Questions tagged [syntax-highlighting]
Syntax highlighting is a feature of text editors that displays text, especially source code, in different colors and fonts according to the category of terms.
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How do you define a new language specification for color syntax highlighting in Xcode 4?
For Xcode 3 there is plenty of information available about how to define a syntax highlighting specification for a language not already supported in Xcode. But there doesn't seem to be any ...
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In Vim how I can set a local match only for a specific filetype?
In Vim I can set local configuration as:
setlocal number
How I can set a local match only for a specific filetype?
I use this:
autocmd! BufEnter *.py,.vimrc,*.sh,*.c* :match ColorColumn /\%>...
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Modifying a gedit syntax highlighting file
I am trying to change a highlighting file from Gedit. I have modified the file /usr/share/gtksourceview-3.0/language-specs/fortran.lang because I want to change the cases in which the editor takes a ...
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How do I get Sublime Text 2 to properly color SQL even if its inside a php string?
I have the following code in a php page:
<?php
$query = "
SELECT data
FROM table
WHERE param = 1
";
Since this sql is wrapped inside quotations in a php document, everything shows ...
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Does MSDN has syntax highligthing?
Reading the MSDN documentation in a web browser is a real pain because the absence of syntax highlighting. In those web pages, code spinets are surrounded by a div with class="codeSnippetContainerCode"...
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Nano syntax highlighting for Debian
I am running Debian and I would like to turn on syntax highlighting for nano. My system has predefined syntax definitions...
standage@idebian:~$ ls /usr/share/nano/
asm.nanorc c.nanorc ...
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LESS syntax highlighting in Geany
I'm using LESS CSS (PHP version). I'm also using Geany in Linux. Is there a LESS syntax file for Geany out there, or how I can go about editing the CSS one to suit LESS?
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Forcing highlighter to html in VI when it fails to recognize an input file
I'm having trouble editing HTML in an older version of VI(M).
VIM - Vi IMproved 6.3 (2004 June 7, compiled [...] 2005). When reading .sh shell scripts there is no problem, though.
It doesn't ...
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How can I add color highlighting for PHP functions?
I've recently begun using Notepad++, and have found a part of its styling functionality that confuses me.
I'm currently attempting to color all of PHP's defined functions (such as count(), strlen(), ...
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Getting vi/vim syntax highlighting used by certain user
At work most web-development we do, is done in vi/vim, on a debian-server.
Sometimes we have to alter some files as root, and the syntax-highlighting-model of that user (root) is absolutely awesome. ...
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PowerShell ISE as C editor (like gEdit with embedded terminal)?
I've just discovered PowerShell in Windows 7 and realised that it comes with an ISE too.
In Linux, I use gEdit with an embedded terminal when writing C programs and I've been looking for an ...
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ANSI Colors & Syntax
Is there a mapping of ANSI colors to their syntax in a given shell?
For example, in BASH, Blue seems to be Folders and Green seems to be executable files.
Does a list exist for what ANSI colors mean ...
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Creating Custom Code Syntax Highlighting Color Themes
I've come across a couple of websites that have been very helpful in allowing people to create custom color themes for their favorite IDE's.
Visual Studio themes
Eclipse themes
Is there a similar ...
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TextMate indentation "navigation" as in Notepad++
I want to duplicate the function from Notepad++ where you can easily view your indentation in your code.
I want the dotted border that is lined within the indent. Is there a plugin for this? Or can ...
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Is there any way to get bash to have syntax highlighting like fish?
In the fish shell, the actual command line is syntax highlighted:
Is there any way to get this same behavior in bash?
There is something just like this but for zsh, not bash. Is it possible that ...
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How can I add HTML5 support to Vim without plugins?
I'm using OS X, but I don't think that matters.
By default, both MacVim and [terminal] Vim handle auto-indentation of HTML 4.0 elements, but any HTML5 elements, such as <header> and <footer&...
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emacs smart html syntax highlighting
Is there a syntax highlighting mode for xml/html which supports highilghting of markup associated with given (just like for parentheses)? For example if I select 'div' markup - this 'div' and ...
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How to change the default highlight color of a property in the Aptana-pydev?
The default text highlighting and default font colors that came with Aptana (Eclipse) seems to be a little wacky, anyone have any idea how to fix this?
This example isn't the only place where stuff ...
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Vim on Solaris. Coloured syntax highlighting?
I spend a lot of my time in vim, usually on some sort of debian/ubuntu OS. I've recently started playing with a Solaris 11 Express server and wondered if it's possible to enable coloured syntax-...
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Which Mac/PC text editing programs have YAML syntax support?
I write/edit a lot of YAML syntax files, and syntax highlighting really helps determine where I have syntax errors in a YAML file.
Recently I've added two contributors who are not too familiar with ...
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How do I create my custom "User-Defined" language in Notepad++?
In Notepad++ there is a menu option: Language->"User-Defined".
How do I customize that? What are capabilities of such option?
Can I highlight date/time? Can I highlight 21-29th symbols in the lines?...
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eclipse .conf files coloring syntax (highlighting)
I haven't found an easy way to add a simple syntax to Eclipse, regarding conf files.
I took a look at xText, but seems really complex for something really simple.
I basically want to color the lines ...
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How let Scite support a custom syntax highlight template?
I need to have a syntax highlighter for a language of mine.
I really like Scite, so I was wondering how to support a custom syntax with it.
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How can highlight all the automatic-fields or only references in Microsoft Word 2010+?
Is there any way that I can highlight, to quickly check, all the internal references in a word document?
