<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Best Language for Notes&#x2F;ToDo List for Notepad++]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Hey I use NotePad++ not as a code editor, but Notes &amp; ToDo Lists. It’s amazing, I love it. What’s the best language to choose for Notes &amp; GTD/ToDo list?<br />
I like to use Languages rather than plaintext as it has cool features like Text Folding &amp; Highlighting of words; except the Highlighting is on like ‘if, for’ and I’d rather it highlight user-defined words or no highlights.</p>
<ul>
<li>anyone have experience with same use-case, please chime in with whatever!</li>
<li>currently Text Highlighting is for coding related syntax like for, if, etc. This is useless for me as I am not using Notepad++ to code, but for Notes/ToDo.</li>
<li>I want to either turn off highlighting OR have it highlight user-defined words, i.e. highlight words that are useful in a Notes/ToDo List use-case</li>
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]]></description><link>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/13521/best-language-for-notes-todo-list-for-notepad</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:08:04 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/13521.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Fri, 24 Mar 2017 22:11:26 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Best Language for Notes&#x2F;ToDo List for Notepad++ on Tue, 09 May 2017 13:48:16 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/sexy_coder" aria-label="Profile: SEXY_Coder">@<bdi>SEXY_Coder</bdi></a></p>
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<p dir="auto">Is there a way or plugin, to turn on autocompletion for the whole Dictionary,</p>
</blockquote>
<p dir="auto">Yes and no.<br />
No, because afaik, there is no plugin which can do this and the plugins in questions<br />
(spell checkers) work differently, meaning they provide a hint that a word has been misspelled.</p>
<p dir="auto">Yes, in general, the <a href="http://docs.notepad-plus-plus.org/index.php/Auto_Completion" rel="nofollow ugc">autocompletion</a> works in the following way.<br />
It reads/caches what has been written in current document already and by reading an<br />
api file, if there is one for the language currently used.<br />
So in theory you can create an api file for your language which contains the dictionary.<br />
I’m currently not sure how big such a file can be and how good the performance will be<br />
as this isn’t really the scope of scintilla and notepad++.</p>
<p dir="auto">Cheers<br />
Claudia</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/24133</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/24133</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Claudia Frank]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2017 13:48:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Best Language for Notes&#x2F;ToDo List for Notepad++ on Tue, 09 May 2017 02:14:50 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/claudia-frank" aria-label="Profile: Claudia-Frank">@<bdi>Claudia-Frank</bdi></a> HEY! Been patiently waiting for a reply lol! Please help if u can!</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/24130</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/24130</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SEXY_Coder]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2017 02:14:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Best Language for Notes&#x2F;ToDo List for Notepad++ on Sat, 08 Apr 2017 15:46:36 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/claudia-frank" aria-label="Profile: Claudia-Frank">@<bdi>Claudia-Frank</bdi></a> Sorry, forgot to tag you in reply</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/23428</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/23428</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SEXY_Coder]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 08 Apr 2017 15:46:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Best Language for Notes&#x2F;ToDo List for Notepad++ on Fri, 07 Apr 2017 06:46:27 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Hey thanks for the replies! Is there a way or plugin, to turn on autocompletion for the whole Dictionary, as in, like how there is auto-suggestions on Smartphone Keyboards, like as you type on the keyboard, it will suggest different words on Top Bar</p>
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<p dir="auto">to be honest, I use npp for text editing exclusively and I haven’t tried the other programs.<br />
Why? Because npp suits my needs, I’m used to it and up to now I always found a way<br />
to solve a particular issue if there was one. Even on linux.<br />
Does this help you? I don’t know because I don’t know how you are working and what you expect<br />
an text editor should do or shouldn’t do.</p>
<p dir="auto">In regards of functionality, I assume most can be done by using plugins but it is always a question of<br />
can I (the user) do it myself or has another one already created a plugin which suits my needs and how long<br />
am I willing to learn how it is done.</p>
<p dir="auto">If I have no time or don’t like hacking around and have already a working program I do not see that it makes sense<br />
to try another prog otherwise …</p>
<p dir="auto">Concerning the ui - support of themes (basically only different fore- and background colors) and post-it mode. That’s it.</p>
<p dir="auto">The finding in other notes while typing - in general possible, my regex tester script basically does this but depends what exactly<br />
one wants to do. Like I have 10 different notepad instances open, all with two views so 20 notes in total is a much more complex<br />
problem as just mark in the second view (like regex tester does).</p>
