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This repository is not maintained. I can transfer ownership of gedit-rainbow-csv if you are willing to support it, plese reach out if you have any questions about this.

gedit-rainbow-csv

Syntax highlighting rules for csv and tsv files in gtk (gedit)

Columns in csv/tsv file will be higlighted in different rainbow colors. This helps to understand data patterns in csv files more quickly. Every 10-th column is not highlighted (has default black color)

csv/tsv autodetection

For rainbow syntax higlighting to work, csv/tsv file is not required to have *.csv/*.tsv extension. Plugin has csv autodetection mechanism if enabled.

Installation Instructions:

1. Run ./install.py
2. Launch gedit. Go to Edit->Preferences->Plugins and enable "Rainbow csv" plugin
3. Restart gedit

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