The current version that I'm working with is Office 2010 on Windows or Office 2011 on a Mac ...
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Is there a way to have syntax highlighting or code blocks with Evernote?
How do you take notes on code snippets and or command line sequences in Evernote (Mac or PC)? Is there a way to have code blocks like the 'Code Sample' buttons here:
example
Any way to have colored ...
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Different language syntax highlighting within same file
I'm trying to get simple syntax highlighting working within a file. Here's the setup.
I have an index.php file, which Notepad++ correctly highlights any PHP code between the <? and ?> tags. ...
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How do I get Dreamweaver to deploy syntax highlighting for full script CFC's?
Is there a way to get Dreamweaver CS4 to use syntax highlighting when writing full script CFCs? If the document type is .cfc and they syntax is fullscript, there is no syntax highlighting; the code ...
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What is Christmas Tree Mode in Emacs?
Reading python-mode mailing lists, I've seen something I haven't heard of in a posting:
[...] I can't get all syntax highlighting to work, most particular variable highlighting. I have christmas ...
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Multiple foldmethods in vim
I use the folding option of vim quite a lot, and have usually set foldmethod to syntax. Recently I discovered that it is possible to add custom folds, such that I can put whole blocks in /*{{{*/ and /*...
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LESS and CSS3 syntax highlighting
I found this post on SU, but it doesn't seem to address my needs exactly, so I'll ask a similar question. I normally use PSPad, and I'm also not too scared of Notepad++. They are both good editors, ...
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Vim syntax highlighting disappeared for text files (.txt)
My to-do list is a plain text .txt file that I load in Vim. In .txt files Vim has always coloured hash marks (#) and the text following them on the same line, which I use to mark out urgent to-do ...
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Enable syntax highlighting on msysgit's version of vim?
I was wondering if there was a way to enable syntax highlighting on msysgit's "built in" vim. I'm specifically trying to get ruby highlighting to work, but nothing I have tried has enabled it. I'm ...
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Convert HTML to image
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Batch convert various syntax-highlighted source files (C, SQL, Java, PHP, batch, bash) into high-resolution images (600dpi), suitable for an eBook and printed book.
Failed Solutions
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How can I configure syntax highlighting for a custom language in vim?
We use our own little language for small tasks, but we do not have Vim highlighting support for it.
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How can I disable color highlighting and marks of versioning in NetBeans?
How can I disable color highlighting and marks of versioning in NetBeans? (in my case, mercurial)
PS: Now that I see, highlighting is on html tag attribute values, and doesn't respond to versioning, ...
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How can I highlight XML on the command line?
How can I highlight XML from stdin (e.g. piped from xmllint --format) to stdout?
I know how to get highlighting working in nano and view, but is there something that just outputs to stdout and exits?
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How do I enable syntax highlighting for .bash_aliases in vim?
I'm working on reorganizing my .bashrc. I moved my aliases to .bash_aliases (which is sourced by .bashrc, but I can't figure out how to enable syntax highlighting for this file. vim seems unable to ...
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Word Syntax Highlighting
I'm writing an article and I would to maintain notepad++ syntax highlight when I paste a code block into word. The code is all in SQL, and I would very much like to the way it is formatted.
Also, ...
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How to utilize vim's syntax color to replace the `highlight' utility?
I feel that the `highlight' utility doesn't support as many file types as vim does, and the project isn't very active.
When the file is gzipped, highlight doesn't recognize it at all.
But in ...
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How do I highlight the whole text in a line that triggers syn-containedin?
Suppose I have these Vim definitions:
syn match tasktag "\(\s\)\@<=@[a-zA-Z0-9_]\+"
syn match taskdone "\<[Dd]one\>" containedin=tasktag
How do I specify taskdone to highlight the entire ...
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Highlighting command line in vim
Is it possible to change the coloring for the command line in vim? I realize that may be somewhat ambiguously stated, so I have some things that should clear it up a little. This image illustrates ...
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$('<tag />') breaks my highlighting
But
$('<tag></tag>')
doesn't.
The problem seems to come with the '/>' thing.
This is happening in gedit, aptana and scribes.
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I can't get Scribes recognize my .html.erb files
That's it. Scribes just doesn't highlight or load templates for my Ruby on Rails templates.
Any of you had better luck?
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How to I use Textmate color themes with vim?
I have a textmate color theme I really like this,
But I am a hardcore vim user. Is there an easy (painless) way for me to use this color scheme with vim?
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Problem with making custom syntax highlighting in TextMate. Help!
I am trying to highlight a custom language in TextMate. However, the following definition does not highlight PHP insertions:
{ scopeName = 'source.serpent';
fileTypes = ( 'serpent' );
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google chrome: any extensions for code syntax highlighting on some website?
any extensions for code syntax highlighting on some website?
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Syntax Highlighting in Terminal for Python?
Is there a way to turn on python syntax highlighting for Terminal.app on Mac OS X?
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Good text editor for OS X? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicates:
Mac Text Editor (with function list)
Text editor for Mac OS X
I'm considering getting a Mac. I want to make sure I'll be able to get a good text editor for it. I'm ...
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How to make syntax highlighting for source code in Outlook 2007 email? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicates:
Syntax highlighting in Microsoft Office Word
How do I easily highlight the syntax of PHP code in Word?
When I send email to someone with source snippet then how to format ...
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Vim: Custom Folding function done, custom highlighting required
I have defined a function in vim to properly indent folds. Ie so they look like this:
Unfolded
this is text
also text
indented text
indented text
not indented text
folded with default ...
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