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JukkaL edited this page Oct 7, 2011 · 2 revisions

The gedit editor is included in gnome.

Adding Alore syntax highlighting

Installation:

  1. Download files alore.lang and alore.xml.

  2. Install the files (as root):

    • Determine where to store the language specification:

        $ locate gtksourceview | grep 'specs$'
      
    • Copy language specification (replace target directory with the one you found above):

        $ cp alore.lang /usr/share/gtksourceview-2.0/language-specs/
      
    • Copy mime description:

        $ cp alore.xml /usr/share/mime/packages/
      
    • Update mime database:

        $ update-mime-database /usr/share/mime
      

    Now gedit should be able to automatically color Alore files. You can also select Alore syntax highlight manually from the menu:

    View > Highlight mode > Sources > Alore
    

Compatibility:

  • Tried with gedit and gtksourceview that comes with ubuntu 10.04.
  • This also allows syntax highlighting in the meld graphical diff program.