Notepad++ConfigurationtoWorkwith

ECLIPSEFiles

Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor. Here is explained

how to configure it to work with ECLIPSE files with these functionalities:

ECLIPSE Keyword Syntax Highlighting

ECLIPSE data folding by main sections

ECLIPSE Keyword autocompletion

ECLIPSE Keyword Documentation support

Opening of the INCLUDE files within the editor

ECLIPSE data file launch within the editor

*.PRT file open within the editor

*.PRT file highlighting for Comments, Messages, Warnings, Problems, Errors and Bugs

Obtaining Notepad++

NotePad++ v6.1.2 installer is attached, for the newest version download it from here

http://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/

Syntax Highlighting and Data Folding

After installing Notepad++

- Open it

- Go to View>User-Defined Dialogue

- Click on Import button and select the ecl.xml attached file

- This makes that every time a file with extension DATA, data, INC, inc, GRDECL, grdecl, SCH, sch is

highlighted as ECLIPSE keywords.

- Also, the file can be folded in the main sections (RUNSPEC GRID EDIT PROPS REGIONS SOLUTION

SUMMARY SCHEDULE), to do this, at the end of each section add --=====

Keyword Autocompletion

- Go to Settings>Preferences

- Go to Backup/Auto-Completion tab, check the box Enable auto-completion on each input,

Word completion

- Click on Close

- Restart Notepad++

Documentation Support

Install Language Help plugin

- Plugin manager way:

o Go to Plugins>Plugin Manager> Show Plugin Manager

o In the Available tab look for Language Help, click on install

- Attached file way

o Copy the file LanguageHelpU.dll into Notepad++_instalation_directory/plugins (in my

case C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\plugins)

o Restart Notepad++

Plugin Configuration

- Go to Plugins>Language Help>Options

- On language Help Options windows click on Add

- Fill the Language Help Options window

o Name: ECLIPSE

o Extension list: DATA data INC inc GRDECL grdecl

o Extended help file path clic on button and select the attached eclipse.chm file (same

as Petrel 2010 help, from 2011 the chm file cannot be used to search for keywords)

- Click ok

- Select Show entry in context menu

- Select At the top of the menu (default: bottom)

- click ok

Usage

- Select a keyword

- Right click>Help

Opening of the INCLUDE files within the editor

Instalation of NppExec plugin

- Plugin manager way:

o Go to Plugins>Plugin Manager> Show Plugin Manager

o In the Available tab look for NppExec, click on install

- Attached file way

o Extract the content of the file NppExec_0421_dll_Unicode.zip the file into

Notepad++_instalation_directory/plugins (in my case C:\Program Files

(x86)\Notepad++\plugins)

o Restart Notepad++

Creation of the Script to Open Include Files

- Go to Plugins>NppExec>Execute or simply press F6

- Copy in the text box:

//Change to file path

cd "$(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)"

//open INCLUDE file

NPP_OPEN $(CURRENT_WORD)

- Click on Save

- Put a name for example INCLUDES, click on Save

- Close the window

- Go to Plugins>NppExec>Advanced Options

- In Menu Items Section put a name in Item name (for ex. INCLUDES), in the pop down menu

select the script INCLUDE, click on Add/Modify

- Click on Ok

- Restart Notepad++

- Select the name of the include file, Go to Macro>INCLUDES

ECLIPSE data file launch within the editor

With the NppExec plugin installed

Creation of the Script to Launch Models within the Editor

- Go to Plugins>NppExec>Execute or simply press F6

- Copy in the text box:

//Ask for simulator

INPUTBOX "Which Simulator use? [eclipse, e300, frontsim, ix]" : eclipse

//Change to file path

cd "$(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)"

//run model with eclrun

NPP_RUN cmd /c eclrun $(INPUT) "$(FILE_NAME)"

- Click on Save

- Put a name for example ECLRUN run, click on Save

- Close the window

- Go to Plugins>NppExec>Advanced Options

- In Menu Items Section put a name in Item name (for ex. ECLRUN run), in the pop down menu

select the script ECLRUN run, click on Add/Modify

- Click on Ok

- Restart Notepad++

- With the DATA file opened, Go to Macro>ECLRUN run

- Select the simulator (in this case eclipse), click ok

*.PRT file open within the editor

With the NppExec plugin installed

Creation of the Script to open the PRT file associated to the current DATA file within the Editor

- Go to Plugins>NppExec>Execute or simply press F6

- Copy in the text box:

//Change to file path

cd "$(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)"

//open *.PRT

NPP_OPEN $(NAME_PART).PRT

- Click on Save

- Put a name for example Open PRT, click on Save

- Close the window

- Go to Plugins>NppExec>Advanced Options

- In Menu Items Section put a name in Item name (for ex. Open PRT run), in the pop down menu

select the script Open PRT run, click on Add/Modify

- Click on Ok

- Restart Notepad++

- With the DATA file opened, Go to Macro>Open PRT

*.PRT file highlighting for Comments, Messages, Warnings, Problems, Errors

and Bugs

- Go to View>User-Defined Dialogue

- Click on Import button and select the PRT.xml attached file

- This makes that every time a file with extension PRT, prt the Comments, Messages, Warnings,

Errors, Problems, Bugs are highlighted