p0358
commented
5 years ago What's the file extension for this language? I could add it to language mapping directly for everyone. Don't remember what's the current priority (will need to look into updating this plugin finally), but iirc it was also somehow taking N++'s syntax highlighting language into account. (EDIT: glancing at the code it uses that if it doesn't find a match in extension mapping file) The problem with that is that it supports significantly less languages. I think what could also be considered is a switch on whether unknown language should be reported to backend as plaintext or directly via extension (which can then be mapped in backend to something else). Can you clarify what do you mean in the last sentence? If it's file for mapping lexer-detected language into something else statically, then I don't think that's really a good idea. Unless you mean the custom language definitions.
LunaticManiac
My Programming Language is detected as plain text, but it should be BaanC. Instead of trying to detect the language by file type, using the lexer (syntax highlighting) would be more accurate.
In case you use python script (that's a plug in) just type in the console:
It might be a good idea to make the conversion from the language the lexer gives in a file a user can change, as this would help small languages.