Linux PB IDE, Tools, Scintilla, SendMessage, edge column

Taz · **Posted:** Mon Mar 12, 2018 9:35 pm

Hello, I have a problem, and could not find a solution in the forum.
On Windows, I use the following script to display an edge column in the PB IDE.

Code:

Define Color, *Sci = Val(GetEnvironmentVariable("PB_TOOL_Scintilla"))
If *Sci
   Color = SendMessage_(*Sci, #SCI_STYLEGETBACK, #STYLE_LINENUMBER, #Null)
   SendMessage_(*Sci, #SCI_SETEDGECOLOUR, Color, #Null)
   SendMessage_(*Sci, #SCI_SETEDGECOLUMN, 129,   #Null)
   SendMessage_(*Sci, #SCI_SETEDGEMODE, #EDGE_LINE, #Null)
EndIf

image edge column:

But how can I do that under Linux?
I've created many tools for the PB IDE on Windows, and they all always need SendMessage_ ().
I would like to switch to Linux completely in the near future, it is important for me to use my tools also under Linux.

What is the Linux adequacy to SendMessage_ ()?
How can I use the #SCI_ constants in linux to communicate with the PB IDE (Scintilla)?

Marc56us · **Joined:** Sat Feb 08, 2014 3:26 pm **Posts:** 718

Why not use ScintillaSendMessage() ? This works for all os.

Taz · **Posted:** Mon Mar 12, 2018 10:25 pm

Marc56us wrote:

Why not use ScintillaSendMessage() ? This works for all os.

ScintillaSendMessage works only on a gadget created with ScintillaGadget(), not on external ones like eg. that from the PB IDE.

kenmo · **Joined:** Tue Dec 23, 2003 3:54 am **Posts:** 1689

Taz wrote:

I've created many tools for the PB IDE on Windows, and they all always need SendMessage_ ().

Same for me. I would like to know this as well! (For the Mac IDE)

Taz · **Posted:** Sat Mar 17, 2018 7:42 pm

Does nobody have a solution?

Bisonte · **Joined:** Tue Oct 09, 2007 2:15 am **Posts:** 1093

The question is as old as PB uses scintilla.
So far, no one has published an IDE tool that can handle it.

Taz · **Posted:** Sun Mar 18, 2018 7:31 pm

Excuse me, I've only been there for 2 months.

Is it not supported by the PB IDE for Linux, or does not anyone know how this works?
Have the developers ever commented on this?
(Unfortunately, I could not find anything)

If it has been known for so long, why is not it announced in a fixed post? Or even better in the help file?
The variable "PB_TOOL_Scintilla" is totally useless for Linux & Mac.

Then, newcomers like me do not have to search and try for days, that just gets frustrated.

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