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BBCode syntax highlighting
Prerequisites
- [x] I have searched open and closed issues for duplicates.
Feature
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Syntax highlighting for BBCode, typically used on forums. E. g. [b][/b] for bold, [url=https://google.com][/url] for hyperlinks, etc.
Describe the solution you'd like
BBCode tags should be highlighted in different colours, as is possible for Markdown, HTML, freakin' COBOL, etc.
Existing work
BBCode highlighting packages exist for text editors like TextMate, Atom, and SublimeText; it can also easily be implemented in Notepad++.
Describe alternatives you've considered
- switching to a different text editor (I'd rather not)
- just gittin' gud (see above)
Additional context
I am like 90% sure more people use BBCode than COBOL.
Going to close this as "Upstream" as syntax highlighting relies on Gtk.SourceView.
Going to re-open in case someone wants to contribute a suitable syntax highlighting definition file in Gtk.SourceView format that we could install.
If any of the existing supported languages is sufficiently similar to BBCode then maybe we could also arrange for it to be used temporarily instead.
Going to close this again (sorry) and open a new parent issue about using existing syntax highlighting files on certain unrecognised files pending the inclusion of a new definition upstream.