This Visual Studio extension offers syntax highlighting for the following text formats:
.bat (also offer limited intellisense)
.cmd
.ini
.Log4j.properties file
.sh Bash file (alpha)
.txt
.log
.json is now supported by Visual Studio 2015!
(see bottom for extension)
.ps1
(also see bottom for PoshTools)
The extension comes with default colors set for black and white background.
To change colors, check here:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE\Extensions\r5vacxma.cek\COLORS_DEFINITION_DARK.json
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE\Extensions\r5vacxma.cek\COLORS_DEFINITION_LIGHT.json
To update keywords, check here:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE\Extensions\r5vacxma.cek\KEYWORDS.json
To add intellisense to batch files, check here:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE\Extensions\r5vacxma.cek\Intellisense.json
Snapshot of the highlighting in Visual Studio (I love it!)
* I did have to run this as administrator for it to work, but I don’t care…still love it.