Syntax Highlighting for Text Editors

Hello friends
I'm wanting to make a python code editor in unity, and thus I'm looking to build a syntax highlighter ^_^

My current solution is to essentially build it from scratch, without using the text editor as a base. This makes some things easier, however it means all functionality (undo/redo,selection,copy/pasting,etc) needs to be reimplemented, which isn't the funnest. So... I'm wondering if I can use the text editor as a base and then build features on top of that. (Mainly syntax highlighting)

I know there's a way to do markup with text editors, but I also know that the markup editor is sort of not meant for that, since the user can edit the markup content.

Any thoughts?

Josh

 

Maybe using a Webview is an option (private API)? You could use existing syntax highlighters for that and most of the work is reduced to the integration into unity.
This project uses a webview for displaying markdown files:
https://github.com/Sirithang/UnityMarkdeepViewer

 

Oooo that's an awesome idea!!!!!

 

Hi, did you find how to do it? I'm also trying to create a syntax highlighter

 

I did not sadly