AutoHotkey Community

[silentblood]

Is it possible to get syntax coloring in reguler notepad or should I use a specific test editor I have ultraedit but haven't tried it. I know nothing about how syntax coloring works so treat me as a noober here.

[beardboy]

Notepad won't do it for you. If you want to use a notepad type editor without syntax coloring I suggest using metapad. I renamed metapad to notepad.exe and replaced regular notepad on my computer. As far as syntax coloring there are multiple editors to do this:

EditPlus, Multiedit, PSPad, TextPad, etc...

Just have to check them out and see which one you like.

thanks,
beardboy

[bigred]

Are there definition files for UltraEdit? I have access to that program, so I would like to use it with AHK.

[Chris]

Not yet, just TextPad, EditPlus, and PSPad so far. Anyone wanting to make a syntax file for another editor could probably use the TextPad files as a reference for all the keywords and command syntax.

[bigred]

I noticed that AutoIt3 has a def. file for UltraEdit. Would that work for AHK?

[Chris]

Different syntax and commands, so no.

[Guest]

AAAAAAARGH! I had made a good ahk syntax file for UltraEdit, but it seems to have vanished. It would be a tad out of date, but easy to update. I'll try again to find it, but I suspect it's gone forever.

[Rajat]

tip: never keep your script in any folder/subfolder in ahk installation folder.
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[beardboy]

Does it purge the directory when installing a new version?

thanks,
beardboy

[Chris]

Yes, the Extras folder is purged to remove obsolete files; but that's obviously a mistake so I will change it (I didn't expect anyone to store the original copies of any of their scripts or documents in there).

[Rajat]

[Gre]

Can someone tell me how to match the first character of a line
using C++ language?
I am trying to make a lexer for scintilla, and i am having some trouble with the folding feature.
Thanks.

[BoBo]

There are several nice guys (and dools ?) at the AU3 forum (TBH others as well ). As they are quite sophisticated with Scite/Scintilla, maybe they can answer you some basic questions. Or Scintilla.org ...

Good luck !

[BoBo]

Dools Dolls

[Gre]

Thanks BoBo , I will take a look there.
I guess the use of "\t" wich represents "horizontal TAB" may do the trick
for me.
Since english is not my language ,searching for details of a programing
language is not so easy