Re: [Geany-Users] adding json support
On 25 February 2013 09:43, Bob Furber wrote:
> On 13-02-23 07:41 PM, Matthew Brush wrote:
>>>
>>> No change even after restarting my PC: Names are bold black, values are
>>> normal black, numbers are green ..and filetypes.JSON.conf looks like
>>> this:
>>>
>>
> I found it!!
>
> For some reason, I had 2 filetypes.JSON.conf files:
>
> /usr/share/geany/filetypes.JSON.conf
> and
>/root/.config/geany/filedefs/filetypes.JSON.conf
>
> This seems to have come about because I accessed Geany in supervisor mode to
> edit filetypes.JSON.conf.
>
Perhaps the lesson is "Don't try stuff as root", do it as an
unprivileged user, thats why we read the user config so users can
change it without touching the system stuff :)
And as a user mistakes make less of a mess :)
Cheers
Lex
> In the meantime, I have merrily been editing
> /root/.config/geany/filedefs/filetypes.JSON.conf, while Geany, accessed in
> user mode uses /usr/share/geany/filetypes.JSON.conf.
>
>> What are "names"?
>
>
> Perhaps I am using Name inappropriately. What I mean is the lowest element
> in a json file is a name:value pair (i.e., {"myVarName":"myVarValue"}).
> While not very important, I can see some merit in differentiating the name
> from the value.
>
> The only way I have found so far to differentiate names from values is by
> setting lexer_filetype=YAML.
>
> Thanks Matthew & Lex for all your help.
>
> RF
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Re: [Geany-Users] adding json support
On 13-02-23 07:41 PM, Matthew Brush wrote:
No change even after restarting my PC: Names are bold black, values are
normal black, numbers are green ..and filetypes.JSON.conf looks like
this:
I found it!!
For some reason, I had 2 filetypes.JSON.conf files:
/usr/share/geany/filetypes.JSON.conf
and
/root/.config/geany/filedefs/filetypes.JSON.conf
This seems to have come about because I accessed Geany in supervisor
mode to edit filetypes.JSON.conf.
In the meantime, I have merrily been editing
/root/.config/geany/filedefs/filetypes.JSON.conf, while Geany, accessed
in user mode uses /usr/share/geany/filetypes.JSON.conf.
What are "names"?
Perhaps I am using Name inappropriately. What I mean is the lowest
element in a json file is a name:value pair (i.e.,
{"myVarName":"myVarValue"}). While not very important, I can see some
merit in differentiating the name from the value.
The only way I have found so far to differentiate names from values is
by setting lexer_filetype=YAML.
Thanks Matthew & Lex for all your help.
RF
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Re: [Geany-Users] adding json support
On 13-02-23 06:54 PM, Bob Furber wrote: On 13-02-23 06:38 PM, Matthew Brush wrote: I cannot see any YAML styles in filetypes.JSON.conf: [styling=C] Start Deleting lines here... default=default number=number string=string word=word identifier=identifier,bold ... And Stop deleting lines here That is what I meant. No change even after restarting my PC: Names are bold black, values are normal black, numbers are green ..and filetypes.JSON.conf looks like this: I tried to re-create the filetypes.JSON.conf file from scratch, it works fine (at least for syntax highlighting) using this: [styling=C] [keywords] primary=true false null [settings] extension=js lexer_filetype=Javascript comment_single=# comment_use_indent=true [indentation] width=2 type=1 Hope it helps. Cheers, Matthew Brush ___ Users mailing list Users@lists.geany.org https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users
Re: [Geany-Users] adding json support
On 13-02-23 06:54 PM, Bob Furber wrote: On 13-02-23 06:38 PM, Matthew Brush wrote: I cannot see any YAML styles in filetypes.JSON.conf: [styling=C] Start Deleting lines here... default=default number=number string=string word=word identifier=identifier,bold ... And Stop deleting lines here That is what I meant. No change even after restarting my PC: Names are bold black, values are normal black, numbers are green ..and filetypes.JSON.conf looks like this: What are "names"? AFAIK the only "names" in JSON are the names of builtin identifiers like "true" and "false". Everything else is either an aggregate type (list, dict/hashtable, etc), a quoted "string", or a literal numeric value (like 1 or 1.2, etc). Maybe I misunderstood your terminology or JSON specs? [styling=C] [keywords] primary=true false null [settings] extension=json lexer_filetype=Javascript It might be that "Javascript" is not a valid lexer filetype, I've never been clear on this. Perhaps you should use "C" or "CPP" or "C++" or something (whatever makes it use Scintilla's LexCPP.cxx lexer). Maybe someone more knowledgeable can confirm the correct one. FWIW, I'm pretty sure it worked as in the original wiki entry, otherwise I can't imagine why I'd have posted it. Cheers, Matthew Brush ___ Users mailing list Users@lists.geany.org https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users
Re: [Geany-Users] adding json support
