Ada language sublime syntax highlighting support file. Created for use with command line tool called bat created by @sharkdp

bat : A cat(1) clone with syntax highlighting and Git integration.

To provide an Ada language syntax highlighting support file, that works with bat.

The request to include Ada language syntax highlighting support within the bat application is being tracked via bat Issues #1300. Once included, this will negate the need for the steps below. Once a Pull Request (PR) is submitted and accepted, I will update this page again with the version it is included in. In the meantime the process below still works and is used on a daily basis on both Windows and Linux version of bat.

Only the single file: Ada.sublime-syntax is required!

Download either by:

a) cloning this whole repo and the copy the file as per the instruction below: git clone https://github.com/wiremoons/ada-sublime-syntax.git or

b) just download the single file directly to your computer with a tool such as curl or wget : curl -OL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiremoons/ada-sublime-syntax/main/ada-sublime-syntax/Ada.sublime-syntax

Once you have a copy of the Ada.sublime-syntax file, use it with bat as follows:

1. Save a copy of the Ada.sublime-syntax from this repo into the following directory: ~/.config/bat/syntaxes/
2. Run the following bat command: bat cache --build
3. Check Ada is now included in the list when running: bat --list-languages

Now when viewing an Ada language source code file, syntax highlighting should be supported.

1. With bat.exe installed run the command: bat --config-dir. This location is the bat.exe config directory location.
2. Change to the bat.exe config directory (as above) and make a new directory called: syntaxes.
3. Save a copy of the Ada.sublime-syntax from this repo into the newly created syntaxes directory.
4. Run the following bat.exe command: bat.exe cache --build
5. Check Ada is now included in the list when running: bat --list-languages

Just for clarity - on my Windows 10 computer with a username of simon the full path of the required syntaxes directory is: C:\Users\simon\AppData\Roaming\bat\syntaxes\ and this is where the a copy of the Ada.sublime-syntax file from this repo should be saved. The username (ie simon) will be diffrent of course for your computer! Then run the command: bat cache --build to complete the process.

Now when viewing an Ada language source code file, syntax highlighting should be supported.

More complete instructions on using and adding a new syntax files with bat are included in the Bat Readme document.

The Ada.sublime-syntaxfile was possible due to the following other syntax files:

• Original Ada.tmLanguage file: @mulander on GitHub;
• The ada.tmbundle file @textmate on GitHub.

The above Ada.tmLanguage file was used as a basis for the conversion to the Ada.sublime-syntax file for use with bat.

The files are provided under the MIT open source license. A copy of the MIT license file is here.

The files in the repository are licensed under the MIT License that also respects the original licences used on the two repositories this syntax file was derived from. The original license provided on both the @textmate and @mulander repos was:

Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and distribute this
software is granted. This software is provided "as is" without
express or implied warranty, and with no claim as to its
suitability for any purpose.