Re: [Nano-devel] patch: syntax: nix language

[Benno Schulenberg]

On Sat, Nov 5, 2016, at 15:58, Paul Seitz wrote:
> here is a patch for syntaxhighlighting of the nix language (adding
> nix.nanorc). The nix language is used by NixOS (http://nixos.org/) and
> the nix package manager.

Thanks.  However, this a very specific syntax, only interesting
for users of the NixOS, not useful for any other users of nano.
So I think it would be a better idea if NixOS patched this syntax
definition into their recipe for building nano.

> Thanks for merging.

Hm... no, it won't be merged.

Also, the following is not general enough, it works only on terminals
with a dark background, not on ones with a light background:

+#Remove Color from these:
+icolor white "description ="
+icolor white " url ="
+icolor white "homepage ="

Benno

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