<p dir="auto">So what I try to say - the only person who knows if it makes sense to spend time on customizing notepad++ to my needs is you.</p>
<p dir="auto">Cheers<br />
Claudia</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/23073</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/23073</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Claudia Frank]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 26 Mar 2017 19:58:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Best Language for Notes&#x2F;ToDo List for Notepad++ on Sun, 26 Mar 2017 02:23:54 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/claudia-frank" aria-label="Profile: Claudia-Frank">@<bdi>Claudia-Frank</bdi></a> &gt; I will take a closer look!<br />
For my use-case, do you think NP++ or Atom is better?</p>
<ul>
<li>They both seem similar, does one offer something the other doesn’t?</li>
<li>One thing that NP++ is missing, is “search as you type” across all Notes, like Multi-Note “Search as you type”.</li>
<li>Is there a way NP++ can have similar UI or features as Cinta Notes?</li>
<li>That is my other main Note tool I use, I was hoping to mod NP++ to have same UI for search. Cinta Notes has better Search for my use-case.</li>
</ul>
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<p dir="auto">Did you read the documentation about UDL already?<br />
Just  a few pages and easy to read and together with an example of an existing udl<br />
even more easy to understand.</p>
<p dir="auto">Cheers<br />
Claudia</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/23037</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/23037</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Claudia Frank]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 25 Mar 2017 15:11:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Best Language for Notes&#x2F;ToDo List for Notepad++ on Sat, 25 Mar 2017 03:58:30 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/claudia-frank" aria-label="Profile: Claudia-Frank">@<bdi>Claudia-Frank</bdi></a> That’s weird, since it’s freely available on NP++</p>
<ul>
<li>Is there a C++ import file for UDL somewhere? It is not in UDL Link you gave.</li>
<li>Is there a easy way to put C++ into the UDL, either manually, like I can just look at screenshots and copy that. At least that way I will have something existing to reference.</li>
</ul>
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<p dir="auto">Doesn’t have to be C++, just something similar &amp; doesn’t break my use-case</p>
</blockquote>
<p dir="auto">I meant this as in, the imported file doesn’t have to be strictly C++. The imported file to help me fill in the UDL parameters.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Is there a way to import C++ as the user-defined language? The URL doesn’t have C++ as import file.</p>
</blockquote>
<p dir="auto">No, builtin languages cannot be exported as udl (user defined languages)</p>
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<p dir="auto">Doesn’t have to be C++, just something similar &amp; doesn’t break my use-case</p>
</blockquote>
<p dir="auto">See <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_C-family_programming_languages" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a>.</p>
<p dir="auto">Cheers<br />
Claudia</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/23025</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/23025</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Claudia Frank]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 25 Mar 2017 02:49:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Best Language for Notes&#x2F;ToDo List for Notepad++ on Sat, 25 Mar 2017 01:29:11 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/claudia-frank" aria-label="Profile: Claudia-Frank">@<bdi>Claudia-Frank</bdi></a> Is there a way to import C++ as the user-defined language? The URL doesn’t have C++ as import file.</p>
<ul>
<li>Doesn’t have to be C++, just something similar &amp; doesn’t break my use-case</li>
<li>The reason is, importing a file will autofill all the User-Defined blank definitions, so since I have a base syntax to refer to, makes it easier to define my own language.<br />
Thanks &lt;3</li>
</ul>
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<p dir="auto">user defined languages can be found <a href="http://docs.notepad-plus-plus.org/index.php?title=User_Defined_Language_Files" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a> and <a href="http://ivan-radic.github.io/udl-documentation/" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a> is described how it works.<br />
But as you said, those languages are mainly used for programming so I don’t think there<br />
is one which fits your need, nevertheless you can get the info how it is working.</p>
<p dir="auto">Cheers<br />
Claudia</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/23021</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/23021</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Claudia Frank]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 25 Mar 2017 00:48:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Best Language for Notes&#x2F;ToDo List for Notepad++ on Sat, 25 Mar 2017 00:07:47 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/claudia-frank" aria-label="Profile: Claudia-Frank">@<bdi>Claudia-Frank</bdi></a>  I thought about that, is there any Predefined Language that I can import?<br />
Or any user or default Languages that is a great fit for my use-case?<br />
If I can import a Language Definition, then it is easier to know what to change to fit my needs, as the base definition is already there.</p>
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<p dir="auto">why don’t you create your own language using user defined language (menu language-&gt;define your language)?</p>
<p dir="auto">Cheers<br />
Claudia</p>
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