Aug 27 2007

pynpp Console Window

Let me update you with the latest news about pynpp.

I’ve been working on the internal console up until now, and I think it’s pretty decent. My first purpose was to be able to debug plugins trough a nice interface, that embedded well with Notepad++, but as the development went on I decided to build a proper console docked on Notepad++.

This console is quite stable, though not fully tested. For the future expect some colouring, maybe syntax colouring. I think it’s not important for now.

Also, I’m documenting the entire Python module that pynpp builds inside Notepad++ - it’s called pynpp (original, huh?). Here are those docs. This module will carry all the objects needed to create plugins in Python for Notepad++.

If you want a test drive, you can always download the latest DLL build, directly from the SVN repository through HTTP right over here.

Finally, here’s a screenie from the latest build:

pynpp 0.1b


Aug 17 2007

QuickText on halt, pynpp on its way

Recently, I was thinking of improving QuickText to its next version, featuring better configuration files, mirror and randomly ordered hotspots. When I finally decided to get my hands dirty, I found myself trying to catch up with the C/C++ code I had done a few months ago - its readability was awful. Notepad++ allows plugins through DLL files that use the Windows messaging system to communicate with the application - mainly written in C ou C++. It all works beautifully but not as elegant and as productive as one would wish.

Today I started the pynpp project on Google Code, a plugin that offers Python plugins to Notepad++. It will feature an API for better and faster programming of plugins, and of course provide all the wonders of Python.

Also, QuickText will be completelly rewritten in Python and the project will be moving to Google Code.

[ The pynpp Google Code Project Page ]

pynpp 0.1b