micro-editor / micro-editor/micro
Feature request: support `ion` shell script syntax
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Description
Description of the problem or steps to reproduce
Would be nice to have syntax highlighting for ion scripts. There's a Vim plugin for it already if that helps.
Specifications
You can use micro -version to get the commit hash.
Commit hash: af520cf047a7296ec292f15aa04114ad9f9052ae
OS: Void Linux
Terminal: alacritty
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction
Start with the linked syntax/ion.vim Vim plugin to identify the Ion syntax to support, then locate micro's syntax-highlighting entry point. Confirm the implementation by opening an Ion script in micro and checking that its syntax is highlighted consistently with the reference plugin.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- shell
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100