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  1. <!-- jEdit buffer-local properties: -->
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  2. <!-- :indentSize=1:noTabs=true: -->
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  3. <!-- :xml.root=users-guide.xml: -->
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  5. <chapter id="updating-modes"><title>Updating Edit Modes for jEdit 4.1/4.2</title>
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  6.  <para>
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  7.   In jEdit 4.1, the mode file grammar has been cleaned up somewhat. As a result, some
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  8.   edit modes written for jEdit 4.0 and earlier need to be updated:
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  9.  </para>
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  10.  <itemizedlist>
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  11.   <listitem>
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  12.    <para>
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  13.     Defining <literal>&lt;WHITESPACE&gt;</literal> rules is no longer necessary
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  14.     and doing so will print warnings to the activity logs.
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  15.    </para>
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  16.   </listitem>
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  17.   <listitem>
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  18.    <para>
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  19.     The <literal>&lt;KEYWORDS&gt;</literal> tag no longer accepts an
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  20.     <literal>IGNORE_CASE</literal> attribute.
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  21.     Set the <literal>IGNORE_CASE</literal> attribute of the
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  22.     <literal>&lt;RULES&gt;</literal> tag instead.
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  23.    </para>
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  24.   </listitem>
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  25.   <listitem>
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  26.    <para>
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  27.     The <literal>&lt;END&gt;</literal> tag of the <literal>&lt;SPAN&gt;</literal> rule
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  28.     used to be optional, in which case
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  29.     any occurrence of the start string would cause the remainder of the buffer
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  30.     to be highlighted with the span. In jEdit 4.1, the <literal>&lt;END&gt;</literal>
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  31.     tag can no longer be omitted, however
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  32.     a <literal>&lt;SEQ&gt;</literal> tag with a <literal>DELEGATE</literal> attribute
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  33.     can be used to achieve the same effect as endless span.
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  34.    </para>
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  35.   </listitem>
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  36.   <listitem>
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  37.    <para>
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  38.     Defining <literal>&lt;SEQ TYPE="NULL"&gt;</literal> rules for word separators
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  39.     is no longer necessary. Now, any non-alphanumeric character not appearing in
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  40.     a keyword definition or the ruleset's <literal>NO_WORD_SEP</literal> attribute
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  41.     is considered a word separator.
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  42.    </para>
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  43.   </listitem>
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  44.  </itemizedlist>
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  45. </chapter>
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