Help with syntax highlighting for YAML files?

[David O'Brien]

Thank you Waqar.

I don't know that I have the skills to provide a patch, but I'll have a 
look, and definitely report it as a bug.

Regards,

David

On 2/27/25 5:48 PM, Waqar Ahmed wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This seems like a bug. I urge to report it on the bugzilla
> https://bugs.kde.org/ and provide minimal code that can trigger this
> issue.
>
> In the meantime, you can fix it locally or perhaps even send a patch?
>
> Our syntax files are here:
> https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/syntax-highlighting/-/tree/master/data/syntax
>
> documentation about it:
> https://docs.kde.org/stable5/en/kate/katepart/highlight.html
>
> Waqar
>
> On Wed, Feb 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM David O'Brien <daobrien at redhat.com> wrote:
>> I work as an editor, working primarily in .adoc and .yml files and Kate
>> does a great job. I have recently come across a curious behaviour where
>> Kate takes the apostrophe in my surname to mean the end of the current
>> string or block (I don't know the correct terminology, sorry). This
>> means that all syntax highlighting after the apostrophe is lost. I can
>> use two apostrophes to "fix" it, but the output is then two apostrophes.
>>
>> Is there a way I can edit the way Kate sees apostrophes so that it just
>> treats them as standard characters?
>>
>> OBrien  <-- No issues.
>>
>> O'Brien <-- Syntax highlighting is "broken" after the apostrophe.
>>
>> O`Brien <-- No issues if I use a backtick.
>>
>> Please CC me on any replies.
>>
>> Thanks very much.
>>
>> --
>> David
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David
Introvert/Unclubbable/Cool

An open culture doesn't play politics or care about hierarchies and titles.

Red Hat's core values are freedom, courage, commitment, and accountability.

I acknowledge and pay respect to the past and present Traditional Custodians and Elders of this nation.