find lines in .lua files

[zomgwtfkek]

Hai, i'm a newb @ lua editing but when u open a lua file with notepad, when do the lines start? is it at the first scentence of the document? or does it start with 0 1 2 3 4 ,... or 1 2 3 4 5... I wanna adjust faceroller: fury warrior so that the AP shout isnt in my way :P


thx

[Zyonin]

Originally Posted by zomgwtfkek Hai, i'm a newb @ lua editing but when u open a lua file with notepad, when do the lines start? is it at the first scentence of the document? or does it start with 0 1 2 3 4 ,... or 1 2 3 4 5... I wanna adjust faceroller: fury warrior so that the AP shout isnt in my way :P thx

First line of the document is line 1. If you are going to be doing any amount of dabbling with lua, you want to get a good text editor that can highlight code bits with color and display line numbers. For the Windows platform, I loved Notepad++ (Google it), though I started using SciTE later. I still use SciTE on Linux for coding.

Notepad++: http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net
SciTE: http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html

[p3lim]

If you want to add Lua 5.1 + WoW API highlighting into Notepad++ you can use the gist I created:
http://gist.github.com/280186

This is updated for 3.3.0

[zomgwtfkek]

Originally Posted by Zyonin First line of the document is line 1. If you are going to be doing any amount of dabbling with lua, you want to get a good text editor that can highlight code bits with color and display line numbers. For the Windows platform, I loved Notepad++ (Google it), though I started using SciTE later. I still use SciTE on Linux for coding. Notepad++: http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net SciTE: http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html

ok :P I cant get my head around it xD w2b easier explenation! hihi

[Toran]

I assume the "Notepad++ langs.xml" file goes into the plugins\APIs folder of Notepad++?

[Zyonin]

Originally Posted by zomgwtfkek ok :P I cant get my head around it xD w2b easier explenation! hihi

Goto to one of those sites I linked too. Download the program offered. Install it. Use it to open up a lua file. If you look at the left side of the window, you will see numbers. Those numbers are the line numbers

The coloring thing is highlight bits of code. Such as code wrapped between tags (like in HTML), or are modifiers, etc.

[Ailae]

If you're dead set on using Notepad (although Notepad++ is terribly nifty), you can use it's "Go to" function under the Edit-menu (CTRL+G is the shortcut). A box will pop up and you can enter the linenumber you'd like to move the marker to.

If the option is greyed out make sure that "Word Wrap" isn't checked in the Format-menu.

[p3lim]

Originally Posted by Toran I assume the "Notepad++ langs.xml" file goes into the plugins\APIs folder of Notepad++?

You replace the lua part inside langs.xml, which is found in the program dir.

Originally Posted by p3lim You replace the lua part inside langs.xml, which is found in the program dir.

I love you, but Notepad++ is overwriting my langs.xml file every time it loads. I didn't see an option to disable it, either. Are you using an old version?

[Seerah]

You don't need the file p3lim linked. I don't use it.

Originally Posted by Seerah You don't need the file p3lim linked. I don't use it.

I don't -need- it, but having wow specific function highlighting would be very nice. ^^

[p3lim]

Originally Posted by Beoko I don't -need- it, but having wow specific function highlighting would be very nice. ^^

Don't use Notepad++ to change the langs.xml file, use notepad or something.

Seerah says you don't have to change the langs.xml file, which is true, but its how i've done it since I started using Notepad++ ages ago.

Originally Posted by p3lim Don't use Notepad++ to change the langs.xml file, use notepad or something. Seerah says you don't have to change the langs.xml file, which is true, but its how i've done it since I started using Notepad++ ages ago.

Figured it would be something simple, thanks for the info. I much prefer doing it this way rather than manually adding the keywords through the options.