[Geany] Custom filetypes

[spir]

On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 14:50:17 +0200
spir <denis.spir at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I have installed geany 0.19 (*) mainly to use the new Custom filetypes feature; but cannot have it work. Below what I did for an Oberon filetype:
> 
> * In filetype_extensions.conf: added "Oberon=*.ob;".
> 
> * Created a filetype.oberon file with settings adapted from filetype.pascal and the additional followong lines in the [settings] section:
> 	tag_parser="pascal"
> 	lexer_filetype="pascal"
> (also tried without quotes)
> 
> * Created Oberon-specific data in menu Build/Set Build Commands.
> 
> Compilation works, which proves the filetype is taken into account; but syntax highlighting does not at all (all test remains in default style). Help/pointer welcome.

follow-up:

Still cannot have syntax highlighting (but can live with this issue for a while).

Another problem is that my compiler (obc) requires source files to have the extension '.m', and no way to change this. It seems geany associates '.*' with GNU Octave (can see this in the terminal when trying to run). Octave is not listed in filetype_extensions.conf, but '*.m' is associated there with Matlab. Strangely, my setting associating '*.m' with Oberon does not override the predefined association with Octave, even if I erase the entry about Matlab.
How to workaround this issue?

Denis
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