---
name: "source-highlight-settings"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "source-highlight"
version: "3.1.9-19"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/source-highlight-settings"
---

# source-highlight-settings(1)

utility that can be used to write a configuration file for GNU Source-highlight (and its library)

## NAME

Source-highlight-settings - utility that can be used to write a configuration file for GNU Source-highlight (and its library)

## SYNOPSIS

**source-highlight-settings**

## DESCRIPTION

Since version 3.0, GNU Source-highlight includes also the utility source-highlight-settings, which can be used to check whether source-highlight will be able to find its language definition files, and other configuration files, and in case, to store the correct settings in a configuration file, in the user home directory.

In particular, the stored configuration file will be called source-highlight.conf and will be stored in $HOME/.source-highlight/.

For the moment, this file only stores the default value for the --data-dir option.

This utility is part of GNU Source-highlight, maintained by:\
 Lorenzo Bettini \<http://www.lorenzobettini.it\>

## REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to \<bug-source-highlight at gnu.org\>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 1999-2009 Lorenzo Bettini \<http://www.lorenzobettini.it\> This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.\
 This is free software; you may redistribute copies of the program under the terms of the GNU General Public License. For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYING.

## SEE ALSO

The full documentation for **source-highlight** is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the **info** and **source-highlight** programs are properly installed at your site, the command

-

  **info source-highlight**

should give you access to the complete manual.