fltk/examples/texteditor-with-dynamic-colors.cxx

//
//      How to use Fl_Text_Editor with dynamic colors. -erco 08/29/2018
//      Originally posted on fltk.general.
//
//      Shows how to use the add_modify_callback() to dynamically apply colors
//      to text while the user types. For demonstration purposes, we trivially
//      color the digits 0-4 in green, 5-9 in red, and all else in black.
//
//      The text buffer and style buffer are two parallel character arrays;
//      chars in the *text* buffer are the text in the editor, and
//      chars in the *style* buffer represent coloring + font information
//      for the corresponding character in the text buffer.
//
//      In this example, a style buffer table sets up these style buffer
//      characters: 'A' to be black text, 'B' to be green, and 'C' for red.
//      The style buffer uses the same font + font sizes, so the font sizes
//      remain the same when colors are changed.
//
// Copyright 2018 Greg Ercolano.
// Copyright 1998-2018 by Bill Spitzak and others.
//
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#include <FL/Fl.H>
#include <FL/Fl_Window.H>
#include <FL/Fl_Text_Editor.H>

// Custom class to demonstrate a specialized text editor
class MyEditor : public Fl_Text_Editor {

    Fl_Text_Buffer *tbuff;      // text buffer
    Fl_Text_Buffer *sbuff;      // style buffer

    // Modify callback handler
    void ModifyCallback(int pos,        // position of update
                        int nInserted,  // number of inserted chars
                        int nDeleted,   // number of deleted chars
                        int,            // number of restyled chars (unused here)
                        const char*) {  // text deleted (unused here)

        // Nothing inserted or deleted?
        if (nInserted == 0 && nDeleted == 0) return;

        // Characters inserted into tbuff?
        //     Insert same number of chars into style buffer..
        //
        if (nInserted > 0) {
            char *style = new char[nInserted + 1];  // temp buffer
            memset(style, 'A', nInserted);          // init style to "A"s
            style[nInserted] = '\0';                // terminate string
            sbuff->insert(pos, style);              // insert "A"s into style buffer
            delete[] style;                         // done with temp buffer..
        }

        // Characters deleted from tbuff?
        //    Delete same number of chars from style buffer..
        //
        if ( nDeleted > 0 ) {
            sbuff->remove(pos, pos + nDeleted);
            return;     // nothing more to do; deleting won't affect our single char coloring
        }

        // Focus on characters inserted
        int start  = pos;
        int end    = pos + nInserted;
        //DEBUG fprintf(stderr, "add_modify_callback(): start/end=%d/%d, text='%.*s'\n", start, end, (end-start), tbuff->address(start));

        // SIMPLE EXAMPLE:
        //     Color the digits 0-4 in green, 5-9 in red.
        //
        for ( int i=start; i<end; i++ ) {
            unsigned int c = tbuff->char_at(i);
            if      ( strchr("01234", c) ) sbuff->replace(i, i+1, "B");   // style 'B' (green)
            else if ( strchr("56789", c) ) sbuff->replace(i, i+1, "C");   // style 'C' (red)
            else                           sbuff->replace(i, i+1, "A");   // style 'A' (black)
        }
    }

    static void ModifyCallback_STATIC(int pos,                 // position of update
                                      int nInserted,           // number of inserted chars
                                      int nDeleted,            // number of deleted chars
                                      int nRestyled,           // number of restyled chars
                                      const char *deletedText, // text deleted
                                      void *cbarg) {           // callback data
        MyEditor *med = (MyEditor*)cbarg;
        med->ModifyCallback(pos, nInserted, nDeleted, nRestyled, deletedText);
    }

public:
    MyEditor(int X,int Y,int W,int H) : Fl_Text_Editor(X,Y,W,H) {
        // Style table for the respective styles
        static const Fl_Text_Editor::Style_Table_Entry stable[] = {
           // FONT COLOR      FONT FACE   FONT SIZE
           // --------------- ----------- --------------
           {  FL_BLACK,       FL_COURIER, 14 }, // A - Black
           {  FL_DARK_GREEN,  FL_COURIER, 14 }, // B - Green
           {  FL_RED,         FL_COURIER, 14 }, // C - Red
        };
        tbuff = new Fl_Text_Buffer();    // text buffer
        sbuff = new Fl_Text_Buffer();    // style buffer
        buffer(tbuff);
        int stable_size = sizeof(stable)/sizeof(stable[0]);
        highlight_data(sbuff, stable, stable_size, 'A', 0, 0);
        tbuff->add_modify_callback(ModifyCallback_STATIC, (void*)this);
    }

    void text(const char* val) {
        tbuff->text(val);
    }
};

int main() {
   Fl_Window *win = new Fl_Window(720, 480, "Text Editor With Dynamic Coloring");
   MyEditor  *med = new MyEditor(10,10,win->w()-20,win->h()-20);
   // Initial text in editor.
   med->text("In this editor, digits 0-4 are shown in green, 5-9 shown in red.\n"
             "So here's some numbers 0123456789.\n"
             "Coloring is handled automatically by the add_modify_callback().\n"
             "\n"
             "You can type here to test. ");
   win->resizable(med);
   win->show();
   return(Fl::run());
}