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More Fold Markers
This article is about how to add more folding symbols to the Textadept. If you feel satisfied with default 2 kinds of triangles, this is not for you.
See the screenshot below to get an idea how does it look like:
What we need to do is to set proper symbols and colors for 7 different MARKNUMs in view.lua. Since there're 4 values to set for every MARKNUM I define first a simple helper function, and then use it:
local function set_fold_mark(marknum, mark, fore, back, back_selected)
buffer:marker_define(marknum, mark)
buffer:marker_set_fore(marknum, fore or 0xFFFFFF)
buffer:marker_set_back(marknum, back or 0x000000)
buffer:marker_set_back_selected(marknum, back_selected or 0xFF9900)
end --func set_fold_mark
local mark_fore = 0xFFFFFF -- white
local mark_back = 0x000000 -- black
local mark_back_selected = 0xFF9900
set_fold_mark(c.SC_MARKNUM_FOLDEROPEN, c.SC_MARK_BOXMINUS, mark_fore, mark_back, mark_back_selected)
set_fold_mark(c.SC_MARKNUM_FOLDER, c.SC_MARK_BOXPLUS, mark_fore, mark_back, mark_back_selected)
set_fold_mark(c.SC_MARKNUM_FOLDERSUB, c.SC_MARK_VLINE, mark_fore, mark_back, mark_back_selected)
set_fold_mark(c.SC_MARKNUM_FOLDERTAIL, c.SC_MARK_LCORNER, mark_fore, mark_back, mark_back_selected)
set_fold_mark(c.SC_MARKNUM_FOLDEREND, c.SC_MARK_BOXPLUSCONNECTED, mark_fore, mark_back, mark_back_selected)
set_fold_mark(c.SC_MARKNUM_FOLDEROPENMID, c.SC_MARK_BOXMINUSCONNECTED, mark_fore, mark_back, mark_back_selected)
set_fold_mark(c.SC_MARKNUM_FOLDERMIDTAIL, c.SC_MARK_TCORNER, mark_fore, mark_back, mark_back_selected)
buffer:marker_enable_highlight(true)
Now there is a single place for each color to amend.
Also note the very last line: it's what turns highlighting current fold block on (with mark_back_selected color).
If you like this, just replace the -- Fold Margin Markers.-section in your view.lua with code above.
To amend the size of folder symbols, change buffer.margin_width_n[2].
Also, if you prefer circles or other symbols instead of boxes, you can find available SC_MARK_* in /core/iface.lua.
Added the file “fold.jpg”.