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Lua syntax highlights for Notepad++, UltraEdit, etc.. + WoW Ace2 Ace3 API recognition

Last thread update: 05 July 2010

This is a project for World of Warcraft AddOn authors providing the LUA/XML syntax highlighting script updated for the major text editors, the project now supports Notepad++, UltraEdit, PSPad and RjTextEd

Notepad++ uses a homemade plugin based on External lexers and GmodLua, and I completely rewrote the folding procedures so they performs better on Lua code

The API extractions are now done automatically through an addon so I will provide more frequent updates, there is no more missing API and no more deprecated functions.

By default the text editors use the same colors:

COMMENTS: green
NUMBERS: orange
LUA INSTRUCTIONS: bold blue
LUA CONSTANTS: red
WOW GLOBAL FUNCTIONS: blue
WOW UIOBJECTS FUNCTIONS: soft blue
ACE2 FUNCTIONS/CONSTANTS: soft purple
ACE3 FUNCTIONS/CONSTANTS: purple

http://luawow.googlecode.com

Very helpful, my old UltraEdit lua.txt was old as hell. Nice job Mera :)

Heh, I've been updating my UltraEdit wordfile a lot lately just getting ready for LK -- stunned at how much has been added since Capnbry's file ages ago.

Very helpful, thank you.

I've been adding things to my own highlight file too but not a systematic effort.
This is a definite timesaver :)

At a glance I noticed one thing present in my personal file that's missing.
Maybe you'd like to add it.

Near the top of the lua section after the /delimiters /function string lines
I have

Code:

/Open Fold Strings = "{" "function" "then" "else" "do" "until" "for" "while"

/Close Fold Strings = "}" "end" "else" "elseif"

/Open Comment Fold Strings = "<<"

/Close Comment Fold Strings = ">>"

This makes it so you can collapse blocks
(and comment blocks if you put '<<' and '>>' inside block section,
especially handy for big comment blocks containing license, documentation etc)

I also noticed in the keywords section there's 'UIParent'.
Any reason for it?

Another little detail, you could add
** -0 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7 -8 -9
as a substring to any of your Cx color code sections so that negative numbers are colored as well.
(I usually make an extra color code group just for that but I see you've used the 8 allowed)

Last little comment/question (sorry :p)
I see a

Code:

Block Comment On Alt = --

near the start.
Does that take care of the limitation in UEdit regarding block/line comments that start with the same substring?
To clarify, if you input the -- line comment, block comments break as UEdit
stops processing the after '--' and '[[' part is ignored hence doesn't understand
it's the beginning of a block comment instead treats it as a line comment.

If the alternate block comment definition solves that; neat trick!
If not I used to differentiate the 2 by making a

Code:

Line Comment = ---

3 '-' instead of 2, it's still a valid lua line comment and I combine it with a macro
that I run on my .lua files replacing occurrences of '--' with '---' on first pass and then '---[[' with '--[[' (to restore block comments).

Thanks you all for the nice feedbacks I will of course update it to be even better with your help =)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dridzt (Post 102120)

At a glance I noticed one thing present in my personal file that's missing.
Maybe you'd like to add it.

Near the top of the lua section after the /delimiters /function string lines
I have

Code:

/Open Fold Strings = "{" "function" "then" "else" "do" "until" "for" "while"

/Close Fold Strings = "}" "end" "else" "elseif"

/Open Comment Fold Strings = "<<"

/Close Comment Fold Strings = ">>"

Code:

Block Comment On Alt = --

Code:

Line Comment = ---

awesome dude I will work on all that, the option to open/close function is very awesome and helpful however I found a bug yet do you see why I'm unable to close the first function in this small test code

PHP Code:




function test:u()
    for i, j in ipairs(a) do
        local test
    end
    for i, j in ipairs(a) do
        local test
    end
end

With your script I can open close the second for loop but never the first one. I'm looking to find a patch but if you have one feel free to share =) Thanks again for the kind comments all, took me all day yesterday to revamp it :)

//EDIT: I think I have found the glitch, with "for" and "do" on the same line it is looking for 2x "end" statements and then breaking the open/close function, should be patchable that, will look closely the help file to check for possible workarounds

I think the patch for your code Dridzt is to not add "for" because for is always called with a "do", like having "if" already not present is fine because it's always coming with a "then" which is declared.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mera (Post 102122)

Yes that's an elegant solution, nice thinking.
For the same reason "while" must also be removed (it's always while () do)
"repeat" is also missing along the same lines ("until" is defined).
So that line should be

Code:

/Open Fold Strings = "{" "function" "then" "else" "do" "until"

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dridzt (Post 102120)

I also noticed in the keywords section there's 'UIParent'.
Any reason for it?

