Block Comments - multiple start and end strings

[martinlooker]

Currently evaluating and have some questions:

Might it be possible to specify multiple block comment start and end strings at some point? For example I have smarty template files that include html comments <!-- --> and C style for css /* */ and smarty comments {* *} now I'd like all these to appear as comments but I can only setup one set of strings.

I'm also working with more and more files that incorporate more than one language, for example I have PHP files that incorporate HTML and CSS. It would be nice to be able to specify that the php stuff gets a different background colour to everything else as marked out by <?php ?> tags.

Is it possible to do these things in Zeus or might it become possible ?

[jussij]

Might it be possible to specify multiple block comment start and end strings at some point?

As you have found, at present there is no way todo this

Is it possible to do these things in Zeus or might it become possible?

This is also currently not possible

To cater for this feature some though has been given to possibility of allowing a document type to be created based on other document types, but at this stage it is just a thought

Both these features are on the Zeus todo list, but they are not on the short term todo list.

Since these changes require a massive amount of re-work to the editor core in the areas of the comment handling and the document type configuration, they are far from trivial changes.

The current editor core is very stable I am very reluctant to embark on such a major change without a lot of upfront planning and design.

Only when enough time can be found for such major re-work will such features be attempted.

Jussi