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    • Michael SutherM Offline
      Michael Suther
      last edited by

      Hello Npp community,
      since version 7.9.x the functionList.xml doesn’t seem to work anymore.
      Here is a simple language with only 3 commands for demonstration.
      (Function, EndFunction, Print)

      <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<NotepadPlus>
    <UserLang name="MyBasic" ext="myb" udlVersion="2.1">
        <Settings>
            <Global caseIgnored="yes" allowFoldOfComments="no" foldCompact="no" forcePureLC="0" decimalSeparator="0" />
            <Prefix Keywords1="no" Keywords2="no" Keywords3="no" Keywords4="no" Keywords5="no" Keywords6="no" Keywords7="no" Keywords8="no" />
        </Settings>
        <KeywordLists>
            <Keywords name="Comments"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Numbers, prefix1"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Numbers, prefix2"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Numbers, extras1"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Numbers, extras2"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Numbers, suffix1"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Numbers, suffix2"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Numbers, range"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Operators1"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Operators2"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Folders in code1, open"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Folders in code1, middle"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Folders in code1, close"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Folders in code2, open"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Folders in code2, middle"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Folders in code2, close"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Folders in comment, open"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Folders in comment, middle"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Folders in comment, close"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Keywords1">Function&#x000D;&#x000A;EndFunction&#x000D;&#x000A;Print&#x000D;&#x000A;</Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Keywords2"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Keywords3"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Keywords4"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Keywords5"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Keywords6"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Keywords7"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Keywords8"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Delimiters"></Keywords>
        </KeywordLists>
        <Styles>
            <WordsStyle name="DEFAULT" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="COMMENTS" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="LINE COMMENTS" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="NUMBERS" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="KEYWORDS1" fgColor="000080" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="1" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="KEYWORDS2" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="KEYWORDS3" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="KEYWORDS4" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="KEYWORDS5" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="KEYWORDS6" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="KEYWORDS7" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="KEYWORDS8" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="OPERATORS" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="FOLDER IN CODE1" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="FOLDER IN CODE2" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="FOLDER IN COMMENT" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="DELIMITERS1" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="DELIMITERS2" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="DELIMITERS3" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="DELIMITERS4" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="DELIMITERS5" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="DELIMITERS6" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="DELIMITERS7" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="DELIMITERS8" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
        </Styles>
    </UserLang>
</NotepadPlus>

      What do I have to do now so that functions are displayed in the function list?

      Greetings

      EkopalypseE 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • EkopalypseE Offline
        Ekopalypse @Michael Suther
        last edited by

        @Michael-Suther

        See here.

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        • Michael SutherM Offline
          Michael Suther
          last edited by

          Thanks @Ekopalypse!
          I hadn’t seen the overrideMap.xml.

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          • Michael SutherM Offline
            Michael Suther
            last edited by

            Why is the functionList.xml
            have been replaced?
            I don’t see any great advantages in the new system.

            Alan KilbornA PeterJonesP 2 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • Alan KilbornA Offline
              Alan Kilborn @Michael Suther
              last edited by Alan Kilborn

              @Michael-Suther said in User-defined language with function list:

              Why is the functionList.xml have been replaced?
              I don’t see any great advantages in the new system.

              You don’t?
              The obvious advantage is that before everything was in one file, and now…it’s not.

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              • PeterJonesP Offline
                PeterJones @Michael Suther
                last edited by

                @Michael-Suther said in User-defined language with function list:

                Why is the functionList.xml
                have been replaced?
                I don’t see any great advantages in the new system.

                As with @Alan-Kilborn , I am surprised you don’t see the advantage.

                See this anecdote, between Alice and Bob, with the old system:

                Alice : I have this Function List for my cool GobbledyGoop UDL
                Bob : Cool, how do I use it?
                Alice : Okay, here’s a snippet. Go find a random place in functionList.xml to place it.
                Bob : Okay
                Alice : No, not there. It has to go in the <parsers> section.
                Bob : Is here okay?
                Alice : No, it has to be between the closing </parser> of one parser, and the opening <parser> of another.
                Bob : Ah, okay. Is that all?
                Alice : No, now you have to take this other snippet, and place it in the same file, but in the <associationMap> section
                Bob : Got it.
                Alice : No, you need to have both the userDefinedLanguageName row and a separate row for every extension that GobbledyGoop uses.
                Bob : But doesn’t the GobbledyGoop UDL config already make the mapping from UDL to extension? I like following DRY/SPOT, after all.
                Alice: Yes, but you still need it. Sorry, I didn’t design the system, I just use it.
                Bob : Okay.
                Alice : Now restart Notepad++
                Bob : Cool, it’s working, thanks.

                Now compare that to with the new system:

                Alice : I have this Function List for my cool GobbledyGoop UDL
                Bob : Cool, how do I use it?
                Alice : put GobbledyGoop.xml in %AppData%\Notepad++\functionList\ folder
                Bob : done. Anything else?
                Alice : yep, we have to tell Notepad++ where to look for that file.
                Bob : Makes sense. How?
                Alice : put this one <associationId> line in %AppData%\Notepad++\functionList\, right after the three example UDL rows near the end`
                Bob : Done.
                Alice : Now restart Notepad++
                Bob : Wow! I can see the function list. Thanks for the help!

                Admittedly, I exaggerated. But the new system does make it easier to share function list definitions, IMO. And modularity makes maintenance less confusing. And not having to duplicate the extension-vs-UDL-name entries is a plus to me, too.

                You are allowed your opinion, of course, but I see the advantages of splitting those up.

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                • Alan KilbornA Offline
                  Alan Kilborn @PeterJones
                  last edited by

                  @PeterJones

                  Cool. I wonder if Bob and Alice are going to become regular contributors here? :-)

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