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Asked: 2026-06-03T04:33:30+00:00

I have been searching around for a while, and was wondering: is there an

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I have been searching around for a while, and was wondering: is there an easy way to create a new custom language in Komodo Edit 7?

To clarify what I mean, check out the easy-and-simple-to-use UDL for Notepad++

I easily created a syntax highlighter for a custom language that I use for my work/study (it’s basically a cut-down subset of Java). Npp allowed me to use both a GUI and to edit the .udl easily to do this.

Is there a similar way to do this in Komodo? The only article I can find is from 2007 and relates to Komodo 4: ActiveState Community Article

Is this the only method? I don’t need it to be a full blown extension and I certainly do not want to add intellisense: I just want it to highlight keywords, that’s all.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Use a macro if it’s a tag-based language. For other languages, find the path to keywords.py, choose a supported language with similar elements, then replace its keywords with your own. Restart Komodo, open a file of that type, then update the color preferences and use a macro to debug your changes.

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