>   Does anyone know how we can currently assign a
> short-cut key in kate/kwrite to:
> 
> Tools > Highlighting > Scripts > Bash
> 
> (alt+t, h, r, b -- isn't what I was thinking)
> 
>   Or associate any of the other highlighting files with
> a short-cut? If there is
> no way to do that, then it would be worth putting on the
> enhancement list.
> Kwrite isn't that big of deal, but there are numerous times
> in kate where I will
> have 10-20 files open that I would like to set with a syntax
> file without having
> to mouse through Tools > Highlighting > Scripts >
> Bash that many times.
> 
>   We could either have a key that popped open the Tools
> > Highlighting menu and
> gave the user the ability to scroll and select. Or, my
> preference, would be to
> provide a configuration option under highlighting that would
> be a "Quick List"
> that allowed the user to configure his "Top 10" syntax files
> that would pop up
> with a shortcut and allow the user to select from the list
> of 10.
> 
>   It would need to be a katepart plugin to be available
> to both kate/kwrite, but
> it shouldn't be that difficult to do.
> 
>   Worth an enhancement request? There are already
> shortcut options for just
> about everything in kate, just not syntax...

The kate-part toolbar supports Highlighting. That will save a mouse click but not any key presses.

To me the root problem of your description is why kate is not detecting the file type. I have seen this often enough and is frustrating. Before submitting an enhancement request, perhaps browse the code to learn how detection functions. Possibly an extra if-then statement or equivalent is all that is needed to address some of these shortcomings.

Darrell