Mcam code editor, convert tabs to spaces

[SlaveCam]

Is it missing or am I just blind? Cimco has it.

[Watcher]

Notepad++ is free and can do it too.

[SlaveCam]

Notepad++ is free and can do it too.

 

I use Notepad++ which is excellent, but Code Editor is just superior for post editing with its syntax highlighting and ability to list blocks and pre-defined vars

[crazy^millman]

Sounds like an enhancement request. :scooter:

[Watcher]

I use Notepad++ which is excellent, but Code Editor is just superior for post editing with its syntax highlighting and ability to list blocks and pre-defined vars

Tomorrow I'll send you a Notepad++ user defined language file for Sinumerik840d

 

It does all the highlighting you mention, colors... Not that you need to use but it's nice to see Notepad++ doing specific things from NC Programming world...

 

If you like it you can make a copy and change it to another G code flavor...

[SlaveCam]

Sounds like an enhancement request. :scooter:

 

That it does

 

 

Tomorrow I'll send you a Notepad++ user defined language file for Sinumerik840d

 

It does all the highlighting you mention, colors... Not that you need to use but it's nice to see Notepad++ doing specific things from NC Programming world...

 

If you like it you can make a copy and change it to another G code flavor...

 

Thanks, that would be nice! Is it publicly available or did you do the definition youself? Does Notepad++ have a "pseudo-intellisense" feature too, like the Code Expert? I just recently realized how useful this feature is, especially to someone who hasn't been doing post stuff a lot.

[Watcher]

This was my start point...

 

Yes, you can enhance it to provide intellisense... keep in mind Notepad++ is widely used by programmers to automate tasks in several languages...

 

http://www.addyourservice.net/notepadppcncsyntax.php

[Watcher]

More here:

 

http://www.cnczone.com/forums/opensource-software/297958-notepad-gcode-lexer.html

 

https://community.plm.automation.siemens.com/t5/NX-Programming-Customization/Notepad-customizations-for-NX/td-p/267169

[SlaveCam]

Thanks This will definitely solve the color issue. I'm probably under-utilizing the program right now as it currently works only as the Windows own crappy Notepad's replacement.

[Mick from CNC Software Inc.]

Is it missing or am I just blind? Cimco has it.

 

Select File -> Options

 

 

[crazy^millman]

Mick is so fast it was already in the software. :turned: :geek: :clap:

[SlaveCam]

It has been confirmed, I am blind. Thanks Mick!

[SlaveCam]

It seems that the Intellisense feature of Code Expert has quickly become a two-edged sword as far as usability is concerned. It is too intrusive! I cannot write code like I would in Visual Studio because it is too keen on replacing my words all the time. I would love it if I could activate it ONLY with Control+Space. Also, when typing for example e$ or n$, they become e$$ and n$$.

 

As long as there is no MP post database for Notepad++'s Intellisense, I prefer Code Expert.

[Günther Massimo - GMCCS]

I use UltraEdit for postwriting etc. It's my favorite editor, because it can edit binary files too.

Therefore I wrote a small parser in C++ to extract all the keywords from mcpost.dll for syntaxhighlighting.

If you import the attached XML file in Notepad++, you get syntaxhighlighting and intellisense in Notepad++.

 

Mastercam MP2018.xml