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:
::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)" 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.
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