Bug 432587

Summary:	Syntax Highlighting for xkeyboard config files
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] frameworks-syntax-highlighting	Reporter:	H.H. <cyberbeat>
Component:	syntax	Assignee:	KWrite Developers <kwrite-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	christoph, walter.von.entferndt
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.78.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:	https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/syntax-highlighting/-/commit/543dd222c0c4cdaf0c5a76fb0a99e899d676cf3b	Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	Demo XKeyboard file

Description H.H. 2021-02-06 20:31:13 UTC

I found this one:
https://store.kde.org/p/1220577/
and put it in my
~/.local/share/org.kde.syntax-highlighting/syntax/
folder. It works. It would be great, if you could add it as default.

Comment 1 Dominik Haumann 2021-02-07 06:43:25 UTC

Can you attach some example xkeyboard file that we can use as unit test? MIT licensed.

Comment 2 H.H. 2021-02-07 18:26:04 UTC

Created attachment 135490 [details]
Demo XKeyboard file

This is how you get your own configuration:

xkbcomp $DISPLAY demo.xkb

Comment 3 Christoph Cullmann 2023-12-19 18:23:02 UTC

Hi,

as long as nobody contributes a highlighting, nothing will happen.

You already pointed to soms description, perhaps you can give it some try.

We have good documentation on

https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/syntax-highlighting/-/blob/master/README.md

to get somebody started. Beside this, one can always reach out on the channels
described on

https://kate-editor.org/support/

Comment 4 H.H. 2023-12-20 20:27:58 UTC

Sorry, I don't understand, why you closed this. The only thing I asked you, to add an already existing kate-hightlighting to the official kate installation. I gave the link here:
https://store.kde.org/p/1220577/
and also an advice how to get your own config as an unit test file. What do you want more?

Comment 5 Christoph Cullmann 2023-12-20 21:39:23 UTC

Ok, you are right, I did misread this, sorry.

Comment 6 Bug Janitor Service 2025-09-22 22:56:37 UTC

A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/syntax-highlighting/-/merge_requests/743

Comment 7 Christoph Cullmann 2025-09-23 14:58:57 UTC

Git commit 543dd222c0c4cdaf0c5a76fb0a99e899d676cf3b by Christoph Cullmann, on behalf of Jonathan Poelen.
Committed on 23/09/2025 at 14:37.
Pushed by cullmann into branch 'master'.

add XKeyboardConfig (XKB) syntax highlighting

A  +132  -0    autotests/folding/test.xkb.fold
A  +139  -0    autotests/html/test.xkb.dark.html
A  +139  -0    autotests/html/test.xkb.html
A  +132  -0    autotests/input/test.xkb
A  +132  -0    autotests/reference/test.xkb.ref
A  +470  -0    data/syntax/xkb.xml

https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/syntax-highlighting/-/commit/543dd222c0c4cdaf0c5a76fb0a99e899d676cf3b