ColorizeScript challenge

[Richard Gaskin]

Tereza Snyder wrote:
> 
> On Apr 27, 2006, at 10:31 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
> 
>>>>
>>>> And I don't colorize my scripts. How pathetic are we? Make sure 
>>>> Richard buys you a nice meal.
>>> I don't colorize either. What a couple of saps.
>>
>> That makes three of us. :)
> 
> 
> four!

While this is a good exercise, even the most complete implementations 
yet (MC and Rev, so as they are) are sparse compared to other environments.

Currently even the most comprehensive Transcript colorization only 
covers comments, built-in commands, built-in functions, and control 
structures.  It doesn't call out variables, nor differentiate their 
type, nor color the user's handlers, etc.

I'm confident we can tweak Geoff's code to take care of function names 
with parens, and once that's in the can we're on par with what Rev and 
MC have done thus far but it's much, much faster.

But for myself, that's as far as I'd care to take it.  I'd be happy to 
integrate other code into the MC IDE which takes other token types into 
account, but I can't see myself spending too much time on it.

It's interesting that the ones here who've put in the most time with 
colorization don't use it. :)

-- 
  Richard Gaskin
  Fourth World Media Corporation
  ___________________________________________________________
  Ambassador at FourthWorld.com       http://www.FourthWorld.com