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Notepad++ stylers.model: Edit to change cursor color to white to hide it / stop it from blinking?

In notepad++, I sometimes get annoyed with the blinking of the insertion point. I couldn't find any info on how to hide it. Changing the cursor behavior in Windows' accessibility options only affects Word. I saw a post mentioning how you can edit the "stylers.model" file: "Yes, you can change the cursor color, edit the stylers.xml. How...

How to select column in editors(Notepad++ , kate , vim , Netbeans , Eclips ,other editor)

How to select column in editors(Notepad++, Kate, vim, Netbeans, Eclipse, ...) ? for delete or insert or replace some characters. ...

How to compile and run c/c++ programs in Notepad++ using the WinAvr compiler

I want to use notepad++ instead of programmer's notepad. How can i use the WinAvr compiler with notepad++?? ...

notepad++ insert time and date, and the directory path

I just downloaded np++ v 5.3.1 and I'm having two problems with the TextFX plugin: 1) I recorded a macro with "TextFX Insert" > Date & Time (no matter whether short or long format) and, after I run the macro, only the first number of the time appears (i.e. I ask to insert time and it says its 8:59 AM 11/27/2009; but when I run the macro...

Format HTML document

Hello everybody, I like very much in Viso Studio (Format HTML Document) (CTRL +K, CTRL +D) But There are the same one for another free editor , I thing in Visio studio express id doesn't exist . Can I find another free editor or plugin, for example plugin for Notepad++ .. Thanks! ...

executing gcc from notepad++?

Hello, How would I compile a file through notepad++, is there away i can invoke the compiler (gcc) and pass through the file onto gcc? i have gcc in C:\Program Files\gcc ...

Regex: remove lines not starting with a digit

I have been fighting this problem with the help of a RegEx cheat sheet, trying to figure out how to do this, but I give up... I have this lengthy file open in Notepad++ and would like to remove all lines that do not start with a digit (0..9). I would use the Find/Replace functionality of N++. I am only mentioning this as I am not sure wh...

Excel - Highlight active row

Hi everyone, Wondering if there is some preference I can set in excel so that when I am in a specific cell the entire row is slightly highlighted (not overly so but enough to easily tell it out) Similar to the fashion that Notepad++ works in tab delimeted files, and highlights the entire row. Thanks in advance ...

Notepad++ : Custom Syntax Highlighting for .txt files

I keep code samples that I find useful as text files on my computer. I store them as txt files as opposed to the language in which they are written, so that they will open in Notepad++ instead of the editor (i.e. I don't want my c++ examples to open in an IDE, just Notepad). Is there a way I can have Notepad++ apply appropriate synt...

Text editor with autocomplete while typing normal text

There's a lot of Text editors which support autocomplete during programming, but I want one which can autocomplete while typing normal text as I see a lot of repetition of words I type. Any emacs fans who have implemented this ? ...

Begin each new line with a character (unless it already begins with that character) in Notepad++.

Hello all, I've got some configuration files with hundreds of lines of data each. I'd like to begin each line (after the carriage return) with a pound sign ('#') unless it's already beginning with a pound sign. I don't want to do a find+replace because I've got other commented parts of the file that aren't the beginning of a line. So...

Printing entire project

I want to print every source code file in a Rails app (Ruby) and an Android App (Java). Are there plugins for Netbeans, Eclipse or Notepad++ which I can use for this? I don't want to code anything, I just want to click on a menu (or type a command) that says: print every file in this project (with the syntax highlighting provided by the...

How to avoid inadvertent encoding of UTF-8 files as ASCII/ANSI?

In the process of editing a file encoded as UTF-8 w/o [spurious] BOM the content might become devoid of any Unicode characters outside the ASCII or ANSI ranges. At the next reopening of the file, some text editors (Notepad++) will interpret it as ASCII/ANSI encoded and open it as such. Unaware of the change the user will continue editing...

Is there free text editor for JSON pretty print

Is there free text editor with JSON formatting capabilities like XML Tools for Notepad++? I tested some of Adobe AIR editors and all editors are completely lack of other must have text editing features. Ideally it should be a notepad++ plugin :). ...

Line continuation and syntax highlighting in Notepad++/Scintilla

The PHP and HTML syntax highlighting schemes in Notepad++ are generally pretty good at recognizing and highlighting JavaScript sections within a file, except that they don't recognize \ (backslash) as a JavaScript line continuation character, as in: var legend = '<h2>Legend</h2>\ <ul>\ <li><img src="red.gif" />Sunday</li>\ <li><img ...

output window in notepad++

How do I get to see the output of a php compiler in notepad++ ? I see that there is a console output window in notepad++ but nothing gets displayed there. ...

How to use debug points in notepad++?

I just downloaded Notepad++ because I need to work on a classic asp project. I'm a complete beginner with classic asp, and have been spoiled with asp.net and visual studio. I noticed Notepad++ has debug points you can place beside the line numbers. Is there a way I can step through asp script code using those? If not what is the best / ...

Notepad++ Explorer plugin

I'm currently using the notepad++ as my code editor..since it was so quick to start i'm pretty much like this..but i have a problem regarding the explorer plugin..i can't add the network drive so that i can access the shared document from other workstation. only the drive C and D showed up. How to show the network drive in the explorer p...

Notepad++ regexp to search and replace with exceptions

I'm a regexp newbie and I would like to know how to do a search and replace for the following case: A file contains many occurrences of the following: L1234_XL3.ext and also many occurrences of: L1234_XL3 I only want to find and replace L1234_XL3 occurrences with XL3 without affecting instances that have an extension. I am using ...

How do I enabling jQuery code assist in Notepad++

Hello I have recently downloaded Notepad++ and am at loss on how to enable code assist for JQuery/JQueryUI on it. Any tips and directions? ...