Modes

Language modes are implemented in javascript and tell ace how to provide syntax highlighting for files of a certain type. In addition a mode specifies indentation and code folding patterns and other language specific behaviors.

Language modes can be imported from a TextMate/Sublime Text Bundle or made based on one of the existing language modes.

For more information on creating language modes see the language mode guide

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Open mymode.js and add the following line as it's first line.

/* caption: <Language Name>; extensions: <Comma Separated List of File Extensions> */

for example:

/* caption: Javascript; extensions: js,javascript */

Adding a Language Mode to a Bundle

A bundle can contain one or more language modes. Each mode must be stored in a file called <name>.js and placed in the modes directory. Additional files such as highlight rules should be named <name>_<type>.js where type could be highlight_rules, worker, folds, behaviors and test.

Suppose your mode is called javascript.js. Your file structure will look something like this:

└─ your.plugin
    ├─ modes
    |    ├─ javascript.js
    |    ├─ javascript_highlight_rules.js
    |    ├─ javascript_test.js
    |    ├─ javascript_worker.js
    |    └─ javascript_worker_test.js
    ├─ package.json
    └─ README.md