micro-editor / micro-editor/micro
.desktop file semicolon syntax coloring
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Description
I went into a .desktop file (/usr/share/applications/yelp.desktop) with Micro and saw that everything after the first semicolon in a list separated by semicolons was colored the same as comments. Was the same in other .desktop files in the directory. Doesn't happen in Nano. Is this intentional?
Commit hash: 2.0.13
OS: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Terminal: GNOME Terminal
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Research direction
Reproduce the coloring issue in /usr/share/applications/yelp.desktop using Micro on Ubuntu 24.04, and compare the result with Nano. Trace the syntax-highlighting behavior for semicolon-separated entries; the issue is done when valid entries after a semicolon are no longer colored as comments, if the behavior is confirmed as a bug.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100