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[Argent77]

File Name: WeiDU Highlighter for Notepad++
File Submitter: Argent77
File Submitted: 22 Feb 2013
File Category: IE Modding Tools

The package includes highlighters for:

• WeiDU_TP2.xml: WeiDU script files (*.tp2,*.tph,*.tpa,*.tpp)
• WeiDU_BAF.xml: Script text files (*.baf)
• WeiDU_D.xml: WeiDU dialog files (*.d)
• WeiDU_TRA.xml: WeiDU translation files (*.tra)

The syntax highlighter files work in Notepad++ v6.3 and later. You can find the editor here.

Installing the highlighter definitions is very easy. Just open Notepad++, select Language->Define your language..., use the Import button to install the respective XML files and restart Notepad++. You should see the new entries at the bottom of the Language menu. For more detailed instructions see the readme.

The color schemes and keyword lists can be easily customized using Notepad++'s edit capabilities.

Versions for older Notepad++ releases can still be found somewhere in this thread.


Have fun!


Download from GitHub: WeiDU Highlighter for Notepad++ (latest)

Download older releases from SHS

Edited by Argent77, 05 January 2021 - 02:13 AM.

[Ulb]

Thanks for this.

 

With the amount of errors I get, even while creating the most simplistic tp2 files, this really is a godsend to me.

Edited by Ulb, 05 April 2013 - 03:32 PM.

[Lollorian]

Wanted to report a small annoyance with the recent Notepad++ versions (I'm on v6.5)

 

Lines like

AUTO_TRA ~Grimuars/Translation/%s~

 

Cause the entire code beneath them to go blue because of the single %

Spoiler

 

I have minimal UDL understanding but worked around it by preventing the %% delimiter from nesting with the ~~ delimiter. (but now variables inside ~~'s are not hightlighted )

[Argent77]

Yes, this is a limitation of Notepad++'s highlighting syntax. This issue has been mentioned in the included readme (and also a way around it), but if it's too annoying, I can disable it by default. That will remove all variable-related highlighting however.
 

[kreso]

@Argent77

 

I must say this is a fantastic tool. I can't believe all the time I wasted without this. Thank you.

[Argent77]

I have moved the WeiDU Highlighter project to GitHub. If you can't wait for the next official release, you can always download the most up-to-date package from the development branch on GitHub by clicking on "Download ZIP" on the right side of the page.

[Argent77]

New update: WeiDU Highlighter for Notepad++ 3.10

Changes:

• Added new TP2 keywords introduced in WeiDU 239.
• Added a missing RACE.IDS identifier.
• Added fixed versions of misspelled EigthNearestEnemyOfType and EigthNearestMyGroupOfType object specifiers.
• Fixed misspelled FIND_FREE_PRVZ_INDEX function name.
• Moved CREATE from patch to action category.

[Argent77]

New update: WeiDU Highlighter for Notepad++ 3.11

Changes:

• Added new script actions, triggers, object specifiers and symbols introduced in EE game engine v2.0
• Added new keywords introduced in WeiDU 240

[Argent77]

New update: WeiDU Highlighter for Notepad++ 3.12

Changes:

• Added double quote string delimiter support to WeiDU_TRA
• Added colored text delimiter to WeiDU_TRA
• Added new keywords introduced in WeiDU 241
• Added convenience trigger command TriggerOverride

[Argent77]

New update: WeiDU Highlighter for Notepad++ 3.13

Changes:

• Added new keywords introduced by WeiDU 243
• Added new script triggers added by EE patch 2.5

[Roxanne]

Great.

 

Already installed it and tested it with the new keyword from Weidu 243 (SUPPORT).

[Argent77]

New update: WeiDU Highlighter for Notepad++ 3.14

Changes:

• Added new TP2 keywords introduced by WeiDU 245
• Added several missing TP2 keywords
• Added more script triggers and actions added by EE patch 2.5

[Luke_47]

What would you say about making this Highlighter compatible with the text editor Atom?

Edited by Luke_47, 31 July 2018 - 01:34 AM.

[Argent77]

I haven't really worked with Atom yet, so I'm not familiar with the syntax. However, if you or someone else wants to port this highlighter to another editor (Atom, Visual Studio Code, etc.), you're free to use the lists of WeiDU keywords and symbols from this package.

Edited by Argent77, 31 July 2018 - 03:19 AM.

[Alonso]

This works quite inconsistently in my machine. The colours of the syntax highlighting change very often after I do some editing, but so far I haven't managed to see a pattern of what kind of editing provokes this change. In the picture attached I'm editing a tra file and using the Replace function to remove the line "Saving Throw: None". After removing one line the text above the line removed changes its colours:

 

[Gwendolyne]

In French, this kind of glitch appears when you forget one quote (or one tilde): "bonjour instead of "bonjour".

It may have happened above the highlighting colors change.

[Alonso]

Thanks, Gwendolyne, but that doesn't seem to be the problem in my case. For instance, right now the colour highlighting just changed when I reduced the indentation of a few lines. However, increasing the indentation again or even undoing all the indentations doesn't change the colours back.

 

For the record, a few days ago I tried reinstalling Notepad++ and updating to v7.7 (I was still using v7.6), but that didn't help.

[Magus]

Thanks, Gwendolyne, but that doesn't seem to be the problem in my case. For instance, right now the colour highlighting just changed when I reduced the indentation of a few lines. However, increasing the indentation again or even undoing all the indentations doesn't change the colours back.

 

For the record, a few days ago I tried reinstalling Notepad++ and updating to v7.7 (I was still using v7.6), but that didn't help.

Try VScode.

[Alonso]

Try VScode.

 

Thanks for the suggestion. I'm trying VScode and it looks quite promising, although I have barely scratched its surface so far. However, I'm not sure of whether your extension supports tra files. I just opened a tra file and it doesn't have any syntax highlighting.

[Argent77]

This works quite inconsistently in my machine. The colours of the syntax highlighting change very often after I do some editing, but so far I haven't managed to see a pattern of what kind of editing provokes this change. In the picture attached I'm editing a tra file and using the Replace function to remove the line "Saving Throw: None". After removing one line the text above the line removed changes its colours:

I've made a similar experience lately. My guess is that it's a bug in Notepad++ which affects only custom syntax highlighter. (I have several more highlighters from different sources installed, and all of them are affected as well.) Apparently NP++ selects a highlighter internally for a document and doesn't update it when you switch to a document of a different type. You can work around this issue by manually reselecting the highlighter from the "Language" menu. The same language should stay active as long as you edit only documents of the same type.