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Creating your own syntax highlighting in GEdit?

How do you add a 'keyword' to the GEdit list of keywords? I basiclly want to make the printf function look like a keyword.

printf("Hello World\n");
Solution

  • GEdit uses GtkSourceView for its syntax highlighting. You should be able to find the c.lang file it uses to highlight C code by typing a command like this:

    $ locate gtksourceview | grep /c.lang

    Once you find the lang file, open it up in a text editor (it's an XML file) and near the bottom you'll see a list of keywords which you should be able to add printf to.