This directory contains syntax highlighting patterns for version 5.1 of NEdit and beyond. Some may work with earlier versions, but your best bet if you have an earlier version is to look first in: ftp://ftp.nedit.org/pub/v5_0_2/contrib/highlight_pats/ The subdirectory 5.2/ contains pattern sets as they went into the 5.2 release, and some of these have been updated since. To load syntax highlighting pattern sets from this directory, start nedit with: nedit -import Then, check that the patterns were loaded correctly, and choose Save Defaults from the Preferences menu. The new patterns will now be incorporated into your own .nedit file, so the next time you start NEdit, you will no longer need to use -import.