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@@ -5,79 +5,85 @@ This help page aims to cover two aspects of micro's syntax highlighting engine:
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- How to create colorschemes and use them
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- How to create syntax files to add to the list of languages micro can highlight
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## Colorschemes
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Micro comes with a number of colorschemes by default. Here is the list:
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* simple: this is the simplest colorscheme. It uses 16 colors which are
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set by your terminal
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* simple: this is the simplest colorscheme. It uses 16 colors which are set by
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your terminal
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* mc: A 16-color theme based on the look and feel of GNU Midnight Commander.
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This will look great used in conjunction with Midnight Commander.
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* nano: A 16-color theme loosely based on GNU nano's syntax highlighting.
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* monokai: this is the monokai colorscheme; you may recognize it as
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Sublime Text's default colorscheme. It requires true color to
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look perfect, but the 256 color approximation looks very good as well.
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It's also the default colorscheme.
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* monokai: this is the monokai colorscheme; you may recognize it as Sublime
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Text's default colorscheme. It requires true color to look perfect, but the
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256 color approximation looks very good as well. It's also the default
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colorscheme.
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* zenburn: The 'zenburn' colorscheme and works well with 256 color terminals
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* solarized: this is the solarized colorscheme.
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You should have the solarized color palette in your terminal to use it.
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* solarized: this is the solarized colorscheme. You should have the solarized
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color palette in your terminal to use it.
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* solarized-tc: this is the solarized colorscheme for true color; just
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make sure your terminal supports true color before using it and that the
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MICRO_TRUECOLOR environment variable is set to 1 before starting micro.
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* solarized-tc: this is the solarized colorscheme for true color; just make sure
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your terminal supports true color before using it and that the MICRO_TRUECOLOR
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environment variable is set to 1 before starting micro.
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* atom-dark-tc: this colorscheme is based off of Atom's "dark" colorscheme.
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It requires true color to look good.
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* atom-dark-tc: this colorscheme is based off of Atom's "dark" colorscheme. It
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requires true color to look good.
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* cmc-16: A very nice 16-color theme. Written by contributor CaptainMcClellan
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(Collin Warren.) Licensed under the same license as the rest of the themes.
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* cmc-paper: Basically cmc-16, but on a white background. ( Actually light grey on most
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ANSI (16-color) terminals.)
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* cmc-paper: Basically cmc-16, but on a white background. (Actually light grey
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on most ANSI (16-color) terminals)
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* cmc-tc: A true colour variant of the cmc theme.
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It requires true color to look its best. Use cmc-16 if your terminal doesn't support true color.
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* cmc-tc: A true colour variant of the cmc theme. It requires true color to
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look its best. Use cmc-16 if your terminal doesn't support true color.
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* codeblocks: A colorscheme based on the Code::Blocks IDE's default syntax highlighting.
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* codeblocks: A colorscheme based on the Code::Blocks IDE's default syntax
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highlighting.
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* codeblocks-paper: Same as codeblocks, but on a white background. ( Actually light grey. )
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* codeblocks-paper: Same as codeblocks, but on a white background. (Actually
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light grey)
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* github-tc: A colorscheme based on Github's syntax highlighting. Requires true color to look its best.
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* github-tc: A colorscheme based on Github's syntax highlighting. Requires true
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color to look its best.
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* paper-tc: A nice minimalist theme with a light background, good for editing documents on.
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Requires true color to look its best. Not to be confused with `-paper` suffixed themes.
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* paper-tc: A nice minimalist theme with a light background, good for editing
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documents on. Requires true color to look its best. Not to be confused with
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`-paper` suffixed themes.
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* geany: Colorscheme based on geany's default highlighting.
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* geany-alt-tc: Based on an alternate theme bundled with geany.
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* flamepoint-tc: A fire inspired, high intensity true color theme written by CaptainMcClellan.
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As with all the other `-tc` suffixed themes, it looks its best on a
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* flamepoint-tc: A fire inspired, high intensity true color theme written by
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CaptainMcClellan. As with all the other `-tc` suffixed themes, it looks its
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best on a
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To enable one of these colorschemes just press CtrlE in micro and type `set colorscheme solarized`.
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(or whichever one you choose). You can also use `set colorscheme monochrome` if you'd prefer
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to have just the terminal's default foreground and background colors.
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Note: This provides no syntax highlighting!
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To enable one of these colorschemes just press CtrlE in micro and type
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`set colorscheme solarized`. (or whichever one you choose). You can also use
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`set colorscheme monochrome` if you'd prefer to have just the terminal's default
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foreground and background colors. Note: This provides no syntax highlighting!
