Notepad++ MXS Language Definition

I tried using NPP with ".api" file above. but I colud not make it work with autocomplete. So I modified a script made by James Haywood (http://apps.jhaywood.com/blog/) to write an ".xml" file. The ".ms" and the ".xml" file (in maxscriptxml.zip) are at the attachment if anyone needs.

Unfortunately
when I run the script
I get the following error:
"--- Type error: Call needs function or class, got" D \ 1 \ maxscript.xml "

Even importing the file into maxscript.xml
"Notepad ++ v.7.2.2" from error:

"Fail to Import"

help would be useful
thank you

Seen some people saying you have to manually add the style. You can automatically import by choosing the menu in NP++:

Launguage>Define your launguage>Import>choose the .xml

NB: This won't affect what other styles you may have.

Hello, first of all thanks for all this data!

Past weeks I have been working on using Notepad++ as external IDE for maxscript.
And finished most of the process.

http://www.svenfraeys.com/tools/external-maxscript-ide/

I created an exe for sending maxscript messages to an open 3ds max process so you can connect this with notepad++

I was able to filter most of the syntax to separated categories which each can be found in a separate google doc for people who want to transfer it to different IDE.

Created a syntax highlighting file and a autocomplete list for NotePad++

Hope it can help!

This is awesome. Now I can write and execute everything from notepad++. Thanks alot!

Is this supposed to be still working for a recent version of Notepad++?
I am running v5.9.5 and get some pretty wild results when installing the files as described.

same for me, guess it needs to be updated

I found an easy solution for folding code blocks:
For the un-acquainted, this is done in Np++'s View menu, 'User-Definition Dialog...'. Set user language to maxscript.
In the 'Comment & Number' tab, uncheck "Treat keyword as symbol" for comment lines ("--").
In the 'Folder & Default' tab, define folder open and close keywords as "(--" and ")-- ),--" ("),--" for collapsing struct members).
Then tack "--" onto your parentheses, and whala - predictable collapsibility!
Additionally, define "--(" & "--)" to collapse sections of your arbitrary choosing, for a total of "(-- --(" opening and ")-- ),-- --)" closing
Unfortunately, bracket matching wont highlight matching parenthesis pairs for these

I use for editing Notepad++ because is a very complex program and support languages like C; C++; Java; C#; XML; HTML; PHP; CSS; makefile ASCII art (.nfo); doxygen ini file and other. Olso you can edit several documents at the same time. I got it from here: Notepad++

Ofer,

 I have also made a n++ colorsyntax file, based on Chris Johnson's UltraEdit colorsyntax. He has all keywords from maxscript, since he had access to the developers from max. I could sent you my syntax file if you like, it has a lot more keywords...

 Just let me know. I think it's beter to post 1 good syntax file rather than 2 different ones, since you now already posted yours, let's stick with that...

 It's a shame though that n++ has only 4 different keyword entries, maxscript has 6 different categories keywords... and I also have some problems with opening and closening brackets... don't know if you're experiencing this aswell? I should try your settings first.

-Johan

Hi Johan,

If you have a more complete set of keywords, by all means, send it and I'll merge it into my settings.

As for the brackets, I don't use the folding feature, as it seems to have some bugs in the user defined lexer (at least it did for me when using maxscript), but aside from that I don't have any problems. What exactly are the problems you're seeing?

cheers,

o

Hi Ofer,

Sorry it took such a long time... Been very busy..

http://temp.subd.nl/mxs.txt

It's a straight rip from the UltraEdit syntax highlight file. You should be able to extract the keywords from it easily, and also see to what class they belong to.

And yeah I too have really only problems with the code folding from the user defined lexer... So I now code that all brackets have always 1 space at either side of itself.

It works too some extend.

Good luck!

-Johan

Johan, I get an error when trying that link.

 Could you please send it to me directly to maxscripts [at] oferz [dot] com

By the way, I also used the Ultra Edit version as the basis for this, but also added some keywords that were missing (I think there are still a few missing keywords :)), but perhaps I should re-check it against the UE file just to make sure...

cheers,

o