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Syntax highlighting is a feature of some text editors that display text (especially source code) in different colors and fonts according to the category of terms.

Syntax highlighting is a feature of some text editors that display text (especially source code) in different colors and fonts according to the category of terms. For example, any given language will have certain repeating elements like strings, variables, functions or other keywords that can be color-coded to improve readability. It is used to identify syntax errors in the code and to make reading the code more visually appealing.

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How to customise file type to syntax associations in Sublime Text?

I'd like Sublime 2 editor to treat *.sbt files (to highlight syntax) as Scala language, same as *.scala, but I can't find where to set this up. Do you happen to know?
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Set language for syntax highlighting in Visual Studio Code

Before the confusion begins, this question is about Code, the new lightweight Visual Studio Editor. You can get it from here: https://code.visualstudio.com/ I have a textfile (.txt) with CSS in it and want to get syntax hightlighting. You can open…
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Syntax highlighting/colorizing cat

Is there a method to colorize the output of cat, the way grep does. For grep, in most consoles it displays a colored output highlighting the searched keywords. Otherwise, you can force it by calling grep --color Is there a generic way to color the…
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Copy Notepad++ text with formatting?

I'm using Notepad++ to write code. How do I copy code in Notepad++ along with its formatting to paste into Microsoft Word? (i.e. syntax highlights, etc)
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Source code highlighting in LaTeX

I need to highlight source code in LaTeX. The package listings seems to be the best choice for most use-cases and for me it was, until now. However, now I need more flexibility. Generally, what I’m looking for is a real lexer. In particular, I need…
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How To Format A Block of Code Within a Presentation?

I am preparing a presentation using Google Slides, though I can also work on the presentation within Open Office that will include code snippets. Is there any easy way to perform basic syntax highlighting on the code snippets with either Google…
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Syntax highlighting for Jade in Sublime Text 2?

I just started using Sublime Text 2 on Mac. I also just started using Jade for my views in Node.js, and am wondering if there is a way to add syntax highlighting for Jade into Sublime Text 2.
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Diff syntax highlighting in Github Markdown

I'm writing documents that should explain code in C# using Markdown. I use the ```csharp to get csharp highlighting. I sometimes want to highlight something specific in the code using bold or anything. I know about 
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How to force vim to syntax-highlight a file as html?

How do I set vim's syntax highlighting to treat a file extension as an html file? I'm using ez template, so the file's extension is .ezt. But a lot of it is normal html code.
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Jenkinsfile syntax highlighting in Java project using Intellij Idea

We already tried the approaches as listed below: https://github.com/oliverlockwood/jenkinsfile-idea-plugin https://st-g.de/2016/08/jenkins-pipeline-autocompletion-in-intellij After having searched the web for many hours on multiple days, we still…
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Persistent :set syntax for a given filetype?

I'm working on a Symfony2 project which uses Twig, and the filetypes are myfile.html.twig. Vim doesn't automatically detect the syntax highlighting and so applies none. I can use :set syntax=HTML after I've opened the file but this is a pain when…
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SublimeText encloses lines in white rectangles

It's rather annoying and I can't seem to figure out why.
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How to tell which colorscheme a Vim session currently uses

You can set the Vim color scheme by issuing :colorscheme SCHEME_NAME but, oddly enough, you can't get the currently used scheme by issuing :colorscheme as this results in "E471: Argument required". I also don't see the color scheme listed in the…
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knitr Markdown highlighting in Emacs?

Is there any modification of an existing tool or new tool that will syntax-highlight (colour) blocks of R code in a knitr markdown document when opened in Emacs? The knitr chunks I am looking at are triple-backtick blocks [```] that contain R code…
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Syntax highlighting code with Javascript

What Javascript libraries can you recommend for syntax highlighting blocks in HTML? (One suggestion per answer please).
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