Making Expect syntax file

DrSpyware · Post by **DrSpyware** » 09 May 2008 14:57

I'm fairly new to RJ TextEd, so I'll apologize up front for any stupid questions I ask in the future.

I have been doing some work with the Expect language, and want to create a syntax file for it. I'm trying to add the capability of folding up my functions in order to save time, but am having a hard time getting it right. The basic synatx of a function (proc) is:

proc <procName> { var-1 [var-2] [var-n] } {
<body of proc/function>
}

As an example here is a very basic proc.

proc rand {n} {
expr {int($n*rand())}
}

Thanks for any help.

Post by **Rickard Johansson** » 09 May 2008 16:01

The problem is the extensive use of the {} - characters. Something like this works perfectly

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proc rand (n) { 
expr {int($n*rand())} 
}

It might be difficult to make this work in a future version, but I'll look into it. Maybe some simple option to ignore the first {} pair after the proc statement.

DrSpyware · Post by **DrSpyware** » 09 May 2008 18:00

Rickard Johansson wrote:The problem is the extensive use of the {} - characters.

That's what I was thinking, but had to check.

Thanks for your consideration on this.

Post by **Rickard Johansson** » 21 May 2008 17:43

Functions like

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proc rand {n} { 
expr {int($n*rand())} 
}

should work in the next release. No option is needed. You can use the same fold options as in the C++ syntax file.