Hi there,

I am currently evaluating sublime 3. It looks very interested, but, after about an hour of googling, I’ve still not found a clear answer to my problem.

I will use this editor also to edit some custom files. They are basically written in some almost unknown programming language. I do not need it to 100% recognize all the tokens: as a start, it would be enough to teach it to recognize comments and keywords.

What i would like to do is:

1. Create a new syntax file
2. Associate the extensions to it
3. Include c-style comment recognition in the file
4. Include the keywords in the file

Is there any step-by-step tutorial to do this?

Thank you

Since you are evaluating, the newer .sublime-syntax format for defining syntaxes is not interesting for you because it’s only available on dev builds at the moment.

Either way, there isn’t a strict walk through for all you steps, but there is documentation available on each of the individual steps at the unofficial docs:

docs.sublimetext.info/en/latest/ … xdefs.html
docs.sublimetext.info/en/latest/ … ments.html
docs.sublimetext.info/en/latest/ … mbols.html

Thank you for your answer!

I have tried to follow your links, but when I install the AAAPackageDev plugin, all menus are grayed out making it basically unusable.

I have been trying to track the issue and it seems related to this long thread github.com/SublimeText/AAAPackageDev/issues/19 that basically concludes that the plugin is still not ready for sublime3.

The newer .sublime-syntax format now definitely looks more appealing to me, since it doesn’t seem to require a plugin for editing… is there a planned release date for this function?

This can not be the issue since the pull request that added support for Sublime Text 3 has been merged long ago (by me).
Please post your entire console log with the package installed either here or in a new issue at the PackageDev repo.

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The newer .sublime-syntax format now definitely looks more appealing to me, since it doesn’t seem to require a plugin for editing… is there a planned release date for this function? :D[/quote]

No. It’s been first released around April earlier this year and besides updating a few bundled pakcages, there hasn’t been any communication from the devloper since.

