Answers.Body: <p>There is an extension for Vim (a great editor) that provides syntax highlighting for PGN. You can download Vim <a href="http://www.vim.org/download.php">here</a>. You can find the extension <a href="http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=677">here</a>.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: I have used this before and it works pretty well.  The only issue I see is if you are not used to `Vim`, it may take a bit.
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Answers.Text: There is a nice tutorial on `Vim` [here](http://yannesposito.com/Scratch/en/blog/Learn-Vim-Progressively/) that is worth reading.
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Answers.Text: Thanks! Yes, Vim was not  my first pick. But it works. However it does not highlight textual annotations. Only move numbers and game header tags.
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Answers.Body: <p>Notepad ++ with option Language->Pascal highlights headers, move numbers, actual moves and comments with different colors. Works exactly as I would expect.</p>
  
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Body: <p>In Notepad++ or similar editors, one can get syntax highlighting for multiple file formats/languages. I'd like to have something usable on Windows that would let me do this with pgn files (see header tags, and annotations in different colors from main line moves).</p>
  
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Title: Is there a text editor with syntax highlighting for PGN files?
ThreadText: # Is there a text editor with syntax highlighting for PGN files?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2013-01-23)
  
  In Notepad++ or similar editors, one can get syntax highlighting for multiple file formats/languages. I'd like to have something usable on Windows that would let me do this with pgn files (see header tags, and annotations in different colors from main line moves).
  
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  ### Answer by username_0 on 2013-03-16. Score: 10 | Accepted answer
  
  Notepad ++ with option Language->Pascal highlights headers, move numbers, actual moves and comments with different colors. Works exactly as I would expect.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2013-01-25. Score: 11
  
  There is an extension for Vim (a great editor) that provides syntax highlighting for PGN. You can download Vim [here](http://www.vim.org/download.php). You can find the extension [here](http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=677).
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: I have used this before and it works pretty well.  The only issue I see is if you are not used to `Vim`, it may take a bit.  
  > **username_3**: There is a nice tutorial on `Vim` [here](http://yannesposito.com/Scratch/en/blog/Learn-Vim-Progressively/) that is worth reading.  
  > **username_0**: Thanks! Yes, Vim was not  my first pick. But it works. However it does not highlight textual annotations. Only move numbers and game header tags.  
  
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