Add Natural (Software AG) Lexer

[fghinzelli]

This pull requests adds a lexer for Natural, a fourth-generation programming language (4GL) developed by Software AG . The documentation is available here.

[fghinzelli]

Hi @jneen,

I hope you’re doing well.

I’m reaching out to gently follow up on my Pull Request regarding the Natural 4GL lexer. I understand you’re likely busy, but I wanted to highlight that this addition will significantly benefit many teams working with Software AG’s ecosystem, streamlining their daily workflow and improving code clarity.

Please let me know if there is any additional information I can provide or if there are specific changes you’d like me to implement to move this forward.

Thank you for your time and for maintaining this project!

[jneen]

Hi there!

Thank you so much for the lexer. Right now I'm prioritizing core fixes to existing lexers, but I haven't forgotten about any of these! Moving forward we are considering asking folks with less widely-used languages to either write their own plugins or factor them out into a "contrib" gem (see discussion at #2194).

If your concern is GitLab, then for self-hosting situations you can add whatever gems and plugins you like to your deployment, otherwise you can reach out to @tancnle.

[fghinzelli]

Hi!

Thank you for the quick update and for the transparency regarding the project's priorities. I completely understand the focus on core fixes and the move toward a 'contrib' model for specific languages.

My primary focus is indeed GitLab, so the pointers you provided regarding self-hosting plugins and reaching out to @tancnle are incredibly helpful. I'll explore these paths to ensure our teams can benefit from the Natural lexer in our workflow.

Thanks again for the guidance and for all the work on this project!