WML Syntax Highlighting for Kate/KWrite

[tvynr]

Note: the WML syntax highlighting schema is currently included with the upstream version of Kate under Markup/Wesnoth Markup Language, so you shouldn’t need to download anything unless you are using a very old version of the editor. If you do, grab lua.xml, pango.xml and wml.xml from the directory in the Kate git repository.

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The original first post for this topic follows:

Spoiler:

A continuation of the stuff I mentioned here, the attached file is an updated version of my little syntax highlighting definition for WML. Again, just drop its contents into your ~/.kde/share/apps/katepart/syntax directory and all of your .cfg files should be syntax highlighted for WML editing.

Noted changes in this version:

* Toned down the default color for macro text.
* Allowed macro context to use rules from basic text. This is very handy when editing large macros; it prevents everything from turning one boring color again.
* Preprocessor statements which appear somewhere other than the beginning of a line should now be properly highlighted.
* Variables and subscripts (i.e., "$somearray[$i].value") are now highlighted.

Please let me know if you find some kind of error in the syntax highlighting mechanism. Make a comment here, hopefully along with the WML that offends.

Cheers, all!

wml.xml.tar.bz2

WML syntax highlighting definition for KWrite v0.30.

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[tvynr]

I found this little article which may be helpful to people who want KWrite to automatically use indentation on WML files as I do. Here's a summary of the steps involved.

1. Choose Settings -> Configure Editor
2. Click "Filetypes" on the left-hand menu
3. Press the "new" button in the upper right
4. Set the following in the visible fields:
Name: WML
Section: Markup
Variables: kate: indent-mode normal;
File extensions: *.cfg
5. Press OK. You're finished.

After completing these steps, KWrite will be set to "normal" indentation mode for WML files.

[Iris]

This seemed to be a kind of abandoned project, and I needed to boost up the WML syntax highlighting features for my text editor, Kate.

Thus I decided to publish a new release under my own terms which are identical to the old ones. I just added some new features and bumped the version number. They are:

• wmlindent, wmllint and wmlscope control tags are recognized and marked just as the TODO, HACK, FIXME, etc. alerts are.
• .pbl files are automatically recognized as WML sources.
• It is now possible to comment/uncomment blocks with CTRL-D/CTRL-SHIFT-D just like with other syntax highlighters.
• #textdomain and #ifndef are highlighted as preprocessor directives.

Enjoy! I have already enjoyed for quite a long time with it. I just forgot to publish it.

[Jovycos]

NICE!

Thank you.
I use Kate, too.
Yesterday I installed the old version, and now...

Jovycos

[Geos]

Sorry, but i couldn't make it work.
I copied the file, open a .cfg file and nothing happened. I touched around tools --> highlight, but I wouldn't find WML among the list.

[caslav.ilic]

Are you sure you copied it to ~/.kde/share/apps/katepart/syntax/ path, as stated? E.g. the first time I toyed with highlighters, I've made an error with .../kate/... instead of .../katepart/... in the path.

Then, did you restart Kate after copying the highlighter? Gotta do that.

[Geos]

Nope way....
I found out that I was copying not in my user folder, but in the system's, at /katepart. I went to .kde/share/apps/ but there I found no /katepart, only /kate. I created /katepart and copied the fil, but still. Maybe is an issue of the version or something. I'm using Kate 2.5.7 at KDE 3.5.7

[AI]

doesn't work for me either, in either place

places being
/usr/share/apps/katepart/syntax/wml.xml
.kde/share/apps/kate/wml.xml

[Iris]

doesn't work for me either, in either place

places being
/usr/share/apps/katepart/syntax/wml.xml
.kde/share/apps/kate/wml.xml

I install it at $HOME/.kde/share/apps/katepart/syntax/wml.xml, and my local user-wide KDE directory installation would be at /opt/kde3/share/apps/katepart/syntax/wml.xml, if I did it.

You might want to search for the location where all the other syntax highlighting definition files are stored in your system (c.xml, xml.xml...).

I'm at the moment working on making collapsable WML blocks, and I have already implemented it for [nodes][/nodes], but I plan to make it possible too for #define #enddef and #if*def #endif blocks.

[AI]

Still not working.

It does recognize the script (it's in the list), but all WML files are seen as "Scripts/Quake Script".
Actually, syntax colouring just worked for a second before everything went black again....

[Iris]

Still not working.

It does recognize the script (it's in the list), but all WML files are seen as "Scripts/Quake Script".
Actually, syntax colouring just worked for a second before everything went black again....

Ah yes, that problem.

Remove the .cfg file extension from the Quake Script highlighting settings in Kate. That should make WML take over all .cfg files.

[AI]

No effect.

[Geos]

Still nothing. I found the place where all syntax files are, in usr/share/apps/katepart/syntax, but, after copying the file there, I can't see any significant change. In the submenu "File Type" I can select WML, but there is no WML entry in highlighting lists. May there be something lacking on the file, like some definitions on the header or something?

[Iris]

Please tell me if you can see this:

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r176 ... tings3.png

And whether you did this:
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r176 ... tings2.png

And this:
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r176 ... tings1.png (the MIME type setting being optional).

This later step is nice but optional too:
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r176 ... tings4.png

[AI]

The first fixes things for the file I'm editing (permantently, it seems), but only for that file. The rest has no effect.