CodeMirror.defineMode("properties", function() { return { token: function(stream, state) { var sol = stream.sol() || state.afterSection; var eol = stream.eol(); state.afterSection = false; if (sol) { if (state.nextMultiline) { state.inMultiline = true; state.nextMultiline = false; } else { state.position = "def"; } } if (eol && ! state.nextMultiline) { state.inMultiline = false; state.position = "def"; } if (sol) { while(stream.eatSpace()); } var ch = stream.next(); if (sol && (ch === "#" || ch === "!" || ch === ";")) { state.position = "comment"; stream.skipToEnd(); return "comment"; } else if (sol && ch === "[") { state.afterSection = true; stream.skipTo("]"); stream.eat("]"); return "header"; } else if (ch === "=" || ch === ":") { state.position = "quote"; return null; } else if (ch === "\\" && state.position === "quote") { if (stream.next() !== "u") { // u = Unicode sequence \u1234 // Multiline value state.nextMultiline = true; } } return state.position; }, startState: function() { return { position : "def", // Current position, "def", "quote" or "comment" nextMultiline : false, // Is the next line multiline value inMultiline : false, // Is the current line a multiline value afterSection : false // Did we just open a section }; } }; }); CodeMirror.defineMIME("text/x-properties", "properties"); CodeMirror.defineMIME("text/x-ini", "properties");