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    • venky
      venky last edited by

      Hello,
      I have text files and I want to highlight certain keywords in those text files. I created UDL in notepad++ and defined styles for the keywords but, when I open the text file, nothing happens i.e., keywords are not highlighted.
      Can someone send me a UDL XML file to highlight keywords in text (.txt) file?
      Thanks.

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      • PeterJones
        PeterJones @venky last edited by PeterJones

        @venky ,

        You need to set the UDL’s Ext.: box to txt to get it to syntax highlight .txt files automatically; without that, you have to choose Language > nameofUDL every time you open a text file.

        • usermanual section on UDL extension setting
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        • venky
          venky @PeterJones last edited by

          @PeterJones Thank you. I did do that to begin with but it still does not work. When I open a text file, the UDL file is selected automatically under Language menu but the keyword highlighting is not happening. to note I am using DarkMode and DarkModeDefault theme.

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          • Alan Kilborn
            Alan Kilborn @venky last edited by

            @venky

            Probably going to need more information about exactly what you’re attempting to do. Dark mode wouldn’t have anything to do with it.

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            • venky
              venky @Alan Kilborn last edited by

              @Alan-Kilborn See below for the UDL XML file I have. Maybe there is something wrong in this file?

              <?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“UTF-8” ?>
              <NotepadPlus>
              <UserLang name=“Text” ext=“txt” 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”>Warning Error Failure</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” fontStyle=“0” nesting=“0” />
              <WordsStyle name=“COMMENTS” fgColor=“000000” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontStyle=“0” nesting=“0” />
              <WordsStyle name=“LINE COMMENTS” fgColor=“000000” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontStyle=“0” nesting=“0” />
              <WordsStyle name=“NUMBERS” fgColor=“000000” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontStyle=“0” nesting=“0” />
              <WordsStyle name=“KEYWORDS1” fgColor=“FFFFFF” bgColor=“008040” fontStyle=“5” fontSize=“18” nesting=“0” />
              <WordsStyle name=“KEYWORDS2” fgColor=“000000” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontStyle=“0” nesting=“0” />
              <WordsStyle name=“KEYWORDS3” fgColor=“000000” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontStyle=“0” nesting=“0” />
              <WordsStyle name=“KEYWORDS4” fgColor=“000000” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontStyle=“0” nesting=“0” />
              <WordsStyle name=“KEYWORDS5” fgColor=“000000” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontStyle=“0” nesting=“0” />
              <WordsStyle name=“KEYWORDS6” fgColor=“000000” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontStyle=“0” nesting=“0” />
              <WordsStyle name=“KEYWORDS7” fgColor=“000000” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontStyle=“0” nesting=“0” />
              <WordsStyle name=“KEYWORDS8” fgColor=“000000” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontStyle=“0” nesting=“0” />
              <WordsStyle name=“OPERATORS” fgColor=“000000” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontStyle=“0” nesting=“0” />
              <WordsStyle name=“FOLDER IN CODE1” fgColor=“000000” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontStyle=“0” nesting=“0” />
              <WordsStyle name=“FOLDER IN CODE2” fgColor=“000000” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontStyle=“0” nesting=“0” />
              <WordsStyle name=“FOLDER IN COMMENT” fgColor=“000000” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontStyle=“0” nesting=“0” />
              <WordsStyle name=“DELIMITERS1” fgColor=“000000” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontStyle=“0” nesting=“0” />
              <WordsStyle name=“DELIMITERS2” fgColor=“000000” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontStyle=“0” nesting=“0” />
              <WordsStyle name=“DELIMITERS3” fgColor=“000000” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontStyle=“0” nesting=“0” />
              <WordsStyle name=“DELIMITERS4” fgColor=“000000” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontStyle=“0” nesting=“0” />
              <WordsStyle name=“DELIMITERS5” fgColor=“000000” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontStyle=“0” nesting=“0” />
              <WordsStyle name=“DELIMITERS6” fgColor=“000000” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontStyle=“0” nesting=“0” />
              <WordsStyle name=“DELIMITERS7” fgColor=“000000” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontStyle=“0” nesting=“0” />
              <WordsStyle name=“DELIMITERS8” fgColor=“000000” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontStyle=“0” nesting=“0” />
              </Styles>
              </UserLang>
              </NotepadPlus>

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              • Ekopalypse
                Ekopalypse @venky last edited by

                @venky

                There is a limit if they are larger than 200 MB they will not be styled. Could this be your problem too?
                Issue has been opened here.

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                • PeterJones
                  PeterJones @venky last edited by

                  @venky ,

                  There is nothing wrong with your UDL. When I apply that UDL to a file, I see:
                  70b573b0-cbee-4529-9798-44f5ee8512bc-image.png

                  or, in Dark Mode:
                  c3615867-4d71-4d95-9745-68fd0d25a8e9-image.png

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                  • venky
                    venky @PeterJones last edited by

                    @PeterJones Can you tell me how (steps) you applied the UDL? Thanks.

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                    • PeterJones
                      PeterJones @venky last edited by PeterJones

                      @venky ,

                      You claim that “the UDL file is selected automatically under Language menu”, so according to your claim, it should be applied properly.

                      My steps were:

                      1. Copy your UDL text
                      2. Paste into a new file
                      3. Save As > %AppData%\Notepad++\userDefineLangs\TextUDL.xml
                      4. File > Exit
                      5. Run Notepad++
                      6. Open text file (must have .txt extension)
                        or
                        File > New then File > Save As > c:\path\to\blah.txt
                      7. Type file as
                        Warning
                        blah
                        Error
                        blah
                        Failure
                        blah
                        
                      8. It’s highlighted

                      If it’s not working for you, please go to the ? menu, run Debug Info, click on the underlined text, and paste into your reply. In your reply, also show a screenshot with enough of the Status Bar to show us the selected language on the lower-left of the status bar (like my screenshot above).

