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bornsoft

hi,

if someone is looking for an additional vds-editor with syntax highlighting - here is a great one:

http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net

it's called notepad++, has incredible features, supports many programming languages (of course
interface languages as well), and it's freeware.

there are loads of plugins (e.g. hexedit) for it and also it can run external programs, so it should
be possible by automating the vds-ide to run your scripts directly.

i made the syntax highlighting for vds, i dont know how to append a file to this post, so here it is:

(copy this code, save it to userDefineLang.xml and put it into notepad++ directory.
then in the program choose VDS from the language-menu. )

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I have not tried it yet, but thanks for putting in the hard work and making this!!

vdsalchemist · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:08 pm Post subject:

Why don't you like the VDS IDE? What features would you like it to have? Personally I don't really see the point of using a editor when you have access to an IDE that has been built to specifically support the language. I have used Notepad++ in the past but only when the Language I was using did not come with an IDE. Needless to say I don't use those languages any more. Also there are parts of the VDS IDE that is not that easy to automate like the project management parts. It's not impossible but would take more than just a few lines of code to write.

bornsoft · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:45 pm Post subject:

hey,

@vdsalchemist

this doesn't mean that i don't like the vds ide at all. but for some rasons i wanna have an additional editor.
For example if i copy parts from one project to another. any file i open in the ide gets automatically added to the current
project an is opened with it next time.
and i like the folding feature in notepad++ very much, also that thin lines are drawn for if/end and repeat/until.

greetz

marcus

arcray · Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 4:50 am Post subject:

Does't work for me! All I get at the end of the Language menu is 'User Defined' but clicking on it does not change anything. Not sure what is wrong. I have followed your instructions and had a look at the sourceforge forums, but no luck.

Garrett · Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 7:35 pm Post subject:

Works for me.

I think he may have been incorrect in the location where the file you save needs to be. Do not put it in the program directory, put it in the appdata directory for for the program, such as on Windows 7, the path would be:

C:\Users\UserNameHere\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\userDefineLang.xml

arcray · Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 11:10 pm Post subject:

Ah, yes. That works.

Only the following buggers up the display:-

Where you want to add a comma between two address portions:

bornsoft · Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 2:00 am Post subject:

@garrett

I'm still working on XP, so I can't say, but I'd be really annoyed, if an open source software would save its config files unasked on my system drive.

The program doesn't need to be installed and runs out of an unzipped directory, so I wonder how the config files get there.

greetings

Garrett · Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 5:56 am Post subject: