Adding a gtksourceview custom language with no root access

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I'm trying to add a new gtksourceview custom language for use with gedit, but I don't have root access nor sudo privileges to change the /usr/<...> directory.

Is there any alternative?

Our system administrator is reluctant to change /usr/<...>

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 13 '22 at 10:37

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I had overlooked the solution Language Definition v2.0 Reference :

Custom user languages are usually placed in ~/.local/share/gtksourceview-4/language-specs/. Note: replace 4 with 2.0 or 3.0 in the path for GtkSourceView version 2 or version 3.

edited Feb 13 '22 at 10:37

Erman Kadir Kahraman

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answered Mar 05 '19 at 15:34

user3350756

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The link above points to developer-old.gnome.org, i.e., to a deprecated documentation site. A newer link to the GtkSourceView Language Definition Reference is: https://gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/gtksourceview/gtksourceview5/lang-reference.html – Johannes Dec 15 '22 at 13:15

Adding a gtksourceview custom language with no root access

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