Thank you Abe. Frankly, Notepad++'s format recognition in general is about 80-90%. I was just working on a Rexx program and noticed it was off. Usually selecting the language type again -- just clicking Language Rexx or HLASM again -- reminds Notepad++ of what it is supposed to be doing.
Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Abe Kornelis Sent: Saturday, June 3, 2023 11:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Notepad++ language formatting All, based on the work by Charles Mills I created an updated/extended version including all current instructions according PoP, more macros, more register names, and more file types. It is not perfect, but it does a reasonable job. So I submitted it to the Notepad++ community. They've taken it up in their library/repository at https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/userDefinedLanguages If you want to give it a try, you can import the definitions from that repository. If there is sufficient 'demand' I'll consider working with the Notepad++ community to improve their formatting options so we get properly highlighted assembler source. Personally I find most annoying that I could not define macro labels as a separate category. Notepad++ is unable to distinguish between the .labels and the .* comments. Also. recognition of comments is inconsistent.
