I changed the links to the files due to the creation of my TW website..heh Organizatin is KEY!

Gvim, a newer version of vi is great.

http://www.vim.org/

VI Improved. It does anything anyone would ever want in an editor. There are Linux, Windows and other OS versions of it.

Yea.. VI's an excellent editor.. however, it doesn't highlight syntax

Mine colors comments and strings by default and it is simple to make it highlight other things. Maybe I will make a syntax file and post it here.

Alright,

I made a VIM syntax file for TWX *.ts files.

To download them goto
http://tradewars.webhop.net/Editor/

First download gvim62 and install it.
I assume you installed it in C:\VIM

Then download _gvimrc and _vimrc and place them in C:\Vim.
Then download filetype.vim and place it in C:\Vim\vim62 overwriting the old file.
Then download ts.vim and place it in C:\Vim\vim62\syntax

If you want a registry entry that adds "Send to gvim" when you right click on any file download gvim.reg and run it to install in the registry.

Vim should then highlight *.ts files. Open one in the editor and check it out.

Now I am just doing this so their are more options for TWX script writers, not to say that ConTEXT is not a good editor. Try both and use the one you like best!

Heh nope...ive found somethin I really like...not changing now.

I did not say you should change if you have something. I was just posting it so there is an option. Vim is a multiplatform editor. It is available for almost all OS's. If you use Linux at all that is a good reason to use the Vim editor. Glad you found one you like though.

Vi's not exactly user friendly. Personally, I love VI, but it's a small learning curve to use it and most ppl just want to edit stuff the wysiwyg way.

Vi has only a small learning curve. Once it is learned then it works everywhere! wysiwyg? A text script is still text in either editor. There is no gui editing for TWX scripts is there?
All I wanted was to give people more choices.

VI is a pain in the Butt. You have to actually read the docs to use it, which is just asking too much

Hehe.. yea, I spent a bit learning it years ago, but once you use it for a while, all the key combinations become second nature. Plus, you can use VI to bypass sudo root and get to REAL root.. muuaaahahaa

Yeah, it is a bit confusing until you understand how it works. For me I use many different operating systems. It is nice to have one common editor I can use anywhere I log in. I understand if others don't use it. But for me it is the best.

quote:Originally posted by Wotok

I updated the highlighter file. I fixed the problem where words with _ and . in them were two different colors..hehe Also, added some coloring to highlight brackets when you select one (it highlights the paired brackets).

The file is located here: http://tradewars.wotok.com/files/utils/twxproxy.chl

Just copy it to your /highlighters folder under ConTEXT

Using the new highlighter, when the cursor is next to a ( or )it automatically highlights it and the opposing ( or ), this is extremely annoying as (even though it won't) I feel like if I type something it is going to overwrite ( ). Was this an intended effect? I have returned to the previous version of your highlighter.

Would be better if it only highlighted the opposite when you intentionally highlight the one of them, not just because the cursor is next to it.

If you want to disable that bracket highlighter option, find the line with

MatchedBracesCol: clYellow clBlue

and delete it. It will be at the end of the file.