<![CDATA[Auto-detect Language when creating new file]]>When creating a new file, is there a way to auto detect and set the language of the new file content?

Using the Language drop down in the menu bar at the top, I can apply the language of choice manually

After a few lines, is there a way to auto-detect the language and apply it for me so the proper style and syntax highlighting shows without additional clicking?

If not, can we make that happen?

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/15503/auto-detect-language-when-creating-new-fileRSS for NodeSun, 14 Jun 2026 01:01:51 GMTWed, 28 Mar 2018 23:53:45 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Auto-detect Language when creating new file on Tue, 05 Jun 2018 14:58:37 GMT]]>would not be able to use a comment line to change the syntax?

use it to exchange syntax in the middle of the document?

I am trying to set up the O2 compiler “Oxygen Basic” but the syntax is very varied, assimble, syntax C, Basic, and even in Basic accepts variants like End if, Endif,
would be good to avoid language vices

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/32806https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/32806Tue, 05 Jun 2018 14:58:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Auto-detect Language when creating new file on Sat, 31 Mar 2018 18:32:16 GMT]]>Would have to be in a certain order though… because I would want the PHP to set even though there is HTML syntax as well… so checking one before another would be important in this case, on new file input…

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/31355https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/31355Sat, 31 Mar 2018 18:32:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Auto-detect Language when creating new file on Sat, 31 Mar 2018 14:12:45 GMT]]>Just regex some different syntax? lol idk

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/31349https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/31349Sat, 31 Mar 2018 14:12:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Auto-detect Language when creating new file on Fri, 30 Mar 2018 00:44:50 GMT]]>@Josh-Richard

agreed but what if you open a html page with embedded php?
I guess you don’t want to have php lexer on html page, do you?

Cheers
Claudia

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/31318https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/31318Fri, 30 Mar 2018 00:44:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Auto-detect Language when creating new file on Fri, 30 Mar 2018 00:41:53 GMT]]>I mean… I know several languages that would give away the language in the very first line… ex: #!/bin/bash

But other languages could have these context clues on other lines… ex: <?php does not need to be the first line of a valid PHP file

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/31317https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/31317Fri, 30 Mar 2018 00:41:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Auto-detect Language when creating new file on Thu, 29 Mar 2018 10:34:11 GMT]]>@Josh-Richard

if you provide the distinct logic which of the languages should be used,
I can provide the python script to set it automatically, but, of course, this means
you need to have python script plugin installed.

Cheers
Claudia

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/31289https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/31289Thu, 29 Mar 2018 10:34:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Auto-detect Language when creating new file on Thu, 29 Mar 2018 01:03:54 GMT]]>So there is no hope for anything based on text input?? This makes me sad. I don’t always want to save a file or select the proper syntax… ie. I’m lazy :P

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/31284https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/31284Thu, 29 Mar 2018 01:03:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Auto-detect Language when creating new file on Thu, 29 Mar 2018 00:29:24 GMT]]>Language is detected/based on file extension.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/31282https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/31282Thu, 29 Mar 2018 00:29:24 GMT