Bug 364620

Summary:	Changes made to syntax file are not loaded
Product:	[Applications] kate	Reporter:	gillesgalipeau
Component:	syntax	Assignee:	KWrite Developers <kwrite-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	christoph
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description gillesgalipeau 2016-06-22 01:09:58 UTC

The changes made to the file /usr/share/kde4/apps/katepart/syntax/bash.xml are not loaded when restarting kate.

I also tried downloading the most recent syntax (Settings -> Kate config -> Open/Save -> File types -> Download syntax-highlighting files) and copy the bash.xml to the new folder created (~/.local/share/katepart5/syntax) but still does not load the change made to the file.

Environment:
Ubuntu 16.04
Kate 15.12.3 Using:
KDE Frameworks 5.18.0
Qt 5.5.1 (built against 5.5.1)
The xcb windowing system

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open syntax file /usr/share/kde4/apps/katepart/syntax/bash.xml with sudo access
2. Edit the language / general / keywords as follow: weakDeliminator="^%_-" additionalDeliminator="`$#"
3. Restart kate and open a bash script
4. Double click on a string starting with "$" or on text surrounded by square or curly braces

Actual Results:  
The special characters are not considered as delimiter; they are also highlighted

Expected Results:  
The special characters should not be highlighted

This is working fine with the same syntax file on my Ubuntu 14.04 workstation

Comment 1 Christoph Cullmann 2016-09-05 12:47:46 UTC

If you change the content, you need to increment the version number in the header of the file.
The correct place for local changes is (like you quoted)

~/.local/share/katepart5/syntax

but even there, only files with version > the version of the shipped files is used!

Comment 2 gillesgalipeau 2016-09-05 17:38:49 UTC

Good to know.
Not using kate anymore.
Feel free to close the ticket.
Thanks