Syntax highlighting doesn't work outside class scope

[p-kolacz]

For ex. for global functions or variables.

[skoch]

@Pitru Can you give me an example file?

[p-kolacz]

function testFunction():String
 {
    var s:String = "Test String"
    return s
 }

[skoch]

In ActionScript 3.0, every object is defined by a class.

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ActionScript/3.0_ProgrammingAS3/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d118a9b90204-7f9e.html

If you aren't defining a class (with or without a package) then I suggest you switch to the included ActionScript plugin to have syntax highlighting for your non classed functions.

[p-kolacz]

For e.x: I have some initialization function, that I use in almost every project, like

MovieClip(root).contextMenu = new ContextMenu();
MovieClip(root).contextMenu.hideBuiltInItems();

and so on. I can't use class for this, its just some lines of code. I could use build-in AS2 plugin for this, but is there way to automatically enable included plugin for this file, and keep yours plugin for everything else?

[skoch]

I think this depends on your text editor of choice. I'm using Sublime Text 3 and I have the ability to set the syntax on a per file basis.

I'm curious how you're setting up your projects if you aren't using classes for your initialization functions.

[p-kolacz]

I just include "init.as" with some functions calls and prototype declarations for extending base classes like Array or String.

[skoch]

I'd recommend writing some utility classes that you can reuse in all your projects, a la:

package com.pitru.utils {

    public class StringUtils {

        public static function foobar( $string:String ):String
        {
            // manipulate $string and then...
            return $string;
        }
    }
}

[martixy]

I've recently encountered the exact same issue.
None of the AS3 packages I found handle that type of file.
It is still a completely valid approach of doing things.