Add NativeScript Core XML Syntax

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My package is NativeScript Core XML Syntax. There are no packages like it in Package Control.

This package adds syntax highlighting for NativeScript Core XML files.

Syntax is identical to the default one for XML with the addition of highlighting view model bindings. The highlight color is the one used for CDATA tags.

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Have you considered extending or including the default XML syntax instead of duplicating most of it?

Your main scope is text.xml, but since you're extending the basic syntax for that, you might want to have a more specific one like text.xml.nativescript. Everything that supports text.xml would also support your syntax, but yours can now be targeted specifically as well.

I'm a bit worried about this replacing the default XML syntax for many users, for files that are not necessarily NativeScript. May or may not be a problem, especially if this is truly an extension of the default and maybe only for specific file extensions.

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Have you considered extending or including the default XML syntax instead of duplicating most of it?

Your main scope is text.xml, but since you're extending the basic syntax for that, you might want to have a more specific one like text.xml.nativescript. Everything that supports text.xml would also support your syntax, but yours can now be targeted specifically as well.

I'm a bit worried about this replacing the default XML syntax for many users, for files that are not necessarily NativeScript. May or may not be a problem, especially if this is truly an extension of the default and maybe only for specific file extensions.

NativeScript is an existing framework that makes use of XML files for UI rendering stuff. This is currently a really small plugin that adds support for highlighting double-curly brace expressions {{ }} so it's a very small addition for xml in common. I can understand if it's a problem for general use though.

I could find a solution when plugin contains more features that affect the general use of XML.