Hello everyone -

Xavier's effort inspired me to take a look at syntax highlighting definitions for other editors. I run Fedora 27 with KDE desktop, so the editor I use most is Kate/KWrite. KDE has a system-wide syntax highlighting system that is part of KatePart.

The attached XML file is for use in either Kate or KWrite. It is very much a work in progress. I have only scratched the surface of what is possible. One major thing I want to look at is to see if there is a way to make the syntax highlighting change in "code metapost" and "code tex-map" sections. KatePart already has highlighting files for metafont and latex. With any luck there is a way to reuse those.

Copy the XML file to your user profile directory. The exact location will vary depending on your distribution. On my Fedora 27 system it is

$HOME/.local//share/org.kde.syntax-highlighting/syntax

You may have to create this directory.

The file can also go in the common syntax highlighting directory which (on my system) is

/usr/share/kde4/apps/katepart/syntax

You will need root permissions to copy to this folder.

The next time you start either Kate or KWrite, the new file will be used.

I plan to look at syntax highlighting files for both joe and gvim.

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Bill Gee

On Saturday, March 24, 2018 12:39:40 PM CDT Xavier Robert via Therion wrote:

> Dear all,

>

> I am not sure to have post this info for those who are interested in it.

>

> I often edit my therion file inside an external editor as Textwrangler or

> Brackets. I wrote some configuration files for both softwares to color the

> Therion’s syntax. That is not complete, they may be still errors, but you

> can find them here : For Texwrangler :

> https://github.com/robertxa/Therion-TextWrangler For Brackets :

> https://github.com/robertxa/Therion-Brackets

>

> Have a good weekend,

>

> Xavier