Adding a user-defined language in Notepad++

Question

I\'m trying to add the syntax plugin for the Go programming language in Notepad++.

There is a repository for such user-defined languages. I downloaded and unzip

Answer 1

Something other answers do not discuss: Some older versions of Notepad++ do not appear to work with any of these answers.

I tried pretty much all the solutions before upgrading Notepad++ to version 6.4.2.

xkcd 979

Tested Notepad++ versions:

• 5.9 - not working - tested by namey
• 6.4.2 - working - tested by Elysian Fields
• 6.6.9 - working - tested by namey

For other versions your mileage may vary.

Answer 2

I added pl/sql language syntax to Notepad++. The syntax /language was on the web. Here's how I got it to work ...

1. Open the XML file using Notepad and added <?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252" ?> to the very beginning, as David had suggested. Then save it to userDefinedLang_plsql.xml
2. Paste the file in the Notepad++ root directory.
3. I also copied it into C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\plugins\APIs\, and navigated to menu Languages → Userdefined, but it did nothing.
4. So, I then went to menu Languages → Define your language and selected pl/sql from the drop down, renamed it, and saved it in that dialog window.

The new language then it appeared in the language dialog at the end.

Answer 3

userDefineLang resides in C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\userDefineLang.xml.

Make sure your Notepad++ is installed under "C:\Program Files(86)", and not under "C:\npp.#.#.#.bin" folder.

And download from https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download. Or simply google "Download Notepad++".

Check out a sample Scala language userDefineLang.xml file here: https://github.com/nfang/scala-syntax-highlighter

Answer 4

New install of Notepad++ 6.4.5 on Windows 7 64 bit

Download from Notepad++ site:

http://docs.notepad-plus-plus.org/index.php?title=User_Defined_Language_Files#G

Copy "go.xml" to C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\plugins\APIs.

The default install doesn't have any user-defined languages, so you can do this:

• Copy "userDefineLang_Go.xml" to C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++
• Remove the "_Go" from the file name, so it's "userDefineLang.xml"
• Uncomment the opening and closing "NotepadPlus" tags.

(If you already have a userDefineLang.xml then add the content from the _Go file.)

Restart Notepad++.

Answer 5

I share the solution I found for Notepad++ 6.5, because I had the same issue than the previous messages.

1. If not done, do the install steps explained in go\misc\notepadplus\README (userDefineLang.xml,functionList.xml,APIs). When you don 't have useDefineLang.xml in Notepad++, create one using the file from go\misc\notepadplus\useDefineLang.xml, but don't forget to add the first line <?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252" ?> and uncomment NotepadPlus part to have <NotepadPlus> at the beginning and </NotepadPlus> at the end.

2. Change in functionList.xml: <association ext=".go" id="go"/> BY <association userDefinedLangName="go" id="go"/>

3. As I didn't have any userDefineLang.xml file by default in Notepad++, I imported this file using the menu Language → Define your language → *Import. Then stop/start Notepad++. Check that Go is in the Language menu at the end of the list. Open a .go file. If the color doesn't change automatically click on go in /Language menu

All were OK after that for me (indentation, color, autocompletion, etc.).

Answer 6

I had to put my userDefineLang.xml file in my AppData\Roaming folder:

C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++