Anyone who currently uses PSpad or notepad++ for their text editor with EE?
After just installing the current version and recording a macro by simply hitting record, pasting in an EE tag like:
{exp:weblog:entries weblog=“news_articles” limit=“1”} closing tag {/exp:weblog:entries}
Then hit Stop Recording, and Save current Macro.
You then have the option to name the Macro such as expTag, and then define a keyboard shortcut right there.
Now in the text editor just hitting Ctrl + E and it pastes in that tag as above.
It might not be too tough to transpose the entire Textmate bundle then by recording each as a Macro. Running under user defined functions hopefully the keyboard shortcuts wouldn’t conflict with other shortcuts for the program.
I just figured out I think it was notepad++ not PSpad, I had used to create the macros, liking notepad++ then.
I must be scatter brained, I’m confusing notepad++ docs and PSpad, hold the phones, narrowing down the choices then, both have possibilities.
On the last few days of my E text Editor trial, and the textmate bundle functionality is going to be hard to match anyways. A wise man once said about a thousand times, ya never know.
Some time ago I’ve been working on a “user defined language” for Notepad++ but I never had the chance to finish it as much as I would like. I’m happy to post the data I’ve got thus far, but I’m not sure if it’s the best way to do it. I just started with the few manuals that are at available.
Some time ago I’ve been working on a “user defined language” for Notepad++ but I never had the chance to finish it as much as I would like. I’m happy to post the data I’ve got thus far, but I’m not sure if it’s the best way to do it. I just started with the few manuals that are at available.
I also started on something but haven’t really gotten it to a point where it can be useful. Ronny, if you want to post what you have (or PM/email it to me), I’ll combine the two and maybe add some more. Maybe we’ll end up with a useful language pack for Notepad++?
It’s also large and feels somewhat slow and kludgy to me. These are just personal impression, I’m sure, but I have liked Notepad++ for quite some time.
Seems like we have some windows users here
May I remind you that e-texteditor runs on windows and supports textmate bundles?
Thanks e-man, this would be your namesake editor then huh
I bit the bullet and got a working copy.
Still it will be interesting to check out some of these other free editors to see what they can do by way of custom code snippets, auto-complete, etc.
E-textEditor at $35 bucks is a pretty good deal.
ETE seems to hang up for a while on load, after that it seems to run fine, and it opens remote sites FTP, I was even able to point it directly to my templates folder, so I don’t have to view the entire web, that will save time.
Concerning notepad++ it seems to be a little tricky loading a user defined language xml file. I’ve used notepad++ forever as my default notepad. NP++ also has ftp abilities so it’s a repurposed coding toy.
May I remind you that e-texteditor runs on windows and supports textmate bundles?
Been there, done that! No comparison, I still call Notepad++ home
blues-èé - 28 November 2008 12:20 AM
Where does the userDefineLang.xml file go then?
The “userDefineLang.xml” file needs to be pasted in %appdata% or in Notepad++ installation directory. I usually keep all the files in it’s installation directory and use the same folder with my usb stick as well. It’s a great utility. Did I mentioned it was free (as in “free speech” and also as in “free beer”) too
May I remind you that e-texteditor runs on windows and supports textmate bundles?
Been there, done that! No comparison, I still call Notepad++ home
Hey, I respect that, the choice of editor is a deeply personal one. Was a BBEdit man myself for the longest time but switched to Textmate last year and haven’t looked back since… some shortcuts are so engrained now that I use them even in Word or Pages (where they don’t do squat of course!).
