Extensable Editor Features

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My first finding today was that I had to add a \Help folder under my PureBASIC directory and install the Win32.hlp files that I was led to on the internet. Remarkably, I could then use Win32API calls and use the F2 key to bring up context-sensitive help for a highlighted Win32 API call. But I don't see anything about adding more help files and recognizing more externally defined commands, such as ones for ASM language or for other user additions.

I went to the resource site and checked out some editor add-ons and some alternate editors, but I still do not see what I am looking for. Of course, if I were to have some editor control, I would like there to be an editor preference file to keep tabs on things like:

Keyword highlighting (color, use of underscore, indenting, tab size, font style and size, window size, color, and position, etc)

While I am looking for features, maybe a right mouse button control to identify which library is involved, which help file, go to the related help topic, go to a corresponding online help section, etc.

Then maybe a feature to import a text file into a new help file, with templates to show how the flat file/html (tagged) file must be structured.

Since I noted that the present editor is built in PurfeBASIC, it seems that such features should be do-able. Trouble is, I don't know if the source code for the present editor is available to play with, or if I would have to attempt it from scratch. I'd like the opportunity to study another effort to help me get up to speed faster and let me just tweak aspects of it, rather than have to work from nothing. There is so much to PureBASIC that it could take me a good while to get up to speed on it, although I have had quite a bit of programming experience.