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<h1>eric6.E5Gui.E5GenericDiffHighlighter</h1>
<p>
Module implementing a syntax highlighter for diff outputs.
</p>
<h3>Global Attributes</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>_REGEX_CACHE</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Classes</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<td><a href="#E5GenericDiffHighlighter">E5GenericDiffHighlighter</a></td>
<td>Class implementing a generic diff highlighter.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3>Functions</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<td><a href="#TERMINAL">TERMINAL</a></td>
<td>Function to mark a pattern as the final one to search for.</td>
</tr>
</table>
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<a NAME="E5GenericDiffHighlighter" ID="E5GenericDiffHighlighter"></a>
<h2>E5GenericDiffHighlighter</h2>
<p>
    Class implementing a generic diff highlighter.
</p>
<h3>Derived from</h3>
QSyntaxHighlighter
<h3>Class Attributes</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Class Methods</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Methods</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<td><a href="#E5GenericDiffHighlighter.__init__">E5GenericDiffHighlighter</a></td>
<td>Constructor</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#E5GenericDiffHighlighter.__initColours">__initColours</a></td>
<td>Private method to initialize the highlighter colours.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#E5GenericDiffHighlighter.createRules">createRules</a></td>
<td>Public method to create the highlighting rules.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#E5GenericDiffHighlighter.formats">formats</a></td>
<td>Public method to determine the highlighting formats for a line of text.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#E5GenericDiffHighlighter.generateRules">generateRules</a></td>
<td>Public method to generate the rule set.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#E5GenericDiffHighlighter.highlightBlock">highlightBlock</a></td>
<td>Public method to highlight a block of text.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#E5GenericDiffHighlighter.makeFormat">makeFormat</a></td>
<td>Public method to generate a format definition.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#E5GenericDiffHighlighter.regenerateRules">regenerateRules</a></td>
<td>Public method to initialize or regenerate the syntax highlighter rules.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3>Static Methods</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<a NAME="E5GenericDiffHighlighter.__init__" ID="E5GenericDiffHighlighter.__init__"></a>
<h4>E5GenericDiffHighlighter (Constructor)</h4>
<b>E5GenericDiffHighlighter</b>(<i>doc</i>)
<p>
        Constructor
</p><dl>
<dt><i>doc</i></dt>
<dd>
reference to the text document (QTextDocument)
</dd>
</dl><a NAME="E5GenericDiffHighlighter.__initColours" ID="E5GenericDiffHighlighter.__initColours"></a>
<h4>E5GenericDiffHighlighter.__initColours</h4>
<b>__initColours</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
        Private method to initialize the highlighter colours.
</p><a NAME="E5GenericDiffHighlighter.createRules" ID="E5GenericDiffHighlighter.createRules"></a>
<h4>E5GenericDiffHighlighter.createRules</h4>
<b>createRules</b>(<i>*rules</i>)
<p>
        Public method to create the highlighting rules.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>rules</i></dt>
<dd>
set of highlighting rules (list of tuples of rule
            pattern (string) and highlighting format (QTextCharFormat))
</dd>
</dl><a NAME="E5GenericDiffHighlighter.formats" ID="E5GenericDiffHighlighter.formats"></a>
<h4>E5GenericDiffHighlighter.formats</h4>
<b>formats</b>(<i>line</i>)
<p>
        Public method to determine the highlighting formats for a line of
        text.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>line</i></dt>
<dd>
text line to be highlighted (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
list of matched highlighting rules (list of tuples of match
            object and format (QTextCharFormat))
</dd>
</dl><a NAME="E5GenericDiffHighlighter.generateRules" ID="E5GenericDiffHighlighter.generateRules"></a>
<h4>E5GenericDiffHighlighter.generateRules</h4>
<b>generateRules</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
        Public method to generate the rule set.
</p><p>
        Note: This method must me implemented by derived syntax
        highlighters.
</p><a NAME="E5GenericDiffHighlighter.highlightBlock" ID="E5GenericDiffHighlighter.highlightBlock"></a>
<h4>E5GenericDiffHighlighter.highlightBlock</h4>
<b>highlightBlock</b>(<i>text</i>)
<p>
        Public method to highlight a block of text.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>text</i></dt>
<dd>
text to be highlighted (string)
</dd>
</dl><a NAME="E5GenericDiffHighlighter.makeFormat" ID="E5GenericDiffHighlighter.makeFormat"></a>
<h4>E5GenericDiffHighlighter.makeFormat</h4>
<b>makeFormat</b>(<i>fg=None, bg=None, bold=False</i>)
<p>
        Public method to generate a format definition.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>fg</i></dt>
<dd>
foreground color (QColor)
</dd><dt><i>bg</i></dt>
<dd>
background color (QColor)
</dd><dt><i>bold</i></dt>
<dd>
flag indicating bold text (boolean)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
format definiton (QTextCharFormat)
</dd>
</dl><a NAME="E5GenericDiffHighlighter.regenerateRules" ID="E5GenericDiffHighlighter.regenerateRules"></a>
<h4>E5GenericDiffHighlighter.regenerateRules</h4>
<b>regenerateRules</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
        Public method to initialize or regenerate the syntax highlighter rules.
</p>
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<h2>TERMINAL</h2>
<b>TERMINAL</b>(<i>pattern</i>)
<p>
    Function to mark a pattern as the final one to search for.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>pattern</i></dt>
<dd>
pattern to be marked (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
marked pattern (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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