How do I add syntax highlighting to Jupyter Notebook - SAS kernel?

[jnvickery]

Hi,

I have installed the SAS kernel for Jupyter Notebooks following the instructions here:

https://sassoftware.github.io/sas_kernel/install.html#windows-install-assuming-sas-already-installed

I am able to connect to the SAS kernel and run code, view output, etc. but I have not been able to enable syntax highlighting. Any ideas as to how to enable that?

Here are a few more details about my installation:

Windows 7

SAS version 9.4 (TS1M0) is installed locally

Anaconda distribution of Jupyter

I edited the "sascfg.py" file to point to the path for SAS startup script and I edited the paths for the local classpath variable.

I also had to add the path to sspiauth.dll to my System PATH.

Thanks!

John

[ChrisHemedinger]

Glad you got this going!

@Jared might be able to provide some guidance on the syntax highlighting.

[Jared · Accepted solution]

@jnvickery, You can add the SAS syntax by following the instructions here: https://sassoftware.github.io/sas_kernel/install.html#installing-sas-nbextensions

I wrote a couple of Notebook (NB) extensions that once enabled will allow you to use the SAS syntax coloring or hte python depending on your use case.

Jared 

[jnvickery]

Thanks @Jared! 

That worked great. I hadn't realized that the functionality was controlled through the notebook extensions.

For anyone else installing the extensions...

When I first ran the commands to install and enable the extensions, I got the following errors:

[InstallNBExtensionApp] CRITICAL | Bad config encountered during initialization:
[InstallNBExtensionApp] CRITICAL | Unrecognized flag: '--py'

Updating jupyter notebooks with the following command and then re-running the install commands resolved the error.

"conda update notebook"

- John

[Jared]

@jnvickery Glad it worked! The syntax actually comes from the CodeMirror mode for SAS if you find issues please let me know. 

Jared