source-highlight's language definition file for YAML

install.txt

apt-get install source-highlight

# update .bashrc / .zshrc:
export LESSOPEN="| /usr/share/source-highlight/src-hilite-lesspipe.sh %s"
export LESS=' -R '

# add yaml support as shown in lang.map.diff

lang.map.diff

---/usr/share/source-highlight/lang.map.old
+++/usr/share/source-highlight/lang.map
@@ -169,3 +169,5 @@
 groovy = groovy.lang
 json = json.lang
 feature = feature.lang
+yaml = yaml.lang
+yml = yaml.lang

yaml.lang

# source-highlight's language definition file for YAML

include "script_comment.lang"
include "number.lang"

keyword = "true|false|null"

section start '^---'
(symbol,name,symbol) = `(^[[:blank:]-]*)([[:alnum:]_]+)(:)`
symbol = '^[[:blank:]]*-'

# TODO:
#   - hredoc
#   - alias indicators

string delim "\"" "\"" escape "\\"
string delim "'" "'"  escape "\\"

# vim: ft=conf