On 24 February 2013 13:54, Bob Furber wrote: > On 13-02-23 06:38 PM, Matthew Brush wrote: >>> >>> I cannot see any YAML styles in filetypes.JSON.conf: >>> >>> [styling=C] >> >> >> Start Deleting lines here... >> >>> default=default >>> number=number >>> string=string >>> word=word >>> identifier=identifier,bold >>> >> >> ... And Stop deleting lines here >> >> That is what I meant. > > > No change even after restarting my PC: Names are bold black, values are > normal black, numbers are green ..and filetypes.JSON.conf looks like this: I'm not sure what you are expecting to happen? As I said on another post, you change the colours by choosing the colour scheme. Try alternating between default and alt and you should see at least some difference. Cheers Lex > > [styling=C] > > > [keywords] > primary=true false null > > [settings] > extension=json > lexer_filetype=Javascript > comment_single=# > comment_use_indent=true > > [indentation] > width=2 > # 0 is spaces, 1 is tabs, 2 is tab & spaces > type=0 > > RF > > ___ > Users mailing list > Users@lists.geany.org > https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users ___ Users mailing list Users@lists.geany.org https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users
Re: [Geany-Users] adding json support
On 13-02-23 06:38 PM, Matthew Brush wrote: I cannot see any YAML styles in filetypes.JSON.conf: [styling=C] Start Deleting lines here... default=default number=number string=string word=word identifier=identifier,bold ... And Stop deleting lines here That is what I meant. No change even after restarting my PC: Names are bold black, values are normal black, numbers are green ..and filetypes.JSON.conf looks like this: [styling=C] [keywords] primary=true false null [settings] extension=json lexer_filetype=Javascript comment_single=# comment_use_indent=true [indentation] width=2 # 0 is spaces, 1 is tabs, 2 is tab & spaces type=0 RF ___ Users mailing list Users@lists.geany.org https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users
Re: [Geany-Users] adding json support
On 13-02-23 05:48 PM, Bob Furber wrote: On 13-02-23 04:02 PM, Matthew Brush wrote: Syntax highlighting is still not so colourful: Names are bold black and values are normal black unless they are numbers, in which case they are green. Because you left YAML styles above maybe (under [styling=C]). I cannot see any YAML styles in filetypes.JSON.conf: [styling=C] Start Deleting lines here... default=default number=number string=string word=word identifier=identifier,bold ... And Stop deleting lines here That is what I meant. Cheers, Matthew Brush ___ Users mailing list Users@lists.geany.org https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users
Re: [Geany-Users] adding json support
On 13-02-23 04:02 PM, Matthew Brush wrote:
Syntax highlighting is still not so colourful: Names are bold black and
values are normal black unless they are numbers, in which case they are
green.
Because you left YAML styles above maybe (under [styling=C]).
I cannot see any YAML styles in filetypes.JSON.conf:
[styling=C]
default=default
number=number
string=string
word=word
identifier=identifier,bold
[keywords]
primary=true false null
[settings]
extension=json
lexer_filetype=Javascript
comment_single=#
comment_use_indent=true
[indentation]
width=2
# 0 is spaces, 1 is tabs, 2 is tab & spaces
type=0
I did, however, remove the lines below [styling=C]. But I kept
identifier=identifier,bold
..because it bolds the name in a *Name*:Value pair:
{
"*err*": "File not found",
"*gId*": 28,
}
In case the html is stripped out, "*err*" and "*gId*", above, are bold face.
I would prefer a color like blue, to bold, but bold is really quite
adequate.
Thanks,
RF
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Re: [Geany-Users] adding json support
On 24 February 2013 10:30, Bob Furber wrote:
> On 13-02-22 05:30 PM, Matthew Brush wrote:
>>
>> Someone changed my wiki entry so the filetype is YAML instead of
>> JavaScript[1]. Set it back to JavaScript and set the `[styling]` section
>> back to `[styling=C]`, removing the partial set of styles added in that
>> change and highlighting should work perfect (after all, isn't JSON valid
>> JavaScript syntax?). You can check "Old Revisions" on the wiki to see the
>> original entry and the additions later on.
>
>
> Is the [1] in "instead of JavaScript[1]" significant?
>
> I changed filetypes.JSON.conf to:
>
> [styling=C]
>
> default=default
> number=number
> string=string
> word=word
> identifier=identifier,bold
>
> [keywords]
> primary=true false null
>
> [settings]
> extension=json
> lexer_filetype=Javascript
> comment_single=#
> comment_use_indent=true
>
>
> [indentation]
> width=2
> # 0 is spaces, 1 is tabs, 2 is tab & spaces
> type=0
>
> Syntax highlighting is still not so colourful: Names are bold black and
> values are normal black unless they are numbers, in which case they are
> green.
How colourful a language is depends on two things, how language
constructs detected by the lexer map to styles, and what the colour
scheme defines the style to be (colour, bold, italic, etc).
The former is saying *what* can be coloured and the latter *how* it
will be coloured. The *what* is hard coded, and javascript and YAML
have similar numbers of detected constructs, but they are different
constructs.
The *how* is intended to be configurable by users by:
1) just select a new colour scheme menu->view->editor->colour schemes,
Geany only comes with two (for now), but you can get heaps of
*colourful* schemes here https://github.com/codebrainz/geany-themes
2) by making your own theme, see the manual and the wiki for how, and
the themes above for examples (pick one, rename it and change the bits
you don't like)
3) as a last resort by changing the styling section in your filetype
file, but of course this will prevent it following the colour scheme.
>
> Highlighting of matching '[' and '{' braces works fine after rebooting my
> PC.
>
> Setting the filetype to Javascript (Document -> Set Filetype -> Scripting
> Languages -> Javascript) results in a more colourful display, but without
> any differentiation between names and values.
