QSyntaxHighligher with QTextEdit

[dennis]

Aha, thanks for pointing that out, I had to use:

HtmlSyntaxHighlighter *highlighter = new HtmlSyntaxHighlighter(myTextEdit->document());

HtmlSyntaxHighlighter *highlighter = new HtmlSyntaxHighlighter(myTextEdit->document());

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although I don't quite understand what a scope is and when to use what.
Is the scope the .h file?

[tbscope]

No, the scope is what is between { and }

Example:
If you have a function like this:

void myFunction()
{
    int i = 1;
}

void myFunction()
{
    int i = 1;
}

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Then i will only exist in the scope of the function myFunction(), thus between the { and }

Similar for your highlighter. You defined it inside the scope of a function, not outside. Therefor it stops existing at the end of that function.
To solve this, you can, like you did, use a pointer. Or define your highlighter in the class definition.

[tbscope]

To clarify something:
When your objects need to exist beyond the scope of a function, both the following declarations are wrong!

void myFunction()
{
    MyClass1 nameOfTheObject;
    MyClass2 *nameOfTheSecondObject = new MyClass;
}

void myFunction()
{
    MyClass1 nameOfTheObject;
    MyClass2 *nameOfTheSecondObject = new MyClass;
}

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While the memory of the second object will still exist after the scope of your function, it goes out of scope, meaning that you don't have any control over it anymore. To be 100% correct, you should delete the pointer before going out of scope.

To solve this, do this:

class MySuperClass : public QObject
{
...
private:
    MyClass1 nameOfTheFirstObject;
    MyClass2 *nameOfTheSecondObject;
};

class MySuperClass : public QObject
{
...
private:
    MyClass1 nameOfTheFirstObject;
    MyClass2 *nameOfTheSecondObject;
};

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Depending on how the pointer is managed, it needs to be deleted in the destructor of your class.

[dennis]

Thanks for all the help, I didn't know about the scope/pointer thing.