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The syntax highlighting is done in process using a declarative format, eg: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/blob/master/extensions/go/syntaxes/go.json https:

The syntax highlighting is done in process using a declarative format, eg: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/blob/master/extensions/go/syntaxes/go.json https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/blob/master/extensions/g....

wbond 10y ago
I was referring to the paragraph about Swift and Source kit. To my knowledge, the majority of editors do not do syntax highlighting outside of the main editor process.
- ntonozzi 10y ago
  Oh I see. Yes that does seem prohibitively slow.