Help understanding QLexers

[Andrea]

On 24/01/2021 18:20, Phil Thompson wrote:

>> This is what I need to understand.
>> https://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaDoc.html#SCI_SETKEYWORDS
> 
> The QsciLexer classes are just wrappers around the configuration of the corresponding Scintilla 
> lexers. Those lexers are completely independent and hardcode the meaning of the different values - 
> hence the lack of consistency.
> 
> Phil

Yes, now I understand.
It is unfortunate that there is not a "generic" lexer, a bit like it is done in Notepad++, where a 
few options cover a lot of different use cases.

Cheers