Sudarshan
Sudarshan

Reputation: 18534

Best Way to Develop a text code editor with syntax highlighting

I am developing a code editor with syntax highlighting and detecting; I am following current architecture for it; a) Have a text area with z index at 10 b) Have div's above text area with z index 40 which mask contents typed with custom colors needed for syntax highlighting

Can some one suggest me better architectural approaches for building a custom code editor with syntax highlighting and detecting

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1556

Answers (1)

Hazard in Code
Hazard in Code

Reputation: 169

Have you checked out AceEditor? Not sure exactly why you would want to start working on a new editor, which will probably take a lot of time to develop and not use what's already out there, functional, fully tested and with a big and vibrant community around it.

Upvotes: 2

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