Notepad++ Syntax Highlighter

[vadimred13]

I've configured a ChucK syntax highlighter for Notepad++:

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To use - download the XML to your Notepad++ Application Data folder. For windows, this is C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\Notepad++
If you already have a custom language definition in Notepad++, you're gonna have to do some XML merging (fun stuff). Enjoy!

[Kassen]

Great! I have a NP++ setup that works but I was -so far- unable to get it out of there. I'll try yours as well.

Lovely first post, welcome on board!

[vadimred13]

I've configured AutoComplete functionality for Notepad++.

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Copy this XML file into your APIs folder in your Notepad++ install directory. For Windows, this is: C:\Program Files\Notepad++\plugins\APIs
Make sure that you have AutoComplete enabled in your Notepad++ preferences.

I've also updated the syntax highlighter (from the first post) to also highlight functions in the Std, Math, and Machine libraries.

[Kassen]

That's really nice! Did you find a way to have keyboard shortcuts for running ChucK from NP++ as well?

[vadimred13]

Well, since you ask - yes. Copy this batch file to your drive:

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Then edit it to point to your chuck.exe. In Notepad++, navigate to Run, Run... (or hit F5) to bring up the Run... dialog. Once there, paste this command in there:

"location_of_where_you_saved_the_above_script" "$(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)" "$(FILE_NAME)"

From there, if you click Save, you can bind this command to a key/key combination.

So, for me the command is:

"C:\ChucK\runChucK.bat" "$(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)" "$(FILE_NAME)"

because my runChucK script lives in C:\ChucK

It actually shouldn't be too difficult to set up some kind of script/macro, or even write a little launcher program to be able to add/remove/replace shreds on the virtual machine from within Notepad++, but I'm at work right now, so I'll work on that when I get home. It definitely would be useful...at least until the new version of miniAudicle comes out...if it ever does

Cheers

[Kassen]

[Kassen]

Finally got round to playing with these.

Some issues; In your language highlight settings the "folder" operators never seem to mark the end of the folding block. I use "{" and "}" for those and that way it works for me. Does this work for you?

Also; I can't get the auto completion to work right; it will recognise words I used elsewhere in the code and offer those as well as some that seem to come from some other language but not "SinOsc" and so on. Any idea on what I might've done wrong there?

[vadimred13]

Unfortunately, when it comes to code folding, Notepad++ makes you choose one of 2 solutions. Either enable code folding, but give up that lovely brace matching/highlighting functionality, or the other way around. As long as you specify '{' and '}' as activated operators - code folding will not happen. If you unspecify them, and add them to the folding open and close symbols - folding will happen (at the cost of matching braces). I chose to give up folding, because I'd rather have the matching braces. Let me know if you get both folding and brace matching working...

As for the auto-completiong not working - make sure that in your autocomplete settings, you have Function completion selected (not word completion). In my settings, I checked the Enable Auto-Completion on each input and the Function parameters hint on input checkboxes, and selected the Function completion radio button

Let me know if that doesn't do it for you.

-Vadim

[Kassen]

[vadimred13]

It's based on the reserved keywords from the ChucK language spec.

No, they don't do anything yet, but I'm guessing that they are reserved for possible future use.

[Kassen]

Ah, yes.

Yeah, the development of the whole class system was always on The List behind garbage collection and GC took a bit longer to arrive than anyone thought. It seems quite tricky.