[ jEdit-devel ] Edit modes

Hi,

Hope I'm not beating any dead horses, but in the process of writing an Otter
edit mode I've come upon some features, in no particular order, that I would
like to suggest be implemented:

First, a "match start of word" option for MARK_FOLLOWING. I'm trying to
highlight words that start with u, v, ..., z (which are variables in Otter),
but if I try <MARK_FOLLOWING TYPE="LITERAL2">u</MARK_FOLLOWING> it ends up
highlighting the tail portion of anything that contains u, even in the
middle of the word.

Second, an "unindentPrevLine" similar to "indentPrevLine" would really be
useful, so that if the previous line matches a regular expression, that
previous line and the current line are both unindented. I would imagine this
to be useful for other languages such as when you have if-endif constructs.

I am just a newbie to jEdit and would appreciate it being pointed out if
what I'm trying to accomplish can already be achieved. :-)

As an aside, could someone tell me if there is a "go to matching tag"
function for HTML/XML files? I've seen a "find matching tag" function (I
think in the HTML plugin), but that just highlights the tag without moving
the cursor. What about a "collapse all folds" macro? I know one can set up
file types to open with all folds collapsed, but in the middle of
editing...?

Thanks in advance,

Sue Ann Koay
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