Re: GUI won't build with older QScintilla

[Daniel J Sebald]

On 04/04/2013 11:20 AM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:
> I just tried today to build at 16431:1766d8655006, and got
>
>      In file included from
>      /oct-src/libgui/src/m-editor/file-editor-tab.cc:32:
>
>      /oct-src/libgui/src/m-editor/lexer-octave-gui.h:29:34: error:
>      Qsci/qscilexeroctave.h: No such file or directory
>
>      In file included from
>      /oct-src/libgui/src/m-editor/file-editor-tab.cc:32:
>
>      /oct-src/libgui/src/m-editor/lexer-octave-gui.h:33: error:
>      expected class-name before '{' token
>
>      /oct-src/libgui/src/m-editor/file-editor-tab.cc: In member
>      function 'void file_editor_tab::update_lexer()':
>
>      /oct-src/libgui/src/m-editor/file-editor-tab.cc:215: error: cannot
>      convert 'lexer_octave_gui*' to 'QsciLexer*' in assignment
>
>      /oct-src/libgui/src/m-editor/file-editor-tab.cc: In member
>      function 'void file_editor_tab::center_current_line()':
>
>      /oct-src/libgui/src/m-editor/file-editor-tab.cc:1169: error:
>      'class QsciScintilla' has no member named 'setFirstVisibleLine'
>
> All of these seem to be related to my older version of QScintilla
> (2.4). The cset that seems to have introduced at least part of the new
> QScintilla features is
>
>      changeset:   16403:7fa90eb41240
>      user:        Torsten<address@hidden>
>      date:        Sun Mar 31 23:56:11 2013 +0200
>      summary:     gui: individually configurable styles of the editor
>                   lexers
>
> More autoconf tests to check for QScintilla features, then?

There is apparently a variable defined for the presence of QScintilla:

#ifdef HAVE_QSCINTILLA

Can that be used?

Or can QScintilla be made a requirement?  What is the reason for leaving 
it out?  An alternate editor?

Dan