How to: {{Moustache}} code highlighting for Notepad++

Sam Zam

Hi folks!

I have some .php files with Moustache {{}} code in them, and would like the code to be “highlighted correctly” by Notepad++.

At the moment all is black and unrecognised!

What steps must I undertake to enable Moustache{{ }} code highliting?

Please do a step by step as i’m not a seasoned programmer, just content writer who happens to have fall in love with Notepad++ ;)

Thanks!

Claudia Frank

@Sam-Zam

npp uses scintilla as its syntax highlighting engine.
In order to make this work, the php (and maybe the html ) lexer needs to be changed.
I found a discussion from 2012 and the author of scintilla
refused to implement this.

Cheers
Claudia

Sam Zam

Dear Claudia

Thank you for your answer. Does that mean that it is not possible let alone easy to have {{moustache}} syntax working in Notepad++?

Greetings, Sam

Claudia Frank

@Sam-Zam

Does that mean that it is not possible let alone easy to have {{moustache}} syntax working in Notepad++?

Yes, the only save way to make this happen is to change the lexer.

Cheers
Claudia

Gogo Neatza

RegEx Helper as a plugin can offer some help (assuming that RegEx Helper is already installed):

Open your file in Notepad++
Set the language to Php
Launch the plugin using Ctrl+F12
Type in the “Regular Expression” window: ({{)|(}})
Turn on the highlighting using ‘Mark’ button.

Tested using this Moustache template:
Hello, {{firstname}} 
You are visitor number {{visitorNumber}}.