support for .properties file syntax

[garretwilson]

Surprisingly I just noticed that there seems to be no support for the ubiquitous Java properties file format. Am I missing it under a different name?

[mAAdhaTTah]

It's similar to .ini, right?

[garretwilson]

It's similar, yes, but but not identical.

[garretwilson]

I just had an idea, based upon @mAAdhaTTah 's comment. If someone could simply copy the language-ini plugin to make an identical language-properties plugin, that would be helpful. The greatest benefit would be that it would allow us to include language-properties in our content and let the plugin be improved later. This would be better than putting an artificial language-ini identifier in our source code that would need to be changed later.

[LeaVerou]

You could run:

Prism.languages.properties = Prism.languages.ini

right after including Prism. Once eventually there is a proper definition for this language, you remove the line. Would that work for you?

[garretwilson]

You mean insert some sort of custom JavaScript every time I include prism.js? That's a little unwieldy, especially since I have so much content that already includes prism.js I'd have to add an extra <script> tag, right? And then go through and remove them all once Prism got the properties language type?

[LeaVerou]

Or you can just insert it at the end of prism.js, but that means it's more of a hassle to update Prism.

[garretwilson]

Oooh! So can I fork Prism and make a pull request with prism.js updated with Prism.languages.properties = Prism.languages.ini at the end ... for the time being? Or is there a better approach?

[Golmote]

If you can wait til the end of the week, I will merge PR #980

[garretwilson]

Oh, sure, that would be awesome! There's no emergency on my part---I was just wanting to register the issue so it could be addressed.

Let me know when it is merged so that I can update my documents with the correct Prism language ID.

Thanks!!

[Golmote]

@garretwilson It is merged. ;)

[garretwilson]

It seems to work great, @Golmote ! Thank you so much for your work on this.

In the next month or two I plan on trying to build my own Prism language plugin for another format, so maybe I'll send you a private note later for you to give me some pointers.

All the best.