Re: Own syntax-highlighting not working properly

[John MacFarlane <jgm-TVLZxgkOlNX2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org>]

"'Karl Weber' via pandoc-discuss"
<pandoc-discuss-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I am trying to build my own syntax-highlighting but it is not working 
> properly. I have two problems, which are related to new *itemData* elements.
>
> (1) KDE-style XML syntax does not require a *defStyleNum* attribute in the  
> *itemData* elements of the *itemDatas* group. It is also possible, to 
> specify attributes like *bold="true"* *color="$AAAAAA"* directly in an 
> *itemData* element.
>
> This, however, is not working with pandoc, so I wonder, if I make a mistake 
> or whether this is not supported?

No, we don't support that.  (We just ignore these additions.)

> (2) Link between *itemData* elements and styles in the themes file.
>
> The *idemData* elements usually contain *defStyleNum* attributes of the 
> form e.g. *defStyleNum="dsKeyword"* The themes file (at least for pygments) 
> however contains styles for e.g. *"Keyword"*. 
>
> So, *my assumption* is, these specifications are related as follows: for 
> every *defStyleNum="dsXYZ"* attribute in an itemData element I may specify 
> style properties for *"XYZ"* in the themes file.

We actually have a hard-coded list of standard token types
(corresponding to defStyleNum values -- see TokenType at
https://hackage.haskell.org/package/skylighting-core-0.10.0.2/docs/Skylighting-Types.html)

If you've just invented your own, it won't work.