How to activate syntax highlighting about babi HOT 2 CLOSED

I tried a fresh Ubuntu 19.10 VM, it does not seem to work there too:

# md5sum
ee829212bbd90d6c0237701b10ad90fd  ubuntu-19.10-desktop-amd64.iso

sudo apt install -y git python-virtualenv

git clone https://github.com/asottile/babi.git
cd babi
virtualenv -p /usr/bin/python3 venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
python setup.py develop

./bin/download-theme vs-dark-asottile https://gist.github.com/asottile/b465856c82b1aaa4ba8c7c6314a72e13/raw/22d602fb355fb12b04f176a733941ba5713bc36c/vs_dark_asottile.json

printf "import re\n\ndef test():\n    pass" > test.py

babi test.py

<no highlighting>

echo "$TERM"
>>> xterm-256color

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The problem was using python setup.py develop -- that'll use eggs which don't put the grammars in the proper position

eggs are basically dead in python, only ended up there on accident

I'd suggest using pip to do installation, either through pip install babi or pip install . or pip install -e . (the last one is ~equivalent to python setup.py develop)

thanks for the report and the back and forth on twitch, definitely helped us get to the bottom of this!

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