CoffeeScript Syntax Highlighting

[jakecraige]

Is there any way we can get CoffeeScript syntax highlighting? It detects the file type but has almost no highlighting compared to other editors. I couldn't find any extension that adds any support for this.

Thanks!

[redmunds]

@jakecraige Brackets relies on the syntax coloring implemented by CodeMirror. The code is in thirdparty/CodeMirror2/mode/coffeescript if you care to take a look. Please submit any issues or pull requests to the CodeMirror2 repo (https://github.com/marijnh/CodeMirror). Thanks.

[peterflynn]

Example here: http://codemirror.net/mode/coffeescript/

[zeffii]

yes, something will have to be done about this! : ]

[cooolbasha]

Comment is not working for coffeescript files

[peterflynn]

@cooolbasha Yes, that's a known issue (#3057) -- the structure of CoffeeScript's comment stynax makes it unusually hard to support. See the very involved PR #3060 (which is not yet merged) for how complex this gets.

[njx]

@cooolbasha - CoffeeScript-style commenting was just implemented in master (see #3057), so should be fixed in Release 40. Let us know if it works for you when that build comes out in a few weeks.