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greg:
This morning, I spent a couple hours configuring Notepad++ to work with WME.  I'm posting the instructions here so that others don't need to duplicate my effort.

ABOUT NOTEPAD++

Notepad++ is a free, powerful text editor available from http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm.  Compared to Crimson Editor (which I was using previously), here are its advantages and disadvantages.

Pros: You can rearrange tabs and collapse bracket pairs within a script.  It's open source and still being maintained.
Cons: You can't assign shortcut keys to user-defined commands (i.e. checking WME syntax).

CONFIGURING NOTEPAD++

The following instructions assume that Notepad++ is installed in C:\Program Files\Notepad++:

 1. Console.  In C:\Program Files\Notepad++\plugins\Config\NppExec.ini, change "Visible=0" to "Visible=1".
 **This will cause the console to show automatically when you open Notepad++.

 2. Highlighting and Formatting.  Select Settings > Styler Configurator.
  a. Select Enable Global Font and Enable Global Font Size.
  **This will cause Notepad++ to display the entire script (even comments) in the same-size fixed-width font.
  b. Under Language, select Java.  Add script to the User ext field.
  **This will cause Notepad++ to automatically highlight .script files as if they were written in Java.

 3. Syntax checking.  In C:\Program Files\Notepad++\plugins\Config\npes_saved.txt, add the following:
 
--- Code: ---::wme_check_syntax
"C:\Program Files\WME DevKit\wme_comp.exe" -project "C:\Program Files\WME DevKit\projects\[project]\[project].wpr" -script "$(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)"
--- End code ---

 Where C:\Program Files\WME DevKit\projects\[project]\[project].wpr is the path to your WME project file.
 **Now, to check the syntax of a script, press F6, change the dropdown menu to wme_check_syntax, and press OK.

Mnemonic:
Thanks, greg. I just wanted to mention that the -project parameter is now optional. The script compiler tries to find the project automatically based on the script location (and usually succeeds :)

odnorf:
Kind old thread but still relevant.

For syntax highlighting you can use this file I created today because I was bored.  ::slug ::beer Just unzip it in the settings folder of your notepad++ installation (it should be %appdata%\notepad++) and you'll have a "WME script" option in the language selection.

Sothoth:

--- Quote from: odnorf on August 31, 2008, 03:05:57 PM ---Kind old thread but still relevant.

For syntax highlighting you can use this file I created today because I was bored.  ::slug ::beer Just unzip it in the settings folder of your notepad++ installation (it should be %appdata%\notepad++) and you'll have a "WME script" option in the language selection.

--- End quote ---

Sorry for the thread archeology, but I'm interested in using Notepad++ with WME, and the above file isn't online anymore. Does anyone has a copy?

Thank you very much in advance!

odnorf:
I don't have that file anymore. :( But even if I had it it would be very outdated with lots of missing keywords.

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