Just started using Notepad++ as my primary editor - replacing the long-serving NoteTab. I finally made the switch, after using NoteTab for years! 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 and feature suggestions though:
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?
This would be cool - to differentiate them from PHP user functions.
I found this plugin... 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?
4) Brackets - curly and plain
The thing I love about Notepad++ is the way that the open/closing brackets get highlighted in red when you click right next to them.
It would be very, very cool if they were highlighted when you were positioned anywhere inside them though, not just when the cursor is right next to them.
So you get an immediate view of the current level you're working in. Very cool.
5) Right click on document tab
It would be great to have rename and delete file options in the menu when you right click over the document in the tab bar
Any suggestions/comments on these?
Thanks, B
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Hi everyone
Just started using Notepad++ as my primary editor - replacing the long-serving NoteTab. I finally made the switch, after using NoteTab for years! 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 and feature suggestions though:
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?
This would be cool - to differentiate them from PHP user functions.
I found this plugin... 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?
4) Brackets - curly and plain
The thing I love about Notepad++ is the way that the open/closing brackets get highlighted in red when you click right next to them.
It would be very, very cool if they were highlighted when you were positioned anywhere inside them though, not just when the cursor is right next to them.
So you get an immediate view of the current level you're working in. Very cool.
5) Right click on document tab
It would be great to have rename and delete file options in the menu when you right click over the document in the tab bar
Any suggestions/comments on these?
Thanks, B
Well, what's new?
What about compiling shortcuts, like F5 in SciTE?