Text Blocks without end

[Railien]

Hi,

I defined a language and want to use text blocks in notepad++. But normaly you have to define an end, like:

/start
...
...
/end

But in the language I want to use is no end sign. So can I define the end as a line before a new start line? Like:

*some_text
...
...
$ a comment
...
...
last line
*some_new_text
...
last line
*end

Finally I want to end the blocks in the “last line”. Normally there is a misc. text an no keyword or sign.

Thanks.

[guy038]

Hello @railien and All,

Why not this following road map ?

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• Open a new file ( Ctrl + N )

• Paste the text, below :

*FIRST block


  This is
  a text
  of a group
  of lines


*SECOND block
  bla bla
  ... ...
  ... ...


  ... ...
  ... ...
*THIRD block



*LAST block
Here is
the final
group

• Select the Language > User-Defined for this new file

• Then, open the User Defined Language > Define your language... dialog

• Select the Folder & Default tab

• In Folding in code1 style:, just type in a * symbol in the Middle box

Voila ;-))

Best Regards,

guy038

[Railien]

Hello guy038,

thanks for your answer. I’ve already tried this. In that case, if I fold the first block, everything ist folded. But I want the second block to be unfolded.

Maybe the question was a bit different. I want an end of the folding, but one line bevor the next start line. The start line (second block) should not be linked to the first block. This what I get when I do so as you proposed.

Best Regards
Railien

[PeterJones]

@Railien said in Text Blocks without end:

if I fold the first block, everything ist folded.

Then you did not follow @guy038’s directions. Notice that he only defined the middle folding, nothing else.

Using your original data, I followed his instructions, and got exactly the behavior you described. See my animation below:

[Railien]

Thank you PeterJones,

that’s it.
I’ve even tried that, but somehow did’t see the functionality.