Bat understands varlink now

Harald Hoyer February 07, 2019 #varlink #programming

Bat is a cat(1) clone with syntax highlighting and Git integration.

My pull request for varlink syntax coloring was accepted today :-)

So, to display:

it will look like this:

$ bat org.varlink.service.varlink
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       File: org.varlink.service.varlink
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   1    # The Varlink Service Interface is provided by every varlink service. It
   2    # describes the service and the interfaces it implements.
   3    interface org.varlink.service
   4    
   5    # Get a list of all the interfaces a service provides and information
   6    # about the implementation.
   7    method GetInfo() -> (
   8      vendor: string,
   9      product: string,
  10      version: string,
  11      url: string,
  12      interfaces: []string
  13    )
  14    
  15    # Get the description of an interface that is implemented by this service.
  16    method GetInterfaceDescription(interface: string) -> (description: string)
  17    
  18    # The requested interface was not found.
  19    error InterfaceNotFound (interface: string)
  20    
  21    # The requested method was not found
  22    error MethodNotFound (method: string)
  23    
  24    # The interface defines the requested method, but the service does not
  25    # implement it.
  26    error MethodNotImplemented (method: string)
  27    
  28    # One of the passed parameters is invalid.
  29    error InvalidParameter (parameter: string)
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