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## Syntax Highlighting in bat
`bat` uses the [syntect ](https://github.com/trishume/syntect ) library to highlight source
code. As a basis, syntect uses [Sublime Text ](https://www.sublimetext.com/ ) syntax definitions
in the `.sublime-syntax` format.
In order to add new syntaxes to `bat` , follow these steps:
1. Find a Sublime Text syntax for the given language, preferably in a separate Git repository
which can be included as a submodule (under `assets/syntaxes` ).
2. If the Sublime Text syntax is only available as a `.tmLanguage` file, open the file in
Sublime Text and convert it to a `.sublime-syntax` file via *Tools* -> *Developer* ->
*New Syntax from XXX.tmLanguage...* . Save the new file in the `assets/syntaxes` folder.
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3. Run the `create.sh` script. It calls `bat cache --build` to parse all available
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`.sublime-syntax` files and serialize them to a `syntaxes.bin` file (in this folder).
4. Re-compile `bat` . At compilation time, the `syntaxes.bin` file will be stored inside the
`bat` binary.
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5. If you send a pull request with your changes, please do *not* include the changed `syntaxes.bin`
file. A new binary cache file will be created once before every new release of `bat` .
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### Troubleshooting
Make sure that the local cache does not interfere with the internally stored syntaxes and
themes (`bat cache --clear`).
### Manual modifications
The following files have been manually modified after converting from a `.tmLanguage` file:
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* `Dart.sublime-syntax` => removed `#regex.dart` include.
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* `INI.sublime-syntax` => added `.hgrc` , `hgrc` , and `desktop` file types.
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* `Org mode.sublime-syntax` => removed `task` file type.
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### Non-submodule additions
* `Assembly (x86_64)` has been manually added from https://github.com/13xforever/x86-assembly-textmate-bundle due to `git clone` recursion problems
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* `Nim.sublime-syntax` has been added manually from https://github.com/getzola/zola/blob/master/sublime_syntaxes/Nim.sublime-syntax as there was no suitable Git repository for it. The original syntax seems to originate from https://github.com/Varriount/NimLime
