Syntax highlighting in crontab, ssh_config/sshd_config, and other files

[kraaw]

Hi, as you can see above, the crontab syntax highlighting is not registering because when i run crontab -e to edit my crontab file, the directory is /tmp/crontab.* instead of the one specified here.

As for editing ssh_config & sshd_config in /etc/ssh/, could you implement syntax highlighting like in vim:

Also would it be possible to provide syntax highlighting for all files starting with # symbols for comments? (for all ft:unknown) Here i made a file called ~/repos/hi with no file extension. In vim the syntax highlighting for comments is like so:

Commit hash: cfcb2e4 (same on ba98b55)
OS: Linux - Garuda Gnome
Terminal: gnome-terminal

[RodBarnes]

I have the same experience but not with the same files. For example, crontab -e displays correctly:

While micro /etc/fstab does not:

Notice that, when this happens, the status bar always displays "ft:unknown" vs "ft:shell" -- see images. I'm not sure what this status indicates but it appears it doesn't know it is running a shell?

Micro version: 2.0.9
OS: Linux - Mint 21.2 Cinnamon
Terminal: gnome-terminal

[RodBarnes]

Ah, I bet "ft" is "file type" and it's saying it is unable to determine what type of file it is and doesn't know what syntax rules to use.