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An example of how to add syntax highlighting for new languages to xi-mac.
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  1. To add, for example, TypeScript,
  2. Find a .sublime-syntax file for the language.
  3. Create a TypeScript folder in xi-mac/xi-editor/rust/syntect-plugin/syntect-resources/Packages/
  4. Place the .sublime-syntax file in that folder.
/xi-mac/xi-editor/rust/syntect-plugin/syntect-resources/Packages/TypeScript/TypeScript.sublime-syntax
  1. In xi-mac/xi-editor/rust/syntect-plugin/, run
cargo run --release --example make_manifest
  1. Rebuild Xi. In /xi-mac/, run xcodebuild
  2. Restart Xi.

If you don't have a .sublime-syntax file:

  1. Find a .tmLanguage file.
  2. Install a program to convert them
gem install sublime_syntax_convertor
  1. Use sublime_syntax_convertor folder

I cloned babel/babel-sublime: Syntax definitions for ES6 and JSX., and called sublime_syntax_convertor with it. And for TypeScript, used TypeScript.sublime-syntax.

Random commit that led me to finding how to run make_manifest here.

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cmyr commented Apr 13, 2019

You can open PRs into https://github.com/xi-editor/syntect-resources to add additional default languages to the syntect-plugin. I am 100% happy to accept syntax definitions for commonly used languages, and typescript would definitely qualify.

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