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I’m currently using the templates’ “Save as file” feature to work with my favorite editor. But since everything is saved as a .php file, javascript and css templates do not have syntax highlighting.

Is there a way to take out the .php and still have it work?

No, but depending on the editor, you should be able to define extensions for syntax highlighting recognition. Something like .js.php for javascript highlighting.

You might find it easier to just copy the text from the template editor and paste it into your favorite editor for work. That’s how I do it. Exporting the template to do it just adds another step really.

What editor are you using?

If on mac and using TextMate see this thread how to have correct syntax highlighting see this thread.

It’s actually fewer steps for me, since I use Coda (though the same can be said of the Textmate/Transmit/CSSedit combo others prefer), I edit directly from the templates directory. I very rarely visit the templates page of the control panel, and with instant preview within Coda, I barely need to have my web browser open at all.

I use vim. I already added the commands to my ~/.vimrc file to treat those file extensions correctly.

Thanks for the advice.

bah! all you mac people confuse me! 😊

vim’s a unix thing, but I can see how the two might be confused. ;P

There’s vim for all platforms, I think. Slightly hardcore, though 😊

Actually I was referring to coda and textmate. I use vim on my linux servers and the linux workstation i have here. Though on linux I prefer midnight commander.

Coda and Textmate are, as the kids say, ‘teh awesome.’

;P