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Sublime Syntax

Sublime Text/Merge syntax highlighting definition

*.sublime-syntax

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Fields

Generated directly from the schema, following local $refs, to two levels of nesting.

Field Type Description
namestringThis defines the name shown for the syntax in the menu. It’s optional, and will be derived from the file name if not used.
file_extensionsarray<string>A list of strings, defining file extensions this syntax should be used for. Extensions listed here will be shown in file dialog dropdowns on some operating systems. If a file does not have a basename, e.g. .gitignore, the entirety of the
hidden_file_extensionsarray<string>A list of strings, also defining file extensions this syntax should be used for. These extensions are not listed in file dialogs.
first_line_matchstringWhen a file is opened without a recognized extension, the first line of the file contents will be tested against this regex, to see if the syntax should be applied.
scoperequiredstringThe default scope assigned to all text in the file
versioninteger
default: 2
one of: 1, 2
extendsoneOfA base syntax (or list of syntaxes) to inherit from, specified using its package path, e.g. Packages/JavaScript/JavaScript.sublime-syntax. When using multiple inheritance, parent syntaxes are processed top to bottom and must share the same
hiddenbooleanHidden syntax definitions won’t be shown in the menu, but can still be assigned by plugins, or included by other syntax definitions.
contextsrequiredobjecthttps://www.sublimetext.com/docs/syntax.html#contexts
variablesobjectVariables must be defined at the top level of the .sublime-syntax file, and are referenced within regxes via {{varname}}. Variables may themselves include other variables. Note that any text that doesn’t match {{[A-Za-z0-9_]+}} won’t be

What we found in this schema

Specification sections for the keywords in this schema

Keyword Document Section
$commentJSON Schema Core, draft 2020-12§8.3 — Comments With "$comment"
$idJSON Schema Core, draft 2020-12§8.2.1 — The "$id" Keyword
$refJSON Schema Core, draft 2020-12§8.2.3.1 — Direct References with "$ref"
$schemaJSON Schema Core, draft 2020-12§8.1.1 — "$schema"
anyOfJSON Schema Core, draft 2020-12§10.2.1.2 — "anyOf"
descriptionJSON Schema Validation, draft 2020-12§9.1 — "title" and "description"
itemsJSON Schema Core, draft 2020-12§10.3.1.2 — "items"
minItemsJSON Schema Validation, draft 2020-12§6.4.2 — "minItems"
minPropertiesJSON Schema Validation, draft 2020-12§6.5.2 — "minProperties"
patternJSON Schema Validation, draft 2020-12§6.3.3 — "pattern"
patternPropertiesJSON Schema Core, draft 2020-12§10.3.2.2 — "patternProperties"
propertiesJSON Schema Core, draft 2020-12§10.3.2.1 — "properties"
requiredJSON Schema Validation, draft 2020-12§6.5.3 — "required"
typeJSON Schema Validation, draft 2020-12§6.1.1 — "type"
uniqueItemsJSON Schema Validation, draft 2020-12§6.4.3 — "uniqueItems"

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Attribution

This schema comes from SchemaStore, distributed under the Apache License 2.0. Copyright 2015–present Mads Kristensen and contributors. View the original file. The field table and audit on this page are generated by JSONTools.tools; the schema itself is unmodified.

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