> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List <ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> > On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Saturday, June 3, 2023 10:27 PM > To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU > Subject: Re: Notepad++ language formatting > > On 6/3/23 12:29:30, Abe Kornelis wrote: > > > > based on the work by Charles Mills I created an updated/extended > > version including all current instructions according PoP, more macros, > > more register names, and more file types. > > > > It is not perfect, but it does a reasonable job. > > > > So I submitted it to the Notepad++ community. > > They've taken it up in their library/repository at > > https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/userDefinedLanguages > > > > If you want to give it a try, you can import the definitions from that > > repository.
Thank you Abe. I may give that a try... .. not my original post but I will go ++1 for notepad++ > > Why Notepad++? I'd expect Kedit or The to be more familiar to the HLASM > community? > Possibly but I could really never get used to THE on windows. I always recommend it, and I sometimes use it for those who yearn for a Mainframe, but its not my go-to editor for windows/linux files. .. it lacks many features I feel are indispensable on Windows, so THE has no tabbed windows, no support for different character sets or windows/linux line endings, > Better macro support? In what language are macros coded? > Portability? Is Notepad++ available on desktop platforms other than one, or > are > the macros editor-agnostic? Of course, there's WINE, VirtualBox, or VMWare. > Which of those would require a license fee? KEDIT needs a licence, is $39/machine. I have four machines. It also has only "legacy" support. Notepad++ comes with parsers for many of the languages I write in. For me it’s a no-brainer. Its often updated for new formats. There is an active support forum. So if you wish to stick with THE/KEDIT thats fine but for those of us who have changed, that should also be fine. > > -- > gil Dave
