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batfastad
2008-03-13
2012-11-13

  • batfastad

    batfastad - 2008-03-13

    Hi everyone

    Just started using Notepad++ as my primary editor - replacing the long-serving NoteTab. It's an amazing bit of software, so a big thanks to all the developers - you have done an amazing job!

    I have a few questions:

    1) To have any HTML code within a PHP file, also highlighted
    I have many PHP documents that echo out HTML code in heredoc syntax, eg:
    echo <<<HTML
    <html>
    <head>
    </head>
    <body>
    etc...
    HTML;

    What would be mega-cool is that when you have a PHP document open, any HTML code within say <<<HTML and HTML; gets highlighted per the HTML rules.
    It would even cooler, if you could customise the heredoc open/close string to whatever you wanted.

    2) A way to get all PHP built-in functions highlighted in some way?
    I found this... http://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=4599558
    But didn't know if it would break anything if I tried it out.

    3) I use the 'portable' version of the program, without an installer and when I new version is released I just unzip it into the current folder.
    Obviously this overwrites my preferences - which files do I need to keep hold of to preserve my prefs?
    Is it just the config.xml, or is it other files as well?

    Thanks, B

     

    • batfastad

      batfastad - 2008-03-13

      4) PHP curly brackets
      The thing I love about Notepad++ is the way that the open/closing curly brackets get highlighted in red when you click next to them.
      It would be so, so cool if they were highlighted when you were clicked anywhere inside them, not just when the cursor is right next to them.