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Is there a text editor that would allow me to create syntax highlighting easily? (programming.dev)

submitted 1 year ago by Reptorian@programming.dev to c/text_editors@programming.dev

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Basically just the title said. The situation is basically I use a Domain-Specific Language called G'MIC, and to this day, I haven't found a satisfactory answer to the issue of lack of syntax highlighting. At the moment, I am using KDE Kate as it's pretty good at structuring the code with their find/replace feature, tab indicators, and multi-window support.

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[–] CoderKat@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I can second this. I wrote a syntax highlighter for a DSL in Sublime ages ago and all I remember is that it was easy.

That said, you can definitely do this in VS Code, too (just I haven't personally tried it). IMO VS Code is the better editor.

[–] AProfessional@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

VSCode and Sublime use a TextMate-like format and can be converted between the two. I have made language support and recommend VSCode.