>
> Is there any way of customizing this without launching a new career?
Some people have made a "career" out of creating themes :)
Cheers
Lex
>
>
>>
>> Please update the wiki if you find it's incorrect.
>
>
> How do I do that?
>
> Thanks,
>
> RF
>
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Re: [Geany-Users] adding json support
On 13-02-23 03:30 PM, Bob Furber wrote:
On 13-02-22 05:30 PM, Matthew Brush wrote:
Someone changed my wiki entry so the filetype is YAML instead of
JavaScript[1]. Set it back to JavaScript and set the `[styling]`
section back to `[styling=C]`, removing the partial set of styles
added in that change and highlighting should work perfect (after all,
isn't JSON valid JavaScript syntax?). You can check "Old Revisions" on
the wiki to see the original entry and the additions later on.
Is the [1] in "instead of JavaScript[1]" significant?
Scroll down to the bottom of my email.
I changed filetypes.JSON.conf to:
[styling=C]
default=default
number=number
string=string
word=word
identifier=identifier,bold
Delete everything after [styling=C] there (from "default" to
"identifier" keys).
[keywords]
primary=true false null
[settings]
extension=json
lexer_filetype=Javascript
comment_single=#
comment_use_indent=true
[indentation]
width=2
# 0 is spaces, 1 is tabs, 2 is tab & spaces
type=0
Syntax highlighting is still not so colourful: Names are bold black and
values are normal black unless they are numbers, in which case they are
green.
Because you left YAML styles above maybe (under [styling=C]).
Highlighting of matching '[' and '{' braces works fine after rebooting
my PC.
Should never need to reboot PC for anything with Geany, but often making
changes to configuration files requires restarting all Geany instances.
Setting the filetype to Javascript (Document -> Set Filetype ->
Scripting Languages -> Javascript) results in a more colourful display,
but without any differentiation between names and values.
It highlights it the same as JavaScript. I don't know what names and
values are in this context, but it highlights quoted "strings" the same
no matter where they appear, as far as I know.
Is there any way of customizing this without launching a new career?
Depends how much of the manual you read :)
Please update the wiki if you find it's incorrect.
How do I do that?
Create a login, login, and click "Edit" or whatever it's labeled on the
page you want to edit. Pretty much same as any wiki.
Cheers,
Matthew Brush
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Re: [Geany-Users] adding json support
On 13-02-22 05:30 PM, Matthew Brush wrote:
Someone changed my wiki entry so the filetype is YAML instead of
JavaScript[1]. Set it back to JavaScript and set the `[styling]`
section back to `[styling=C]`, removing the partial set of styles
added in that change and highlighting should work perfect (after all,
isn't JSON valid JavaScript syntax?). You can check "Old Revisions" on
the wiki to see the original entry and the additions later on.
Is the [1] in "instead of JavaScript[1]" significant?
I changed filetypes.JSON.conf to:
[styling=C]
default=default
number=number
string=string
word=word
identifier=identifier,bold
[keywords]
primary=true false null
[settings]
extension=json
lexer_filetype=Javascript
comment_single=#
comment_use_indent=true
[indentation]
width=2
# 0 is spaces, 1 is tabs, 2 is tab & spaces
type=0
Syntax highlighting is still not so colourful: Names are bold black and
values are normal black unless they are numbers, in which case they are
green.
Highlighting of matching '[' and '{' braces works fine after rebooting
my PC.
Setting the filetype to Javascript (Document -> Set Filetype ->
Scripting Languages -> Javascript) results in a more colourful display,
but without any differentiation between names and values.
Is there any way of customizing this without launching a new career?
Please update the wiki if you find it's incorrect.
How do I do that?
