Created attachment 147780 [details] Enable an option to see CSV files in colours by columns (Rainbow mode) SUMMARY *** Support a new visualization for CSV files like Rainbow project (coloured). Visualization for CSV files for Rainbow Plugin is available for VI and VScode, however still not a version for Kate/Kwrite. Kate/Kwrite are excellent alternatives to open and edit really fast big CSV files, and some visual improvements can always make a big difference. *** STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Open a CSV file 2. Go to status bar , change normal for CSV 3. Visual highlighting change to several colors by each column, like rainbow mode (https://rbql.org/) EXPECTED RESULT See the CSV files with different color by columns SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS All versions ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Suggestion to use the Rainbow Query Language https://rbql.org/ Here links with add-ons examples on other editors. - Vim: https://github.com/mechatroner/rainbow_csv - VSCode: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=mechatroner.rainbow-csv - Sublime: https://packagecontrol.io/packages/rainbow_csv - Atom: https://atom.io/packages/rainbow-csv
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kate/-/merge_requests/1437
Git commit b14f6b1c467d3719332e7e8278ea3102a8a09c41 by Waqar Ahmed. Committed on 29/03/2024 at 12:57. Pushed by cullmann into branch 'master'. Add Rainbow CSV plugin Rainbow CSV plugin allows one to run SQL like queries on CSV data using RBQL https://github.com/mechatroner/RBQL Currently it has only one feature: - Run RBQL queries on the file The plugin automatically detects the separator of the file using the highlightingMode information provided by the document. Note that we already support rainbow style highlighting of the CSV files via ksyntax-highlighting, though I haven't tested it with csv files that have a lot of columns A +4 -0 3rdparty/rbql/README-kate A +21 -0 3rdparty/rbql/rbql-LICENSE A +2012 -0 3rdparty/rbql/rbql.js M +1 -0 addons/CMakeLists.txt A +15 -0 addons/rbql/CMakeLists.txt A +2 -0 addons/rbql/Messages.sh A +46 -0 addons/rbql/RBQLPlugin.cpp [License: GPL(v2.0+)] A +36 -0 addons/rbql/RBQLPlugin.h [License: LGPL(v2.0+)] A +9 -0 addons/rbql/RBQLPlugin.json A +312 -0 addons/rbql/RBQLWidget.cpp [License: GPL(v2.0+)] A +49 -0 addons/rbql/RBQLWidget.h [License: GPL(v2.0+)] A +7 -0 addons/rbql/plugin.qrc https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kate/-/commit/b14f6b1c467d3719332e7e8278ea3102a8a09c41