How to color highlight .htaccess files in Eclipse

Question

I spend some time editing configurations in .htaccess files across several projects in Eclipse. How would I go about telling Eclipse to auto color this file in a similar fashion as shell scripts or HTML?

Answer 1

You could use the ColorEditor from Gstaff, in order to define your own syntax coloring.

Answer 2

One thing that would work for sure is write your own plugin for .htaccess files. But if you've never done that before it will take a bit of time to get into. There are plenty of tutorials available online, though. See here for an example.

Answer 3

I found using the "Properties File Editor" seems to give a decent color output. It's actually for Java files, so it comes with a stock Eclipse.

In Preferences, "General" -> "Content Types" -> "Text" -> "Java Properties File" click "Add..." button, enter ".htaccess", click "OK".