Thanks,
RF
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Re: [Geany-Users] adding json support
[...] > Someone changed my wiki entry so the filetype is YAML instead of > JavaScript[1]. Set it back to JavaScript and set the `[styling]` section > back to `[styling=C]`, removing the partial set of styles added in that > change and highlighting should work perfect (after all, isn't JSON valid > JavaScript syntax?). You can check "Old Revisions" on the wiki to see the > original entry and the additions later on. > > Please update the wiki if you find it's incorrect. Using Javascript as a base for JSON makes much more sense, it is after all JavaScript Object Notation :) Cheers Lex > > Cheers, > Matthew Brush > > [1] http://wiki.geany.org/config/json?rev=1348827879&do=diff > > > ___ > Users mailing list > Users@lists.geany.org > https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users ___ Users mailing list Users@lists.geany.org https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users
Re: [Geany-Users] adding json support
On 13-02-22 03:47 PM, Bob Furber wrote: On 13-02-22 03:08 PM, Lex Trotman wrote: >But, where can I find the content of this check_json script file? Its on the wiki as: #!/bin/bash if which python >/dev/null ; then python -m json.tool <$1 2>&1 >/dev/null \ | sed 's/^\([^:]*\): line \(.*\)/'$1':\2: \1/' elif which perl >/dev/null ; then perl -MJSON -e 'local $/;decode_json();' <$1 2>&1 >/dev/null \ |sed 's/^\(.*\) at .e line 1, .STDIN. [^ ]* \([0-9]*\)/'$1':\2: \1/;' else echo "No known JSON parsers found" >&2 exit 1 fi Doh! I took "For people using Unix, the following will be helpful for checking your JSON files for correctness." too literally and did not think it applied to Linux ..causing a lot of bother as a result. Now any .json file is recognized as such and there is a hint of context sensitive highlighting: bolded variable names and green numbers. My next job will be to try to expand and embellish the context sensitive highlighting. But, one problem I have run into is the opening/closing brace/bracket check is disabled for filetype: JSON. I can enable it by Document -> Set filetype -> NONE ..precisely where I started a couple of days ago :o( Someone changed my wiki entry so the filetype is YAML instead of JavaScript[1]. Set it back to JavaScript and set the `[styling]` section back to `[styling=C]`, removing the partial set of styles added in that change and highlighting should work perfect (after all, isn't JSON valid JavaScript syntax?). You can check "Old Revisions" on the wiki to see the original entry and the additions later on. Please update the wiki if you find it's incorrect. Cheers, Matthew Brush [1] http://wiki.geany.org/config/json?rev=1348827879&do=diff ___ Users mailing list Users@lists.geany.org https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users
Re: [Geany-Users] adding json support
On 13-02-22 03:08 PM, Lex Trotman wrote: >But, where can I find the content of this check_json script file? Its on the wiki as: #!/bin/bash if which python >/dev/null ; then python -m json.tool <$1 2>&1 >/dev/null \ | sed 's/^\([^:]*\): line \(.*\)/'$1':\2: \1/' elif which perl >/dev/null ; then perl -MJSON -e 'local $/;decode_json();' <$1 2>&1 >/dev/null \ |sed 's/^\(.*\) at .e line 1, .STDIN. [^ ]* \([0-9]*\)/'$1':\2: \1/;' else echo "No known JSON parsers found" >&2 exit 1 fi Doh! I took "For people using Unix, the following will be helpful for checking your JSON files for correctness." too literally and did not think it applied to Linux ..causing a lot of bother as a result. Now any .json file is recognized as such and there is a hint of context sensitive highlighting: bolded variable names and green numbers. My next job will be to try to expand and embellish the context sensitive highlighting. But, one problem I have run into is the opening/closing brace/bracket check is disabled for filetype: JSON. I can enable it by Document -> Set filetype -> NONE ..precisely where I started a couple of days ago :o( Thanks again for your patience, RF ___ Users mailing list Users@lists.geany.org https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users
Re: [Geany-Users] adding json support
On 13-02-22 01:59 PM, Lex Trotman wrote: Thanks for your patience and thank you for narrowing down the issue to the absence of the check_json script in /usr/local/bin or some other directory in the PATH variable. But, where can I find the content of this check_json script file? Thanks, RF On 23 February 2013 06:38, Bob Furber wrote: On 13-02-21 06:21 PM, Lex Trotman wrote: Hi Bob, Lets just summarise the steps for you to check: 1. You are using Geany 0.21 or 1.22 (older may work but no guarantee) It turns out I had Geany 0.21, so I upgraded to 1.22: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:geany-dev/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade 2. You followed Colomban's advice to menu->tools->configuration files->filetype_extensions.conf and added the two lines from the wiki, note one is in the [extensions] section and one in the [groups] section. Yes. Under [Extensions], I added JSON=*.json; ..and, under [Groups] I added: Misc=JSON; 3. You followed Colomban's advice to copy the filetypes.JSON.conf from the wiki to your ~/.config/geany/filedefs directory Yes, I started up Geany in Supervisor mode from the command line: ~$ sudo geany Then I copied the code from the wiki into a new file: [styling] default=default number=number string=string word=word identifier=identifier,bold [keywords] primary=true false null [settings] lexer_filetype=YAML extension=json comment_single= [indentation] width=2 # 0 is spaces, 1 is tabs, 2 is tab & spaces type=0 ..and saved the file as ~/.config/geany/filedef/filetypes.JSON.conf These steps are all you need to have the filetype recognised for files with the .json extension, check in the status bar for filetype:JSON when you open such a file. If it doesn't work, check your use of case, thats the most common error, *everything* is case sensitive including filenames and file contents and extensions. Ahhh, did you restart Geany? Loading MyFile.json loads it as filetype:None Saving MyFile.json as MyFile.JSON saves it as filetype:None Loading MyFile.json as MyFile.JSON loads it as filetype:None Document -> Set Filetype -> Miscellaneous -> JSON file changes the filetype to JSON and variable names are bolded and numbers are green In short, I am almost there. 