Using notepad++ to build an arbitrary language development environment

Notepad++ Is a lightweight open source text editor , Support for multiple languages , And you can add new languages by yourself , In terms of software features alone, it is favored by developers . For mainstream development languages or large projects , There are a wide range of IDE available , Its development efficiency is naturally better than Notepad++; However, for small projects or some relatively unpopular languages ,Notepad++ It is more convenient and flexible .

This paper introduces Notepad++ And GNU Make Combine to build a method suitable for multi language development environment , It's not limited to C/C++、Java、Python、Perl etc. .

1. First download mingw-get Tools , And then use

mingw-get install mingw32-make

obtain GNU make Tools （ Other tools such as gcc Get according to your own needs ）

2. download Notepad++

3. open Notepad++ Plugin Manager, download NppExec

4. open Plugins > NppExec > Execute, Enter ：

NPP_SAVE
cd $(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)
make

5. Click button Save, Name as prompted NppExec Script

6. open Plugins > NppExec > Advanced Options, In the lower left corner Menu Item Select the associated script （Associated script）, And name it as prompted （ That is, the name displayed in the menu ）, Then click the button Add/Modify, The script is added to Plugins > NppExec At the bottom of the menu . If the number of clicks is too deep , You can put Advanced Options In the upper left corner of the dialog box Place to the Macros submenu Check the box , The script will be added to Macros Lower part of menu .

7. open Settings > Shortcut mapper, by make Add shortcuts , such as F9

8. Similarly, add scripts and set shortcut keys , such as Shift+F9

cd $(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)
make clean

9. complete

such , Before writing code, you can write it in the same directory Makefile, And then you can do it in Notepad++ Use in make and make clean 了 . although make Yes C/C++ Well supported , This does not mean that it is not applicable to other languages , For example, it can be used as Python Markdown Preparation and Graphviz Compiling .

about Makefile Relatively fixed language , You can use the same method to NppExec add to 【 Automatically generate according to the suffix of the current file Makefile】 Script for , Further simplify the development process .