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\subject{Installing Scite}

Scite has built-in lexers as well as external lpeg based ones. We
can use both but for the external lexers some more work is needed
to get them running. As they are more advanced it's worth the
effort.

First you need to install Scite. Just get the latest greatest from:

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www.scintilla.org
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Next you need to install the lpeg lexers. These can be fetched from:

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code.google.com/p/scintilla
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On windows you need to copy the \type {lexers} subfolder to the \type
{wscite} folder. For Linux the place depends on the distribution.

\subject{Extending Scite}

In the \CONTEXT\ distribution you find the relevant files in:

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<contextroot>/tex/texmf-context/context/data/scite
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The easy way is to copy all the files in that path to the path where
the global properties files lives

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SciteGlobal.properties
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At the end of that file (on windows it is in the path where the Scite
binary) you then add a line to the end:

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import scite-context-user
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You need to restart Scite in order to see if things work out as expected.

Disabling the external lexer in a recent Scite is somewhat tricky. In that
case the end of that file looks like:

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imports.exclude=scite-context-external
import *
import scite-context-user
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In any case you need to make sure that the user file is loaded last.

\subject{An alternative approach}

If for some reason you prefer not to mess with property files in the main
Scite path, you can follow a different route and selectively copy files to
places.

The following files are needed for the lpeg based lexer:

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lexers/scite-context-lexer.lua
lexers/scite-context-lexer-tex.lua
lexers/scite-context-lexer-mps.lua
lexers/scite-context-lexer-lua.lua
lexers/scite-context-lexer-cld.lua

lexers/context/data/scite-context-data-tex.lua
lexers/context/data/scite-context-data-context.lua
lexers/context/data/scite-context-data-interfaces.lua
lexers/context/data/scite-context-data-metapost.lua
lexers/context/data/scite-context-data-metafun.lua

lexers/themes/scite-context-theme.lua
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The data files are needed because we cannot access property files
from within the lexer. If we could open a file we could use the
property files instead.

These files go to the \type {lexers} subpath in your Scite
installation. Normally this sits in the binary path. The
following files provide some extensions. On windows you can copy
these files to the path where the scite binary lives.

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scite-ctx.lua
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Because property files can only be loaded from the same path
where the (user) file loads them you need to copy the following
files to the same path where the loading is defined:

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scite-context.properties
scite-context-internal.properties
scite-context-external.properties

scite-pragma.properties

scite-tex.properties
scite-metapost.properties

scite-context-data-tex.properties
scite-context-data-context.properties
scite-context-data-interfaces.properties
scite-context-data-metapost.properties
scite-context-data-metafun.properties

scite-ctx.properties
scite-ctx-context.properties
scite-ctx-example.properties
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On Windows these go to:

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c:/Users/YourName
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Next you need to add this to:

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import scite-context
import scite-context-internal
import scite-context-external
import scite-pragma
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to the file:

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SciTEUser.properties
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Of course the pragma import is optional. You can comment either the
internal  or external variant but there is no reason not to keep them both.

\subject{Spell checking}

If you want to have spellchecking, you need have files with correct words
on each line. The first line of a file determines the language:

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% language=uk
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In this case the following file is needed:

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spell-uk.txt
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This file is searched on the the path determined by the environment variable:

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CTXSPELLPATH
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\subject{Interface selection}

In a similar fashion you can drive the interface checking:

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% interface=nl
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