4. You put the check_json script somewhere that is in your PATH list Hmmm... I cannot find any trace of /usr/local/bin/check_json Its the script listed on the wiki, you have to create it so the command can run it, which is why I said *someewhere* on your PATH, like ~/bin, not necessarily in a system directory. So it appears I don't understand how to use the Build -> Set Build Commands dialog, which shows "check" in the Name field of the topmost line, followed by "/usr/local/bin/check_json %f" and I see that /usr/local/bin/ is already on my PATH: ~$ echo $PATH /usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games Hmmm, looks like you only have system dirs in your PATH, I'd add ~/bin (spell it out in full, ~ won't work) so you don't have to put any local programs into system directories. But what does it take for this dialog to generate the check_json script? Clicking Ok does not do it. It doesn't it runs it, see above. Cheers Lex 5. You edited the build commands and the error exception This should now give you a "check" item in the build menu when you have a JSON file open and error messages in the compiler window should point to the line in the source where it occurs. This is where I run into problems. Thanks for your patience, RF Cheers Lex On 22 February 2013 12:14, Bob Furber wrote: Ok, I named the top line of the Build Command dialog "check". I entered /usr/local/bin/check_json %f in the Command field beside it. I left the Working Directory field blank. I entered ([^:]+):([0-9]+) in the Error Regular Expression field at the bottom of the top block. Then I clicked Ok and nothing happened. There is no syntax highlighting of my Json files ..even after restarting Geany. I am missing something obvious, but I do not see it. What is it? Thanks for all your help, RF On 13-02-20 02:55 PM, Lex Trotman wrote: On 21 February 2013 09:41, Bob Furber wrote: Some progress, thanks to you, Colomban. But, still some questions: What is meant in the wiki by: - "use /usr/local/bin/check_json %f as the compile command"? Under "Set Build Commands" I have many choices where to place the command, but I do not see a Compile command. You don't see one because you havn't added it yet :) Just use the top line of the dialog, thats traditionally the compile command. Note, since you have to give it the name as well, you might want to call it "check" instead of "compile" since thats what it runs. I do see a "Make" and "Make Custom Target" commands. - "..and ([^:]+):([0-9]+) as the Error Regular Expression" is pasted in the "Error
Re: [Geany-Users] adding json support
On 23 February 2013 06:38, Bob Furber wrote: > On 13-02-21 06:21 PM, Lex Trotman wrote: > > Hi Bob, > > Lets just summarise the steps for you to check: > > 1. You are using Geany 0.21 or 1.22 (older may work but no guarantee) > > > It turns out I had Geany 0.21, so I upgraded to 1.22: > sudo add-apt-repository ppa:geany-dev/ppa > sudo apt-get update > sudo apt-get upgrade > > 2. You followed Colomban's advice to menu->tools->configuration > files->filetype_extensions.conf and added the two lines from the wiki, > note one is in the [extensions] section and one in the [groups] > section. > > > Yes. Under [Extensions], I added > JSON=*.json; > > ..and, under [Groups] I added: > Misc=JSON; > > 3. You followed Colomban's advice to copy the filetypes.JSON.conf from > the wiki to your ~/.config/geany/filedefs directory > > Yes, I started up Geany in Supervisor mode from the command line: > ~$ sudo geany > > Then I copied the code from the wiki into a new file: > [styling] > default=default > number=number > string=string > word=word > identifier=identifier,bold > > [keywords] > primary=true false null > > [settings] > lexer_filetype=YAML > extension=json > comment_single= > > [indentation] > width=2 > # 0 is spaces, 1 is tabs, 2 is tab & spaces > type=0 > > > ..and saved the file as ~/.config/geany/filedef/filetypes.JSON.conf > > > These steps are all you need to have the filetype recognised for files > with the .json extension, check in the status bar for filetype:JSON > when you open such a file. If it doesn't work, check your use of > case, thats the most common error, *everything* is case sensitive > including filenames and file contents and extensions. > Ahhh, did you restart Geany? > > Loading MyFile.json loads it as filetype:None > > Saving MyFile.json as MyFile.JSON saves it as filetype:None > > Loading MyFile.json as MyFile.JSON loads it as filetype:None > > Document -> Set Filetype -> Miscellaneous -> JSON file changes the > filetype to JSON and variable names are bolded and numbers are green > > In short, I am almost there. > > > 4. You put the check_json script somewhere that is in your PATH list > > > Hmmm... I cannot find any trace of /usr/local/bin/check_json Its the script listed on the wiki, you have to create it so the command can run it, which is why I said *someewhere* on your PATH, like ~/bin, not necessarily in a system directory. > > So it appears I don't understand how to use the Build -> Set Build Commands > dialog, which shows "check" in the Name field of the topmost line, followed > by "/usr/local/bin/check_json %f" and I see that /usr/local/bin/ > is already on my PATH: > > ~$ echo $PATH > /usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games Hmmm, looks like you only have system dirs in your PATH, I'd add ~/bin (spell it out in full, ~ won't work) so you don't have to put any local programs into system directories. > > But what does it take for this dialog to generate the check_json script? > Clicking Ok does not do it. It doesn't it runs it, see above. Cheers Lex > > > 5. You edited the build commands and the error exception > > This should now give you a "check" item in the build menu when you > have a JSON file open and error messages in the compiler window should > point to the line in the source where it occurs. > > > This is where I run into problems. > > Thanks for your patience, > > RF > > > > Cheers > Lex > > On 22 February 