Syntax higlighting of the Julia try statement in Kate

[christoph at cullmann.io]

On 2024-08-17 12:22, Raič wrote:
> Dear KDE developers,
> 
>  I have been a user of the Kate text editor for about twenty years and
> I really appreciate its numerous features. Recenly, I started to learn
> Julia. However, it seems to me that the syntax highlighting for the
> try statement does not work properly. Consider the following
> screenshots attached:
> 
>  	*
> try1.png: try is not recognized at all.
> 	*
> try21.png: try is recognized (printed in red), but begin is not
> matched to any end.
> 	*
> try22.png: try is recognized, but not highlighted.
> 	*
> try23.png: the inner end is matched to catch, but not to try.
> 	*
> try24.png: the outer end is not highligted, as if did not match any
> beginning of a block.
> 	*
> try3.png: let is matched to the inner rather that to the outer end.
> 
>  Looking at the syntax highlighting file:
> 
>  kate-editor.org/syntax/data/syntax/julia.xml [1]
> 
>  it seems to me that the try keyword should be in the cflow_begin
> rather in the cflow_eb group. Correct?
> 
>  I am using version 24.02.1 installed from the Microsoft Store.
> However, the behaviour looks the same on Mac.
> 
>  I should be extremely grateful if you would fix the issue or give me
> some instructions how to fix it on my own. If you are a wrong address,
> I would appreciate if you would tell me whom to contact.
> 
>  Finally, as I am not subscribed to the forum, could you please put me
> in CC?

Hi,

you could alter the syntax file and increase it's version in the 
language tag
and then add it to the right local directory to try it out.

See here a list of the right paths to add it:

https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/syntax-highlighting#syntax-definition-files

Greetings
Christoph

> 
>  With many thanks in advance!
> 
>  Martin Raič
> 
>  Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
>  University of Ljubljana
>  Slovenia
> 
> 
> 
> Links:
> ------
> [1] https://kate-editor.org/syntax/data/syntax/julia.xml