I was about to create a user-defined language file for Notepad++ to syntax-highlight IDL. But before I went and spent the time creating one, I wanted to check with the "community" to see if anyone else has one that's ready to go.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
IDL syntax highlighting in Notepad++
EDIT: Here's the xml:
<NotepadPlus>
<UserLang name="IDL" ext="pro">
<Settings>
<Global caseIgnored="no" />
<TreatAsSymbol comment="yes" commentLine="no" />
<Prefix words1="no" words2="yes" words3="yes" words4="no" />
</Settings>
<KeywordLists>
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<Keywords name="Folder-">endfor endif endwhile endrep endcase endswitch end ;-</Keywords>
<Keywords name="Operators">$ & ( ) / [ ] { } =</Keywords>
<Keywords name="Comment"> 1;+ 2;- 0;</Keywords>
<Keywords name="Words1">if then else for do while repeat until break case switch common continue exit return goto help message print read retall stop</Keywords>
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<Keywords name="Words3">annotate arrow axis bar_plot blas_axpy box_cursor breakpoint byteorder caldata calendar call_method call_procedure catch cd cir_3pnt close color_convert compile_opt constrained_min contour copy_lun cpu create_view cursor cw_animate_getp cw_animate_load cw_animate_run cw_light_editor_get cw_light_editor_set cw_palette_editor_get cw_palette_editor_set define_key define_msgblk define_msgblk_from_file defsysv delvar device dfpmin dissolve dlm_load doc_librar draw_roi efont empty enable_sysrtn erase errplot expand file_chmod file_copy file_delete file_lines file_link file_mkdir file_move file_readlink flick flow3 flush forward_function free_lun funct gamma_ct get_lun grid_input h_eq_ct h_eq_int heap_free heap_gc hls hsv icontour iimage image_cont image_statistics internal_volume iplot isocontour isosurface isurface itcurrent itdelete itgetcurrent itregister itreset ivolume journal la_choldc la_ludc la_svd la_tridc la_triql la_trired linkimage loadct ludc make_dll map_continents map_grid map_proj_info map_set mesh_obj mk_html_help modifyct mpeg_close mpeg_put mpeg_save msg_cat_close msg_cat_compile multi obj_destroy on_error on_ioerror online_help openr openw openu oplot oploterr particle_trace path_cache plot plot_3dbox plot_field ploterr plots point_lun polar_contour polyfill polywarp popd powell printf printd ps_show_fonts psafm pseudo ptr_free pushd qhull rdpix readf read_interfile read_jpeg read_pict read_ppm read_srf read_wave read_x11_bitmap reads readu reduce_colors register_cursor replicate_inplace resolve_all resolve_routine restore save scale3 scale3d set_plot set_shading setenv setup_keys shade_surf shade_surf_irr shade_volume shmmap show3 showfont skip_lun slicer3 slide_image socket spawn sph_4pnt streamline stretch strput struct_assign struct_hide surface surfr svdc swap_enian_inplace t3d tek_color threed time_test2 triangulate triql trired truncate_lun tv tvcrs tvlct tvscl usersym vector_field vel velovect voronoi wait wdelete wf_draw widget_control widget_displaycontextmenu window write_bmp write_image write_jpeg write_nrif write_pict write_png write_ppm write_spr write_srf write_tiff write_wav write_wave writeu wset wshow xbm_edit xdisplayfile xdxf xinteranimate xloadct xmanager xmng_tmpl xmtool xobjview xobjview_rotate xobjview_write_image xpalette xpcolo xplot3d xroi xsurface xvaredit xvolume xyouts zoom zoom_24</Keywords>
<Keywords name="Words4"></Keywords>
</KeywordLists>
<Styles>
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<WordsStyle name="FOLDEROPEN" styleID="12" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="Arial Black" fontStyle="0" />
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<WordsStyle name="COMMENT LINE" styleID="2" fgColor="008000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="Arial" fontStyle="2" />
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<WordsStyle name="OPERATOR" styleID="10" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="Arial" fontStyle="0" />
<WordsStyle name="DELIMINER1" styleID="14" fgColor="FF0000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="Arial" fontStyle="0" />
<WordsStyle name="DELIMINER2" styleID="15" fgColor="FF0000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="Arial" fontStyle="0" />
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</Styles>
</UserLang>
</NotepadPlus>
Googling for "notepad++ idl" gives me http://pocaracas.wordpress.com/2009/01/25/idl-syntax-highlighting-in-notepad/
I used the xml file from the pocaracas.wordpress.com blog but currently that blog is suspended...
I edited the xml to make the highlighting a bit more accurate. It's here, with instructions how to use it:
Argh - This whole IDL thing confused me. I have never heard of the "Interactive Data Language" and so I assumed it was syntax highlighting for "Interface Description Language".
Damn these TLAs!