Feature request: add parameter to textadept.file_types.set_lexer() to set specific lexer from init.lua

[paaguti]

I was wondering if there is any way to add a new function or modify textadept.file_types.set_lexer() to add the possibility of passing the lexer directly instead of opening the dialog to select the lexer.

It would be very handy to add something in my init.lua to change the current lexer to lua in a buffer with

textadept.file_types.set_lexer("lua")

without having to go through the dialog

[snoopy]

Maybe I am not understanding correctly what you want to do but can't you just do:

buffer:set_lexer('lua')
events.emit(events.UPDATE_UI, 1) -- for updating statusbar

and bind this to a key or use it in a function?

[paaguti]

Hi, <blush> I was so much concentrating on the binding stuff that I forgot the update_ui stuff </blush> Thx a ton, /PA

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[orbitalquark]

I've committed a change that allows you to simply call `buffer:set_lexer()` without manually updating the UI. Thanks for catching this @snoopy. 8034c1e

[paaguti]

Shouldn't that be done at the end for buffer:set_lexer() ? Would be nice to avoid the update_ui stuff in my code ;-) Mi .002 cents, /PA

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On Sat, 23 Jul 2022 at 01:13, orbitalquark ***@***.***> wrote: I've committed a change that allows you to simply call `buffer:set_lexer()` without manually updating the UI. Thanks for catching this @snoopy. 8034c1e — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#242 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAZKU4B3KW3UCUDNRW4QJJ3VVMTJXANCNFSM54KL2RMQ> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

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[orbitalquark]

Yes. Normally the `buffer:colorize()` call emits `events.UPDATE_UI` due to styling changes, but in the event there was no text in the buffer, `events.UPDATE_UI` wasn't happening. The change I committed now handles this case.