2013 12:14, Bob Furber wrote: > > Ok, I named the top line of the Build Command dialog "check". > > I entered /usr/local/bin/check_json %f in the Command field beside it. > > I left the Working Directory field blank. > > I entered ([^:]+):([0-9]+) in the Error Regular Expression field at > the bottom of the top block. > > Then I clicked Ok and nothing happened. There is no syntax > highlighting of my Json files ..even after restarting Geany. > > I am missing something obvious, but I do not see it. > > What is it? > > > Thanks for all your help, > > RF > > > On 13-02-20 02:55 PM, Lex Trotman wrote: > > On 21 February 2013 09:41, Bob Furber wrote: > > Some progress, thanks to you, Colomban. > > But, still some questions: > > What is meant in the wiki by: > > - "use /usr/local/bin/check_json %f as the compile command"? Under "Set > Build Commands" > I have many choices where to place the command, but I do not see a > Compile > command. > > You don't see one because you havn't added it yet :) Just use the top > line of the dialog, thats traditionally the compile command. Note, > since you have to give it the name as well, you might want to call it > "check" instead of "compile" since thats what it runs. > > > I do see a "Make" and "Make Custom Target" commands. > > - "..and ([^:]+):([0-9]+) as the Error Regular Expression" is pasted in > the > "Error > regular expression" field immediately below wherever I paste the
Re: [Geany-Users] adding json support
On 13-02-21 06:21 PM, Lex Trotman wrote: Hi Bob, Lets just summarise the steps for you to check: 1. You are using Geany 0.21 or 1.22 (older may work but no guarantee) It turns out I had Geany 0.21, so I upgraded to 1.22: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:geany-dev/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade 2. You followed Colomban's advice to menu->tools->configuration files->filetype_extensions.conf and added the two lines from the wiki, note one is in the [extensions] section and one in the [groups] section. Yes. Under [Extensions], I added JSON=*.json; ..and, under [Groups] I added: Misc=JSON; 3. You followed Colomban's advice to copy the filetypes.JSON.conf from the wiki to your ~/.config/geany/filedefs directory Yes, I started up Geany in Supervisor mode from the command line: ~$ sudo geany Then I copied the code from the wiki into a new file: [styling] default=default number=number string=string word=word identifier=identifier,bold [keywords] primary=true false null [settings] lexer_filetype=YAML extension=json comment_single= [indentation] width=2 # 0 is spaces, 1 is tabs, 2 is tab & spaces type=0 ..and saved the file as ~/.config/geany/filedef/filetypes.JSON.conf These steps are all you need to have the filetype recognised for files with the .json extension, check in the status bar for filetype:JSON when you open such a file. If it doesn't work, check your use of case, thats the most common error, *everything* is case sensitive including filenames and file contents and extensions. Loading MyFile.json loads it as filetype:None Saving MyFile.json as MyFile.JSON saves it as filetype:None Loading MyFile.json as MyFile.JSON loads it as filetype:None Document -> Set Filetype -> Miscellaneous -> JSON file changes the filetype to JSON and variable names are bolded and numbers are green In short, I am almost there. 4. You put the check_json script somewhere that is in your PATH list Hmmm... I cannot find any trace of /usr/local/bin/check_json So it appears I don't understand how to use the Build -> Set Build Commands dialog, which shows "check" in the Name field of the topmost line, followed by "/usr/local/bin/check_json %f" and I see that /usr/local/bin/ is already on my PATH: ~$ echo $PATH /usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games But what does it take for this dialog to generate the check_json script? Clicking Ok does not do it. 5. You edited the build commands and the error exception This should now give you a "check" item in the build menu when you have a JSON file open and error messages in the compiler window should point to the line in the source where it occurs. This is where I run into problems. Thanks for your patience, RF Cheers Lex On 22 February 2013 12:14, Bob Furber wrote: Ok, I named the top line of the Build Command dialog "check". I entered /usr/local/bin/check_json %f in the Command field beside it. I left the Working Directory field blank. I entered ([^:]+):([0-9]+) in the Error Regular Expression field at the bottom of the top block. Then I clicked Ok and nothing happened. There is no syntax highlighting of my Json files ..even after restarting Geany. I am missing something obvious, but I do not see it. What is it? Thanks for all your help, RF On 13-02-20 02:55 PM, Lex Trotman wrote: On 21 February 2013 09:41, Bob Furber wrote: Some progress, thanks to you, Colomban. But, still some questions: What is meant in the wiki by: - "use /usr/local/bin/check_json %f as the compile command"? Under "Set Build Commands" I have many choices where to place the command, but I do not see a Compile command. You don't see one because you havn't added it yet :) Just use the top line of the dialog, thats traditionally the compile command. Note, since you have to give it the name as well, you might want to call it "check" instead of "compile" since thats what it runs. I do see a "Make" and "Make Custom Target" commands. - "..and ([^:]+):([0-9]+) as the Error Regular Expression" is pasted in the "Error regular expression" field immediately below wherever I paste the compile command? Yes. Finally, if I am successful, I would be pleased to rewrite this wiki page to make it clearer for dummies like me. All contributions welcome. Cheers Lex Thanks, RF On 13-02-20 12:49 PM, Colomban Wendling wrote: Hi, Le 20/02/2013 20:46, Bob Furber a écrit : The Geany wiki provides instructions on how to add json support. But I have run into problems: - I cannot find |filetypes_extensions.conf|, the file I need to modify on my Linux Ubuntu system. It may not already exist in your user config, but it's supposed to be in ~/.config/geany/. You can also open it for editing using Tools->Configuration files->filetype_extensions.conf from inside Geany. - I assume I deed to add th
