jEdit (www.jedit.org), my favorite editor, has extensive support for highlighting dozens of languages. However, the Java highlighting plug-in does not support generics: it does not highlight the words between ‘<' and '>‘. Therefore, I edited the highlighting Java file so it supports this feature.
In Ubuntu, the highlight files are stored inside /usr/share/jedit/modes/. Copy the java.xml to ~/.jedit/modes/, and edit the file. Add the follow code somewhere in the file:
<SEQ_REGEXP TYPE="KEYWORD2" HASH_CHAR="<" AT_WORD_START="FALSE"><(\w|<[\w,\s]*>|\s|,)*></SEQ_REGEXP>
<SEQ_REGEXP TYPE="FUNCTION" HASH_CHARS="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ." AT_WORD_START="TRUE">(?=\.)?\w*(?=<(\w|<[\w,\s]*>|\s|,)*>\()</SEQ_REGEXP>
Save the file and edit the catalog file. Add
.<MODE NAME="java-tokens" FILE="java.xml" FILE_NAME_GLOB="*.java" />
Now save the file and start jEdit. Now, the generics inside Java files should be highlighted.
In Windows, the procedure is the same, but the file locations may differ
Tags: highlighting, java, jedit