Attached to this page is a syntax highlighting file for GtkSourceView which is used by gedit, scribes and other editors/IDEs.

Download "cobra.lang" from this page and put it in the correct directory. Under Windows:

• Windows XP/Vista/7: %userprofile%\My Documents\gtksourceview-2.0\language-specs\ (%homepath% can be used instead of %userprofile%)
• It can be also be placed in %programfiles%\gedit\share\gtksourceview-2.0\language-specs\ but for security reasons the OS will throw any modified data into a virtualized directory. For example, that might be %userprofile%\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\...

Under Mac, Linux and other UnixLike systems, put "cobra.lang" in (root)/share/gtksourceview-2.0/language-specs where (root) is one of:

• ~/.local
• /opt
• /usr/local
• /usr

Editors that use GtkSourceView:

•  gedit
•  scribes

Troubleshooting

• Verify that the file is called "cobra.lang" and has not been mangled during downloading such as being called "cobra.lang.xml".
• Verify that the file starts with "<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <language id="cobra" _name="Cobra" version="2.0" _section="Sources">" and is not wrapped in HTML (again a potential problem from browser downloads).
• Verify that the path is correct.

Background

Gtk/Gnome? text editors typically use a common library component called  GtkSourceView which means that adding Cobra language support for it enhances multiple applications. If you are specifically using  gedit, they have a  NewLanguage wiki page with instructions. Also, note that gedit is available for Windows, Mac and Linux.

See Also

EditorSupportTips, EditorSupport