---
name: "Syntax::Highlight::Engine::Kate::Convert::ToolKit"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libsyntax-highlight-engine-kate-perl"
version: "0.14+dfsg-4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Syntax::Highlight::Engine::Kate::Convert::ToolKit"
---

# Syntax::Highlight::Engine::Kate::Convert::ToolKit(3pm)

helper routines, especially for generating highlight definitions from Kate's originals.

## NAME

Syntax::Highlight::Engine::Kate::Convert::ToolKit - helper routines, especially for generating highlight definitions from Kate's originals.

## SYNOPSIS

```
  use Syntax::Highlight::Engine::Kate::Convert::ToolKit;
  $hlfile = "/some/path/some-lang.xml";
  $toolkit = new Syntax::Highlight::Engine::Kate::Convert::ToolKit();
  # $toolkit->outcmd = sub { ... };  # optionally redefine bare output
  $outfile = $toolkit->register($hlfile);
  $toolkit->pmGenerate($outfile);
```

## DESCRIPTION

ToolKit module carries helper routines, notably conversion from native highlight definitions of Kate to the ones as used by Syntax::Highlight::Engine::Kate.

For convenience, such conversion process is wrapped into provided hl-kate-convert script.

This module requires XML::Dumper and XML::TokeParser which are not listed as dependencies of Syntax::Highlight::Engine::Kate.