F8 gEdit - Custom Syntax Highlighting is gone

[jvroig]

I just decided to finally leave F7 and install F8. I installed F8, did a "yum -y update", and then started configuring all my work stuff.

That's when I noticed that gEdit's Syntax Highlighting preferences have disappeared. The "Syntax Highlighting" tab is gone from the Preferences menu. (I always use custom syntax highlighting because I find the default one extremely ugly)

Anybody else noticed this? Is this just a bug or is the cutting of the syntax highlighting preferences a new "feature" of the latest gEdit? I looked around the gnome bugzilla and there was no mention of this "bug". But then again, I looked at the gedit home page and it still listed customizable syntax highlighting as one of its features. Anybody know what's up?

Thanks.

[jvroig]

Got it

Seems there is no actual problem. The gEdit folks decided for a new direction - "styles" and themes instead of the old customizable syntax highlighting. It's not quite finished yet, they said, but promised that it will be a lot better than the old customizable syntax highlighting (it better be, because customizable syntax highlighting rocked).

[stevea]

It would be worth your time looking on the gnome project pages for this sort of detail.

You can create an xml custom color scheme and add it. See /usr/share/gtksourceview-2.0/styles/
for examples. Probably a tool somewhere