EnhanceAnyLexer

Notepad++ plugin that adds an additional foreground colouring option for your text content. This means that you can define regular expressions to highlight parts of text/code, in addition to what standard lexers, such as those for Python, C, Rust, UDL ... do.

NOTE: An existing EnhanceAnyLexerConfig.ini is obsolete if you use version 0.5. This means that you must either rename the ini and let the plugin create a new one automatically or add the following two lines to the global section yourself.

regex_error_style_id=30
regex_error_color=0x756ce0

Of course, these values are configurable.

Some examples to show what can be done. Normal text, no lexers involved

Using the standard python lexer

and in addition using EnhanceAnyLexer plugin

Installation

Download and unpack the EnhanceAnyLexer zip-archive (the EnhanceAnyLexer86 or 64.zip) from https://github.com/Ekopalypse/EnhanceAnyLexer/releases to the folder "Notepad++\plugins".

Usage example

Start Notepad++
Configure additional coloring by calling "Enhance current language" from the EnhanceAnyLexer plugin menu. (You will find a more detailed description in the configuration file.)
Open a source file

Building manually

This plugin is written in the programming language V and must therefore be available to build this plugin. Furthermore, a current version of the gcc compiler, >= version 10 recommended, must be installed. An example for the use with NppExec:

cd $(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)

set PROJECT=EnhanceAnyLexer
set VEXE=d:\programdata\compiler\v\v.exe

set ARCH=x64
set CC=gcc

set NPPPATH=D:\Tests\npp\812\$(ARCH)
set PLUGIN_DIR=$(NPPPATH)\plugins\$(PROJECT)

cmd /c if not exist $(PLUGIN_DIR) exit -1

if $(EXITCODE) == -1 then
  cmd /c mkdir $(PLUGIN_DIR)
endif

set PLUGIN_PATH=$(PLUGIN_DIR)\$(PROJECT).dll

set COMPILER_FLAGS= -cc gcc -prod -d static_boehm -gc boehm -keepc -enable-globals -shared -d no_backtrace -cflags -static-libgcc

if $(ARCH)==x64 then
  if $(CC)==gcc then
    $(VEXE) -cc $(CC) $(COMPILER_FLAGS) -cflags -static-libgcc -o $(PLUGIN_PATH) .
  endif
else
  if $(CC)==gcc then
    ENV_SET PATH=D:\ProgramData\Compiler\mingw32\bin
    $(VEXE) -cc $(CC) -m32 -g $(COMPILER_FLAGS) -cflags -static-libgcc -o $(PLUGIN_PATH) .
    ENV_UNSET PATH
  endif
endif

Release History

1.4.0
- Adding an option that enables the use of the RGB color format.
1.3.1
- Support for assigning IndicatorIDs through Notepad++ (nppm_allocateindicator).
1.3.0
- Support for plugin communication via NPPM_MSGTOPLUGIN. Currently only the use of the "config file saved" message is possible.
1.2.0
- Introduce a per-regex whitelist option
1.1.3
- Extend visual area
1.1.2
- Revert optimization attempts.
1.1.1
- Fix issue that Npp hangs when using word wrap and match reports a position outside defined range.
1.1.0
- Support enabling/disabling the plugin globally, fix crash issue with Npp < 8.4.3
1.0.1
- Documentation update
1.0.0
- Support scrolling inactive view
0.5.0
- Add a poor man regex linter functionality
0.4.0
- Add convenience functions to make it easier to create the correct config sections
0.3.0
- First official Notepad++ pluginAdmin release
0.2.0
- Display the color string in its own color
0.1.0
- First beta version
0.0.2
- Offset possibility added
0.0.1
- First alpha release