Notepad ++ Extension

For those who are unfamiliar with SEMOSS (The project that I'm on), it uses a domain specific language called pixel. Pixel is very powerful in the sense that it is data agnostic (same language for SQL, SPARQL, etc.) and essentially all of SEMOSS runs off of pixel. It's a language that's similar to SQL, but with notable exceptions. For those who make a lot of SEMOSS dashboards, it has become essential to work extensively with pixel - typically in Notepad++.

Just like there is syntax highlighting in SQL or HTML in Notepad++, I thought that having that same functionality for our language would be just as helpful. Does this reactor exist? If it's highlighted in dark blue, then yes! Using the User Defined Language functionality in Notepad++, there is now syntax highlighting for pixel in Notepad++. What's next? Doing the same in VS Code!

Check out what it looks like!

Want to use it? Follow these steps

  1. Navigate to the language tab and select 'User Defined Language'
  2. Import the XML File
  3. Close and re-open Notepad++
  4. Next time working with Pixel, select it from the language dropdown