DPI scale: 0.999 startup, version: 3083 linux x64 channel: stable executable: /opt/sublime_text/sublime_text working dir: / packages path: ~/.config/sublime-text-3/Packages state path: ~/.config/sublime-text-3/Local zip path: /opt/sublime_text/Packages zip path: ~/.config/sublime-text-3/Installed Packages ignored_packages: "Vintage"] pre session restore time: 0.112212 loading dictionary Packages/Language - English/en_US.dic startup time: 0.366275 first paint time: 0.430517 reloading plugin Default.block reloading plugin Default.comment reloading plugin Default.copy_path reloading plugin Default.delete_word reloading plugin Default.detect_indentation reloading plugin Default.duplicate_line reloading plugin Default.echo reloading plugin Default.exec reloading plugin Default.fold reloading plugin Default.font reloading plugin Default.goto_line reloading plugin Default.history_list reloading plugin Default.indentation reloading plugin Default.kill_ring reloading plugin Default.mark reloading plugin Default.new_templates reloading plugin Default.open_context_url reloading plugin Default.open_file_settings reloading plugin Default.open_in_browser reloading plugin Default.pane reloading plugin Default.paragraph reloading plugin Default.paste_from_history reloading plugin Default.quick_panel reloading plugin Default.save_on_focus_lost reloading plugin Default.scroll reloading plugin Default.set_unsaved_view_name reloading plugin Default.side_bar reloading plugin Default.sort reloading plugin Default.swap_line reloading plugin Default.switch_file reloading plugin Default.symbol reloading plugin Default.transform reloading plugin Default.transpose reloading plugin Default.trim_trailing_white_space reloading plugin CSS.css_completions reloading plugin Diff.diff reloading plugin HTML.encode_html_entities reloading plugin HTML.html_completions reloading plugin AAAPackageDev.AAA Traceback (most recent call last): File "/opt/sublime_text/sublime_plugin.py", line 74, in reload_plugin m = importlib.import_module(modulename) File "./importlib/__init__.py", line 90, in import_module File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1584, in _gcd_import File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1565, in _find_and_load File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1532, in _find_and_load_unlocked File "/opt/sublime_text/sublime_plugin.py", line 678, in load_module exec(compile(source, source_path, 'exec'), mod.__dict__) File "AAA in ~/.config/sublime-text-3/Installed Packages/AAAPackageDev.sublime-package", line 9 print "[AAAPackageDev] Added sublime_lib to sys.path." ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax reloading plugin AAAPackageDev.build_sys_dev Traceback (most recent call last): File "/opt/sublime_text/sublime_plugin.py", line 74, in reload_plugin m = importlib.import_module(modulename) File "./importlib/__init__.py", line 90, in import_module File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1584, in _gcd_import File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1565, in _find_and_load File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1532, in _find_and_load_unlocked File "/opt/sublime_text/sublime_plugin.py", line 678, in load_module exec(compile(source, source_path, 'exec'), mod.__dict__) File "build_sys_dev in ~/.config/sublime-text-3/Installed Packages/AAAPackageDev.sublime-package", line 3, in <module> ImportError: No module named 'sublime_lib' reloading plugin AAAPackageDev.commands_file_dev Traceback (most recent call last): File "/opt/sublime_text/sublime_plugin.py", line 74, in reload_plugin m = importlib.import_module(modulename) File "./importlib/__init__.py", line 90, in import_module File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1584, in _gcd_import File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1565, in _find_and_load File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1532, in _find_and_load_unlocked File "/opt/sublime_text/sublime_plugin.py", line 678, in load_module exec(compile(source, source_path, 'exec'), mod.__dict__) File "commands_file_dev in ~/.config/sublime-text-3/Installed Packages/AAAPackageDev.sublime-package", line 3, in <module> ImportError: No module named 'sublime_lib' reloading plugin AAAPackageDev.completions_dev Traceback (most recent call last): File "/opt/sublime_text/sublime_plugin.py", line 74, in reload_plugin m = importlib.import_module(modulename) File "./importlib/__init__.py", line 90, in import_module File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1584, in _gcd_import File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1565, in _find_and_load File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1532, in _find_and_load_unlocked File "/opt/sublime_text/sublime_plugin.py", line 678, in load_module exec(compile(source, source_path, 'exec'), mod.__dict__) File "completions_dev in ~/.config/sublime-text-3/Installed Packages/AAAPackageDev.sublime-package", line 3, in <module> ImportError: No module named 'sublime_lib' reloading plugin AAAPackageDev.package_dev Traceback (most recent call last): File "/opt/sublime_text/sublime_plugin.py", line 74, in reload_plugin m = importlib.import_module(modulename) File "./importlib/__init__.py", line 90, in import_module File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1584, in _gcd_import File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1565, in _find_and_load File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1532, in _find_and_load_unlocked File "/opt/sublime_text/sublime_plugin.py", line 678, in load_module exec(compile(source, source_path, 'exec'), mod.__dict__) File "package_dev in ~/.config/sublime-text-3/Installed Packages/AAAPackageDev.sublime-package", line 94 print "[NewPackage] Creating new package...", ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax reloading plugin AAAPackageDev.settings_dev Traceback (most recent call last): File "/opt/sublime_text/sublime_plugin.py", line 74, in reload_plugin m = importlib.import_module(modulename) File "./importlib/__init__.py", line 90, in import_module File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1584, in _gcd_import File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1565, in _find_and_load File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1532, in _find_and_load_unlocked File "/opt/sublime_text/sublime_plugin.py", line 678, in load_module exec(compile(source, source_path, 'exec'), mod.__dict__) File "settings_dev in ~/.config/sublime-text-3/Installed Packages/AAAPackageDev.sublime-package", line 3, in <module> ImportError: No module named 'sublime_lib' reloading plugin AAAPackageDev.snippet_dev Traceback (most recent call last): File "/opt/sublime_text/sublime_plugin.py", line 74, in reload_plugin m = importlib.import_module(modulename) File "./importlib/__init__.py", line 90, in import_module File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1584, in _gcd_import File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1565, in _find_and_load File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1532, in _find_and_load_unlocked File "/opt/sublime_text/sublime_plugin.py", line 678, in load_module exec(compile(source, source_path, 'exec'), mod.__dict__) File "snippet_dev in ~/.config/sublime-text-3/Installed Packages/AAAPackageDev.sublime-package", line 3, in <module> ImportError: No module named 'sublime_lib' reloading plugin AAAPackageDev.syntax_def_dev Traceback (most recent call last): File "/opt/sublime_text/sublime_plugin.py", line 74, in reload_plugin m = importlib.import_module(modulename) File "./importlib/__init__.py", line 90, in import_module File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1584, in _gcd_import File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1565, in _find_and_load File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1532, in _find_and_load_unlocked File "/opt/sublime_text/sublime_plugin.py", line 678, in load_module exec(compile(source, source_path, 'exec'), mod.__dict__) File "syntax_def_dev in ~/.config/sublime-text-3/Installed Packages/AAAPackageDev.sublime-package", line 85 print "[AAAPackageDev] File does not exists. (%s)" % path ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax plugins loaded

Mhhh… it looks like a syntax error… so weird: somebody should had noticed it before… missing parenthesis on print()?

Thank you

How did you install the package? That version is ancient.

Please remove the package and install it using Package Control.

Edit: Did you perhaps follow the instructions for manual installation? I just noticed they still point to a version from 2012 (when ST3 didn’t even exist). Will have to remove that link since there is really no point in manual installation - and if you want to do it, you should know how beforehand.

Yep, I’ve been following the manual install instructions.

I have now uninstalled it, installed the package manager and then finally installed again.

It now works. I’ve been following your links and managed to create a first syntax definitions file. After building into .tmLanguage, is seems to be ignored by the editor, even after restarting it i still can’t select my new language.

Anyway, starting to define a language from scratch seems to be a long and useless challenge to me: I would prefer to start from something else (eg. C++) and adapt it to my needs. Is it possible? I couldn’t find definition files for other languages.

You can open resources in the shipped packages via PackageResourceViewer (package).

I do not know exactly what your syntax is like, but you could either copy relevant parts of existing definitions into yours, include the syntax definition of another language/file in yours (with include patterns) or, similarly to the latter, include specific parts of a syntax definition and inject custom patterns into it (requires .sublime-syntax).

Thank you!