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60 lines
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zsh-syntax-highlighting / highlighters
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Syntax highlighting is done by pluggable highlighters:
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* [`main`](main) - the base highlighter, and the only one active by default.
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* [`brackets`](brackets) - matches brackets and parenthesis.
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* [`pattern`](pattern) - matches user-defined patterns.
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* [`cursor`](cursor) - matches the cursor position.
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* [`root`](root) - triggered if the current user is root.
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* [`line`](line) - applied to the whole command line
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How to activate highlighters
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To activate an highlighter, add it to the `ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_HIGHLIGHTERS` array in
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`~/.zshrc`, for example:
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ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_HIGHLIGHTERS=(main brackets pattern cursor)
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How to tweak highlighters
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Highlighters look up styles from the `ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES` array.
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Navigate into each highlighter directory to see what styles it defines
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and how to configure it.
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How to implement a new highlighter
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To create your own `myhighlighter` highlighter:
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* Create your script at
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`highlighters/${myhighlighter}/${myhighlighter}-highlighter.zsh`.
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* Implement the `_zsh_highlight_myhighlighter_highlighter_predicate` function.
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This function must return 0 when the highlighter needs to be called and
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non-zero otherwise, for example:
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_zsh_highlight_myhighlighter_highlighter_predicate() {
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# Call this highlighter in SVN repositories
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[[ -d .svn ]]
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}
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* Implement the `_zsh_highlight_myhighlighter_highlighter` function.
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This function does the actual syntax highlighting, by modifying
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`region_highlight`, for example:
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_zsh_highlight_myhighlighter_highlighter() {
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# Colorize the whole buffer with blue background
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region_highlight+=(0 $#BUFFER bg=blue)
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}
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* Activate your highlighter in `~/.zshrc`:
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ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_HIGHLIGHTERS+=(myhighlighter)
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