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See `help gimmickcolors` for a list of some true colour themes that are more
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just for fun than for serious use. ( Though feel free if you want! )
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just for fun than for serious use. (Though feel free if you want!)
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---
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### Creating a Colorscheme
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## Creating a Colorscheme
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Micro's colorschemes are also extremely simple to create. The default ones can be found
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Micro's colorschemes are also extremely simple to create. The default ones ca
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be found
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[here](https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/tree/master/runtime/colorschemes).
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They are only about 18-30 lines in total.
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Basically to create the colorscheme you need to link highlight groups with actual colors.
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This is done using the `color-link` command.
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Basically to create the colorscheme you need to link highlight groups with
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actual colors. This is done using the `color-link` command.
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For example, to highlight all comments in green, you would use the command:
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@@ -109,20 +115,22 @@ color-link comment "bold red"
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There are three different ways to specify the color.
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Color terminals usually have 16 colors that are preset by the user. This means that
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you cannot depend on those colors always being the same. You can use those colors with
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the names `black, red, green, yellow, blue, magenta, cyan, white` and the bright variants
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of each one (brightblack, brightred...).
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Color terminals usually have 16 colors that are preset by the user. This means
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that you cannot depend on those colors always being the same. You can use those
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colors with the names `black, red, green, yellow, blue, magenta, cyan, white`
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and the bright variants of each one (brightblack, brightred...).
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Then you can use the terminals 256 colors by using their numbers 1-256 (numbers 1-16 will
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refer to the named colors).
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Then you can use the terminals 256 colors by using their numbers 1-256 (numbers
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1-16 will refer to the named colors).
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If the user's terminal supports true color, then you can also specify colors exactly using
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their hex codes. If the terminal is not true color but micro is told to use a true color colorscheme
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it will attempt to map the colors to the available 256 colors.
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If the user's terminal supports true color, then you can also specify colors
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exactly using their hex codes. If the terminal is not true color but micro is
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told to use a true color colorscheme it will attempt to map the colors to the
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available 256 colors.
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Generally colorschemes which require true color terminals to look good are marked with a `-tc` suffix
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and colorschemes which supply a white background are marked with a `-paper` suffix.
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Generally colorschemes which require true color terminals to look good are
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marked with a `-tc` suffix and colorschemes which supply a white background are
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marked with a `-paper` suffix.
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---
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@@ -140,9 +148,10 @@ Here is a list of the colorscheme groups that you can use:
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* underlined
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* error
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* todo
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* statusline ( Color of the statusline)
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* tabbar ( Color of the tabbar that lists open files.)
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* indent-char ( Color of the character which indicates tabs if the option is enabled)
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* statusline (Color of the statusline)
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* tabbar (Color of the tabbar that lists open files)
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* indent-char (Color of the character which indicates tabs if the option is
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enabled)
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* line-number
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* gutter-error
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* gutter-warning
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* current-line-number
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* color-column
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* ignore
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* divider ( Color of the divider between vertical splits. )
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* divider (Color of the divider between vertical splits)
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Colorschemes must be placed in the `~/.config/micro/colorschemes` directory to be used.
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Colorschemes must be placed in the `~/.config/micro/colorschemes` directory to
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be used.
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---
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In addition to the main colorscheme groups, there are subgroups that you can
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specify by adding `.subgroup` to the group. If you're creating your own
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custom syntax files, you can make use of your own subgroups.
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specify by adding `.subgroup` to the group. If you're creating your own custom
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syntax files, you can make use of your own subgroups.
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If micro can't match the subgroup, it'll default to the root group, so
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it's safe and recommended to use subgroups in your custom syntax files.
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If micro can't match the subgroup, it'll default to the root group, so it's
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safe and recommended to use subgroups in your custom syntax files.
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For example if `constant.string` is found in your colorscheme, micro will
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use that for highlighting strings. If it's not found, it will use constant
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instead. Micro tries to match the largest set of groups it can find in the
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colorscheme definitions, so if, for examle `constant.bool.true` is found then
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micro will use that. If `constant.bool.true` is not found but `constant.bool`
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is found micro will use `constant.bool`. If not, it uses `constant`.
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For example if `constant.string` is found in your colorscheme, micro will us
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that for highlighting strings. If it's not found, it will use constant instead.
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Micro tries to match the largest set of groups it can find in the colorscheme
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definitions, so if, for examle `constant.bool.true` is found then micro will use
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that. If `constant.bool.true` is not found but `constant.bool` is found micro
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will use `constant.bool`. If not, it uses `constant`.
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Here's a list of subgroups used in micro's built-in syntax files.
