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A wish: Language support for 4NT / 4DOS / TC

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Nobody/Anonymous
2006-11-09
2012-11-14

  • Nobody/Anonymous

    Nobody/Anonymous - 2006-11-09

    Hi,

    I discovered Notepad++ a few weeks ago - I love it's support for C++, C#, VB, HTML and Batch!
    However, it really need to have support for the best console and scripting language that exists!:

    4NT (for many, many years known as 4DOS) - Please see www.jpsoft.com

    4NT is backward compatible with CMD.EXE, so a 4NT language support in Notepad++ could simply be an extension to the Batch support it already has.

    I have used 4NT/4DOS for many years and know it quite well, so if I can be of any help implementing language support for it in Notepad++, please let me know.

    Regards;
    Peter,
    Denmark
    pafpaf@hotmail.com

     

    • Nobody/Anonymous

      Nobody/Anonymous - 2008-01-27

      Hi,

      I finally got around to creating a Take Command/4DOS/4NT interface using the User Defined language feature of Notepad++. It always irked me that the batch language support recognised only a fraction of the keywords in JP Software's excellent command line utilities.

      For example: I implemented the block comment feature by using the comment start keyword 'TEXT>NUL' and end comment by ENDTEXT. This allows the batch program to execute as normal but in Notepadd++ it is nicely displayed as a block comment. A normal TEXT - ENDTEXT block still works as normal in TC/4DOS/4NT (although I only tested this in TC).

      If anybody wants the "userDefineLang.xml" I have created I will be glad to post it to you.

      Rod,
      New Zealand
      rodmac_shiels@hotmail.com