ur editor
    from a terminal is the easiest way to see errors as they occur.</p>

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    <h4>Risks</h4>

    <p>Poorly written lexers have the ability to crash Scintilla (and thus its
    containing application), so unsaved data might be lost. However, I have only
    observed these crashes in early lexer development, when syntax errors or
    pattern errors are present. Once the lexer actually starts styling text
    (either correctly or incorrectly, it does not matter), 