGHTER_H