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SlickEdit Product Discussion => SlickEdit® => Topic started by: bohemian on August 22, 2006, 10:25:21 PM

Title: How do I get a file without any extension recognized by SlickEdit as a C file ?
Post by: bohemian on August 22, 2006, 10:25:21 PM
I am incorporating a 3rd party software into my project and for some reason the header files in the 3rd party source code do not have any extension at all !!!

I am unable to get SlickEdit to recognize these files as C header files nor get them tagged. The file extension setup works only for files which actually have an extension. I even tried to create a new extension by typing just a "." but that didn't work either.

Does anyone know of a hack/workaround/solution for this issue. Thx !
Title: Re: How do I get a file without any extension recognized by SlickEdit as a C fil
Post by: hs2 on August 22, 2006, 10:46:28 PM
Check your file ext setup -> tagging -> Options ...

HS2
Title: Re: How do I get a file without any extension recognized by SlickEdit as a C fil
Post by: bohemian on August 22, 2006, 11:23:01 PM
The picture that you have posted seems to be for the extension "c". I don't have a problem with the files with a ".c" or a ".h" extension. My issue is with a C header file that doesn't have a ".h" extension. In fact it doesn't have any extension at all.

So if I have a file "foo.c" or a "foo.h" they get recognized and tagged correctly by SlickEdit but a file name of just "foo" doesn't get recognized or tagged even though it contains C code.

I just can't figure out how to get SlickEdit to recognize this file.
Title: Re: How do I get a file without any extension recognized by SlickEdit as a C fil
Post by: hs2 on August 23, 2006, 01:05:13 AM
Take a closer look ;)
The pic belongs to the common C/C++ 'file extension setup' -> see button 'Options...' at the bottom of the dialog -> see 'C Options' -> Other Tab -> see 'Extensionless C++ files'. Add your STL / whatever headers there...
Don't care about the ExAcT words, it's the common C/C++ setup.

Good luck,
HS2
Title: Re: How do I get a file without any extension recognized by SlickEdit as a C fil
Post by: bohemian on August 23, 2006, 04:43:38 PM
I didn't have the "Extensionless C++ files" tab in my version of SlickEdit (10.x) so I upgraded to the latest version (11.x) and then this tab showed up.

Per your recommendation I added about 5 files (extensionless C header files) and then forced a re-tag of the project. But still no luck. When I open up the files they just display as regular text files no special formatting can be seen. Also the symbols in these files are not tagged since I couldn't jump from the function implementation in the C file to its declaration in the corresponding "extensionless" C header file.

Am I missing a step ? I thought retagging after adding these extensionless files should've done it.

Any help/insight would be appreciated.
Title: Re: How do I get a file without any extension recognized by SlickEdit as a C fil
Post by: hs2 on August 23, 2006, 05:27:55 PM
Did a quick check how it's handled by Slick.
These files are considered as part of the C-Compiler (auto-)tag file.
I hope a rebuild of it solves the problem.
See 'Tool->Tag Files->Auto Tag... button'

Good luck,

HS2

BTW: The mapping of these files to 'C-files' is also built in.
Should work ... at least when you get into such a file by 'Goto Definiton' or something.
Title: Re: How do I get a file without any extension recognized by SlickEdit as a C fil
Post by: bohemian on August 23, 2006, 06:28:58 PM
Nope that didn't work either ! I even tried to delete the complete project and start from scratch but those files just don't get recognized.

Looks like I am left with only one choice i.e. to rename all the extensionless C header files with a ".h" extension and then painstakingly append all the refrences to these header files  in the C source files with ".h". With more than a thousand files in the 3rd party software that I am porting, it is going to be a stupendous task.

I really thought that SlickEdit would've handled this case better. Perhaps there is a way to do this but doesn't look like anyone has faced this particular issue before.

Thanks for trying H2S.
Title: Re: How do I get a file without any extension recognized by SlickEdit as a C fil
Post by: Phil Barila on August 23, 2006, 07:53:23 PM
If you haven't already, call the support line or send a request to the support@slickedit.com.  At least make them tell you it can't be done before you give up.
Title: Re: How do I get a file without any extension recognized by SlickEdit as a C fil
Post by: hs2 on August 23, 2006, 08:23:41 PM
Holy sh*t - was not that easy...

But I think I got it...
1. By default it's required that your ext.less headers reside in certain subdirs (e.g. include subdir) !

on cmdline use e.g.:
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set-var def_cpp_include_path_re inc|include|c\+\+|g\+\+-2|g\+\+-3
to add a new subdir prefix inc.
or just:
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set-var def_cpp_include_path_re
to check and edit this regexp. (It's not CaSe sensitive on Windows.)

2. add your ext.lessies w/o any path to the Ext.Less C++ list (see attachment)
or on cmdline:
Code: [Select]
set-var def_user_langext_files my ext less files

3. add the files - using 'All files *.*' mode ;) - to your workspace tagfile (Tools -> Tag Files dialog again).
4. retag

Worked for me (tag support + colorizer) and should work for you - I hope ...

