Some file extensions do not trigger syntax highlighting

[dustinkredmond]

For example, create a test Gist with extension of .py. This is the file extension convention for Python. The syntax highlighting is not triggered. Also consider adding (nice to have, but not necessary) the option to manually select the syntax highlighting language for the current context. This would allow the user to override the default.

We should also look at alternative extension support, e.g. html as well as htm for HTML files.; py as well as pyw for Python.

[EasyG0ing1]

The way MonacoFX works in terms of code recognition is by the filename extension ... so it is possible, for example, to set its current code "awareness" to any language you want, just by assigning the file extension to that property. If it's not picking up python file extensions, then it doesn't know about python ... which sounds crazy to me since Python is insanely popular ... I'll look into it.

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[dustinkredmond]

That is weird... I could see if it were COBOL, or something more obscure. We can probably submit a PR.

[EasyG0ing1]

@dustinkredmond - I discovered that MonacoFX doesn't recognize the .py extension, but it does recognize the word python, so I add translations in the code for .py.

If you look in the help menu, you'll see Languages. That is a list of all the languages that MonacoFX recognizes.