Notepad Plus & Textpad Syntax Highlighting Files

Last eveneing i was annoyed with poor nsis highlighting in textpad.
(www.textpad.com)

although it has 5 keyword sections it only can handle 2 for highlighting. 😠

so i tried Notepad++ (Plus)


It is freeware and needs no installation (zip instead setup).

it has also no fully highlighting, but it has 4 workable
sections instead 2.

instructions to insert better nsis-support for notepad++ (plus)

http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net

- close notepad++
- open notepad ++ (plus) folder

- open "langs.xml" with any text-editor
- search "nsis"-section (about line 120)
- replace it with section from "langs_nsis.xml"
- save

- open "stylers.xml" with any text-editor
- search "nsis"-section (about line 354)
- replace it with section from "styler_nsis.xml"
- save

thats all
now re-open notepad++ again and edit colours

(c) Brummelchen 2006
http://forums.winamp.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=65

Some notes:
- highlighting is case sensitive
eg execwait is not highlighted but ExecWait
- not all plugins are supported and then only the first keyword
eg. System::Free is not fully recognized, only System and Free.
- Function/FunctionEnd is treated as default text
why? cause notepad++ can minimize functions due to these keywords
eg.
[+]Function foo

to
[-] Function foo
|
|
- FunctionEnd

- i dont know all keywords so post mising here or add it yourself, its very easy.

Please don't swear on here. It is not appropriate in this forum.

-Stu

sorry, english isnt my best, thx for correcting it

Could you post this syntax highlighting script for Notepad Plus in the wiki, please?

i never worked on a wiki or blog :/ so wiki is not my friend, someone else would do it pls!?

Small update for the MUI part.
You only need to update the langs.xml

[edit]attachment removed as requested[/edit]

added more plugins, section-flags, pre-defined secinfos, attributes, mui and some minor stuff

see below

and a working solution for textpad now - found my fault in syntax file

both syntax highlightings contain same strings, but textpad has 6 keywords now and notepad++ only 4.

instructions how to compile from textpad you can read here:

alterations done 🙂

-daz

thx, but you deleted the wrong attachment 😉

whoops, i forgot there was one in the first post. sorry about that

-daz

Great! 🙂

Have you contacted the Notepad++ coders?
So they can add the altered NSIS-Highlighting in the next NP++ Version.

regards,
any

i need more investigations for n++ highlighting 🙁
in textpad i have 6 classes, in n++ only 4, but there are
more possible - but i dont know how.
I am still working for more keywords, but i cant post
ev'day a new file 😉
see what they answer me