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DarkScintilla: Maxscript Editor dark scheme

Submitted by spacefrog on Thu, 2011-08-04 22:39

Version:

1.2c

Date Updated:

08/20/2011

A dark color scheme for the Maxscript Editor, inspired by dark schemes available for other IDEs

As i was doing more and more max scripting lately, the urge to do something with the eye hurting Maxscript Editor colors escalated. So i sat down today and had a walkthrough on the various options Scintilla (Maxscript Editors core) provides.

After that i started to tweak, and integrate the color scheme and font settings which i use in other IDE's like Monodevelop, Flashdevelop or Eclipse ( even VS is set to the dark scheme here). Additionally i transfered nearly all of the color settings previously in the "maxscript.properties" to the "MXS_EditorUser.properties" file, using symbolic color names etc...

So here is the result:
It has not been tested to all it's extends, but this is a pretty complete set.

Updates:

V1.2c - fixed yet another typo in "MXS_EditorUser.properties" which was breaking coloring of verbatim strings..
              ( corrected line is "colour.string.verbatim=...", the equals-sign was typed as colon   )
              Huge thanks for reporting this go to Klaas Nienhuis from the beautiful netherlands
              Made caret color a bit darker ( this is global), now it should be better visible on white backgrounds
V1.2b - fixed typo in "MXS_EditorUser.properties" ( "indent.closeing" changed to "indent.closing" )
Now autoindenting should work again as expected (thx go to James Haywood for reporting)
V1.2a- Fixed some stupid install script error popup happening on older Max versions.
Note: you can't assign a string-variable to a maxscript label-text during roll out creation.
V1.2 - provided an installer Script. Just Drag and Drop the complete packacke ( *.mzp) into a 3ds Max viewport
The Installationscript will guide you through the complete installation (or uninstallation) process
Some minor color tweaks...
V1.1a- Updated readme for people having trouble installing. The "MXS_EditorUser.properties" has to go to the Max
user- folder. See readme. I will create a install script over the weekend, so stay tuned...
V1.1 - integrated ALL tweaks in "MXS_EditorUser.properties", replacing maxscript.properties NO LONGER necessary !!!
I recommend to restore the original from your backup, or use the one in [maxscript.properties ORIGINAL] in the zip
Thanks go to Johan Boekhoven for the hint...
V1.0a - Fixed "MXS_EditorUser.properties" to not modify global color styles( back color most noticable )
V1.0 - Initial release

Notes:

Internet Explorer tends to rename *.mzp (Maxscript Package) downloads to *.zip - please change extension back to *.mzp
!!! BACKUP YOUR ORIGINAL FILES !!!
There is no adapted html.properties, so html file display with Maxscript editor is not "recolored" -> see readme in the zip
This scheme uses Microsofts Consolas font, which is freely downloadable at MS ( see link inside the zip)
Changes can easily be done, just edit self-explaining symbolic color values in MXS_EditorUser.properties
If you make some improvements and tweaks, please contact me and share and i will integrate them

Suggestions, improvements etc.. are welcome

Here is how it looks

Dark Color Scheme for Maxscript Editor

Version Requirement:

3ds Max 2008 and up

Links

Homepage URL:

http://www.frogsinspace.at/?cat=6

Download URL:

http://www.frogsinspace.at/?download=DarkScintilla (latest version)

Comments

Submitted by hedphelym on Thu, 2012-02-02 04:40.

Thanks, it works perfectly! I

Thanks, it works perfectly!
I really enjoy using this.

Submitted by ravenslayer on Mon, 2012-01-02 05:27.

awesome, just what i

awesome, just what i wanted!
tnx :)

Submitted by tim_little on Sat, 2011-10-29 09:59.

After spending 8 hours

After spending 8 hours straight one day staring at the retina-frying beams of my white maxscript page I decided there must be something out there that could change the default colors. I was very grateful when I found your UI script. Thank you very much for sharing your secret to avoid scalded eyeballs.

Submitted by maxwell3d on Wed, 2011-09-28 13:12.

thanks!

i like very much the color scheme!
I installed but my previous autocomplete script from Jan is not working anymore, how can i add the autocomlete tools to this beutiful scheme?
thanks in advance

Submitted by idiotic on Sat, 2011-09-24 20:08.

Good Job Man. I Like It.

Submitted by spacefrog on Fri, 2011-09-23 23:38.

Thanks all for the nice

Thanks all for the nice comments ;-)

@argonavt3D:
the answer is already a few posts below your post, basically the answer is no, because this color scheme depends a lot on the "maxscript" language lexer

but of course you could simply grab the color values and edit the standard SciTE's properties file manually. You just can't take this one and simply copy it over, it will not work in standard SciTE...

Submitted by argonavt3D on Tue, 2011-09-20 10:02.

Great color scheme! It's

Great color scheme!
It's possible to make it work in standalone SciTe ?

Submitted by lalamax3d on Thu, 2011-09-08 22:48.

thanks for sharing

its amazing..

regards
lala (http://www.lalamax3d.blogspot.com)

Submitted by viro on Tue, 2011-08-30 13:11.

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Submitted by rotem on Wed, 2011-08-24 09:10.

Thanks!

As said, this is very pleasant to look at and easy on the eyes. Thanks for the many future headaches you've saved me! :)