Bug 484224

Summary: Apply relevant syntax highlighting after the execution of an External Tool (e.g. format JSON + apply JSON highlighting)
Product: [Applications] kate Reporter: Andrea Ippolito <andrea.ippo>
Component: generalAssignee: KWrite Developers <kwrite-bugs-null>
Status: REPORTED ---    
Severity: wishlist CC: cullmann
Priority: NOR    
Version: 24.02.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
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Description Andrea Ippolito 2024-03-22 09:08:05 UTC 
I work a lot with JSON files, and I've bound the External Tool to JSON Format Full File to a keyboard shortcut.

I'd like to achieve the following: I paste some JSON (one liner) in Kate, then trigger the shortcut and I'd like to see the JSON file pretty printed + syntax highlighted.

The first part is working thanks to the External Tool, but the second one, I have to do manually (plus, can't be bound to a keyboard shortcut, if I understood correctly).

Could this capability be added? I'm not asking for a full macro recorder/player (although that would be even better!), but maybe some Kate command to be added before or after an External Tool has run, would be good enough already.

Thanks!
Comment 1 Andrea Ippolito 2024-03-22 09:10:20 UTC 
*** this is a feature request, but I can't seem to find a way to flag it as such ***
Comment 2 Christoph Cullmann 2024-03-23 15:02:15 UTC 
(In reply to Andrea Ippolito from comment #1)
> *** this is a feature request, but I can't seem to find a way to flag it as
> such ***

flagged as such