Hi Idris,

Thanks a lot.

One question though...

I installed Npp, downloaded the context support package for Npp and
extracted the zip file.

What/where are the setup instructions please ?

Best,
Alan


On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 11:33 PM, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد <
ishamid@colostate.edu> wrote:

> Dear gang,
>
> I have uploaded the latest version of the ConTeXt support package for
> Notepad++.
>
> http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Image:Npp_ConTeXt.zip
>
> It has been updated to 5.0.3, the latest stable version. The main
> difference in the package is the new autocompletion file format. See
> context.xml. I have also included the Explorer plugin and the latest
> NppExec plugin (2.4) -- the NppExec that comes with 5.0.3 is just slightly
> out of date (2.4 RC1).
>
> Npp now supports calltips. I was thinking of adding them to context.xml
> but it would be very time-consuming. Basically, when typing a context
> command you would get a little window giving you some info about that
> command if you want it. I may make some suggestions to the Npp team to
> make this feature more useful.
>
> Anyway, Npp keeps getting better and better. It recently won the
> SourceForge's Community Choice Awards for Best Tool or Utility for
> Developers:
>
>
> http://ostatic.com/169634-blog/sourceforges-community-choice-awards-winners-named
>
> There are just a few more things Npp could use to make this a near-perfect
> ConTeXt editor, I'll bug the developers soon...
>
> Npp can now use external lexers. Eventually I would like to translate the
> ConTeXt syntax setup to a lexer so we can add a bit more flexibility.
> Lexer development is way beyond my skills at the moment but if anyone is
> interested in contributing to this I'd be happy for the help.
>
> F7 will repeat the last script executed by F6. So it behaves differently
> than F7 in Hans' Scite setup (Build). I use NppExec instead of Run anyway.
> In the next version, I may deprecate the Run menu commands and attach the
> shortcuts to the NppExec scripts; I think there is even a way to then may
> a menu of these NppExec shortcuts. This will allow for easier tweaking and
> experimenting by users, and also updating when Hans changes things ;-)
>
> The startstop module is still included, though Hans has just added support
> for footnote etc environments so that part of the module can be commented
> out. For mkiv a new sectioning mechanism is on the way, and mkii users can
> still use Wolfgang's module. See startstop.tex.
>
> The original instructions are here:
>
> http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20070813.050137.7a5796f0.en.html
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Best wishes
> Idris
>
> --
> Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief
> International Journal of Shi`i Studies
> Department of Philosophy
> Colorado State University
> Fort Collins, CO 80523
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