[Github-comments] [geany/geany] BibTeX filetype (#1297)

[Colomban Wendling]

Highlighting is done through [Scintilla](http://scintilla.org) lexers, it's not possible to declare syntax from filetype files.  For example the `comment_single` option is only here to tell editing functions like "toggle comment" what to insert, it doesn't affect how things are styled.

There is 2 solutions to add a new filetype with highlighting:
* Use styling from another filetype.  Those are "custom filetypes", and set `[styling=OtherFiletype]` and `lexer_filetype=OtherFiletype`.
* Add a new built-in filetype, including a Scintilla lexer (either one from upstream Scintilla or writing one and submitting it there).

I don't know BibTeX, but if it looks anything like LaTeX, you could try something like `[styling=LaTeX]` and `lexer_filtype=LaTeX`.  `keywords` also depends on the lexer used.

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