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How to build Textrument

There are two components that need to be built separately:

  • Textrument.exe: ( Main Application )
  • SciLexer.dll : ( Runtime dependency )

I build them both with Visual Studio Community 2019.

Two vital additions:

  • doLocalConf.xml: ( Indicates that user configuration should be stored in the installation path )
  • User : ( Folder for user-configurations )

Build Textrument.exe:

  1. Open PowerEditor\visual.net\notepadPlus.vcxproj.

Build SciLexer.dll with boost:

Follow the original instructions to build boost first:

  1. Download the Boost source code.
  2. Unzip boost.
  3. Build regex of boost. With the version 1.70, launch bootstrap.bat under the boost root, b2.exe will be generated beside of bootstrap.bat. For building boost PCRE lib, go into regex build directory by typing cd C:\sources\boost_1_70_0\libs\regex\build then launch C:\sources\boost_1_70_0\b2.exe toolset=msvc link=static threading=multi runtime-link=static address-model=64 release stage. Note that address-model=64 is optional if you want to build lib in 64 bits. For 32 bits build, just remove address-model=64 from the command line.

Then Open PowerEditor\visual.net\notepadPlus.vcxproj.

Before build, make sure that the macro $(BOOST) is defined correctly in plugins/plugins_dev.props.

If you are lazy, just copy the SciLexer.dll kernel from the distribution package of Textrument or Notepad++.

Build bundled plugins :

You need to copy the property file as Project_Root/plugins/plugins_dev.props.

A bunch of marco definitions need to be modified according to you environment.

To modify the props properties, go to View->Property Manager, just right click and edit the Macros. dont forget to save them.

  • scintilla : path to the scintilla module

  • PowerEditor : path to the PowerEditor module

  • PowerEditor : path to the PowerEditor module

  • BOOST : path to the boost root directory. ( required when building SciLexer.dll )

  • DLLOU : default plugin output path. (Project_Root/PowerEditor\bin64\plugins\PluginName\PluginName.dll)

  • DLLOU_ : another plugin output path to test x32 output.

How to update languages

I use java scripts to sync language updates patch by patch.