HTML code Monokai color scheme - can I make <!--#include tags look different to plain comments?

[tinat]

I have a lot of ssi insert tags like

<!--#include file="some_file.htm" -->

Sublime editor paints them grey, just like all the other plain comments, for example:

<!-- some comment -->

Is there some way to get it to differentiate between <!– and <!–#include and color them differently?

[addons_zz]

Yes, there is. You can edit the HTML syntax and add a different scope when it matches <!--#include.

There could be other ways as trying to create a new syntax which extends the default HTML syntax the try to scope these things as you wish, but I am not sure whether it will work correctly.

[tinat]

Ok thanks, but I apologise, I have no idea what you mean by “edit the HTML syntax”. Where and how do I do that?

[addons_zz]

Sublime Text highlight the source code files by using Syntax files and Color Scheme files. You can read about then on:

Syntax files

1. https://www.sublimetext.com/docs/3/syntax.html
2. http://docs.sublimetext.info/en/latest/extensibility/syntaxdefs.html

Color schemes

1. http://docs.sublimetext.info/en/latest/reference/color_schemes.html
2. Creating a custom color scheme?
3. Color Scheme Editor for Sublime

I think you learn how to "edit the HTML syntax" by reading the thread:

Creating Syntax Definitions Tutorial

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[tinat]

I see. Well, thanks for your reply. I hoped it would be simpler, this looks like a little over my head though, I don’t really understand much of it