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Default black background style

2007-11-02
2012-11-13
  • Nobody/Anonymous

    Hey,

    I am rebuilding everything every few weeks, reverting VMware snapshots, and I install Notepad++ daily.

    This may sound silly but my main reason for installing Notepad++ is to be able to have a black background and a multicolored foreground.

    So it would be awesome if there was a default "black backgound" style that I could switch to with one click instead of having to spend time fixing everything to be black background.  The current line is just less than black.  Highlighted text is dark grey.

    That would be cool. 

    Maybe there is something easy I can do for now, like copy over a config file after I install or something.

     
    • Nobody/Anonymous

      I like how Konsole in KDE you can quickly click "Green on Black" to do this.

       
    • Don HO

      Don HO - 2007-11-02

      Use the installer to update your Notepad++.
      Installer will update your styles.xml without changing your existing settings.

      Don

       
    • Nobody/Anonymous

      in witch file does notepad++ save the colour?

       
    • Nobody/Anonymous

      QUOTE
      Use the installer to update your Notepad++.
      Installer will update your styles.xml without changing your existing settings.
      ENDQUOTE

      I didn't clearly emphasize that I use vmware and rebuild and re-image machines with clean installs.  I do unattended installations, images, etc...

      So the install is always fresh. 

      If I could go and select one single option "Black background", then that would be awesome.

       
    • Nobody/Anonymous

      Why not just save the customized stylers.xml file to a server or usb key.  Then after you install npp it's just a matter of replacing the %Userprofile%\Application Data\Notepad++\stylers.xml

       
      • Jared Barneck

        Jared Barneck - 2008-05-28

        Thanks this is now what I am doing.

         
    • Patrick

      Patrick - 2007-11-20

      How about a small plugin that would allow selecting between a few user-defined setups?

       
      • Jared Barneck

        Jared Barneck - 2008-05-28

        That would be awesome!

         
      • Paulius

        Paulius - 2007-11-20

        Sounds like a plan! :)