The syntax file annotates the code and provides scopes to the text in your source code. These scopes can then be used by Sublime Text to highlight your code according to a color scheme. And other plugins can also use these scopes for other functionality, such as autocomplete suggestions, hinting, etc.

I included a color scheme for the specific scopes used in the syntax file. You can use it as-is, or copy the content to your current color scheme (see below) and adjust it.

• Color highlighting:
  • Header statements (see Notes)
  • Meta commands (see Notes)
  • Comments
  • Line commands
  • Deprecated, invalid and/or unpreferred code
• Impove readability:
  • Coloring x, y and z coordinates in RGB
  • Marking every odd vertex' background to differentiate them
• Faster and better review and optimization of your code

Download the two source files from this Github.

1. Copy LDraw.sublime-syntax into you Sublime Text 3 Packages\User folder and restart your application.

   If you can't find it, click Preferences -> Browse Packages inside Sublime Text 3. This should open the right folder where you'll find the User folder.

   For Windows, it's under: C:\Users\[your username]\AppData\Roaming\Sublime Text 3\Packages\User

2. Open a .LDR, .DAT or .MPD file and it should highlight straight away!

   If not, click View -> Syntax -> LDraw or click on Plain text in the bottom right corner and select LDraw If you start a new file with 0 , it will auto-detect that you're starting a LDraw file and switch to the right syntax

Although most highlighting should probably work fine in your current theme and color scheme, for full functionality you need to set up the colors for some specific text scopes.

1. Open Material-Theme.sublime-color-scheme in Sublime Text 3.
2. Click Tools -> Packages -> Package Development -> Edit Current Color Scheme

   Note: You might need Sublime's PackageDev package installed for this.

3. Copy and paste/merge the variables and rules from the source file to the now opened current color scheme file.
4. (Optional) Adjust colors and styles as you wish.
5. Save the current color scheme file in your Packages\User folder.

• This is just a start and does not contain all official file specification restrictions, etc.
• Only some of the header statements and meta commands are supported at the moment.
• Feel free to send suggestions, open issues, improve the code and send in pull requests!

• LDraw File Format Specification
• Sublime Text Syntax Definitions
• Sublime Color Schemes

• The color scheme is based on Mattia Astorino's Material Theme.
• The rest is made by Philip van Heemstra

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

LDraw™ is a trademark owned and licensed by the Estate of James Jessiman