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  • Add XDG Desktop Shortcut's syntax highlighting

@gg582 gg582 changed the title add XDG Desktop shortcut file highlighter add support for XDG Desktop shortcut file Jul 28, 2025
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gg582 commented Jul 29, 2025

You can see the example at the end of this post.
Highlight JS Custom Highlighter

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gg582 commented Jul 29, 2025

https://chi-blog-seven.vercel.app/posts/systemd-making-a-blog-server-as-a-daemon

Here's an example for *.service support.

@gg582 gg582 changed the title add support for XDG Desktop shortcut file add support for XDG/Systemd config file Jul 30, 2025
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gg582 commented Jul 30, 2025

This should support similar files as a whole.
So, I will add it as a Systemd syntax.

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gg582 commented Jul 30, 2025

You can see some examples from here.
https://chi-blog-seven.vercel.app/posts/systemdxdg-config-files-are-so-similar-highlight-them-as-a-systemdxdg-config-at-custom-highlightjs

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Add = in front of a keyword highlighter
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= is not interpreted by itself
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= is not interpreted by itself
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just move = outside of a group
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add contains attribute
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distinguishing normal text is puzzling
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removed \s. whitespace should be banned
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trying value mode
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priority problem is too difficult. I need to get some helps from a co…
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distinguish Type, Terminal, etc and match the right side
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recover left side syntax highlighting
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this is really annoying. rules are conflicting
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no, I don't want to highlight every keywords that are not in a position
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support Upper Camel case for Terminal;StartupNotify
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current highlighter gets too many colors
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solving whole block highlighting bug
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Latest patch: Freedesktop formats do not use ; as a delimiter.

@gg582 gg582 changed the title add support for XDG/Systemd config file add support for FreeDesktop config file Aug 2, 2025
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gg582 commented Aug 2, 2025

So the basic principal of the highlighting is to support FreeDesktop related config files

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gg582 commented Aug 2, 2025

Currently Supported Formats

  • NetworkManager Configuration
  • Systemd Units
    • Service Units
    • Mount Units
    • Socket Units
    • Timer Units
  • XDG Desktop Shortcuts

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