Inform 6 support in Notepad++

Authoring Inform 6
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Hello.

I made a package of syntax highlighting and auto-completion for NPP. These tools include more than 600 keywords and statements of I6 and RInform (Russian Inform library).

inform6_npp.zip (10.4 KB)

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UDL INSTALLATION GUIDE

To install UDL (User Defined Language) choose Language β†’ User Defined Language β†’ Define your language. Then import inform6_udl.xml from userDefineLangs folder. To add the language to language bar choose Inform 6 from drop-down list and press Save as Inform. To apply language to the current document just click on language bar and choose Inform. Inform 6 can be safely removed from the list.

All keywords and statements are grouped in categories (based on DM4 and IBG):

<operators 1,2> (orange) β€” statements
<delimiter 1> (light green) β€” strings
<delimiter 2> (green) β€” dictionary words
<delimiter 3> (blue) β€” compilation parameters
<delimiter 5> (grey) β€” comments
<1st group> (jade) β€” tokens
<2nd group> (blue) β€” directives
<3rd group> (drab) β€” ZSCII, opcodes
<4th group> (violet) β€” library constants, variables, objects, arrays and classes
<5th group> (brown) β€” object properties
<6th group> (yellow) β€” object attributes
<7th group> (drab) β€” actions
<8th group> (white) β€” built-in (library) routines and functions
default style (coral) β€” user constants, variables and routines
numbers β€” burgundy

Input case is important.

To modify UDL use Define your language form. All changes are saved and applied automatically. To save changes to a file press Export.

https://npp-user-manual.org/docs/user-defined-language-system/

AUTO-COMPLETION INSTALLATION GUIDE

To install auto-completion copy autoCompletion folder to installed folder Notepad++. The changes will take effect after restarting the program. You can set up auto-completion mode in menu Settings β†’ Preferences β†’ Auto-completion.

https://npp-user-manual.org/docs/auto-completion/

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This is really nice! It’s great to see how you’ve organized things. I wrote a really rough UDL for I7 but not with as much rigor as you had. It basically just flagged volume/book/chapter etc., but I never figured how to un-highlight if β€œbook” or β€œpart” appeared mid-line.

I think this I6 example could provide a great roadmap for I7 & it might help me revisit that. Especially since I’m not the only person on here who seems to use Notepad++ to keep track of code… I7 language file for Notepad++?

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I’m glad this thing was useful to someone besides me :slightly_smiling_face:. Unfortunately, I7 is not translated into my native language. Anyway, good luck to you!

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Notepad++ in my opinion is the best writing tool, I use it for pretty much everything. I have a rudimentary one that highlights only a few keywords but this seems very impressive.

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Dear John,

something went wrong for me when installing as you described above. When I switch to Inform after installing it looks like this:

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and shows no highligting. Do you hava a tip for me?

Thomas

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Hello Thomas,

Try close this tab and open the file again. It worked for me.

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Hello John,

it seems that I have made some mess with the settings in notepad++. I did a new install and now everything works like a charm.

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Thank you very much for this great work and have a nice weekend!

Thomas

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Thanks. I will be using this.

Marnie Parker aka that Doe Person

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Unrelated to Notepad++, but note that if you declare a global variable before including β€œglobals.h” you will get a broken statusline if you compile to z3 format.