Method added to help lexers working with byte positions.

Related to bug [#1483].

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lexlib/StyleContext.h b/lexlib/StyleContext.h
index 319f51088..2c010645b 100644
--- a/lexlib/StyleContext.h
+++ b/lexlib/StyleContext.h
@@ -176,6 +176,12 @@ public:
 			Forward();
 		}
 	}
+	void ForwardBytes(int nb) {
+		size_t forwardPos = currentPos + nb;
+		while (forwardPos > currentPos) {
+			Forward();
+		}
+	}
 	void ChangeState(int state_) {
 		state = state_;
 	}