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Bug 87031 - RFE: syntax highlighting in gedit
RFE: syntax highlighting in gedit
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gedit
Classification: Applications
Component: general
2.0.4
Other All
: Normal enhancement
: ---
Assigned To: Gedit maintainers
gedit QA volunteers
: 92614 105318 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2002-07-01 18:34 UTC by Malcolm Scott
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: Unversioned Enhancement


Description Malcolm Scott 2002-07-01 18:34:07 UTC 
I think it would be useful to have syntax
highlighting in gedit, like KDE's kwrite/kate (or
indeed various text-mode editors). I.e. you select
a mode describing the nature of the file you were
working on - e.g. C, Perl, Bash, HTML, etc. - and
gedit would highlight the syntax of the page you
were working on in a meaningful fashion. If
possible, the mode would be determined
automatically, e.g. by extension / mime type.
Comment 1 James Willcox 2002-07-01 19:43:29 UTC 
Paolo and I have plans for doing this, however, the means of 
implementation has not been decided upon.  It definitely will be cool 
to have syntax highlighting in gedit (with auto-indention and maybe 
even auto-complete for source code, etc).
Comment 2 llordsmiff 2002-07-16 14:17:44 UTC 
i second the motion.
Comment 3 Paolo Maggi 2002-07-24 16:01:39 UTC 
auto-indentation was required too
Comment 4 Andrew Sobala 2002-09-06 15:18:33 UTC 
*** Bug 92614 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 Paolo Maggi 2002-10-14 12:37:22 UTC 
Auto indentation has been implemented in CVS HEAD.
Comment 6 Andrew Sobala 2002-11-23 11:08:53 UTC 
Syntax highlighting missed the 2.2 feature freeze
Comment 7 Kevin Duffus 2003-02-05 16:24:48 UTC 
*** Bug 105318 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 8 Paolo Maggi 2003-02-05 17:31:30 UTC 
Syntax highlighting is at the top of my TODO list for 2.4.
I'm already working on it.
Comment 9 Paolo Maggi 2003-04-16 15:19:23 UTC 
Syntax highlighting has been implemented in CVS HEAD.
Comment 10 dudesay 2003-08-15 18:30:59 UTC 
I would like css support too, if it is possible. Gedit would provide a
good development tool for webmaster.