Description

In 0.84 you could switch between styles in View -> Styles ->

Starting from 0.85 the option moved to Tools -> Preferences -> Appearance -> Style ->

You can also create your own style:

Tickets

Ticket	Resolution	Summary	Owner	Reporter
#1477		default color scheme is too flickering		vsespb
#1348		Add support for additional keyword lists in Scintilla LexPerl		submersible_toaster
#1331		Specially Handle Escaped characters		ktaragorn
#1284		osx Wx::Scintilla .21_04 causes Padre to scroll poorly	azawawi	tome
#1282	invalid	Wx::Scintilla v0.21_02 and TABS	azawawi	bowtie
#1233		syntax highlighting for specific heredocs		zenogantner
#1215	wontfix	Cannot change the syntax highlighter of Perl 6		szabgab
#1214	duplicate	highlight variables interpolated into strings		szabgab
#1205		When getting the color scheme from Notepad++, get MY color scheme		Lady_Aleena
#1194	not relevant	PPI Experimental & Skeleton Build		bowtie
#1191		Disable highligher during mass open	azawawi	Sewi
#1109	fixed	PPI Lexer crash when loading file		zenogantner
#1028	invalid	Syntax highlighting in Padre using Colorer		szabgab
#1011		Syntax highlighting for Perl examples inside POD		zenogantner
#994	wontfix	PPI syntax highlighter does not highlight some keywords/built-in functions		zenogantner
#993	fixed	BibTeX files: Scintilla is not shown as highlighter in the status bar		zenogantner
#916	fixed	Perl syntax highlighting: highlight interpolated variables and special characters in strings		zenogantner
#914		Syntax highlighting for POD files		zenogantner
#913	fixed	almost no syntax highlighting for C code		zenogantner
#779		Add support for Template Toolkit files		adamk
#751		Proper XS lexing/highlighting		tsee
#745		[Perl 5 syntax highlighting] delimiter used in extended regular expressions displays wrong	azawawi	daxim
#618	wontfix	Minimalistic syntax highlighter?		Floyd-ATC
#480	fixed	Custom style setting fails to load on padre restart		bricas
#305	not relevant	Make it extreamly easy to add a syntax highlighter manage them		szabgab
#251	wontfix	Disable syntax highlighting after __END__ keyword		dlp
#101	fixed	syntax highlighting gone wrong: dor (//) not understood	azawawi	jquelin
#6	fixed	Support the highlighting of more file types		szabgab

Test

1. In Tools/Preferences/Files? and Colors Select File Type: Perl 5 Select Highlighter: Scintilla
2. Using File/Open? open the file t/files/no_strict.pl
3. The status bar at the bottom should now show: the name of the file | Scintilla | Perl 5 | (and some more)
4. In Tools/Preferences/Files? and Colors Select File Type: Perl 5 Select Highlighter: PPI Experimental
5. Viewing the already open no_strict.pl file the status bar at the bottom should now show: the name of the file | PPI Experimental | Perl 5 | (and some more) The coloring of the code has changed.
6. In Tools/Preferences/Files? and Colors Select File Type: Perl 5 Select Highlighter: PPI Standard
7. Viewing the already open no_strict.pl file the status bar at the bottom should now show: the name of the file | PPI Standard | Perl 5 | (and some more)

Who	Padre version	system	status
szabgab	r13895	Ubuntu 10.10	OK

TODO

• add screenshots with default highlighting of the various syntax highlighers
• other programming languages
• syntax highlighting (coloring):
  • HTML export #112
  • customizable
  • for many languages