Mojo syntax highlighting in Quarto

[fnands]

Hi,

I'm moving my blog over to Quarto, and I know that's what's used for the Mojo docs, so how is syntax highlighting dealt with there?

I was looking at this post, and I see Quarto uses the KDE XML syntax specifications.

The official Mojo highlighting spec is done in Textmate format, so what is being done for the official docs?

Is there a .xml version you can share?

Pinging @scottamain as he seems to be in charge of the docs.

[scottamain]

Hi @fnands. Yeah, we have a modified version of the Python syntax definition we use like this:

format:
  html:
    syntax-definitions: 
    - mojo.xml

I'd be happy to share our mojo.xml file, but I'll need a few days to do it properly. We won't be using Quarto for much longer, so I'd prefer to open a PR to merge our file in the KDE syntax-highlighting repo for posterity.

[fnands]

so I'd prefer to open a PR to merge our file in the KDE syntax-highlighting repo for posterity.

Thanks, that seems like the best solution.

Any specific reason you are moving away from Quarto?

[scottamain]

For more customization. Quarto has been great for many reasons, but it's more difficult to extend/modify with custom UI components compared to other options.

[Texl]

I'm also interested in this - I'll keep an eye out at the linked repo.

[scottamain]

Hi @fnands and @Texl, sorry for the delay, but it's going to take a bit longer to merge this properly because any new syntax file requires tests, and I just don't have time to do that right now. So in the meantime, I just want to enable you to build your Mojo docs by sharing the current mojo.xml file with you here. I hope this helps! 🍻

[fnands]

Thanks!