On Thu, 2 Dec 2021, Thangalin via ntg-context wrote: > Hi all, > > There are a few technical hurdles with using the t-vim module in LMTX. > First, users need to install the module using externally defined shell > scripts. Second, it's awkward to communicate to users how to install it, > especially for Windows users. Third, it likely requires installing vim, as > a separate step. Fourth, making general-purpose XML setups that optionally > rely on syntax highlighting when it is an optional install is a little > laborious. > > If installing a module was as easy as "install.sh --module=t-vim" then that > would leap over most hurdles.
You can always install manually as follows: cd $TEXMFHOME wget https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/context/contrib/context-{filter,vim}.zip unzip context-{filter,vim}.zip > Although there'd still be a dependency on installing vim. Yes, that's a trade-off that the vim module makes. But, last time I used Windows (some 10 years ago), installing vim was relatively easy. Download the install from vim's website, and click next a couple of times. > How would you go about creating a syntax highlighter for Java that can work > with LMTX? I'll let others answer that. Had I known that, I wouldn't have written a module to do syntax highlighting :-) In the end, it also depends on how refined a syntax highlighter you want. Writing a simple keyword based highlighter is relatively easy. See, for example, scite-context-lexer-cpp.lua in the distribution, which is based on the CPP lexer in scite. Aditya ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
