Notepad Tricks
Hello! Most developers use Notepad++, so here we will talk about a couple of tricks in it.
Importrant! Click on the Settings menu, hit Preferences... and find New Document. Make sure you use the settings like on the screenshot above!
Settings
There's a custom Notepad++ language Warcraft-Guardians-of-Azeroth\coder_resources\CK2 Language.xml. It's very desirable to install it. This will highlight the syntax of CK2, and it will allow you to use Right Click > Toggle Single Line Comment, Block Comment and Block Uncomment functions to comment out multiple lines. It also enables such functions as View > Unfold All, Fold All, Collapse Current Level etc.
To install:
- Open Notepad++ and open the
Define Your Languagetool in theLanguagemenu. - Click
Importand select theWarcraft-Guardians-of-Azeroth\coder_resources\CK2 Language.xmlfile. - Make sure you hit
Save Asin theDefine Your Languagetool. Type anything you want as the name, it isn't important. - Select the new language in the
Languagemenu. - Open the
Settingsmenu, hitStyle Configurator. - In the
Select theme:menu, select Obsidian and clickSave & Close.
Note: if after restarting Notepad++, the font has changed (the letters has become smaller). Do the 5 and 6 steps again by selecting another theme and back.
Many don't know, but Notepad++ allows commenting out of multiple lines. To use it you must install CK2 Language.xml. Select a few lines, Right Click and hit...
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Toggle Single Line Commentto comment out, if the selected lines aren't commented out, or to uncomment, if the selected lines are commented out. -
Block Commentto comment the selected lines out. -
Block Uncommentto uncomment the selected lines.
Notepad++ allows hiding of large blocks of the script. To use it you must install CK2 Language.xml.
These fuctions are located in the View menu, starting from Fold All to Uncollapse Level. Try them! Also, I would recommend to remember the hotkeys, these commands are very frequently used.