editor Post Processor Syntax Highlighting

[cnc_shaggy]

Hello everyone,

I have been working with post modifications lately, and notepad just doesn't cut it. I don't know if there is an official editor or a better supported editor, but I have found Sublime Text to work very well. I'm writing here to share a syntax highlighting definition I created to aid in the development of post files. I hope that this helps anyone else as much as it has helped me.

 

MastercamPostProcessor.zip

 

Just unzip and place the MastercamPostProcessor.tmLanguage in the "Data\Packages\User" folder of the SublimeText install directory.

 

Cheers!

 

[Guest]

Cimco Edit

 

Done

[cnc_shaggy]

I thought I might be missing out on something, but I just opened my post file in Cimco and it seems like it is randomly highlighting things... I prefer mine over this hands down.

 

[Guest]

Good luck to you

 

When you've been doing this as long as I have, you can keep yours  

[cnc_shaggy]

Thanks, our shop just recently got X8 (from 9!) and there's sooo much to learn. I've been tasked with configuring our posts for our various machines.

 

Would you happen to have any manuals or documentation on post editing? I've just been using the debugger with trial and error to figure out how it is interpreted.

[Guest]

Thanks, our shop just recently got X8 (from 9!) and there's sooo much to learn. I've been tasked with configuring our posts for our various machines.

 

Would you happen to have any manuals or documentation on post editing? I've just been using the debugger with trial and error to figure out how it is interpreted.

 

You can contact your reseller, there's a substantial Post Package available

 

Do understand though, some of those old posts depending on the age, may be done......anything previous to V7 may well be tough to update and there's likely a substantial gain with all the new logic added to a m ore modern post

 

V9 to X8    THAT is a huge change......I remember when we switched from V9 to X back in 2005.......:shudder:

[Paul Decelles]

Code Expert includes syntax highlighting (colors are configurable in Application Options ), autocomplete and tooltips for all MP postblocks, strings, variables, operators and functions.

 

The autocomplete lists are tailored by product type, selectable on the fly in the context menu so you will only be presented with items that relate to the product that the post is meant for (no sense using wire variables in a mill post).

 

It also supports the #region and #endregion tags for defining collapsable regions in the post (open X8's Generic Fanuc 4X Mill.pst for an example of how this can be applied).

 

Hope this helps

Edited January 8, 2015 by Paul Decelles from CNC Software