[texworks] syntax highlighting not working

Suresh Kumar suresh.amritapuri at gmail.com
Tue Apr 17 03:53:59 CEST 2012


Thanks, it worked!
Is there any specific per file command that has to be given for syntax high
lighting like the ones which start with % ?
suresh

On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 5:21 PM, Charlie Sharpsteen <chuck at sharpsteen.net>wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 4:53 PM, Suresh Kumar <suresh.amritapuri at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> TexWorks Version 0.5 r.952 (Debian) on Ubuntu 12.04. Syntax high lighting
>> not working. When I open the file, for a second, I see colored words but it
>> vanishes soon to give me a plain black and white text file. White
>> background and black letters.
>>
>>
>> ~/.TexWorks/configuration/syntax-pattern.txt is attached.
>>
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> suresh
>>
>
> I've seen this happen before due to per-file settings. In other words,
> TeXworks remembers some settings, such as syntax higlighting, on a per-file
> basis. So, you open the file and it is highlighted by default but then the
> per-file settings are loaded which cause the highlighting to vanish.
>
> Possible solution: open the file and then check the Format->Syntax
> Coloring menu to make sure highlighting is indeed enabled.
>
> -Charlie
>
>


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