Regex keyword list

filipe Medeiros · Sep 30, 2024, 7:23 PM

Hello! I hope you are well! I have a question: does notepad++ support regex in the list of keywords for a UDL?
Thanks.

PeterJones · Sep 30, 2024, 8:27 PM

No, it does not.

However, you can use the EnhanceAnyLexer plugin to use a regex to change the foreground color on words for a UDL.

Assuming you had a udl called MyUDL, then the config section

[MyUDL]
0x0000FF = \bword\d+\b
0x00FF00 = \bgreen_\w+\b

that would color word1 or word987 as red, and anything starting with green_ using a green foreground.

Using that idea, you could define most of your UDL’s keywords in the normal UDL interface, and add EnhanceAnyLexer to do additional keywords using regex