I have a custom config file format and I would like Emacs to recognize and highlight the syntax. Is this possible. If yes, how do we do it?
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I have a custom config file format and I would like Emacs to recognize and highlight the syntax. Is this possible. If yes, how do we do it?
Thanks for your answers.
Here is a link I used a whileback to create my own c# mode (before a more complete one was created):
Goes through step by step what to do.
Out of curiosity, which file format are you going to write?
As you might know, modes can be quite powerful, for example nxml mode actually validates XML schemas for you.