Support for Plugins Admin & NppPluginList

Ekopalypse

I am not sure if this is the best way.
From the plugin’s point of view, it is necessary that this file exists.
What if it was accidentally deleted?

What I do is check the existence of the file in the setInfo callback and create it if necessary.

fn set_info(nppData NppData) {
	npp_data = nppData
	notepad = npp.Npp{npp_data.npp_handle}
	editor = sci.create_editors(nppData.scintilla_main_handle, nppData.scintilla_second_handle)

	// create language xml in plugin config directory if needed
	config_dir := notepad.get_plugin_config_dir()
	lang_xml := os.join_path(config_dir, language_name+'.xml')
	if !os.exists(lang_xml) {
		if !create_lang_xml(lang_xml) {
			msg := 'Unable to create VLang xml file\n$lang_xml'
			message_box(npp_data.npp_handle, msg, 'Error', u32(C.MB_OK | C.MB_ICONERROR))
		}
	}
}

Bas de Reuver

@Ekopalypse You mean when it’s not found then generate the default XML file on the fly? So the plug-in .DLL will include a hard-coded default XML file including all the default color settings.

I find it a bit counter-intuitive to include a configuration/settings file as hard-coded, but on the other hand I agree that in this case it is more practical for the end-user. Okay thanks for the tip, I’ll look into that.

Ekopalypse

@Bas-de-Reuver

yes, you have to have one anyway.

Bas de Reuver

Okay I’ve fixed the issue, see code here, and I’ll prepare a new release.

One important thing here is that if you write the lexer xml file, it has to be UTF-8 encoded (so without BOM). If you write it UTF-8-BOM encoded then Notepad++ won’t read it, even though it also won’t give the “xml is missing” error anymore.

datherton15

Apologies if this is in the wrong spot…
Having issues with the XML Tools plugin crashing when trying to “pretty print” the the xml is missing a single closing bracket on the last tag (it was a bad cut-paste). It consistently happened as I’m poor at cut-paste :oP.
Thanks for any assistance in passing this forward to the appropriate devs…
DA

PeterJones

@datherton15 said in Support for Plugins Admin & NppPluginList - Round 2:

Apologies if this is in the wrong spot…

It is the wrong spot. This Topic is specifically about the Plugins Admin tool inside Notepad++, not for general questions about any plugin.

It would be better to ask it as a New Topic in the Plugin Development or Help Wanted sections.

Thanks for any assistance in passing this forward to the appropriate devs…

The Plugins > XML Tools > About contains a link to the repository for XML Tools development. From that site, you can go to the “Issues” page, and can create an issue directly with the XML Tools developer.

datherton15

@peterjones
Thanks and appreciate the directions.
Dave

lifehack nerd

Hello,

I am a new developer for several days. I make my own plug based on the ‘Npp Converter’.
But I am confused about the separation lines in the menu.
Could anyone tell me how can I remove them? It seems a simple question but I still can’t figure out how to customiz it.

Thanks!

The separation lines in the red box:

this is the code:

void commandMenuInit()
{
    //setCommand(1, TEXT("HEX -> ASCII"), hex2Ascii, NULL, false);
	//setCommand(2, TEXT("---"), NULL, NULL, false);
	//setCommand(CONVERSIONPANEL_INDEX, TEXT("Conversion Panel"), conversionPanel, NULL, false);
	//setCommand(4, TEXT("---"), NULL, NULL, false);
	//setCommand(5, TEXT("Edit Configuration File"), editConf, NULL, false);
	//setCommand(6, TEXT("About"), about, NULL, false);

	setCommand(0, TEXT("Filter1"), filterRun1, NULL, false);
	setCommand(1, TEXT("Filter2"), filterRun2, NULL, false);
	setCommand(2, TEXT("Filter3"), filterRun3, NULL, false);
	setCommand(3, TEXT("Edit Configuration"), conversionPanel, NULL, false);
	setCommand(4, TEXT("About"), about, NULL, false);
}

Ekopalypse

@lifehack-nerd

Please avoid posting the same question multiple times.

lifehack nerd

@ekopalypse Got it. I won’t any more.