In SX Microcontrollers, SX/B Compiler and SX-Key Tool, kmonsx wrote:

I really like color coding.  You know, I grew up sort as a vi editing, notepad is my IDE type of programmer.  These new features, including color coding, are awesome.  I really like NetBean's in-line automatic syntax checking, reference to javadoc, type-checking, automatic grouping for ([]'s, {}'s, etc), etc etc.  It makes a WORLD of difference in terms of finding before-compile-time mistakes.  Or when you are typing an object name, and the available methods pop-up with descriptions of what the methods do.  It's really really good stuff.

Anyways, I just downloaded Notepad++ yesterday, and I'm not by any stretch an expert.  You choose from a wide range of colors(maybe 60 patches?), and it looks like you can define up to 4 different color groups within the editor.  HOWEVER, by editing the XML directly (easy text based changes), you can probably have as many groups as you want.  I don't know this for a fact, but it's easy enough to test.

The single color background in my case was WHITE as in a sheet of paper. :)

I only used 4 different groups: definition keywords (var,con,func), directives(like device, irc_cal,etc), SX/B commands, and assembly instructions.  These color choices are easily changed inside the program.

Note that I think you can do much much more than I've done.  I've just scratched the surface.  I sort of wanted to introduce notepad++ to those who hadn't seen it rather than provide a complete off-the-shelf finished solution.

Yeah, as far as swapping out the file, notepad++ just uses XML to store it's configuration settings, and since it's text, it's easy enough to just distribute the XML as way of exchanging groups of settings --- especially those that might take a little time to type.

Thanks

Keith

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