HS2
Title: Re: How do I get a file without any extension recognized by SlickEdit as a C file ?
Post by: Dennis on August 28, 2006, 02:45:40 PM
As a side note:  Anyone else just want to break the kneecaps of the guy on the standards committee who came up with this idea of extensionless header files?
Title: Re: How do I get a file without any extension recognized by SlickEdit as a C fil
Post by: hs2 on August 28, 2006, 06:07:49 PM
Fully ACK :)
That's the problem w/ such committees !
In addition the members are often 'spare' guys sent by their companies to take care about politcal interests ... any questions ?

HS2
Title: Re: How do I get a file without any extension recognized by SlickEdit as a C fil
Post by: PlanetPratt on August 31, 2006, 04:35:31 AM
Then again, I've been telling SlickEdit for years that they should switch from extensions to filespecs.  So instead of specifying .c, you'd specify *.c.  That way you could specify Makefile as a pattern or (in this case) inc/*.  It would make the tool much more flexible, and I can't really see a down side.
  (*Chris*)
Title: Re: How do I get a file without any extension recognized by SlickEdit as a C fil
Post by: spowers on December 13, 2007, 08:25:57 PM
Is there a better way to do this?

I'm using the OSG library and there are hundreds of extensionless files within a directory structure.

Is there a way to include a recursive directory path rather than listing all the files I have in the library?
Title: Re: How do I get a file without any extension recognized by SlickEdit as a C fil
Post by: hs2 on December 13, 2007, 09:02:44 PM
Maybe these files are magically recognized as C++ files by SE and you don't need to do anything...
Are they colorized / tagged correctly ?

Sorry - this won't do.
I've added this (hack) time ago to handle (well - colorize at least) ext. less files via '_buffer_add_' callback:
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void _buffer_add_hs2 ( int bid, _str bname, int bflags )
{
   int draw_box_option = ( p_mode_name :!= 'Fundamental' ) ? VSCURRENT_LINE_BOXFOCUS_INDENT : VSCURRENT_LINE_BOXFOCUS_TABS;
   if ( draw_box_option != _default_option('u') )
   {
      _default_option('u', draw_box_option);
   }

   if ( (p_extension :== '') && (p_mode_name :== 'Fundamental') )   select_edit_mode( 'c' );
}

But I don't think this affects tagging engine...
HS2
Title: Re: How do I get a file without any extension recognized by SlickEdit as a C fil
Post by: spowers on December 13, 2007, 09:15:51 PM
I've gotten them to colorize by editing the .fundamental  file extension setup.

Through that option I can get the extensionless files to colorize like cpp files but I am unable to get them to tag properly.

Is there no support for this feature?

Title: Re: How do I get a file without any extension recognized by SlickEdit as a C fil
Post by: hs2 on December 13, 2007, 09:33:28 PM
You could use the 'fileman' to repeat an 'add-extless' command on a whole file list.
This could help a bit.
Example:
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// fileman command to add MANY extless files
_str def_user_langext_files;
void add_extless ( _str file )
{
   if ( !pos ('(^|:b)'file'(:b|$)', def_user_langext_files, 1, 'R') )
      def_user_langext_files :+= file :+ ' ';
   _config_modify_flags(CFGMODIFY_DEFDATA);
}

Change the dir and invoke 'fileman' on cmdline or 'File>File Manager' and use the context menu to 'Select all' and 'Repeat Command' (e.g. add-extless %n).
You'd only need to add the include directories as already described manually.

Edit: avoid duplicates added
HS2
Title: Re: How do I get a file without any extension recognized by SlickEdit as a C fil
Post by: spowers on December 14, 2007, 06:00:56 PM
you'll have to forgive me as I'm new to slickedit... but what exactly do I do with this code snippet??
Title: Re: How do I get a file without any extension recognized by SlickEdit as a C fil
Post by: hs2 on December 14, 2007, 08:35:26 PM
You could add it to your user macro file '<path-to-config-dir>\config\vusrmacs.e' if existing (or use the attached example containing the 'add_extless' macro function). After that you can 'Macro>Load Module: vusrmacs.e' to add the function as a new one to SE. After that you can use it with fileman as described.
Hope it's a bit more understandable. If there is sth. missing just ask...
(see 'Help > About' where your config dir resides)
HS2

BTW: It's also worth to check the help howto do things like that as it's a key feature to get most out of SE.
See 'Help>Contents>Slick-C® Macro Programming Guide: e.g. Four Ways to Use Slick-C®'.


Title: Re: How do I get a file without any extension recognized by SlickEdit as a C fil
Post by: spowers on December 17, 2007, 06:34:27 PM
When I try to load that module I get an invalid expression. I'm using slick edit 11.0.2
Title: Re: How do I get a file without any extension recognized by SlickEdit as a C fil
Post by: hs2 on December 17, 2007, 06:54:25 PM
Hmm - try to change 
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      def_user_langext_files :+= file :+ ' ';to
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strappend ( def_user_langext_files, file ' ' );HS2