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EVS
January 5th, 2009, 03:55 AM
hey! can anyone suggest a text editor with customizable syntax highlighting (like textwrangler for MAC os x)?

thanks!
laserlight
January 5th, 2009, 06:41 AM
What OS, or do you want one that is cross platform? Are IDEs excluded?
EVS
January 5th, 2009, 03:14 PM
oh, sorry - it's windows and IDEs are OK, I guess. But as lightweight as possible.
MrViggy
January 5th, 2009, 03:25 PM
On Windows, I use TextPad (http://www.textpad.com/). It works pretty nicely, and there are a number of syntax files you can download for free, for some of the more popular "languages."

Viggy
EVS
January 5th, 2009, 03:37 PM
but that should mean that one can also create his own syntax highliting "plugins", right?
MrViggy
January 5th, 2009, 03:38 PM
Yep. Actually, you just need to create a text file, with the extension '.syn'. It's formatted like an old INI file. I've done this for many of the data files I work with here.

Viggy