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Cadence Skill Syntax Highlighting in Notepad++

vramanax

I spent many hours trying to get back my original coding environment, then i realized I want to save everyone some serious headache 

Long Story short

If you need syntax highlighting and use the function list option in Notepad++ Do the following

Install the latest build of notepad++

FunctionList.xml - place it on  %APPDATA%\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\ - used for the functionlist window on notepad++

userDefineLang.xml - Place it on  %APPDATA%\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\ - used to highlight the syntax

skill.api - Place it on %APPDATA%\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\plugins\APIs\ - used for auto complete

myDark.xml place it on  %APPDATA%\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\themes\ - mine you can use it to tune it to your taste

Notepad++.zip

Another recommendation is install and use Subversion/Tortoise SVN and commit as often as you can 

Have Fun

Regards

Venkata

  • Thanks, Very promising. BTW in newer version you need to check force background in Settings > Style Configurator

  • Other Options :Updated on 17-Dec-2020

    I started using Microsoft Visual Studio Code and it has been amazing in many levels.

    If you are serious developer then you would appreciate the built-in GIT support and the powerful interface similar to Sublime Text and Atom.

    Here are the highlights of my setup and the extension settings

    1. Every time I save a file the active file is copied to another directory on the local network location. (I do that to stage it)

    I use the extension Run on Save 0.2.0 and edit the user settings.json to modify your own location

    //start    
    "emeraldwalk.runonsave": {
            "commands": [
                {
                    "match": ".il$",
                    "cmd": "copy ${file} \"C:/yourdirctory/Development\""
                },
                {
                    "match": ".il$",
                    "cmd": "echo %time%"
                },
            ],

           },

    //end

    2. Use the Skill Syntax extension by Herbert Agosto v0.1.1 and you can update the settings in c:/users/username/.vscode/extensions/herbertagosto.skill-0.1.1 to customize to your needs

    3. use Bracket Select v2.0.2  extension select within braces

    4. Bracket Jumper 1.1.8 and Bracket Pair Colorizer is also useful

    5. This is the coolest CodeMap 1.16.0

    This one lists all the functions and partially will produce the outline of the code 

    I use the following settings in the user settings.json you can play around to match your requirement 

    //start

    "codemap.il": [
            {
                "pattern": "(?=if\\().[^)]+.?",
                "clear": "",
                "prefix": "",
                "icon": "level3"
            },
    // you can add the similar rules for all the loop functions, don't go overboard
            {
                "pattern": "(?<=procedure\\( ).[^)]+.?|(?<=procedure ).[^)]+.?",
                "clear": "",
                "prefix": "",
                "icon": "class"
            },
            {
                "pattern": "(?=defun).[^)]+.",
                "clear": "",
                "prefix": "",
                "icon": "function"
            },
            {
                "pattern": "(?<=defvar).[^)]+",
                "clear": "",
                "prefix": "var: ",
                "icon": "property"
            }
        ],

    //end

    6. I use GitLens to quickly see the history of my edits

    7. Use Atom One Dark Theme

    Have fun

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