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* comment.bright ( Some filetypes have distinctions between types of comments.)
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* comment.bright (Some filetypes have distinctions between types of comments)
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* constant.bool
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* constant.bool.true
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* constant.bool.false
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@@ -180,29 +190,32 @@ Here's a list of subgroups used in micro's built-in syntax files.
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* constant.specialChar
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* constant.string
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* constant.string.url
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* identifier.class ( Also used for functions. )
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* identifier.class (Also used for functions)
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* identifier.macro
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* identifier.var
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* preproc.shebang ( The #! at the beginning of a file that tells the os what script interpreter to use. )
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* symbol.brackets ( {}()[] and sometimes <> )
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* symbol.operator ( Color operator symbols differently. )
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* symbol.tag ( For html tags, among other things.)
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* type.keyword ( If you want a special highlight for keywords like `private` )
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* preproc.shebang (The #! at the beginning of a file that tells the os what
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script interpreter to use)
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* symbol.brackets ({}()[] and sometimes <>)
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* symbol.operator (Color operator symbols differently)
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* symbol.tag (For html tags, among other things)
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* type.keyword (If you want a special highlight for keywords like `private`)
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In the future, plugins may also be able to use color groups for styling.
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## Syntax files
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The syntax files is written in yaml-format and specify how to highlight languages.
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The syntax files is written in yaml-format and specify how to highlight
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languages.
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Micro's builtin syntax highlighting tries very hard to be sane, sensible
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and provide ample coverage of the meaningful elements of a language. Micro has
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Micro's builtin syntax highlighting tries very hard to be sane, sensible and
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provide ample coverage of the meaningful elements of a language. Micro has
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syntax files built int for over 100 languages now. However, there may be
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situations where you find Micro's highlighting to be insufficient or not to
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your liking. Good news is you can create syntax files (.micro extension), place them in
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`~/.config/micro/syntax` and Micro will use those instead.
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situations where you find Micro's highlighting to be insufficient or not to your
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liking. Good news is you can create syntax files (.micro extension), place them
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in `~/.config/micro/syntax` and Micro will use those instead.
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### Filetype defintion
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### Filetype definition
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You must start the syntax file by declaring the filetype:
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filename: "\\.go$"
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```
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Micro will match this regex against a given filename to detect the filetype. You may also
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provide an optional `header` regex that will check the first line of the file. For example:
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Micro will match this regex against a given filename to detect the filetype. You
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may also provide an optional `header` regex that will check the first line of
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the file. For example:
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```
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detect:
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#### Syntax rules
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Next you must provide the syntax highlighting rules. There are two types of rules: patterns and regions.
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A pattern is matched on a single line and usually a single word as well. A region highlights between two
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patterns over multiple lines and may have rules of its own inside the region.
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Next you must provide the syntax highlighting rules. There are two types of
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rules: patterns and regions. A pattern is matched on a single line and usually a
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single word as well. A region highlights between two patterns over multiple
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lines and may have rules of its own inside the region.
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Here are some example patterns in Go:
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- preproc: "\\b(package|import|const|var|type|struct|func|go|defer|iota)\\b"
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```
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The order of patterns does matter as patterns lower in the file will overwrite the ones defined above them.
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The order of patterns does matter as patterns lower in the file will overwrite
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the ones defined above them.
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And here are some example regions for Go:
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@@ -269,12 +285,15 @@ And here are some example regions for Go:
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- todo: "(TODO|XXX|FIXME):?"
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```
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Notice how the regions may contain rules inside of them. Any inner rules that are matched are then skipped when searching
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for the end of the region. For example, when highlighting `"foo \" bar"`, since `\"` is matched by an inner rule in the
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region, it is skipped. Likewise for `"foo \\" bar`, since `\\` is matched by an inner rule, it is skipped, and then the `"`
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is found and the string ends at the correct place.
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Notice how the regions may contain rules inside of them. Any inner rules that
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are matched are then skipped when searching for the end of the region. For
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example, when highlighting `"foo \" bar"`, since `\"` is matched by an inner
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rule in the region, it is skipped. Likewise for `"foo \\" bar`, since `\\` is
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matched by an inner rule, it is skipped, and then the `"` is found and the
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string ends at the correct place.
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You may also explicitly mark skip regexes if you don't want them to be highlighted. For example:
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You may also explicitly mark skip regexes if you don't want them to be
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highlighted. For example:
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```
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- constant.string:
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#### Includes
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You may also include rules from other syntax files as embedded languages. For example, the following is possible
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for html:
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You may also include rules from other syntax files as embedded languages. For
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example, the following is possible for html:
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```
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- default:
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