Questions tagged [scite]

SciTE is a text editor based on the Scintilla source code editing component. Originally built to demonstrate Scintilla, it has grown to be a generally useful editor with facilities for building and running programs. It is best used for jobs with simple configurations.

SciTE is a Scintilla based Text Editor. Originally built to demonstrate Scintilla, it has grown to be a generally useful editor with facilities for building and running programs. It is best used for jobs with simple configurations.

SciTE is currently available for Intel Windows (XP or later) and Linux compatible operating systems with GTK+.

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How to display line numbers by default in SciTE?

I am using the lightweight SciTE Text editor and I like it very much. I would like to configure it in order to see the line numbers displayed when I open it. I don't want to check the "View\Line Number" menu every time. I think that I can do it but…
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Markdown syntax highlighting in SciTE/Notepad++

I'm looking for a .properties file for Markdown syntax in SciTE. Is it possible? A partial highlighter would do, otherwise.
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What's the default encoding for System.IO.File.ReadAllText

if we don't mention the decoding what decoding will they use? I do not think it's System.Text.Encoding.Default. Things work well if I EXPLICITLY put System.Text.Encoding.Default but things go wrong when I live that empty. So this doesn't work…
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What is "timmy whinge" all about?

The SciTE text editor has an option in its configuration files called "tab.timmy.whinge.level". What's the story behind this name? As I understand it, "whinge" is a British-ism for "whine" -- Google defines it as "complain persistently and in a…
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Enabling CoffeeScript lexer in SciTE?

I noticed there is a LexCoffeeScript.cxx file in the SciTE source code; however, SciTE does not seem to have a CoffeeScript menu option in its Languages menu. Adding the option manually doesn't help -- there still isn't any syntax coloring. Is there…
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How to force SciTE to reload a file automatically?

I think that SciTE can do it but it doesn't work for me. Is there any option to setup?
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How do I delete marked lines in SciTE?

In Notepad++, it is possible to delete bookmarked lines by selecting Search → Bookmark → Remove Bookmarked Lines. Is there a similar option in SciTE to remove marked lines in a document?
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Reformatting text (or, better, LaTeX) in 80 colums in SciTE

I recently dived into LaTeX, starting with the help of a WYSIWYM editor like Lix. Now I'm staring writing tex files in Sci-TE, It already has syntax higlighting and I adapted the tex.properties file to work in Windows showing a preview on Go…
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An error with io.read() in lua

When I use io.read() I get input from the user but when I do so it wont count backspaces, so if I type: blah blah blaht when my program wants input then if I delete the t: blah blah blah It still reads it as if the t is there, help? EDIT: Only…
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Unable to execute Java code in SciTE

I have written a sample code: import java.util.Scanner; public class abcd { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.print("please enter a: "); Scanner a = new Scanner(System.in); String b = a.next(); …
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Adding a new lexer to scintilla/scite (...and eventually wxPython StyledTextCtrl)

Has anyone of you successfully added a lexer to scintilla? I have been following the short instructions at http://www.scintilla.org/SciTELexer.html - and even discovered the secret extra instructions at…
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What would be a good way to set up equivalent of Lua-for-Windows on Linux?

My primary development environment is Linux (Debian particularly), but for various reasons, I began learning / using Lua (that too recently), in the Windows environment. I like the Lua-for-Windows (batteries-included) approach, and the SciTE IDE…
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SciTE Regex, Match expression between x and y times eg \w*{x,y}

How can I use SciTE to match a word character between 1 and 7 times? normally it would be \w{1,7}
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Lua function to output matched strings in SciTE

I know how to output lines of matched strings (result from find command) by simply using editor:MarkerNext(): function print_marked_lines() local ml = 0 local lines = {} while true do ml = editor:MarkerNext(ml, 2) if…
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Make level the printed symbols in the ouput

Consider this Ruby code: puts "*****" puts " *" puts " " puts "*****" puts " *" My Output is like this: ***** * ***** * Why the heck a whitespace doesn't fill the same space as * character in Scite? I've tried it in Eclypse…
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