README.md

Yuck Syntax Highlighting for Micro Editor

This repository contains a syntax highlighting definition for .yuck files to be used with the micro text editor.

Installation

To install the syntax highlighting for .yuck files, follow these steps:

1. Clone this repository or download the yuck.yaml file directly.
2. Create a syntax directory in your micro configuration directory if it doesn't already exist. You can find your configuration directory by running micro -version and looking for the CONFIG DIR path.
3. Copy the yuck.yaml file into the ~/.config/micro/syntax directory.
4. Restart micro or open a new instance of micro to begin using the syntax highlighting for .yuck files.

Features

The yuck.yaml syntax file provides highlighting for:

• Comments
• Keywords (e.g., defwidget, defwindow, defpoll, etc.)
• Boolean literals (true, false)
• Numeric literals
• Variable names (colon-prefixed)
• String literals (with support for escape sequences)
• Brackets and braces for lists, arrays, or blocks