#### 4.9.31 Syntax ¶

Syntax: `Syntax [name|*]`
Abbreviation: `SY`

loads the syntax with the given name, and colors the current document accordingly.

If the optional name argument is not specified, you are prompted for one. The current one, if set, is suggested as the default. Use the `Tab` key for a requester of the extant syntax recognizers. The special name * turns off syntax highlighting for the current document. Otherwise, name must match a syntax definition either in your `~/.ne/syntax` directory or in a directory named ‘`syntax`’ inside `ne`’s global directory. Additionally, `ne` has a table mapping common suffixes to syntax names. If there is no syntax with a given name, `ne` will try to remap the name using the following table (the string before the colon is the name of the syntax file):

       ada: adb, ads
       asm: s
       c: c++, cc, cpp, cxx, h, h++, hpp, l, lex, y, yacc
       cobol: cbl, cob
       csh: tcsh
       diff: patch
       fortran: f, F, for, f90, F90
       html: htm
       java: js
       lisp: el, lsp
       mason: mas
       ocaml: ml, mli
       pascal: p, pas
       perl: pl, pm
       ps: eps
       puppet: pp
       python: py, sage
       rexx: rex
       ruby: rb
       sh: bash, bash_login, bash_logout, bash_profile, bashrc, ksh,
           profile, rc
       skill: il
       tex: latex, dtx, sty
       texinfo: texi, txi
       troff: 1
       verilog: v, vh, vhd
       xml: xsd
       yaml: yml