Re: Pluma's syntax highlighting

[Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>]

On 01/12/2020 07:40 AM, Curt wrote:
> On 2020-01-12, Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> wrote:
> > I am NOT interested in adding any new features.
> > What are the default rules for a file with extension 'sh'?
> > TIA
>
> As pluma is a gedit fork as well as a gtk application I suppose it gets
> its syntax highlighting rules from here (on Stretch):
>
>   /usr/share/gtksourceview-3.0/language-specs
>
> where you'll find
>
>   /usr/share/gtksourceview-3.0/language-specs/sh.lang
>
> which would be the file containing the default rules for 'sh'.

That is too detailed(ww?). It is similar to "not being able to see 
forest for the trees".

I was looking for a description of what Pluma was trying to accomplish 
by their highlighting rules.

Thank you.