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## Add New Syntax Highlighting into the bat binary
## Adding new builtin languages for syntax highlighting
Should you find that a particular syntax is not available within `bat` and think it should be included in `bat` by default, you can follow the instructions outlined below.
Should you find a particular syntax is not available within `bat` and think it should be included in `bat` by default, you can follow the instructions and policies outlined below.
`bat` uses the excellent [syntect](https://github.com/trishume/syntect) library to highlight source
code. As a basis, syntect uses [Sublime Text](https://www.sublimetext.com/) syntax definitions
in the `.sublime-syntax` format.
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Make sure that the local cache does not interfere with the internally stored syntaxes and
themes (`bat cache --clear`).
## Criteria for inclusion of new syntaxes
* More than 10,000 downloads on packagecontrol.io/
### Manual modifications
The following files have been manually modified after converting from a `.tmLanguage` file:
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https://github.com/seanjames777/SML-Language-Definition/blob/master/sml.tmLanguage
* `Cabal.sublime_syntax` has been added manually from
https://github.com/SublimeHaskell/SublimeHaskell/ - we don't want to include the whole submodule because it includes other syntaxes ("Haskell improved") as well.
## Criteria for inclusion of new syntaxes
* More than 10,000 downloads on packagecontrol.io/