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Sublime Text syntax highlighting for AL (Business Central)

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  • Total 24
  • Win 9
  • Mac 8
  • Linux 7
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AL for Sublime Text

Syntax highlighting, completions, and symbol indexing for the AL programming language used in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.

Package Control License: MIT

Overview

Metric Value
Syntax rules 409 lines, 90 scopes
Completions 228 keyword/type completions
File types .al, .dal
Sublime version 4 (syntax v2)
Tests syntax_test_al.al

Features

Feature Details
Syntax highlighting Full context-aware scoping for all AL constructs
Object declarations codeunit, table, page, report, enum, etc. with ID and name
Procedures and triggers Parameter types, return types, access modifiers
Attributes [Scope('OnPrem')], [NonDebuggable], [EventSubscriber]
Preprocessor #if, #else, #endif, #pragma with condition highlighting
Strings Single-quoted 'text' and verbatim @'multiline'
AL-specific literals Date (0D), time (0T), datetime (0DT), biginteger (1000L)
Keyword completions All AL keywords and built-in types
Symbol indexing Jump to procedures/triggers with Ctrl+R
Comment toggling Line (Ctrl+/) and block (Ctrl+Shift+/)
Indentation Automatic begin/end block indentation

Installation

Package Control (recommended)

  1. Open Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P)
  2. Select Package Control: Install Package
  3. Search for AL and install

Manual

cd "%APPDATA%/Sublime Text/Packages"
git clone https://github.com/SShadowS/sublime-al.git AL

LSP Support

For full language intelligence (go-to-definition, hover, diagnostics, call hierarchy, code lens), install LSP-AL:

  1. Install LSP-AL via Package Control
  2. The AL Language Server is downloaded automatically — no VS Code required

Key Files

File Purpose
AL.sublime-syntax Syntax definition (context-aware, v2 format)
AL.sublime-completions 228 keyword and type completions
AL.tmPreferences Comment toggling and indentation rules
AL.sublime-settings Default editor settings for AL files
tests/syntax_test_al.al Syntax highlighting test suite

Regenerating Completions

If the AL language adds new keywords, regenerate completions from the tree-sitter-al grammar:

node scripts/generate-completions.js /path/to/tree-sitter-al/grammar.js

Author: Torben Leth (sshadows@sshadows.dk) License: MIT (see LICENSE)