1 files changed, 41 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/desktop-utilities/lumina-textedit/syntaxSupport.h b/desktop-utilities/lumina-textedit/syntaxSupport.h
index e8944aa4..a4f36822 100644
--- a/desktop-utilities/lumina-textedit/syntaxSupport.h
+++ b/desktop-utilities/lumina-textedit/syntaxSupport.h
@@ -12,15 +12,23 @@
 #include <QTextCharFormat>
 #include <QString>
 
+//Simple syntax rules
 struct SyntaxRule{
   QRegExp pattern;
   QTextCharFormat format;
 };
+//Complicated/multi-line rules
+struct SyntaxRuleSplit{
+  QRegExp startPattern, endPattern;
+  QTextCharFormat format;
+};
 
 class Custom_Syntax : public QSyntaxHighlighter{
 	Q_OBJECT
 private:
 	QVector<SyntaxRule> rules;
+	QVector<SyntaxRuleSplit> splitrules;
+
 public:
 	Custom_Syntax(QTextDocument *parent = 0) : QSyntaxHighlighter(parent){
 	}
@@ -39,7 +47,39 @@ protected:
 	      setFormat(index, len, rules[i].format);
 	      index = patt.indexIn(text, index+len); //go to the next match
 	    }
-	  }
+	  }//end loop over normal (single-line) patterns
+	  //Now look for any multi-line patterns (starting/continuing/ending)
+	  int start = 0;
+	  int splitactive = previousBlockState();
+	  if(splitactive>splitrules.length()-1){ splitactive = -1; } //just in case
+	  while(start>=0 && start<text.length()-1){
+	    //qDebug() << "split check:" << start << splitactive;
+	    if(splitactive>=0){
+	      //Find the end of the current rule
+	      int end = splitrules[splitactive].endPattern.indexIn(text, start);
+	      if(end==-1){
+	        //rule did not finish - apply to all
+		setFormat(start, text.length()-start, splitrules[splitactive].format);
+		break; //stop looking for more multi-line patterns
+	      }else{
+		//Found end point
+		int len = end-start+splitrules[splitactive].endPattern.matchedLength();
+		setFormat(start, len , splitrules[splitactive].format);
+		start+=len; //move pointer to the end of handled range
+		splitactive = -1; //done with this rule
+	      }
+	    } //end check for end match
+	    //Look for the start of any new split rule
+	    for(int i=0; i<splitrules.length() && splitactive<0; i++){
+	      int newstart = splitrules[i].startPattern.indexIn(text,start);
+	      if(newstart>=start){
+		splitactive = i;
+		start = newstart;
+	      }
+	    }
+	    if(splitactive<0){  break; } //no other rules found - go ahead and exit the loop
+          }
+	  setCurrentBlockState(splitactive);
 	}
 };
 #endif
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