XML tag colors

leegold · Post by **leegold** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 12:14 am

Some editors will hilight xml tags. It can be an XML file the editor has never seen before, but it will know about XML and hilight properly.

Can TextPad do this?

Bob Hansen · Post by **Bob Hansen** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 5:27 am

You can use existing syntax files or create your own.

Start here, over 10 existing syntax files: http://www.textpad.com/add-ons/syna2g.html

leegold · Post by **leegold** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 3:05 pm

Just want to be clear - it can be an XML file textpad has never seen before - but there will be an awareness about .XML files and the nesting of the markup that the editor will have about XML, and tags will properly highlighted.

When I throw a .xml into TextPad it doesn't do it. Is such a feature planned?

Bob Hansen · Post by **Bob Hansen** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 8:42 pm

Make a Class for your XML files and attach the syntax file that you want to use.

ben_josephs · Post by **ben_josephs** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 11:04 pm

I believe that leegold is looking for a way to highlight the syntax of an arbitrary XML file, regardless of the tags it uses. I don't believe there's any way to get TextPad to do that.