wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl and custom lexer

[deonis]

Hi everyone,

I have a problem to setup a custom lexer using in wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl (wxPython). I have a text file which consit of certain keywords which I would like to highlight. The text file is not related to any of the programing languages and so I cannot use the buildin lexers. The method I tried is slow and I was just wondering if someone knows a better way. Here is my code:
First, I create a custom lexer and then bind wx.stc.EVT_STC_STYLENEEDED to the appropriate function for highlighting

self.text.SetLexer(wx.stc.STC_LEX_CONTAINER)
self.text.SetStyleBits(5)
self.text.Bind(wx.stc.EVT_STC_STYLENEEDED, self.Color)

than I create the actual function to handle the event:

def onColor1(self, event):
            styled_text=['BFG', 'FYI', 'DPS', 'DSD']
            fulltext = self.text.GetText()
            self.text.StyleSetSpec(2, 'fore:#0000FF, back:#FFFFFF,face:Courier New,size:12') 
            for item in styled_text:
                pos=fulltext.find(item)
                while pos!=-1: 
                        self.text.StartStyling(pos, 0xff)
                        self.text.SetStyling(len(item), 2)
                        pos = fulltext.find(item, pos+1)

this seems to work fine but it's very slow.

I appreciate any help

thanks in advance

[richieking]

check with the bind method name( event handler method). its different to the method name it calls.
self.Color is not the same as onColor.

[deonis]

thanks, it's a typo. I saw this then it was too late to correct it. However, it's not my main problem.

[deonis]

I guess I solve my problem in a way by using:

self.Bind(wx.EVT_KEY_UP, self.onColour) #instead of: 
self.text.Bind(wx.stc.EVT_STC_STYLENEEDED, self.onColour) 
# and the following handler function:
def onColour(self,event):           
            styled_text=['BFG', 'FYI', 'DPS', 'DSD']
            fulltext = self.text.GetText()
            self.text.StyleSetSpec(2, 'fore:#221dff, back:#FFFFFF,face:Courier New,size:12') 
            for item in styled_text:
                pos = fulltext.find(item)
                while pos in range(0, len(fulltext)):
                    self.text.StartStyling(pos, 2)
                    self.text.SetStyling(len(item), 2)
                    pos=fulltext.find(item, pos+1)