FarColorer is a syntax highlighting plugin for Far Manager.
It only works for (F4)Edit file. (F3)View is not supported, as there is no API.
But you can type in the console clr:name_of_file. This launches the built-in viewer colorer.
FarColorer is included in Far Manager since 2013 year (about Far build 3.0.3200). So just update Far Manager to get latest stable release of plugin.
Other version you must find in Releases on github. New release is auto-created after create tag in git.
FarColorer has two main verions:
- 1.3.x - version with Windows XP support. Latest version included in Far Manager 1.3.26 in Far Manager 3.0.5796 (2021.05.09). This version has partial support. See in branch v1.3.x.
- 1.4.x and higher - current fully supported version, worked only on actual platforms. It included in Far Manager since 3.0.5797 (2021.05.10).
For checking installed version press F9 - Options - Plugins configuration, select FarColorer and press F3.
To build plugin from source, you will need:
- Visual Studio 2019 or higher
- git
- cmake 3.15 or higher
Download the source from git repository:
git clone https://github.com/colorer/FarColorer.git --recursive
Setup vcpkg
cd FarColorer
./external/colorer/external/vcpkg/bootstrap-vcpkg.bat
Build colorer and dependency, if they are not in the local cache:
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -S .. -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../external/colorer/external/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake -DVCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET=x64-windows-static -DVCPKG_OVERLAY_PORTS=../external/colorer/external/vcpkg-ports -DVCPKG_FEATURE_FLAGS=manifests,versions -DCOLORER_BUILD_ARCH=x64
farcolorer.sln
For x86 platform use -DVCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET=x86-windows-static and -DCOLORER_BUILD_ARCH=x86.
Once builded, the dependencies will be cached in the local cache.
- Project main page: http://colorer.sourceforge.net/
- Far Manager forum: http://forum.farmanager.com/
- FarColorer discussions (in Russian): http://forum.farmanager.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1573
- FarColorer discussions (in English): http://forum.farmanager.com/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=4319