DECORATE language configuration for Notepad++

[GFD]

Threw this together quickly to help me edit a bit more efficiently. Maybe someone here will find it useful too.
You can import this via View > User-Defined Dialogue > Import, and also edit this configuration within that window.

[Nash]

Very, very useful! Thank you for this.

[Zombieguy]

Oh yes, thanks you!

[SFJake]

So, you import it, then what?

It doesn't do anything at that point. How do you use it?

[GFD]

Set the language of the document you're editing to DECORATE in the language menu. It will also automatically use the DECORATE language for any files with the .decorate extension.

[SFJake]

Oh, thanks, that works.

[Nash]

Hi, I have a small problem.



In this image, you can see that the colouring for the open and closed curly brackets are kind of inconsistent... is this fixable?

[GFD]

Don't think so - at least, I couldn't find a solution. Notepad++ doesn't give that much flexibility for user-created language configurations.

Edit: Well, you could replace the ACTOR folder open keyword in the configuration with {, but then you have to make sure you don't have anything that's not whitespace on either side of that brace. I just found it's easier for me to use ACTOR as the keyword instead; I typically don't put that brace on a newline. View > User-defined dialogue will let you edit user-installed language configurations.

[Nash]

Alright, I got it figured out somewhat, if anyone who has a similar coding style to mine wants a fixed version here it is.

What's changed:

- Fixed folder detection - if your coding style is similar to my screenshot (or the following in case the image expires), folders should be properly detected.

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Actor Z_BulletPuff : BulletPuff replaces BulletPuff
{
    Decal "BulletChip"
    Scale 0.075
    +FORCEXYBILLBOARD
    -RANDOMIZE
    +NOEXTREMEDEATH
    +NOINTERACTION
    +PUFFGETSOWNER
    -ALLOWPARTICLES
    VSpeed 0.5
    //renderstyle None
    States
    {
        Spawn:
            TNT1 A 0
            TNT1 A 0 A_SpawnItemEx("Z_Ricochet", 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 160)
            TNT1 A 0 A_FadeTo(frandom(0.20, 1.0), 1.0, false)
            PUFF A 4
        Fade:
            PUFF A 0 A_FadeOut(0.005)
            PUFF A 0 A_SetScale(scalex + 0.005, scaley + 0.005)
            PUFF A 1
            Loop
    }
}

- Added ( and ) to the operators, so that if you don't add spaces next to your functions, it would highlight the keyword properly

Example: If you code like so - A_SpawnItemEx( instead of A_SpawnItemEX ( - the keywords will now be highlighted properly.

- Fixed some typos in the last section of keywords in the original file (there were a bunch of functions that were mashed together without spaces separating them, also there was one non-existant function: A_BarrelDestroye)

- Added more keywords: everything from here.

- Added some more missing keywords, basically everything inside zdoom.pk3's actors/actor.txt is now covered.

- Added some highlighting for some types used in actors/constants.txt

[Nash]

Here's my latest language definition for the latest version of Notepad++ released this month (6.3.2). I've added more missing keywords, and also folder highlighting now finally works properly (the issues I demonstrated in my images in the posts above are gone).

Requires Notepad++ 6.3.2.

Note that with 6.3.2, they've changed the menus a bit, so to import this .XML file, you now have to go to Language -> Define your language then click the Import button.

[GFD]

You've done a wonderful job fixing up my 5 minute config! Thank you very a lot much