what @language setting is in effect for a given node?

[jkn]

Hi all

    a simple (I think) question - how do I determine the language in effect for a given (or current) node?

I was looking for a primitive for this but there seem to be a few approaches used, I'm wondering what the recommended way might be.

    Thanks

    J^n

[jkn]

Hmm, perhaps this is it:

language = c.frame.body.colorizer.scanLanguageDirectives(p)
if c.hasAmbiguousLanguage(p):
    language = c.getLanguageAtCursor(p, language)

g.es("language: ", language)

[Edward K. Ream]

On Mon, Jun 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM jkn <jkn...@nicorp.f9.co.uk> wrote:

 how do I determine the language in effect for a given (or current) node?

Good question. Leo 6.8.4 (PR #4334) contains significant changes in this area:

-  Deprecates c.scanAllDirectives and many directives-related functions in leoGlobals.py.

-  Adds new getters, including  c.getLanguage(p).




So my recommended answer is language = c.getLanguage(p).

Replace p by c.p to get the language in effect for the current node (position).

The definition of c.getLanguage is non-trivial :-)

Edward

[jkn]

Thanks Edward- I did look for 'getlanguage()', but on an older version of Leo...

    Regards

    J^n

[Edward K. Ream]

On Mon, Jun 2, 2025 at 10:55 AM jkn <jkn...@nicorp.f9.co.uk> wrote:

Thanks Edward- I did look for 'getlanguage()', but on an older version of Leo...

You're welcome. These new 'c' getters are worth another mention.

Edward

[jkn]

yes - I was sort-of expecting them to be commander methods...

[jkn]

heh - I see that I also have to replace c.getNodeFileName() with c.getPath() as well (much better...)