anyone interested in making a package for fountain?
syntax highlight and exporter would be great.
Fountain screenwriting format support
nick1
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I’ll do the syntax, doesn’t look too complex.
Edit: Done.
[code]<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
fileTypes fountain<key>firstLineMatch</key>
<string>^[A-Z]+$</string>
<key>foldingStartMarker</key>
<string>^\s+</string>
<key>foldingStopMarker</key>
<string>^$</string>
<key>name</key>
<string>Fountain</string>
<key>scopeName</key>
<string>source.fountain</string>
<key>uuid</key>
<string>067133f1-1095-423b-8cee-6a1a3e5bb0e2</string>
/* Syntax Patterns
* ================================== */
<key>patterns</key>
<array>
/* Boneyard (comments) */
<dict>
<key>include</key>
<string>#comments</string>
</dict>
/* Title Page */
<dict>
<key>include</key>
<string>#title_page</string>
</dict>
/* Scene Headings */
<dict>
<key>include</key>
<string>#scene_headings</string>
</dict>
/* Sections and synopses */
<dict>
<key>include</key>
<string>#sections</string>
</dict>
/* Transitions */
<dict>
<key>include</key>
<string>#transitions</string>
</dict>
/* Dialogue */
<dict>
<key>include</key>
<string>#dialogue</string>
</dict>
/* Characters */
<dict>
<key>include</key>
<string>#characters</string>
</dict>
/* Text markup (centered, bold, italic, underline) */
<dict>
<key>include</key>
<string>#markup</string>
</dict>
/* Notes */
<dict>
<key>include</key>
<string>#notes</string>
</dict>
/* Pagebreak */
<dict>
<key>include</key>
<string>#pagebreaks</string>
</dict>
/* Action (default) */
<dict>
<key>include</key>
<string>#action</string>
</dict>
</array>
/* Repository
* ================================== */
<key>repository</key>
<dict>
/* Action */
<key>action</key>
<dict>
<key>name</key>
<string>string.other.action.fountain</string>
<key>match</key>
<string>.</string>
</dict>
/* Boneyard (comments) */
<key>comments</key>
<dict>
<key>name</key>
<string>comment.block.fountain</string>
<key>begin</key>
<string>/\*</string>
<key>end</key>
<string>\*/</string>
</dict>
/* Characters */
<key>characters</key>
<dict>
<key>name</key>
<string>entity.name.character.fountain</string>
<key>match</key>
<string>[A-Z ().\-][A-Z0-9 ().\-]+</string>
</dict>
/* Dialogue */
<key>dialogue</key>
<dict>
<key>contentName</key>
<string>string.other.dialogue.fountain</string>
<key>begin</key>
<string>^([A-Z ().\-][A-Z0-9 ().\-]+(\s*\^)?$)</string>
<key>end</key>
<string>^$</string>
<key>beginCaptures</key>
<dict>
<key>1</key>
<dict>
<key>name</key>
<string>entity.name.character.fountain</string>
</dict>
</dict>
<key>applyEndPatternLast</key>
<integer>1</integer>
<key>patterns</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>name</key>
<string>comment.block.fountain</string>
<key>begin</key>
<string>/\*</string>
<key>end</key>
<string>\*/</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>name</key>
<string>string.other.dialogue.parenthetical.fountain</string>
<key>match</key>
<string>^\(.*\)$</string>
<key>patterns</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>include</key>
<string>#nested_parens</string>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
/* Nested parens */
<key>nested_parens</key>
<dict>
<key>begin</key>
<string>(</string>
<key>end</key>
<string>)</string>
<key>patterns</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>include</key>
<string>#nested_parens</string>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
/* Notes */
<key>notes</key>
<dict>
<key>name</key>
<string>entity.other.note.fountain</string>
<key>begin</key>
<string>\\</string>
<key>end</key>
<string>(^$|\]\])</string>
</dict>
/* Pagebreak */
<key>pagebreaks</key>
<dict>
<key>name</key>
<string>entity.other.pagebreak.fountain</string>
<key>match</key>
<string>===(=+)?</string>
</dict>
/* Scene Headings */
<key>scene_headings</key>
<dict>
<key>match</key>
<string>^\s*(\..*?|(?:INT|EXT|EST|INT\./EXT|INT/EXT|I/E)(?:\.| ))(.*?)(?<! )(#[A-Za-z0-9\-.]+#)?$</string>
<key>captures</key>
<dict>
<key>1</key>
<dict>
<key>name</key>
<string>keyword.other.heading.scene.fountain</string>
</dict>
<key>2</key>
<dict>
<key>name</key>
<string>entity.name.heading.scene.fountain</string>
</dict>
<key>3</key>
<dict>
<key>name</key>
<string>constant.numeric.scene.fountain</string>
</dict>
</dict>
</dict>
/* Sections and synopses */
<key>sections</key>
<dict>
<key>patterns</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>name</key>
<string>entity.name.section.fountain</string>
<key>match</key>
<string>^#.*$</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>name</key>
<string>entity.name.synopsis.fountain</string>
<key>match</key>
<string>^=.*$</string>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
/* Text markup */
<key>markup</key>
<dict>
<key>patterns</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>name</key>
<string>markup.centered.fountain</string>
<key>begin</key>
<string>^\s*>(?=.*<)</string>
<key>end</key>
<string><$</string>
<key>patterns</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>include</key>
<string>#markup</string>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>name</key>
<string>markup.underline.fountain</string>
<key>begin</key>
<string>_(?=.*_)</string>
<key>end</key>
<string>_</string>
<key>patterns</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>include</key>
<string>#markup</string>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>name</key>
<string>markup.bold.fountain</string>
<key>begin</key>
<string>\*\*(?=.*(?<!\\)\*\*)</string>
<key>end</key>
<string>\*\*</string>
<key>patterns</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>include</key>
<string>#markup</string>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>name</key>
<string>markup.italic.fountain</string>
<key>begin</key>
<string>(?<!\\)\*(?=(?<!\\)\*)</string>
<key>end</key>
<string>(?<! |\\)\*</string>
<key>patterns</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>include</key>
<string>#markup</string>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
/* Title Page */
<key>title_page</key>
<dict>
<key>begin</key>
<string>^(?i)(title|credit|authors?|source|draft date|contact):</string>
<key>end</key>
<string>^(?=(?i)(title|credit|authors?|source|draft date|contact)|$)</string>
<key>beginCaptures</key>
<dict>
<key>1</key>
<dict>
<key>name</key>
<string>keyword.other.title-page.fountain</string>
</dict>
</dict>
<key>patterns</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>name</key>
<string>string.other.title-page.fountain</string>
<key>match</key>
<string>((?<=:)|\s+).*$</string>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
/* Transitions */
<key>transitions</key>
<dict>
<key>name</key>
<string>entity.other.transition.fountain</string>
<key>match</key>
<string>^\s*(>.*|[A-Z ]+ TO:)$</string>
</dict>
</dict>
You’ll need to tweak your theme to support the specifics, but most things should work. Use ScopeHunter to identify scopes.
Known issues:
- ST2 doesn’t seem to support underlined text
- Nested bold, italics (ie: this) is scoped as bold only
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