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Integrate README.md with new assets.md (#1293)

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### Adding new syntaxes / language definitions
`bat` uses the excellent [`syntect`](https://github.com/trishume/syntect/)
Should you find a particular syntax is not available within `bat`, you can follow these instructions to easily add new syntaxes to your current `bat` installation.
By default, `bat` uses the excellent [`syntect`](https://github.com/trishume/syntect/)
library for syntax highlighting. `syntect` can read any
[Sublime Text `.sublime-syntax` file](https://www.sublimetext.com/docs/3/syntax.html)
and theme. To add new syntax definitions, do the following.
and theme.
Create a folder with syntax definition files:
1. Create a folder with syntax definition files:
```bash
mkdir -p "$(bat --config-dir)/syntaxes"
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git clone https://github.com/tellnobody1/sublime-purescript-syntax
```
Now use the following command to parse these files into a binary cache:
2. Now use the following command to parse these files into a binary cache:
```bash
bat cache --build
```
Finally, use `bat --list-languages` to check if the new languages are available.
3. Finally, use `bat --list-languages` to check if the new languages are available.
If you ever want to go back to the default settings, call:
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bat cache --clear
```
4. If you think that a specific syntax should be included in `bat` by default, please
consider opening a "syntax request" ticket after reading the policies and
instructions [here](doc/assets.md)
### Adding new themes
This works very similar to how we add new syntax definitions.

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## Syntax Highlighting in bat
## Add New Syntax Highlighting into the bat binary
`bat` uses the [syntect](https://github.com/trishume/syntect) library to highlight source
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.
In order to add new syntaxes to `bat`, follow these steps:
**Important:** Before proceeding, verify that the syntax you wish to add meets the [criteria for inclusion](#Criteria-for-inclusion-of-new-syntaxes).
1. Find a Sublime Text syntax for the given language, preferably in a separate Git repository
which can be included as a submodule (under `assets/syntaxes`).
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Sublime Text and convert it to a `.sublime-syntax` file via *Tools* -> *Developer* ->
*New Syntax from XXX.tmLanguage...*. Save the new file in the `assets/syntaxes` folder.
3. Run the `create.sh` script. It calls `bat cache --build` to parse all available
3. Run the `assets/create.sh` script. It calls `bat cache --build` to parse all available
`.sublime-syntax` files and serialize them to a `syntaxes.bin` file (in this folder).
4. Re-compile `bat`. At compilation time, the `syntaxes.bin` file will be stored inside the
`bat` binary.
5. If you send a pull request with your changes, please do *not* include the changed `syntaxes.bin`
5. Use `bat --list-languages` to check if the new languages are available.
6. If you send a pull request with your changes, please do *not* include the changed `syntaxes.bin`
file. A new binary cache file will be created once before every new release of `bat`.
### Troubleshooting
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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/