Notepad++ language file for MapBasic?

[Bill Thoen]

I just downloaded notepad++ as a general purpose programmers editor and so far it looks pretty good. But what I'd like to find is a language file / plugin/ whatever it's called for mapbasic. Does anyone have one for mb 9.0 and / or mb 15.2 that will work with this editor?

(I moved recently and changed computers, and somehow managed to lose a big chunk of ultra edit in the process, and I'm trying to retool.)

Thanks,
Bill Thoen

[college.atlas]

Have a look here for a NotePad++ highlighter etc for Mapbasic up to 10.5 http://www.twiav.nl/php/mapbasic.php (halfway down the page)

I've used an earlier version and it was pretty good. Still prefer Mustafa Ozcetin's Mapbasic IDE though.

[MEHMET HINC]

Hey Bill,

Kindly have a look ...

https://mustafaozcetin.wordpress.com/mapbasic/mapbasicide-en/

Cheers,

Mehmet

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[Warren Vick]

Mapbasicide sounds like a form of murder using MapBasic. :-)

 

Regards,

Warren Vick

[Bill Thoen]

Thanks!

I'm aware of Mustafa's excellent IDE, which I am planning to get as well, but I wanted to see if notepad++ could be my new general-purpose editor. I think it will!

[Mustafa ÖZÇETiN]

Warren,

Its name is not so brilliant, but not too bad I think. I have already changed its name a few weeks ago and v1.8 is coming with a new name.

Mustafa Özçetin

Senior Researcher (SCJP)

The Scientific and Technological Council of Turkiye

Ankara / Turkiye

[Bill Thoen]

Thanks, Mehmet!

[Warren Vick]

How about MIDES? “MapBasic IDE Software”. Also, an oasis in Tunisia, which is a nice geographic reference.

[jbg...@gmail.com]

I believe there may be a bug in the latest version of Notepad++
When performing column edits, it seems to insert wordwraps, skips lines, and scrambles data randomly.
I have not checked this on other computers, but it seems to occur with every file that attempt to add characters to on my 32 bit Windows 7 computer.

If I find this to occur on other computers when I have access to them, I will let you know.

Regards

[Bill Thoen]

I've got Windows 10 64bit, and the directories are all different. So, as you might get expect, installing the language files didn't work. Not only did I lose the formatting I had made, but just putting the original XML file back failed as well. It still works as an editor but it's not delivering all the features it is supposed to. The documentation isn't very helpful, so I guess I'll have to actually "open the source" and see if I can really mess it up!

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[Albert Tabino]

i have used mbcoder  and ultraedit a couple of years ago...but this is what I found now....not using it though...if anyone gets the chance please keep us posted...thanks

http://www.wap3.com/DiaBuilder2000/

[Bill Thoen]

I have been using DiaBuilder 2000 (by Trey Patillo) since it first came out, and I think it's pretty good for building dialogs. It does have a couple of annoying quirks but nothing I haven't been able to get around. It's a good tool - I'd rate it 4 out of 5 super-novae!

But I think the MapBasicIDE by Mustafa Ozcetin does a lot more and does it better. It's got a 5 out of 5 star rating, but I haven't used it for a while now, because I've been doing other things, but I'm going to be getting back to it very soon.

Btw, I got notepad++ working with its styles , auto-complete, and folding all working together now. If anyone needs some help with it in Windows 10 environment, just ask.

[Andrew Harfoot]

Hi Bill,

You may or may not have done this as part of your N++ customisation efforts, but another feature that I use is the function list window, and to have N++ parse MB subs and functions you need to edit the functionList.xml file (in my installation on Win7 x64 it resides here: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\functionList.xml).

I added the following lines:

1. As a child of the <associationMap> tag:

            <association userDefinedLangName="MapBasic" id="mb_func_sub"/>

2. As a child of the <parsers> tag:

            <parser id="mb_func_sub" displayName="MB">
                <function
                    mainExpr="^[\t ]*(function|sub)[\t ]+[\w]+[\t ]*" displayMode="$functionName">
                    <functionName>
                        <nameExpr expr="(sub|function)[\t ]+\K[\w]+"/>
                    </functionName>
                </function>
            </parser>

Undoubtedly this can be improved upon, but it works for me for the moment.

Cheers,

Andy

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