Context dependent syntax highlighting in vs code, sublime or atom



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I'm developing a language to write down mathematical proofs for proof checking. (To be more accurate: it is a language to write down derivations in Post canonical systems)



Is it possible to create syntax highlighting for VS Code, Sublime Text or Atom which will do something like this:





So I'm asking for context dependent syntax highlighting. Only the "declared" variables should be highlighted (until the next variable declaration).



Of course, with a custom lexer in Pygments it is possible. But the TextMate-like grammars seem to be too limited. If this is the case: Is there a code editor that can use something like Pygments to highlight code?



Remark:



  1. It isn't important what happens if one variable is an initial segment of another.

  2. The semantical content of the example is nonsense, of course.









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  • I don't know any details about the other editors you mentioned, but this is not possible in Sublime Text; the syntax system it uses (even the one that is enhanced over the TextMate style tmLanguage syntax variant) allows context sensitivity in the form of extra rules that apply in contextually defined situations, but those rules need to be pre-defined in the syntax ahead of time.

    – OdatNurd
    Nov 16 '18 at 19:14











  • Essentially it's possible in both, Atom and Visual Studio Code. Both are based on Electron, so in a nutshell they work and can be programmed like browser. You can use JavaScript to manipulate the DOM, e.g. insert syntax-highlighting classes for dynamically determined strings. But this is far beyond the scope of a StackOverflow question. You are invited to come back with specific problems along the way. The Atom discussion forum is a friendly community that probably can help you.

    – idleberg
    Nov 17 '18 at 18:13


















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I'm developing a language to write down mathematical proofs for proof checking. (To be more accurate: it is a language to write down derivations in Post canonical systems)



Is it possible to create syntax highlighting for VS Code, Sublime Text or Atom which will do something like this:





So I'm asking for context dependent syntax highlighting. Only the "declared" variables should be highlighted (until the next variable declaration).



Of course, with a custom lexer in Pygments it is possible. But the TextMate-like grammars seem to be too limited. If this is the case: Is there a code editor that can use something like Pygments to highlight code?



Remark:



  1. It isn't important what happens if one variable is an initial segment of another.

  2. The semantical content of the example is nonsense, of course.









share|improve this question
























  • I don't know any details about the other editors you mentioned, but this is not possible in Sublime Text; the syntax system it uses (even the one that is enhanced over the TextMate style tmLanguage syntax variant) allows context sensitivity in the form of extra rules that apply in contextually defined situations, but those rules need to be pre-defined in the syntax ahead of time.

    – OdatNurd
    Nov 16 '18 at 19:14











  • Essentially it's possible in both, Atom and Visual Studio Code. Both are based on Electron, so in a nutshell they work and can be programmed like browser. You can use JavaScript to manipulate the DOM, e.g. insert syntax-highlighting classes for dynamically determined strings. But this is far beyond the scope of a StackOverflow question. You are invited to come back with specific problems along the way. The Atom discussion forum is a friendly community that probably can help you.

    – idleberg
    Nov 17 '18 at 18:13














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I'm developing a language to write down mathematical proofs for proof checking. (To be more accurate: it is a language to write down derivations in Post canonical systems)



Is it possible to create syntax highlighting for VS Code, Sublime Text or Atom which will do something like this:





So I'm asking for context dependent syntax highlighting. Only the "declared" variables should be highlighted (until the next variable declaration).



Of course, with a custom lexer in Pygments it is possible. But the TextMate-like grammars seem to be too limited. If this is the case: Is there a code editor that can use something like Pygments to highlight code?



Remark:



  1. It isn't important what happens if one variable is an initial segment of another.

  2. The semantical content of the example is nonsense, of course.









share|improve this question
















I'm developing a language to write down mathematical proofs for proof checking. (To be more accurate: it is a language to write down derivations in Post canonical systems)



Is it possible to create syntax highlighting for VS Code, Sublime Text or Atom which will do something like this:





So I'm asking for context dependent syntax highlighting. Only the "declared" variables should be highlighted (until the next variable declaration).



Of course, with a custom lexer in Pygments it is possible. But the TextMate-like grammars seem to be too limited. If this is the case: Is there a code editor that can use something like Pygments to highlight code?



Remark:



  1. It isn't important what happens if one variable is an initial segment of another.

  2. The semantical content of the example is nonsense, of course.






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  • I don't know any details about the other editors you mentioned, but this is not possible in Sublime Text; the syntax system it uses (even the one that is enhanced over the TextMate style tmLanguage syntax variant) allows context sensitivity in the form of extra rules that apply in contextually defined situations, but those rules need to be pre-defined in the syntax ahead of time.

    – OdatNurd
    Nov 16 '18 at 19:14











  • Essentially it's possible in both, Atom and Visual Studio Code. Both are based on Electron, so in a nutshell they work and can be programmed like browser. You can use JavaScript to manipulate the DOM, e.g. insert syntax-highlighting classes for dynamically determined strings. But this is far beyond the scope of a StackOverflow question. You are invited to come back with specific problems along the way. The Atom discussion forum is a friendly community that probably can help you.

    – idleberg
    Nov 17 '18 at 18:13


















  • I don't know any details about the other editors you mentioned, but this is not possible in Sublime Text; the syntax system it uses (even the one that is enhanced over the TextMate style tmLanguage syntax variant) allows context sensitivity in the form of extra rules that apply in contextually defined situations, but those rules need to be pre-defined in the syntax ahead of time.

    – OdatNurd
    Nov 16 '18 at 19:14











  • Essentially it's possible in both, Atom and Visual Studio Code. Both are based on Electron, so in a nutshell they work and can be programmed like browser. You can use JavaScript to manipulate the DOM, e.g. insert syntax-highlighting classes for dynamically determined strings. But this is far beyond the scope of a StackOverflow question. You are invited to come back with specific problems along the way. The Atom discussion forum is a friendly community that probably can help you.

    – idleberg
    Nov 17 '18 at 18:13

















I don't know any details about the other editors you mentioned, but this is not possible in Sublime Text; the syntax system it uses (even the one that is enhanced over the TextMate style tmLanguage syntax variant) allows context sensitivity in the form of extra rules that apply in contextually defined situations, but those rules need to be pre-defined in the syntax ahead of time.

– OdatNurd
Nov 16 '18 at 19:14





I don't know any details about the other editors you mentioned, but this is not possible in Sublime Text; the syntax system it uses (even the one that is enhanced over the TextMate style tmLanguage syntax variant) allows context sensitivity in the form of extra rules that apply in contextually defined situations, but those rules need to be pre-defined in the syntax ahead of time.

– OdatNurd
Nov 16 '18 at 19:14













Essentially it's possible in both, Atom and Visual Studio Code. Both are based on Electron, so in a nutshell they work and can be programmed like browser. You can use JavaScript to manipulate the DOM, e.g. insert syntax-highlighting classes for dynamically determined strings. But this is far beyond the scope of a StackOverflow question. You are invited to come back with specific problems along the way. The Atom discussion forum is a friendly community that probably can help you.

– idleberg
Nov 17 '18 at 18:13






Essentially it's possible in both, Atom and Visual Studio Code. Both are based on Electron, so in a nutshell they work and can be programmed like browser. You can use JavaScript to manipulate the DOM, e.g. insert syntax-highlighting classes for dynamically determined strings. But this is far beyond the scope of a StackOverflow question. You are invited to come back with specific problems along the way. The Atom discussion forum is a friendly community that probably can help you.

– idleberg
Nov 17 '18 at 18:13













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