xspec @select color coding

[whyme]

A nice feature would be to have color coding for xspec @select. It took me the longest time to diagnose an error, only because I thought (due partly to the color) that

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"sample string"

was the correct syntax for a string, when it should have been

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"'sample string'"

.

[adrian]

Hello,

We provide syntax highlight for XPath in XSLT, but XSpec is treated as XML with a schema and doesn't have this feature.
Could you please provide an XSpec snippet with the context where you use this?

Regards,
Adrian

[whyme]

Here's a sample. You'll see that color coding would be nice not just for a string, but for variables.

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   <x:scenario label="Scenario for testing function matches">

        <x:call function="tan:matches">

            <x:param name="input" select="$regex-greek"/>

            <x:param name="pattern" select="'abcθ'"/>

        </x:call>

        <x:expect label="true" select="true()"/>

    </x:scenario>
    

[adrian]

Hi,

What you're showing me already works since v19.0, when the specialized XSPEC editor was introduced.
There seems to be an issue with the internal file association for .xspec. Oxygen did not have a specialized editor prior to v19.0, so .xspec was associated with the XML Editor. After upgrading from v18.1 (or older) to v19.0, if you already have made changes in the list of associations, the old associations remain, so you're still stuck editing XSPEC in XML mode.
Go to Options > Preferences, File Types and check your xspec file association. If it's XML Editor, edit it and set it to "XSPEC Editor" (or press Restore Defaults in the option pane, if you don't care about the rest of the associations).

Regards,
Adrian