Kate Syntax Files

A set of new or modified syntax highlight definitions for the Kate text editor.

Nginx

• Syntax definition for the configuration files of the Nginx web server.
• The nginx-keywords.sh script can be used to automatically updated the keyword lists from the official vim definitions.

systemd

• Syntax definition for systemd units with keywords extracted from the man pages.
• The systemd-keywords.sh script can be used to automatically updated the keyword lists from the man pages.

Exim

• Syntax definition for Exim's filters.
• There is no clear file extension to be used for this definition.
• The file should contain the commend <code># Exim filter</code> as exim's documentation.

YAML

• Implemented indentation based folding in the editor.
• Associated syntax with the .sls file extension (Salt state files).

Python

• Implemented highlighting for identifiers that resemble a class name (IE: MyClass).

Smarty

• Syntax definition for the Smarty templating engine for PHP.

Vue

• Vue component bundle comprising of CSS + HTML + JavaScript in the same file.

See https://github.com/vuejs/vue-component-compiler.

IPFW

• Syntax definition for BSD's ipfw firewall rules.

Installation

Copy the xml files into:

• Either KDE4: ~/.kde4/share/apps/katepart/syntax
• Or KF5: ~/.local/share/katepart5/syntax

Resources

• Original Kate syntax definitions
• Working with Syntax Highlighting

LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2010-2017 Massimiliano Torromeo

Free software released under the terms of the BSD license.

Contacts

• Massimiliano Torromeo <massimiliano.torromeo@gmail.com>