Kate: syntax highlighting for Markdown #170

Per mailing list recommendation by Dr. Niklaus Klepp dr.klepp@gmx.at:

Hi all!

I just found a working syntax highlighting of markdown files for kate. Original comes from https://github.com/claes/kate-markdown , I just added the fileextension *.mdwn for ikiwiki.

To try it out: decompress the attached markdown.xml.xz and copy it to /opt/trinity/share/apps/katepart/syntax/ , then restart kate and open an arbitrary markdown file (github readme.md ...)

If this works for otheres, too, I'd suggest to add the file to TDE

Nik

Source: https://github.com/claes/kate-markdown
Licence: GPL or BSD (dual)

Copyright 2008 Darrin Yeager. http://dyeager.org/
Extended 2009 Claes Holmerson. http://github.com/claes/kate-markdown

I checked it and it seems to work well, plus the licence seems compatible with TDE. It would nicely complement the markdown viewer part that was introduced in the previous release.

I marked this as WIP because I can't sign the commit yet (another machine), plus I'd like to hear some feedback first.

Hi Philippe,
the idea is good but it needs a bit more work. We need to add it to CMakelists.txt, Makefile.am and most importantly to update-files.xml.

@MicheleC

Hi Philippe,
the idea is good but it needs a bit more work. We need to add it to CMakelists.txt, Makefile.am and most importantly to update-files.xml.

If we all agree that this file can be added, I'm going on with this.

Well, I've added these files anyway, now I'll test how it builds.

Test successful, works as expected.

Looks good.

Kate: syntax highlighting for Markdown #170

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