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I'm trying to add coffeescript syntax highlighting to gedit in Windows, but I can't work out where to put the *.lang file.

I'm following the instructions here, but the path ~/.local/share/gtksourceview-2.0/language-specs doesn't seem to apply to Windows.

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You're going to want to look here:

C:\Program Files\gedit\share\gtksourceview-2.0\language-specs\
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  • @evan.bovie At least in Gedit 3.20.1, styles and plugins can be put in %LOCALAPPDATA%\gedit\styles and %LOCALAPPDATA%\gedit\plugins respectively. I'm looking for a similar path in the user's home directory where language files can be put. I have tried %LOCALAPPDATA%\gedit\share\gtksourceview-3.0\language-specs and %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\Program Files\gedit\share\gtksourceview-3.0\language-specs but the language files are not read by Gedit.
    – August Karlstrom
    15 hours ago
  • @evan.bovie Found the answer by using ProcMon.
    – August Karlstrom
    13 hours ago
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For a local installation you should be able to put the language files in %LOCALAPPDATA%\gtksourceview-2.0\language-specs or %LOCALAPPDATA%\gtksourceview-3.0\language-specs depending on the version of Gedit.

Using Gedit 3.20.1 I found the result with ProcMon (Process Monitor) in Windows by filtering on paths containing language-specs (with ProcMon you can see what files and folders an application tries to open).

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