Scottdware I have been annoyed with the improper syntax highlighting as well (mostly using the if-elseif-else statements), so I created a User Defined Language file that has seemed to have taken care of the syntax highlighting issues. I've had bigger struggles with editors such as Atom, Komodo & Eclipse trying to get them to behave reasonably for Tcl work. The function list parsing system seems customisable enough to at least give basic navigation for a Domain Specific Language or custom OO system you might have etc. Understanding and configuring the regexes in functionList.xml is pretty tricky (for me) - but with a bit of fiddling you can get it to show TclOO methods/constructors grouped by class. The function list feature is great - once you've configured it to your liking. Still doesn't match brackets perfectly - but it's not a significant problem. Problem 2) Escaped brackets aren't matched properly.Į.g the following sorts of lines are mishandled (incorrect bracket-match highlighting) set x d] Problem 1) If a tcl comment line contains 'if' as the first element - notepad++ incorrectly starts a new nesting level - putting other sections out of sync.Į.g the following line is mishandled. but the Tcl syntax highlighting is not quite there yet.

JMN This seems like a fairly nice usable editor. It can be downloaded at the following web address: The latest release of Notepad++, a Windows OS based open source text editor, supports Tcl syntax highlighting.

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