[B91-1.4.1.8, Nerps] Macro Writing Starter Kit

[aliasmask]

Updated the OP to include more info on the downloads and fixed a couple of bugs with the lib:token and decided to simplify the built in functions. There were many downloads, but only recently did bobifle point out the bugs which tells me people may have downloaded and then never used the lib token. I had a fix for my campaign, but didn't realize I didn't upload it here. Sorry about that.

I still plan on making a video demonstrating the install and use of the files and tokens and hopefully we can get more people to make macros and share with the community.

[emirikol]

Thanks for the update

[Shadowfireomega]

I have an apostrophe(single quote) in a text output portion of my code, and everything after it is red until the next one, is there a way to tell notepad to ignore specific ones?

[aliasmask]

Depends on the context. A single quote in quotes will not do that. I suggest you put your output text in to a variable and then output it all at the end of the macro. I have a link to best practices in my signature and doing this solves several problems like the one you describe among others.

http://forums.rptools.net/viewtopic.php ... 86#p233681

The other option if you're outputting the single quote is to use the html entity, '

[Shadowfireomega]

Yep, all my output will be at the end. This is part of a strProp, albeit one that I have now renamed to exclude the ' in it. Thanks for the info tho!

[venger]

Hello aliasmask
Thanks for this post on Notepad ++, very cool.
Had an issue though, worth knowing about.
During your specialties install procedure, there was no APIs folder and I had to create it, then drop maptool.xml in there.

Language keyword Colors worked, but autocomplete didnt.
So just for shitz&giggles I dropped a copy of maptool.xml under the -Autocompletion- folder where a bunch of other xml's lived and after a bit of fooling around it started working... huh go figure, its working, not griping here at all! So I dont know which xml is in the right place.

[edited]
Observation in retrospect- autocomplete didnt work until after I saved some code I was working on.
Upon saving, I lost the colors, so went back to languages and chose maptool again.
It was sometime after that I noticed Notepad++ offering maptool autocompletion assist.
Apparently working. And saving doesn't revert to default language colors anymore. Must have done some config on save.

So I have 2 copies of maptool.xml up in the NP++ folders but scared to delete either, and waiting for the shoe to drop lol
Anyway this is nice

On to your tokens, installing and learning what those are about. I feel adventurous today!

[aliasmask]

Hello aliasmask
Thanks for this post on Notepad ++, very cool.
Had an issue though, worth knowing about.
During your specialties install procedure, there was no APIs folder and I had to create it, then drop maptool.xml in there.

Language keyword Colors worked, but autocomplete didnt.
So just for shitz&giggles I dropped a copy of maptool.xml under the -Autocompletion- folder where a bunch of other xml's lived and after a bit of fooling around it started working... huh go figure, its working, not griping here at all! So I dont know which xml is in the right place.

[edited]
Observation in retrospect- autocomplete didnt work until after I saved some code I was working on.
Upon saving, I lost the colors, so went back to languages and chose maptool again.
It was sometime after that I noticed Notepad++ offering maptool autocompletion assist.
Apparently working. And saving doesn't revert to default language colors anymore. Must have done some config on save.

So I have 2 copies of maptool.xml up in the NP++ folders but scared to delete either, and waiting for the shoe to drop lol
Anyway this is nice

On to your tokens, installing and learning what those are about. I feel adventurous today!

Yep, I have a note at the top of the page about that:

Last Updates:
11-25-18 - OP page rewrite
12-01-18 - Minor config.xml update
5-23-19 - MISSING APIs Folder (1:50 of video): The newer version 7.6.6 has an "autoComplete" folder under Notepad++ folder. Put maptool.xml there instead.