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GFdevelop

How to develop a plugin without Visual Studio? What are the general info to compile plugin with gcc/g++?

dail

I’ve never done it myself but I don’t see why it wouldn’t be possible using gcc (I’m assuming you are meaning like MinGW not native Linux compiler). I would take a look at a few resources first:

This wiki article (very useful but some info is outdated or not applicable) http://docs.notepad-plus-plus.org/index.php?title=Plugin_Development
The C++ template https://github.com/npp-plugins/plugintemplate/releases

Even though the template is for MSVS it is a great place to start. It really comes down to getting gcc to create a DLL with the correct functions exported. I have done stuff like that in the past but can’t recall how to do it off the top of my head, but this type of info is easily Google-able.

GFdevelop

Ok thanks, I have see the template but the extension is .vcxproj can I have a project in extension .sln? My IDE (Codelite) read visual studio project in exension .sln but not read .vcxproj…

The output is dynamic library it os roght?

dail

but the extension is .vcxproj can I have a project in extension .sln?

MSVC can create the .sln file. Not sure if there is a way to create it without MSVC.

The output is dynamic library it os roght?

If I understand you correctly then yes.

botman99

You might want to try using the Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 community edition. It’s free…

https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/news/releasenotes/vs2013-community-vs

William Newbery

I have been using Visual Studio 2015 without issue, which includes some C++ compiler and IDE improvements. https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/

MinGW should work as well if you really dont want to use the MS tools. You just need a standard DLL with the specified exports, nothing much of interest in the template project files. The template is just a guide/startpoint to copy, and the needed API files (plus ILexer.h if doing syntax highlighting) are on the main git repo.

GFdevelop

ok thanks, I will try to develop a plugin with gcc, are there particular arguments to pass to compiler?

gstavi

I compile my plugins with Microsoft compiler (e.g. Windows SDK) and cygwin makefiles.
I do have MSDEV for occasional debugging.
Nothing special about NPP plugins, just compile a DLL and provide the required include paths and libraries.

AdrianHHH

Kasper has done some great work on making plugins with Visual Studio and C#. See https://github.com/kbilsted/NotepadPlusPlusPluginPack.Net/releases
This should work with the Community editions of Visual Studio which is free.

GFdevelop

Hello, I have a problem with line 53 of file GoToLineDlg.cpp error is this:

GoToLineDlg.cpp.o:GoToLineDlg.cpp:(.text$ZN19DockingDlgInterface4initEP11HINSTANCE__P6HWND_[ZN19DockingDlgInterface4initEP11HINSTANCE__P6HWND_]+0x57): undefined reference to `__imp_PathFindFileNameA’
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status
Makefile:2: recipe for target ‘NppPluginDemo’ failed
mingw32-make: *** [NppPluginDemo] Error 1

Is there an alternative code to line 53?

dail

@GFdevelop

How have you been trying to compile it?

What have you tried so far to fix it?

Have you tried Google?

GFdevelop

I have found a way to compile the plugin template with g++, please test if work:

GFdevelop

Edit: new version without string errors, I have only tested unicode 32 bit, please test ansi 32 and 64 bit, and unicode 64 bit.

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