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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
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<html><head><meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="content-type"><title>User Defined languages</title>
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<link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css" type="text/css"></head>
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<body>
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<h1>>User Defined Languages</h1>
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<p>User
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defined languages allow you to add your own language to Notepad++.
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This is a very quick and easy way to do so.</font>
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Notepad++
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always has the main User Define language available. You can use this
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to test your settings and then later on create a new language based
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on this. The User Define language gets reset each time you restart
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Notepad++, its settings will not be saved. User defined languages are
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available from the bottom of the language menu.<p>
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To
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define one, you need the User Define Dialog, which can be accessed by
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selecting <span class="menu_item">View->User Define Dialog...</span> or pressing the <img style="width: 16px; height: 16px;" alt="" src="Images/Toolbar/showPannel.png"> button.<p>
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The
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dialog can float like any regular dialog when open, or be docked in
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the main Notepad++ window. Simply click <span class="button">Dock</span>/<span class="button">Undock</span> to do
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so. If the dialog is undocked (floating) you can control its
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transparency. Enable the transparency checkbox and control the amount
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using the slider. Note that transparency is only available on Windows
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2000 and later.<p>
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The
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dialog shows a dropdownlist of the currently defined user languages.
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Select one to change its parameters, if possible they will be
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automatically saved. To create a new user language based on the
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current state of the main User Defined language, click the <span class="button">Create
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New...</span> button, a dialog will pop up asking for the name. To create a
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new User language based on the currently selected language, click
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<span class="button">Save As...</span> and enter the new name. If you have selected an user
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created language, you can click on the <span class="button">Rename</span> button to enter a new
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name if necessary, and the <span class="button">Remove</span> button will delete the language.
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<p>If
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you want the user language to ignore the case of the text (so it will
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be case insensitive when looking for keywords), enable the <span class="checkbox">ignore
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case</span> checkbox.<p>
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For
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user created languages, you can also define what file extensions to
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associate with them for language autodetection in the textbox with
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the <span class="label">Ext</span> label.<p>
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Most
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settings have a certain text style associated with them. These work
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the same as in the Styler Configurator (see <a href="Styler%20Configurator.html">Styler
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Configurator</a> for details).<p>
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Other
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aspects of the language are controlled by the settings divided in
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four groups:
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<h3>Default style and Folding (Folder & Default tab)</h3>
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<p>This
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tab control the style of the default text (text that has no special
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attributes or meaning) and the keywords that control the folding. A
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keyword in the Folder Open group will trigger a new Fold group that
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can be expanded and collapsed. A keyword in the Folder Close group
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will close any opened group.
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<p>
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<h3>Keywords (Keywords Lists tab)</h3>
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<p>This
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tab controls what keywords are registered with the language. You can
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define up to four groups of keywords, each with their own style. If
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you enable the <span class="checkbox">Prefix</span> option for a group, that means that these
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keywords can be prefixes of entire words, and thus will be detected
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even if the keyword is directly followed by other text. In that case
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the other text will be styled the same as the keyword.<p>
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<h3>Comments/Numbers (Comment & Number tab)</h3>
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<p>This
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tab controls the behavior and appearance of comments, and the
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appearance of numbers.</font>
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You
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can define multiple comment symbols that are comment line symbols.
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These comments run from the symbol itself to the end of the line. You
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can also define comment block symbols. These symbols start commenting
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from any comment open symbol, until and comment close symbol is
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reached.<p>
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If
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you enable the <span class="checkbox">Treat keyword as symbol</span> checkbox, the comment symbols
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also trigger comments if they are the beginning of a word, much like
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prefix keywords.<p>
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Numbers
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are only recognized if they start a word with characters ranging from
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0-9, where only the number symbols are styled as such.
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<p>
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<h3>Operators and Delimiters (Operators tab)</h3>
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<p>This
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tab controls what operator symbols exists and what symbols act as
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delimiters. Operator symbols are characters that split two words.
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They behave much as whitespace but can be styled differently.</font>
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Delimiters
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are single characters and usually defined in pairs. Any text between
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a pair of delimiters as styled as such. A good example is a string,
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which is delimited on both sides with double quotes and drawn in a
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different color.
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</body></html>
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