kv.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<language name="Kivy" version="1" section="Markup" extensions="*.kv" kateversion="2.4" indenter="python">

  <highlighting>

    <list name="special-variables">
      <item>self</item>
      <item>root</item>
      <item>app</item>
      <item>args</item>
      <item>id</item>
    </list>

    <contexts>

      <context attribute="Normal Text" lineEndContext="#stay" name="normal_text">
        <RegExpr attribute="Directive" context="directive" String="^#:\s*(import|set|kivy)" />
        <DetectChar attribute="Comment" context="comment" char="#" />
        <DetectChar attribute="Class Rule" context="class_rule" char="&lt;"
                    firstNonSpace="true" />
        <RegExpr attribute="Template Base" String="^\w+:\s*(?=(#|$))" />
        <RegExpr attribute="Template" String="^\s+\w+:\s*(?=(#|$))" />
        <RegExpr attribute="Attribute" String="^\s+\w+:" context="python" />
      </context>

      <context attribute="Directive" lineEndContext="#pop" name="directive">
      </context>

      <context attribute="Class Rule" lineEndContext="#pop" name="class_rule">
          <DetectChar attribute="Special Char" char="@" />
          <DetectChar attribute="Special Char" char="," />
          <DetectChar attribute="Special Char" char="+" />
      </context>

      <context attribute="Normal Text" lineEndContext="#pop" name="python">
        <keyword attribute="Keyword" String="special-variables" />
        <IncludeRules context="Normal##Python" />
      </context>

      <context attribute="Comment" lineEndContext="#pop" name="comment">
      </context>

    </contexts>

    <itemDatas>
      <itemData name="Normal Text" defStyleNum="dsNormal"/>
      <itemData name="Comment" defStyleNum="dsComment"/>
      <itemData name="Class Rule" defStyleNum="dsBuiltIn"/>
      <itemData name="Template Base" defStyleNum="dsVariable"/>
      <itemData name="Template" defStyleNum="dsControlFlow"/>
      <itemData name="Attribute" defStyleNum="dsAttribute"/>
      <itemData name="Keyword" defStyleNum="dsKeyword"/>
      <itemData name="Directive" defStyleNum="dsPreprocessor"/>
      <itemData name="Special Char" defStyleNum="dsSpecialChar" />
    </itemDatas>

  </highlighting>

  <general>
    <comments>
      <comment name="singleLine" start="#"/>
    </comments>
    <keywords casesensitive="1"/>
    <folding indentationsensitive="1"/>
  </general>

</language>