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[outdated] New Notepad++ raw file highlighting mode!
« on: August 28, 2013, 04:48:55 pm »
This project is out of date! Go to the updated version here:

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=158324.0

(thanks Sirmaril!)


I made a highlighting mode for Notepad++!

A sample:
Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The download: https://www.dropbox.com/s/bmor3vsz5nf6c1k/df_raw_lang_npp_0.2.zip

To install:
Download the archive and unzip it somewhere.
Start up NPP, open the languages menu, and select 'Define your language':
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In the language dialog, select 'Import':
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Select the extracted xml file and hit 'Open':
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Reboot notepad. Now, you should see something like this:
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Select that option when you're working with a raw file and boom, highlighting!

It's supposed to highlight only tokens built in to DF, so as to still work with total-conversion mods. If something is highlighted and shouldn't be, or isn't and should, either you're missing a bracket somewhere or I missed some tokens; if you can't find the problem, post in the thread and I'll try to fix it.

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« Last Edit: June 21, 2017, 09:10:42 pm by Kazimuth »
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Re: Notepad++ raw file highlighting mode
« Reply #1 on: August 28, 2013, 07:49:55 pm »
Ah, I've been using another one for a while, and this one looks much better...
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Re: Notepad++ raw file highlighting mode
« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2013, 12:19:14 pm »
Excellent! There is another of these floating around (in the Mods and Utilities List somewhere), but it's several years and quite a few versions out of date. Giving this one a try now.
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Re: Notepad++ raw file highlighting mode
« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2013, 12:30:09 pm »
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This really is amazing.
« Last Edit: September 01, 2013, 02:39:01 pm by crazyjake56 »
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Re: New Notepad++ raw file highlighting mode!
« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2013, 10:05:09 am »
Nice! added to my Notepad ++ :3
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Re: New Notepad++ raw file highlighting mode!
« Reply #5 on: October 29, 2013, 10:27:32 am »
Looks excellent thanks. I've been struggling along with just the original notepad. guess id better try something else.
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Re: New Notepad++ raw file highlighting mode!
« Reply #6 on: February 03, 2014, 08:27:55 pm »
Sadly, it doesn't seem to highlight anything for me, even after following all the steps; is there a problem with newer versions of NP++?
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Re: New Notepad++ raw file highlighting mode!
« Reply #7 on: February 04, 2014, 06:53:31 am »
Quote from: Lolfail0009 on February 03, 2014, 08:27:55 pm
Sadly, it doesn't seem to highlight anything for me, even after following all the steps; is there a problem with newer versions of NP++?

I use latest version and it works
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Re: New Notepad++ raw file highlighting mode!
« Reply #8 on: February 05, 2014, 01:37:38 pm »
Thanks for this!
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Re: New Notepad++ raw file highlighting mode!
« Reply #9 on: November 15, 2014, 02:10:36 am »
This is awfully old and nobody seems to have made a new one in the meantime; may I put it up on github to keep it updated for the future?
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Re: New Notepad++ raw file highlighting mode!
« Reply #10 on: November 15, 2014, 06:41:04 am »
Quote from: Putnam on November 15, 2014, 02:10:36 am
This is awfully old and nobody seems to have made a new one in the meantime; may I put it up on github to keep it updated for the future?

Nice idea!
You could even put here the git URL if you do, so everybody can find your maintained version from the original post.

Another good idea will be a changelog somewhere...

Thanks for giving away your updates to the community  :)
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Re: New Notepad++ raw file highlighting mode!
« Reply #11 on: November 15, 2014, 05:16:57 pm »
Great work Kazimuth!

I tweaked this a little bit to add in some of the keywords new to 0.40 such as GAIT and VISION_ARC (I'm sure I missed some), and messed with the delimiters a tad to make keywords highlight properly inside compound tags.  One additional format is that single-quoted strings (i.e., tiles) appear in red.

After much banging of head on desk, there doesn't appear to be any way to use code-folding without an explicit "close" to the structure.  Had it worked, you'd be able to click a "-" next to a [CREATURE: and hide it while you're working on a different one.  DF raws "close" a structure when another one at the same level or higher opens, but Notepad++ expects that things might be nested.  Anyone know how to build an "open only" structure in Notepad++?

I also couldn't figure out how to recognize color tokens, but that's a lot less important.

Hope this is helpful to the modders out there.

Spoiler: Language definition (click to show/hide)
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Re: New Notepad++ raw file highlighting mode!
« Reply #12 on: November 16, 2014, 04:27:56 pm »
Bethesda .ini files are raw-like in nesting syntax and work just fine that way... Python also has no explicit end, only whitespace change.
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Re: New Notepad++ raw file highlighting mode!
« Reply #13 on: November 17, 2014, 12:14:16 pm »
Quote from: Putnam on November 16, 2014, 04:27:56 pm
Bethesda .ini files are raw-like in nesting syntax and work just fine that way... Python also has no explicit end, only whitespace change.
I was asking if there's a way to introduce code-folding with no explicit end.  There's no doubt that the raws themselves process correctly.

This is all that Notepad++ has for its Python language description:
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        <Language name="python" ext="py pyw" commentLine="#">
            <Keywords name="instre1">and as assert break class continue def del elif else except exec False finally for from global if import in is lambda None not or pass print raise return triple True try while with yield</Keywords>
        </Language>
which is not even close to the same format as a user-defined language.  It just sort of magically knows where to fold the code.  The definition for XML is even more sparse, so it looks like a lot of this is hardcoded into Notepad++ :(

I'll see what happens if I try to put the DF format into this format.  Hopefully nothing bursts into flames.

Edit: As I thought, inserting a new language into the standard list doesn't work.  Would be nice to find a way to work in code-folding since it would help new modders realize when for example the syndrome begins and ends.
« Last Edit: November 17, 2014, 12:25:11 pm by Dirst »
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Re: New Notepad++ raw file highlighting mode!
« Reply #14 on: November 20, 2014, 03:11:08 pm »
I too would be interested in a RAW/Init/D-init highlighting thing that kept up to date with changes in DF.
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