13 Apr
2025
13 Apr
'25
2:16 a.m.
On 4/5/25 3:09 PM, Darrell Anderson via tde-users wrote:
I don't know if this is a PEBKAC issue.
I seem to have a devilish time getting Kate to remember syntax highlighting of
previously opened files.
I have Kate configured to remember meta information for 180 days.
I also notice that often Kate does not guess the correct syntax highlighting
for what are obvious shell scripts. The shell scripts have correct
declarations at the beginning of the script. I get the feeling the detection
scheme is keying off of something other than '#!/bin/sh'.
What might I be doing incorrectly? Or where might I start troubleshooting?
Thanks.
Well...,
katepart/syntax isn't as brilliant as we would like. Most of the time is
keys off the file extension and MIME types rather than parsing and looking for
the command interpreter.
If you go to kate Settings->Editor->highlighting, you can use the drop down
to select the highlighting you want and make sure the extension you are using
is listing and the MIME type is correct x-shellscript.
You can create custom entries in the extension box. For example, Archlinux
PKGBUILD files should be shown as bash scripts and highlighted accordingly.
I've added "PKGBUILD*" to catch the name with any text following it (like if
I
add a "PKBBUILD-ver-1")
But beyond that, I don't believe the syntax used is saved as part of the
metadata that contains info like the active line being edited, etc..
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David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.