How to make syntax highlighting for your language?

Question

Java

There is a language formed with yacc.
The graphical shell of the language will be made using Eclipse RCP.
Advise literature on how to do syntax highlighting.

Answer 1

Well, in fact, everything is simpler, components like Scintilla are used on which Notepad ++ is made, or similar other libraries, but if you want to write anyway, then you need a code parser that will parse all the text and highlight / highlight the necessary operators
There is a library in Java,
highlights: ActionScript3, Bash/shell, ColdFusion, C#, C++, CSS, Delphi, Diff, Erlang, Groovy, JavaScript, Java, JavaFX, Perl, PHP, Plain Text, PowerShell, Python, Ruby, Scala, SQL, Visual Basic, XML
code.google.com/p/java-syntax-highlighter
See how it's done :)