Kate syntax highlighting definition file for COBOL

cobol.xml

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I can't get this to work. I copied the cobol.xml file to /usr/share/katepart5/syntax/, even logged out and back, but no avail. What am I missing?

https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/syntax-highlighting#introduction

Look there for the proper directory.

https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/syntax-highlighting#introduction

Look there for the proper directory.

Thanks. I copied cobol.xml to ~/.local/share/org.kde.syntax-highlighting/syntax/cobol.xml and started Kate with a cbl file. I clicked on the bottom right button in Kate and wrote cobol into the search field. Nothing was found. Still I'm missing something. Do I have to register that file somehow?

No, that should do the trick.

So you say it works for you the way I described it?