Notepad++ is, unarguably, one of the most popular text editing tools of the moment! It supports syntax highlighting of all imaginable programming languages. Best of all, it is open-source software which can be used for free :)
Notepad++ itself is intended to be a text editor. However, we can configure it so it can run some external tools such as loading a web browser with the current file, or compile a Java/C++ source files. This can be done with the help of Notepad++'s built-in environment variables.
For example, the typical command for running a Ruby program is
ruby "C:\path\to\my\file\myfile1.rb"
To run this command from Notepad++ and applies path of current file instead of "C:\path\to\my\file\myfile1.rb", you can goto Run menu -> Run ... and type the following command in the only text box in the dialog.
ruby "$(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)"Now you can try to run this by click on the "Run!" button of the dialog. The $(FULL_CURRENT_PATH) is one of the environment variables available. The others are
The 5 environment variables contain:
FULL_CURRENT_PATH : E:\my Web\main\welcome.html CURRENT_DIRECTORY : E:\my Web\main\ FILE_NAME : welcome.html NAME_PART : welcome EXT_PART : html
However, there is a problem left. After you click the "Run!" button, a black command-line window appeared and disappeared immediately so you can't see the result.
You can prevent the command-line window from automatically closing by using this command.
cmd /K ruby "$(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)"
Hope this helps :)
Related pages:
- Run external tools - http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/run-HOWTO.php
- Stop command-line from closing - http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/21655-45-stop-command-line-window-closing
16 comments:
Hi,
Thank you so much for sharing this tip! I've been looking for so long for a way to open a ruby file directly from notepad++!
Thanks for the info - exactly what I needed!
Thanks for the post. The /K was new for me as I hadn't used windows since 95. (Linux user.) And when I was helping my boss learn python scripting he needed soemthing to keep his commandline open. :)
Thanks for the help! cheers.
Thanks for the post, I was really looking for a way to do this. Now I can use Notepad++ instead of SciTe.
Thank you so much.......exactly what I needed :)
--Asif
Heve you ever tried NppExec? Using this plaugin you can add sth like "Start ruby" to macros. It also has very useful console which is integrated with Notepad++.
This is not working at all for me. First, cmd does not automatically start ruby, so have to run setrbvars.bat first. My current command is cmd /E:ON /K C:\Ruby191\bin\setrbvars.bat ruby $(FILE_NAME) which just isnt working. Anyone know how to fix?
@Dreasconse
I have little experience with Ruby, but perhaps the setrbvars.bat only adds Ruby to the %PATH% variable. How about adding Ruby bin to the path yourself and try the /K switch again?
@.:: m3rLinEz ::.
Thank you. That worked.
Thanks! now I can see the results of my cpp programs on the output window instead of opening in a command prompt (w/c as you all know, disappears quickly) now, notepad++ has fully replaced my long programming friend: Crimson editor::Borland compiler combo...
You can also cd to the working directory (use /d to switch regardless of drive letter):
cmd /K cd /d "$(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)" && ruby "$(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)"
Thanks!
what is dis ruby?
can i get da result for c++ prog.. name with some 'sample'
it didnt work for me instead notepad++ run command browse for the file and run it with instant and didnt let the screen appears for more than one second
Thankx Worked Great
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