ABAQUS Input file editor with highlighting and code folding capabilities
ABAQUS Input file editor with highlighting and code folding capabilities
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Hi,
Notepad++ is my text editor of choice for many projects, but for ABAQUS input files, it does not do the code folding, as discussed in the following thread:
thread799-324132: Notepad++ with Abaqus Language Keyword and Highlighting
Since the thread is closed now, I put my solution here. For the moment, I use the Sc1 from Scintilla project (FYI, Scintilla is the text-editing library behind several editors, including Notepad++):
http://www.scintilla.org/SciTEDownload.html
Download the single 720KB executable file for Windows. Apparently, it is not as feature-rich as Notepad++, but it does the syntax highlighting plus code folding for .inp files. The only issue on my Win7x64 machine is when I fold the blocks individually it freezes. If this happens to you, select "Toggle all folds" from "View" menu, and everything should work fine.
Do you know any other editor for this purpose? Or preferably a solution using Notepad++?
Kind regards,
Farshid
Notepad++ is my text editor of choice for many projects, but for ABAQUS input files, it does not do the code folding, as discussed in the following thread:
thread799-324132: Notepad++ with Abaqus Language Keyword and Highlighting
Since the thread is closed now, I put my solution here. For the moment, I use the Sc1 from Scintilla project (FYI, Scintilla is the text-editing library behind several editors, including Notepad++):
http://www.scintilla.org/SciTEDownload.html
Download the single 720KB executable file for Windows. Apparently, it is not as feature-rich as Notepad++, but it does the syntax highlighting plus code folding for .inp files. The only issue on my Win7x64 machine is when I fold the blocks individually it freezes. If this happens to you, select "Toggle all folds" from "View" menu, and everything should work fine.
Do you know any other editor for this purpose? Or preferably a solution using Notepad++?
Kind regards,
Farshid





RE: ABAQUS Input file editor with highlighting and code folding capabilities
Thank you very much for sharing. I have searched for such an editor and Sc1 works like a charm. the User Defined Language xml for Notepad++ will not fold the code (As of 25/04/14). It has to be mentioned that the full download (zip) or the Windows installer versions of SciTE do not detect Abaqus input files (As of 25/04/14).
Kind Regards,
Prabuddha
RE: ABAQUS Input file editor with highlighting and code folding capabilities
However, Notepad++ has a severe limitation: it sucks at handling large files. That is why I switched over the gVim. Code folding and highlighting are enabled by default in gVim.
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