[DHTML] Real Time Syntax Highlighting JavaScript

1) CODE TITLE: Real Time Syntax Highlighting JavaScript

2) AUTHOR NAME/NOTES: Fernando M.A.d.S.

3) DESCRIPTION: This is a code editor with syntax highlighting engine written in JavaScript that colors text in real-time while it is being typed in the browser.
The example shows syntax highlighting for Java and HTML. Other languages can be easily implemented, its a matter of some regular expressions.

Tested with Firefox 1.5 and Internet Explorer 6 only.

4) URL TO DEMO AND CODE:
http://syntaxhighlighting.blogspot.c...hlighting.html

Looked nice until a clicked in the textarea, and my browser crashed. The things I give up to beta test firefox...

mm... this script is really new.. and i dont find anything like this around..
I tested only in Firefox 1.5.0.6 and IE6

yup, crashed FF2b1 again. It's important to note that as I'm using a beta browser it may not be your fault.

Still a nice script, though.

It works in the stable version of FX. The only bug I can see is that it temporarily displays the character 0x7f when it recolours something or starts a new line. It's not a serious problem, but just noticeable enough to be annoying :)

Otherwise, very good job indeed.

Twey, your right.
this character is part of the "system" that puts the cursor/caret back to its position after replacing/coloring the text.
But here its fast enough that i can't see it cuz its replaced instantly.
Maybe I shold try to change it to a less visible character.

Wow, now that's realy cool, nice job fermads :)

But you shouldn't use image as the gutter. Line numbers and lines don't match (IE6)

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Maybe I shold try to change it to a less visible character.

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Yes... how about \0? That shouldn't show on most systems.

ThanX DimX :)