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                      • venky
                        venky @PeterJones last edited by

                        @PeterJones Please see below. I put replaced user profile name with … in the path below.

                        I also tried this with portable version and it did not work.

                        Notepad++ v8.4.4 (64-bit)
                        Build time : Jul 15 2022 - 17:54:42
                        Path : C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
                        Command Line :
                        Admin mode : OFF
                        Local Conf mode : OFF
                        Cloud Config : C:\Users…\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++
                        OS Name : Windows 10 Enterprise (64-bit)
                        OS Version : 21H2
                        OS Build : 19044.1889
                        Current ANSI codepage : 1252
                        Plugins : none

                        npp issue.jpg

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                        • PeterJones
                          PeterJones @venky last edited by

                          @venky said in keyword highlighting in text file:

                          I also tried this with portable version and it did not work.

                          I do not know what you are doing differently than I am.

                          I just started again from scratch:

                          1. Unzip Notepad++ portable to C:\usr\local\apps\npp\udl
                          2. Copy C:\usr\local\apps\npp\udl\userDefineLangs\markdown._preinstalled.udl.xml to C:\usr\local\apps\npp\udl\userDefineLangs\TextUDL.xml
                          3. Use MS notepad.exe to paste the exact UDL definition that you have above into TextUDL.xml and save/exit
                          4. Create an emtpy file C:\usr\local\apps\npp\udl\blah.txt
                          5. Drag blah.txt on top of notepad++.exe in that directory to run the portable instance with that blah.txt.
                          6. Type (or paste) the six lines of the file.

                          1af9de1c-a74c-4db4-9518-cbb7ca62629c-image.png

                          Notepad++ v8.4.4   (64-bit)
                          Build time : Jul 15 2022 - 17:54:42
                          Path : C:\usr\local\apps\npp\udl\notepad++.exe
                          Command Line : 
                          Admin mode : OFF
                          Local Conf mode : ON
                          Cloud Config : OFF
                          OS Name : Windows 10 Enterprise (64-bit) 
                          OS Version : 20H2
                          OS Build : 19042.1889
                          Current ANSI codepage : 1252
                          Plugins : 
                              mimeTools (2.8)
                              NppConverter (4.4)
                              NppExport (0.4)
                          
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                          • Alan Kilborn
                            Alan Kilborn @PeterJones last edited by Alan Kilborn

                            @PeterJones

                            I don’t want to muddy the waters, but when I follow the instructions, I just see Normal text file on the status bar after pulling in blah.txt. And, you didn’t show yours, but when I go to the UDL section of the Languages menu I don’t see anything that resembles “TextUDL” (and although I’m no expert on UDL, I expected to).

                            1131d953-08da-4f73-86ac-537da3b33a17-image.png

                            And I didn’t get any coloring on Warning, Error, etc.

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                            • PeterJones
                              PeterJones @Alan Kilborn last edited by

                              @Alan-Kilborn ,

                              Yours is just behaving like you didn’t restart Notepad++ after putting the UDL definition in the userDefineLangs directory. (Or you used the wrong userDefineLangs directory)

                              Oh, actually, no, there was an implied step 3.5 which I forgot to mention: in notepad.exe, replace the “smart quotes” with real ASCII " quotes.

                              (I am working on a video screenshot , showing the full sequence… but having upload problems – new laptop, so my quick animation->forum process needs to be rebuilt.)

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                              • Alan Kilborn
                                Alan Kilborn @PeterJones last edited by Alan Kilborn

                                @PeterJones said in keyword highlighting in text file:

                                implied step 3.5 which I forgot to mention: in notepad.exe, replace the “smart quotes” with real ASCII " quotes

                                If it turns out the entire problem is the OP not pasting the data into a code block, I’m going to feel like my time was wasted. :-(

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                                • PeterJones
                                  PeterJones @Alan Kilborn last edited by PeterJones

                                  @Alan-Kilborn said in keyword highlighting in text file:

                                  @PeterJones said in keyword highlighting in text file:

                                  implied step 3.5 which I forgot to mention: in notepad.exe, replace the “smart quotes” with real ASCII " quotes

                                  If it turns out the entire problem is the OP not pasting the data into a code block, I’m going to feel like my time was wasted. :-(

                                  I hope that’s not all, too… I would have assumed that the OP would have just copied his UDL file over to the portable he tried, not just do a copy/paste from the forum. And since the OP status bar shows the TextUDL file type, obviously that part is working.

                                  For @venky , here is a recording of the procedure I took, from unzipping through seeing the highlighting.

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                                  • Alan Kilborn
                                    Alan Kilborn @PeterJones last edited by

                                    @PeterJones

                                    OK, with the changeover from smart-quotes, all working for me as well:

                                    7c804559-7a97-448c-90e3-2b7d1a027033-image.png

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                                    • PeterJones
                                      PeterJones @PeterJones last edited by

                                      The other option, of course, is for @venky to start from scratch with a new UDL. Then build it up slowly, so that every piece is known working.

                                      Here, I start with blah.txt, with the UDL editor docked. I switch to the default User Defined Language (so it really starts from scratch), Create New, give it a name (Second), and switch the active language for just this file to Second.

                                      Then I go into keywords, use lowercase warning and give it a color, to show that it’s case sensitive. (I forgot while recording this second video that the screenshot above already showed the Warning case matched what was in the pasted UDL definition)

                                      I go into the second keywords box with capitalized Warning, assign it a color, and watch the color change in the editor.

                                      If a user is having trouble getting a UDL to work, I recommend starting from scratch, and building it up slowly, because then you can see each individual step work.

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