Notepad++ Avisynth Syntax Highlighting

[smok3]

years later:

you may want to replace lines 9-13 with this:

<Keywords name="Delimiters">&quot;00&quot;00</Keywords>
<Keywords name="Folder+">Try Catch Function</Keywords>
<Keywords name="Folder-">}</Keywords>
<Keywords name="Operators">- ! $ % ( ) * , . / : ? ^ | + &lt; = &gt;</Keywords> 
<Keywords name="Comment">1 2 0#</Keywords>

to get some colorfully separated numeros.

edit:

here is (my) latest version of the userDefineLang.xml: http://pastebin.com/tpUUd7ep

snap: http://imagebin.org/168107

(a lot of room for improvements)

[Fyx]

I made a ruby blue variant of smok3's latest xml if anyone is interested. The file needs to be renamed to work.

[r3t3ch]

Here is an updated highlight scheme for avisynth: http://paste2.org/p/1930937

I updated the filter lists with what I had listed from AvsP and changed the colors to mostly match the default AvsP font and color style. Both avs and avsi extensions are supported.

It is still very limited by being a user defined language instead of an internal lexer.
A Scintilla lexer that is probably much more functional was written about a month ago for notepad2-mod here:
https://code.google.com/p/notepad2-m...ers/LexAVS.cxx

Maybe someone capable of recompiling SciLexer.dll can implement it into Notepad++?

[smok3]

notepad mod looks interesting, what exactly is improved?

[r3t3ch]

Originally Posted by smok3

notepad mod looks interesting, what exactly is improved?

That mod is a fork of notepad2, which as far as I know has nothing to do with notepad++. I personally prefer notepad++ as an overall text editor so I am not interested in using notepad2-mod just to edit text of avs. It might be more to your liking though and an internal lexer is still far superior to a user defined language in notepad++.

[Chikuzen]

@r3t3ch
nice work
btw, after 2.5.8, avisynth can use /**/ to block comment like C.
I consider that it is better to also change this.

<Keywords name="Comment">1/* 2*/ 0#</Keywords>

[r3t3ch]

Originally Posted by Chikuzen

btw, after 2.5.8, avisynth can use /**/ to block comment like C.
I consider that it is better to also change this.

<Keywords name="Comment">1/* 2*/ 0#</Keywords>

I originally included this in the comment block section but the problem is that asterisk and forward-slash both need to be excluded from the activated operator list in order for the comment block to recognize them as a symbol.
Doing so would damage the formatting of certain functions, like so:


Considering how infrequently /* */ comment blocks are used opposed to # comment lines, I chose the lesser of two evils. This is among several other imperfections due to the limitations of a user defined language vs an internal lexer.

[martin53]

http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/...nth_syntax.zip

Or the attachment, which includes v2.6 commands (as far as I identified them from the v2.6 change log) plus GRunT+GScript+RT_Stats. Ctrl+B (jump to matching bracket) works also for '{ ... }' in this definition .

It happened to become a bit candy coloured; change that to your needs if you're more the reputable type
Multi line strings are configured to contain identifiers, operators etc. This means: If you find yourself writing multiline strings that are not script commands but contain script syntax, you're misguided. If you write multiline script strings, this setting is helpful.

Oh, installation guide: Open np++, in Menu 'Language' click 'Define your language', 'Import', and pick the XML. You may change the language name "AviSynth" inside the XML in advance to be able to switch between several syntax highlighters at the same time.

EDIT 23. 11.2013 updated syntax file with all AvsPmod functions and user scripts, and folding in multi line strings, more eye friendly colors

[kypec]

for XML language highlighting package. I'm using mostly AvsPmod because of ability to preview scripts in real time but Notepad++ has been my favourite editor since few years now and sometimes it's faster to invoke this for quick/batch editing of AVS file(s)...

[martin53]

I do both: typically I use a small .AVI file in AvsPmod for preview, which calls functions from larger function collections or plugin files.
These files (typically >1000 lines) can more comfortably be edited in Notepad++. Preview update then with F5 instead of Esc.

[turbojet]

Thanks for this, I found a few issues with mp_pipeline's (mpp) syntax:

1. (""" and """) are used to start/end mpp's syntax but all appear as light blue, like they are part of quotes.
2. ### and ### ### are parameter and splitter in mpp, they show as light green like comments.

[martin53]

Hmm, I spent hours to teach notepad++ the triple double-quotes.
For my part, I write many triple quoted script parts like e.g. ScriptClip or GScript. There I want syntax highlighting and folding.

But when I teach notepad++ double-qoutes to be string separators, triple double-quotes are automatically treated as three double-quotes and notepad++ gets confused about what follows.

I found no way to define triple double-quotes as an exception, so I abused the syntax: I defined double double-quotes as an own separator with higher priority than single double-quotes, which ends with a single double-quote, with a comma, a closing brace or end-of-line.

Since you probably know mp_pipeline's syntax far better than me, maybe you like to fiddle a bit with the settings to find a smarter solution. I'm sollr I dont think I'll be able to.

[feos]

Some years ago I also made a highlighter, but forgot to post it anywhere, even though someone added it to http://avisynth.nl/index.php/Syntax_...x_Highlighting

Here it is: https://sourceforge.net/projects/feo...g.xml/download

I also couldn't make it properly recognize /* */ as comments, has that been solved by anyone yet?

[AzraelNewtype]

Not sure where it goes in the xml, but by the time you've already installed it, go to Language>Define Your Language then do this:



Then of course just give it whatever visual style you want, probably matching the # type. I don't actually remember what the settings were before this, so no idea what you'll see on opening, but this works for both. I mean, obviously, you could also turn on folding of comments too (I did after taking the screenshot).

[feos]

Thank you, finally it's working!

[anonymlol]

I'll post mine, too. I customised it for the Obsidian theme because it's easier on the eyes.

It looks like this:

[FredThompson]

Over the years I have accumulated 9 AviSynth xml files for Notepad++.

anonymlol's Obsidian theme version is the one I've used. Rustam Musa-Akhunov made a nice auto-complete file (attached).

Has anyone created more complete files for Notepad++ which they will share?

[tormento]

Ever tried https://www.rizonesoft.com/downloads/notepad3/ ?

Sequel of XhmikosR’s Notepad2-mod and he is a contributor.