KDL for Kate

This extension provides editing and syntax highlighting support for KDL, an XML-like document language, to the Kate text editor and the KDE/KatePart Syntax Highlighting Engine.

See docs/example.kdl.

Installation

• Identify the directory in which custom syntax highlighting files are located. See the corresponding section of Chapter 6 of The KatePart Handbook. On Linux this is usually $HOME/.local/share/org.kde.syntax-highlighting/syntax/.

• Download kdl.xml and copy it into the aformentioned directory.

• Restart Kate. Alternatively, press F7, type reload-highlighting, and press enter.

Limitations

• Property keys are highlighted as string values if the equals sign appears on a different line, or if the equals sign is preceded by a nested /**/ comment.
• Mandatory whitespace between values is not checked.
• Whitespace requirements of multiline strings are not checked.