tt-mode

An Emacs major mode for editing Template Toolkit files.

Features

• Syntax highlighting for Template Toolkit directives ([% ... %])
• Highlights TT keywords (IF, FOREACH, INCLUDE, BLOCK, etc.)
• Highlights variable names, constants, and comments within TT tags
• Automatically activates for files with a .tt extension

Installation

Via MELPA (recommended)

tt-mode is available on MELPA. If you have MELPA configured as a package source, you can install it with:

M-x package-install RET tt-mode RET

Manual installation

1. Download tt-mode.el from the GitHub repository.
2. Place it somewhere on your Emacs load-path.
3. Add the following to your .emacs or init.el:

(autoload 'tt-mode "tt-mode")
(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.tt\\'" . tt-mode))

Usage

Once installed, tt-mode will be activated automatically when you open a file with a .tt extension. You can also activate it manually with:

M-x tt-mode

What gets highlighted

Element	Face
[% and %] delimiters	font-lock-builtin-face
Content inside TT tags	font-lock-variable-name-face
TT keywords (IF, FOREACH, etc.)	font-lock-keyword-face
Simple variable expressions	font-lock-constant-face
Comments ([%# ... %] and inline #)	font-lock-comment-face

Contributing

This started as an afternoon of Emacs Lisp hacking in 2002. There are, no doubt, many improvements that can be made. Contributions are very welcome!

To contribute:

1. Fork the GitHub repository
2. Make your changes
3. Submit a pull request

If you have suggestions but don't want to write code, please open an issue.

License

This code is made available under the GPL. Usual caveats apply.