Replacement for TextPad needed

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JTG2003

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I currently use TextPad for my job, but the version we have is pretty old and is lacking in some features I'd like to see. I currently use TextPad for both code and notes, mostly in .txt files.

Features in TextPad that I would like to keep
- Macros (Record/Save/Run)
- Ability to call external programs with specified arguments
- Custom saved text clips (can save lines of code to be called when needed).
----- I suppose this could be replaced by a saved macro, but ideally I'd like something comparible to TextPad's Clip Library.
- Syntax Highlighting - We use a proprietary language so I would need to be able to define the syntax for what is highlighted.
- Ability to 'Insert' a time stamp. It's important.
- (Optional) Custom defined highlighting for different file extensions.

Features I would like to get
- Collapsible sections - Don't know exactly how the "Sections" would be defined. If I could customize what is defined as a 'section', all the better
- "Jump To" selection. I used Eclipse briefly but it simply lacked some of the key features I relied on listed above. One thing I DID enjoy was the ability to jump to different code blocks.

Plus the ability to load in extensions would be nice.


Any thoughts on something that might accomplish this?

Thanks,
Jeremy
 
Oh wow, I had NotePad++ Installed but I didn't realize it had access to so many features!

I'm working on setting up the custom defined language now, but I'm having some issues with the Fold Open/Close. Any NotePad++ Experts out there wanna help with that?

My problem is I want to open/close based on braces { }

But the problem is.. the braces are seldom on their own line.
Here's an example of the code (not the correct syntax, but good enough to convey what I'm looking for)

DO{X==2 X=X+1,
Y=Y+1,
Z=Z+1}

Ok, so in this case the code section is really small so I wouldn't really have much need to collapse it, but imagine it was much larger. I'd want to collapse it between the braces so I'd see

[+]DO{X==2 X=X+1,

The problem is all the stuff before and after the braces. I can't seem to find a wildcard to enter in with the keyword. I want the open to be wild{wild and the close to be wild}wild but this doesn't seem possible. Any ideas?



Edit: It also seems like the keyword highlighting might not work how I like.. The code we use is very odd. It's all two letter functions prefixed by a & and they often go one after the other. An example would be

&PZ&OqA&U2

So &PZ &Oq and &U2 are functions, and A is just a variable. They can also be separated by commas. But the problem is Notepad++ seems to only want to recognize it if it's followed by a space. I can enable Prefix mode, but then it highlights the entire line.
 
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Wow.. Sublime requires an extreme amount of setup. I don't know if I'm cut out for that...I appreciate the reply though..
 
It looks like a program that Linux users would find right at home. By default, I saw no indication of any of the features I was looking for. After some modifications I managed to get it looking a little better. Started to delve into syntax highlighting.. doesn't have it by default. I need to install a plugin.. which in itself has several steps. And then everything is XML files? It seems there's not much for menus on anything.. maybe I'm just used to my fluffy Windows up-bringing. I won't give up on it just yet.
 
JTG2003 said:
It looks like a program that Linux users would find right at home. By default, I saw no indication of any of the features I was looking for. After some modifications I managed to get it looking a little better. Started to delve into syntax highlighting.. doesn't have it by default. I need to install a plugin.. which in itself has several steps. And then everything is XML files? It seems there's not much for menus on anything.. maybe I'm just used to my fluffy Windows up-bringing. I won't give up on it just yet.
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It highlights my syntax just fine O.o and works great on Windows, which is what I use it on.
 
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