Coloring white spaces even if there's no highlight syntax definition set.

Relative to QTCREATORBUG-1225.

src/plugins/texteditor/generichighlighter/highlighter.cpp

@@ -51,15 +51,12 @@ namespace {
 
 const Highlighter::KateFormatMap Highlighter::m_kateFormats;
 
-Highlighter::Highlighter(const QSharedPointer<Context> &defaultContext,QTextDocument *parent) :
+Highlighter::Highlighter(QTextDocument *parent) :
     QSyntaxHighlighter(parent),
     m_persistentStatesCounter(PersistentsStart),
     m_dynamicContextsCounter(0),
-    m_isBroken(false),
-    m_defaultContext(defaultContext)
-{
-    m_persistentStates.insert(m_defaultContext->name(), Default);
-}
+    m_isBroken(false)
+{}
 
 Highlighter::~Highlighter()
 {}
@@ -88,37 +85,47 @@ Highlighter::KateFormatMap::KateFormatMap()
     m_ids.insert(QLatin1String("dsError"), Highlighter::Error);
 }
 
-void Highlighter::highlightBlock(const QString &text)
+void Highlighter::configureFormat(TextFormatId id, const QTextCharFormat &format)
 {
-    if (m_isBroken)
-        return;
+    m_creatorFormats[id] = format;
+}
 
-    try {
-        setupDataForBlock(text);
+void  Highlighter::setDefaultContext(const QSharedPointer<Context> &defaultContext)
+{
+    m_defaultContext = defaultContext;
+    m_persistentStates.insert(m_defaultContext->name(), Default);
+}
 
-        handleContextChange(m_currentContext->lineBeginContext(), m_currentContext->definition());
+void Highlighter::highlightBlock(const QString &text)
+{
+    if (!m_defaultContext.isNull() && !m_isBroken) {
+        try {
+            setupDataForBlock(text);
 
-        ProgressData progress;
-        const int length = text.length();
-        while (progress.offset() < length) {
+            handleContextChange(m_currentContext->lineBeginContext(),
+                                m_currentContext->definition());
 
-            if (progress.offset() > 0 &&
-                progress.onlySpacesSoFar() &&
-                !text.at(progress.offset()).isSpace()) {
-                progress.setOnlySpacesSoFar(false);
+            ProgressData progress;
+            const int length = text.length();
+            while (progress.offset() < length) {
+                if (progress.offset() > 0 &&
+                    progress.onlySpacesSoFar() &&
+                    !text.at(progress.offset()).isSpace()) {
+                    progress.setOnlySpacesSoFar(false);
+                }
+
+                iterateThroughRules(text, length, &progress, false, m_currentContext->rules());
             }
 
-            iterateThroughRules(text, length, &progress, false, m_currentContext->rules());
+            handleContextChange(m_currentContext->lineEndContext(),
+                                m_currentContext->definition(),
+                                false);
+            m_contexts.clear();
+        } catch (const HighlighterException &) {
+            m_isBroken = true;
         }
-
-        handleContextChange(m_currentContext->lineEndContext(), m_currentContext->definition(),
-                            false);
-    } catch (const HighlighterException &) {
-        m_isBroken = true;
-        return;
     }
 
-    m_contexts.clear();
     applyVisualWhitespaceFormat(text);
 }
 
@@ -462,8 +469,3 @@ void Highlighter::setCurrentContext()
     }
     m_currentContext = m_contexts.back();
 }
-
-void Highlighter::configureFormat(TextFormatId id, const QTextCharFormat &format)
-{
-    m_creatorFormats[id] = format;
-}

src/plugins/texteditor/generichighlighter/highlighter.h

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class ProgressData;
 class Highlighter : public QSyntaxHighlighter
 {
 public:
-    Highlighter(const QSharedPointer<Context> &defaultContext, QTextDocument *parent = 0);
+    Highlighter(QTextDocument *parent = 0);
     virtual ~Highlighter();
 
     enum TextFormatId {
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ public:
     };
     void configureFormat(TextFormatId id, const QTextCharFormat &format);
 
+    void setDefaultContext(const QSharedPointer<Context> &defaultContext);
+
 protected:
     virtual void highlightBlock(const QString &text);
 

src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditor.cpp

@@ -160,32 +160,31 @@ void PlainTextEditor::fileChanged()
 
 void PlainTextEditor::configure(const Core::MimeType &mimeType)
 {
+    Highlighter *highlighter = new Highlighter();
+    baseTextDocument()->setSyntaxHighlighter(highlighter);
     m_isMissingSyntaxDefinition = true;
 
-    if (mimeType.isNull())
-        return;
+    QString definitionId;
+    if (!mimeType.isNull()) {
+        const QString &type = mimeType.type();
+        setMimeType(type);
 
-    const QString &type = mimeType.type();
-    setMimeType(type);
-
-    QString definitionId = Manager::instance()->definitionIdByMimeType(type);
-    if (definitionId.isEmpty())
-        definitionId = findDefinitionId(mimeType, true);
+        definitionId = Manager::instance()->definitionIdByMimeType(type);
+        if (definitionId.isEmpty())
+            definitionId = findDefinitionId(mimeType, true);
+    }
 
     if (!definitionId.isEmpty()) {
         const QSharedPointer<HighlightDefinition> &definition =
             Manager::instance()->definition(definitionId);
         if (!definition.isNull()) {
-            Highlighter *highlighter = new Highlighter(definition->initialContext());
-            baseTextDocument()->setSyntaxHighlighter(highlighter);
+            highlighter->setDefaultContext(definition->initialContext());
 
             m_commentDefinition.setAfterWhiteSpaces(definition->isCommentAfterWhiteSpaces());
             m_commentDefinition.setSingleLine(definition->singleLineComment());
             m_commentDefinition.setMultiLineStart(definition->multiLineCommentStart());
             m_commentDefinition.setMultiLineEnd(definition->multiLineCommentEnd());
 
-            setFontSettings(TextEditorSettings::instance()->fontSettings());
-
             m_isMissingSyntaxDefinition = false;
         }
     } else if (file()) {
@@ -194,6 +193,8 @@ void PlainTextEditor::configure(const Core::MimeType &mimeType)
             m_isMissingSyntaxDefinition = false;
     }
 
+    setFontSettings(TextEditorSettings::instance()->fontSettings());
+
     // @todo: Indentation specification through the definition files is not really being used
     // because Kate recommends to configure indentation  through another feature. Maybe we should
     // provide something similar in Creator? For now, only normal indentation is supported.