Syntax Highlighting for plain text (Sublime Text)

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I am a great fan of syntax highlighting in any form. But i am missing something similar for plain text files. Imagine different colors for indented lines or lines preceded by special chars. Does anything like that already exist? I'd especially appreciate a plugin for Sublime Text.

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 08 '17 at 14:37

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The closest thing I know of is the PlainTasks plugin:

PlainTasks screenshot

It's a plugin to make styled TODO lists, but what you see in the screenshot is basically it.

You could modify the Markdown or reStructuredText files to actually color the text.

edited Feb 08 '17 at 14:37

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answered Oct 04 '12 at 12:36

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thanks for your reply. colored markdown is indeed a nice idea – Alp Oct 04 '12 at 16:12
could you elaborate on how to modify syntax highlighting configurations? – Alp Oct 04 '12 at 16:56
I don't know how to modify syntax highlighting configs yet, but I don't think it'll be hard to learn if you look as other languages' configurations. It's just XML if I recall correctly. – Darkwater Oct 04 '12 at 18:42
Did you ever find anything that satisfied your needs? I'm looking for something similar, closest I've found so far is [this post on the Sublime forum](https://www.sublimetext.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15466) but the referenced download has been removed. – efdee Aug 03 '14 at 16:40

Syntax Highlighting for plain text (Sublime Text)

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