lexilla-py: Python bindings for Lexilla
Permissively-licensed Python bindings for Lexilla, the lexer library for Scintilla.
Status
See GitHub Issues for what's done and what's next.
Why this exists
Lexilla creates the lexer objects (ILexer5) that a Scintilla editor widget
attaches via SCI_SETILEXER — it's a separate, Qt-free C++ library from
Scintilla itself since Scintilla 5.0. This project exposes that library
directly to Python. In practice,
pyside6-scintilla is its only
consumer, wired up via the set_lexer() convenience function (see Usage
below) rather than raw SCI_SETILEXER pointer plumbing; it's kept as a
separate package so this binding's release cadence and vendored Lexilla
version can track upstream Lexilla releases independently of
pyside6-scintilla's own release cycle — see
docs/specs/mission.md for the full background.
Goals
lexilla aims to be:
- MIT licensed — usable in open-source or closed-source projects freely
- A faithful, low-level binding of Lexilla's
CreateLexer/ILexer5C++ API — not a redesign of it - Vendored and versioned independently of pyside6-scintilla — exposes
the lexer as a raw pointer (
SCI_SETILEXER-compatible), so this package can track upstream Lexilla releases on its own schedule - Available as pre-built wheels for Linux (x86_64, aarch64), Windows (x86_64), and macOS (arm64, x86_64)
- Not affiliated with the Scintilla/Lexilla project
Installation
Install from PyPI:
pip install lexilla
Usage
from lexilla import Language, create_lexer
from lexilla.pyside6_scintilla import set_lexer
from pyside6_scintilla import ScintillaEdit
editor = ScintillaEdit()
lexer = create_lexer(Language.CPP)
assert lexer is not None
set_lexer(editor, lexer)
set_lexer() hands a created lexer to a pyside6-scintilla ScintillaEdit
via SCI_SETILEXER, transferring ownership to it — see
lexilla_highlighting
for a complete example.
Versioning
Version numbers follow <Lexilla version>.<binding revision> — e.g. 5.5.0.0
is binding revision 0 for Lexilla 5.5.0. The binding revision increments
for releases of this package that don't correspond to a new Lexilla version,
and resets to 0 when Lexilla itself releases a new version.
Documentation
| Doc | Contents |
|---|---|
| docs/auditing.md | How to verify the vendored Lexilla source matches upstream |
| docs/bindings.md | How the nanobind bindings are built, and how they're expected to grow |
| docs/build.md | Build prerequisites, local build/rebuild, wheels, and publishing |
| docs/documenting.md | How the docs site is built (stub) |
| docs/specs/ | Design specifications and action plans for in-progress and planned work |
| docs/specs/mission.md | Project background, goals, and design decisions |
| docs/testpypi.md | Setting up TestPyPI trusted publishing |
| examples/ | No examples of its own — see pyside6-scintilla/examples/ |
| GitHub Issues | Ordered list of upcoming work |
| Project board | Joint roadmap for lexilla-py and pyside6-scintilla; issues/PRs from both repos are auto-added |
License
src/lexilla_vendor/— HPND License (Lexilla, copyright Neil Hodgson)- Everything else — MIT License
1 maintainer
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