Re: [Geany-Users] adding json support
Hi Bob, Lets just summarise the steps for you to check: 1. You are using Geany 0.21 or 1.22 (older may work but no guarantee) 2. You followed Colomban's advice to menu->tools->configuration files->filetype_extensions.conf and added the two lines from the wiki, note one is in the [extensions] section and one in the [groups] section. 3. You followed Colomban's advice to copy the filetypes.JSON.conf from the wiki to your ~/.config/geany/filedefs directory These steps are all you need to have the filetype recognised for files with the .json extension, check in the status bar for filetype:JSON when you open such a file. If it doesn't work, check your use of case, thats the most common error, *everything* is case sensitive including filenames and file contents and extensions. 4. You put the check_json script somewhere that is in your PATH list 5. You edited the build commands and the error exception This should now give you a "check" item in the build menu when you have a JSON file open and error messages in the compiler window should point to the line in the source where it occurs. Cheers Lex On 22 February 2013 12:14, Bob Furber wrote: > Ok, I named the top line of the Build Command dialog "check". > > I entered /usr/local/bin/check_json %f in the Command field beside it. > > I left the Working Directory field blank. > > I entered ([^:]+):([0-9]+) in the Error Regular Expression field at > the bottom of the top block. > > Then I clicked Ok and nothing happened. There is no syntax > highlighting of my Json files ..even after restarting Geany. > > I am missing something obvious, but I do not see it. > > What is it? > > > Thanks for all your help, > > RF > > > On 13-02-20 02:55 PM, Lex Trotman wrote: > >> On 21 February 2013 09:41, Bob Furber wrote: >>> >>> Some progress, thanks to you, Colomban. >>> >>> But, still some questions: >>> >>> What is meant in the wiki by: >>> >>> - "use /usr/local/bin/check_json %f as the compile command"? Under "Set >>> Build Commands" >>> I have many choices where to place the command, but I do not see a >>> Compile >>> command. >> >> You don't see one because you havn't added it yet :) Just use the top >> line of the dialog, thats traditionally the compile command. Note, >> since you have to give it the name as well, you might want to call it >> "check" instead of "compile" since thats what it runs. >> >> >>> I do see a "Make" and "Make Custom Target" commands. >>> >>> - "..and ([^:]+):([0-9]+) as the Error Regular Expression" is pasted in >>> the >>> "Error >>> regular expression" field immediately below wherever I paste the >>> compile >>> command? >> >> Yes. >> >>> Finally, if I am successful, I would be pleased to rewrite this wiki page >>> to >>> make it >>> clearer for dummies like me. >>> >> All contributions welcome. >> >> Cheers >> Lex >> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> RF >>> >>> On 13-02-20 12:49 PM, Colomban Wendling wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Le 20/02/2013 20:46, Bob Furber a écrit : >>> >>> The Geany wiki provides instructions on how to add json support. >>> >>> But I have run into problems: >>> >>> - I cannot find |filetypes_extensions.conf|, the file I need to >>> modify on my Linux Ubuntu system. >>> >>> It may not already exist in your user config, but it's supposed to be in >>> ~/.config/geany/. You can also open it for editing using >>> Tools->Configuration files->filetype_extensions.conf from inside Geany. >>> >>> - I assume I deed to add the new filetypes.JSON.conf to the >>> /usr/share/geany folder >>> >>> No, this is the system path, to add a filetype for your user, add it in >>> ~/.config/geany/filedefs/ >>> >>> Regards, >>> Colomban >>> >>> Can anyone help me add json support to an otherwise outstanding code >>> editor? >>> >>> ___ >>> Users mailing list >>> Users@lists.geany.org >>> https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users >>> >>> >>> >>> ___ >>> Users mailing list >>> Users@lists.geany.org >>> https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users >>> >> ___ >> Users mailing list >> Users@lists.geany.org >> https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users >> >> > ___ > Users mailing list > Users@lists.geany.org > https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users ___ Users mailing list Users@lists.geany.org https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users
Re: [Geany-Users] adding json support
Ok, I named the top line of the Build Command dialog "check". I entered /usr/local/bin/check_json %f in the Command field beside it. I left the Working Directory field blank. I entered ([^:]+):([0-9]+) in the Error Regular Expression field at the bottom of the top block. Then I clicked Ok and nothing happened. There is no syntax highlighting of my Json files ..even after restarting Geany. I am missing something obvious, but I do not see it. What is it? Thanks for all your help, RF On 13-02-20 02:55 PM, Lex Trotman wrote: On 21 February 2013 09:41, Bob Furber wrote: Some progress, thanks to you, Colomban. But, still some questions: What is meant in the wiki by: - "use /usr/local/bin/check_json %f as the compile command"? Under "Set Build Commands" I have many choices where to place the command, but I do not see a Compile command. You don't see one because you havn't added it yet :) Just use the top line of the dialog, thats traditionally the compile command. Note, since you have to give it the name as well, you might want to call it "check" instead of "compile" since thats what it runs. I do see a "Make" and "Make Custom Target" commands. - "..and ([^:]+):([0-9]+) as the Error Regular Expression" is pasted in the "Error regular expression" field immediately below wherever I paste the compile command? Yes. Finally, if I am successful, I would be pleased to rewrite this wiki page to make it clearer for dummies like me. All contributions welcome. Cheers Lex Thanks, RF On 13-02-20 12:49 PM, Colomban Wendling wrote: Hi, Le 20/02/2013 20:46, Bob Furber a écrit : The Geany wiki provides instructions on how to add json support. But I have run into problems: - I cannot find |filetypes_extensions.conf|, the file I need to modify on my Linux Ubuntu system. It may not already exist in your user config, but it's supposed to be in ~/.config/geany/. You can also open it for editing using Tools->Configuration files->filetype_extensions.conf from inside Geany. - I assume I deed to add the new filetypes.JSON.conf to the /usr/share/geany folder No, this is the system path, to add a filetype for your user, add it in ~/.config/geany/filedefs/ Regards, Colomban Can anyone help me add json support to an otherwise outstanding code editor? ___ Users mailing list Users@lists.geany.org https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users ___ Users mailing list Users@lists.geany.org https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users ___ Users mailing list Users@lists.geany.org https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users ___ Users mailing list Users@lists.geany.org https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users
Re: [Geany-Users] adding json support
On 21 February 2013 09:41, Bob Furber wrote: > Some progress, thanks to you, Colomban. > > But, still some questions: > > What is meant in the wiki by: > > - "use /usr/local/bin/check_json %f as the compile command"? Under "Set > Build Commands" > I have many choices where to place the command, but I do not see a Compile > command. You don't see one because you havn't added it yet :) Just use the top line of the dialog, thats traditionally the compile command. Note, since you have to give it the name as well, you might want to call it "check" instead of "compile" since thats what it runs. > I do see a "Make" and "Make Custom Target" commands. > > - "..and ([^:]+):([0-9]+) as the Error Regular Expression" is pasted in the > "Error > regular expression" field immediately below wherever I paste the compile > command? Yes. > > Finally, if I am successful, I would be pleased to rewrite this wiki page to > make it > clearer for dummies like me. > All contributions welcome. Cheers Lex > > Thanks, > > RF > > On 13-02-20 12:49 PM, Colomban Wendling wrote: > > Hi, > > Le 20/02/2013 20:46, Bob Furber a écrit : > > The Geany wiki provides instructions on how to add json support. > > But I have run into problems: > > - I cannot find |filetypes_extensions.conf|, the file I need to > modify on my Linux Ubuntu system. > > It may not already exist in your user config, but it's supposed to be in > ~/.config/geany/. You can also open it for editing using > Tools->Configuration files->filetype_extensions.conf from inside Geany. > > - I assume I deed to add the new filetypes.JSON.conf to the > /usr/share/geany folder > > No, this is the system path, to add a filetype for your user, add it in > ~/.config/geany/filedefs/ > > Regards, > Colomban > > Can anyone help me add json support to an otherwise outstanding code > editor? > > ___ > Users mailing list > Users@lists.geany.org > https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users > > > > ___ > Users mailing list > Users@lists.geany.org > https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users > ___ Users mailing list Users@lists.geany.org https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users
Re: [Geany-Users] adding json support
Some progress, thanks to you, Colomban. But, still some questions: What is meant in the wiki by: - "use|/usr/local/bin/check_json %f| as the compile command"? Under "Set Build Commands" I have many choices where to place the command, but I do not see a Compile command. I do see a "Make" and "Make Custom Target" commands. - "..and|([^:]+):([0-9]+)| as the Error Regular Expression" is pasted in the "Error regular expression" field immediately below wherever I paste the compile command? Finally, if I am successful, I would be pleased to rewrite this wiki page to make it clearer for dummies like me. Thanks, RF On 13-02-20 12:49 PM, Colomban Wendling wrote: Hi, Le 20/02/2013 20:46, Bob Furber a écrit : The Geany wiki provides instructions on how to add json support. But I have run into problems: - I cannot find |filetypes_extensions.conf|, the file I need to modify on my Linux Ubuntu system. It may not already exist in your user config, but it's supposed to be in ~/.config/geany/. You can also open it for editing using Tools->Configuration files->filetype_extensions.conf from inside Geany. - I assume I deed to add the new filetypes.JSON.conf to the /usr/share/geany folder No, this is the system path, to add a filetype for your user, add it in ~/.config/geany/filedefs/ Regards, Colomban Can anyone help me add json support to an otherwise outstanding code editor? ___ Users mailing list Users@lists.geany.org https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users ___ Users mailing list Users@lists.geany.org https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users
Re: [Geany-Users] adding json support
Hi, Le 20/02/2013 20:46, Bob Furber a écrit : > The Geany wiki provides instructions on how to add json support. > > But I have run into problems: > > - I cannot find |filetypes_extensions.conf|, the file I need to > modify on my Linux Ubuntu system. It may not already exist in your user config, but it's supposed to be in ~/.config/geany/. You can also open it for editing using Tools->Configuration files->filetype_extensions.conf from inside Geany. > - I assume I deed to add the new filetypes.JSON.conf to the > /usr/share/geany folder No, this is the system path, to add a filetype for your user, add it in ~/.config/geany/filedefs/ Regards, Colomban > Can anyone help me add json support to an otherwise outstanding code > editor? ___ Users mailing list Users@lists.geany.org https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users
[Geany-Users] adding json support
The Geany wiki provides instructions on how to add json support. But I have run into problems: - I cannot find|filetypes_extensions.conf|, the file I need to modify on my Linux Ubuntu system. - I assume I deed to add the new filetypes.JSON.conf to the /usr/share/geany folder Can anyone help me add json support to an otherwise outstanding code editor? ___ Users mailing list Users@lists.geany.org https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users