Another little detail, you could add
** -0 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7 -8 -9
as a substring to any of your Cx color code sections so that negative numbers are colored as well.
(I usually make an extra color code group just for that but I see you've used the 8 allowed)

I have removed UIParent because I wsnt really sure if I need to highlight it, else I do not see what do you mean with numbers because I haven't defined rules for numbers because they are already handled by ultraedit and they are correctly highlighted with or without a - in front, not you ? maybe are you using an old uedit version me I have 14.10

I have a 12.x.. that's probably it :)

I think that's why it fail on you because the highlight feature has changed since this old version

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dridzt (Post 102120)

Last little comment/question (sorry :p)
I see a

Code:

Block Comment On Alt = --

Code:

Line Comment = ---

1)

not sure what you mean here but do you mean if I have a block like that for example

--[[
line1
line2
--line3
line4
line5
]]

you mean if the "--" will break the full block and the block will stops at line3 instead of line5 ? if that what you mean I have tested and "--" does not break the full block and what is commented is from line1 to line5

2) Else I have got the idea to add another section like /C8"WoW Default Frames" to highlight the calls of blizzard frames like UIParent, DessupFrame etc etc, dunno if thats a good idea , maybe too much , will add more apis anyway I have to browse blizz files now

Is there something like this for Notepad++? :)

I've updated this for the current wow 3.3 API and new uestudio wordfile format (.uew) but don't know where to upload it :)

PHP Code:




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AddOrRemoveFriend 
AddPreviewTalentPoints 
AddTrackedAchievement 
BattlefieldMgrEntryInviteResponse 
BattlefieldMgrExitRequest 
BattlefieldMgrQueueInviteResponse 
BattlefieldMgrQueueRequest 
CalendarContextDeselectEvent 
CalendarContextEventGetCalendarType 
CalendarContextEventSignUp 
CalendarContextGetEventIndex 
CalendarContextInviteTentative 
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CalendarContextSelectEvent 
CalendarEventCanModerate 
CalendarEventGetCalendarType 
CalendarEventGetInviteResponseTime 
CalendarEventSignUp 
CalendarEventTentative 
CalendarGetDayEventSequenceInfo 
CalendarMassInviteArenaTeam 
CalendarMassInviteGuild 
CalendarNewGuildAnnouncement 
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CanChangePlayerDifficulty 
CanEjectPassengerFromSeat 
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CanResetTutorials 
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CanUseEquipmentSets 
CannotBeResurrected 
CastSpellByID 
ChangePlayerDifficulty 
ClearAllLFGDungeons 
ClearLFGDungeon 
CollapseAllFactionHeaders 
CompleteLFGRoleCheck 
ConsoleAddMessage 
ContainerRefundItemPurchase 
DeleteEquipmentSet 
DetectWowMouse 
DungeonUsesTerrainMap 
EjectPassengerFromSeat 
EndBoundTradeable 
EndRefund 
EquipmentManagerClearIgnoredSlotsForSave 
EquipmentManagerIgnoreSlotForSave 
EquipmentManagerIsSlotIgnoredForSave 
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ExpandAllFactionHeaders 
FillLocalizedClassList 
FindSpellBookSlotByID 
GMReportLag 
GMResponseNeedMoreHelp 
GMResponseResolve 
GMSurveyAnswer 
GMSurveyNumAnswers 
GetActiveTalentGroup 
GetArenaTeamGdfInfo 
GetAutoCompleteResults 
GetAvailableRoles 
GetBattlegroundInfo 
GetCVarAbsoluteMax 
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GetCVarMax 
GetCVarMin 
GetContainerFreeSlots 
GetContainerItemGems 
GetContainerItemID 
GetContainerItemPurchaseInfo 
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GetCurrentMapAreaID 
GetDebugZoneMap 
GetDungeonDifficulty 
GetEquipmentSetInfo 
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GetEquipmentSetItemIDs 
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GetFactionInfoByID 
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GetGroupPreviewTalentPointsSpent 
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GetInstanceLockTimeRemaining 
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GetInventoryItemID 
GetItemStatDelta 
GetItemStats 
GetItemUniqueness 
GetLFDChoiceCollapseState 
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GetLFDLockInfo 
GetLFDLockPlayerCount 
GetLFGBootProposal 
GetLFGCompletionReward 
GetLFGCompletionRewardItem 
GetLFGDungeonInfo 
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GetLFGDungeonRewardLink 
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GetLFGInfoLocal 
GetLFGInfoServer 
GetLFGProposal 
GetLFGProposalEncounter 
GetLFGProposalMember 
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GetLFGQueuedList 
GetLFGRandomDungeonInfo 
GetLFGRoleUpdate 
GetLFGRoleUpdateMember 
GetLFGRoleUpdateSlot 
GetLFGRoles 
GetLFRChoiceOrder 
GetLastQueueStatusIndex 
GetMaxArenaCurrency 
GetMultiCastBarOffset 
GetMultiCastTotemSpells 
GetNextCompleatedTutorial 
GetNumArenaOpponents 
GetNumBattlegroundTypes 
GetNumEquipmentSets 
GetNumQuestItemDrops 
GetNumQuestLogRewardFactions 
GetNumRandomDungeons 
GetNumTalentGroups 
GetNumTrackedAchievements 
GetPartyLFGBackfillInfo 
GetPetTalentTree 
GetPlayerFacing 
GetPlayerInfoByGUID 
GetPrevCompleatedTutorial 
GetPreviewTalentPointsSpent 
GetPreviousArenaSeason 
GetQuestLogCompletionText 
GetQuestLogItemDrop 
GetQuestLogRewardArenaPoints 
GetQuestLogRewardFactionInfo 
GetQuestLogRewardXP 
GetQuestLogSpecialItemCooldown 
GetQuestLogSpecialItemInfo 
GetQuestPOILeaderBoard 
GetQuestSortIndex 
GetQuestWorldMapAreaID 
GetQuestsCompleted 
GetRaidDifficulty 
GetRandomDungeonBestChoice 
GetRewardArenaPoints 
GetRewardXP 
GetSocketItemBoundTradeable 
GetSocketItemRefundable 
GetTrackedAchievements 
GetUnspentTalentPoints 
GetVehicleUIIndicator 
GetVehicleUIIndicatorSeat 
GetWintergraspWaitTime 
GetWorldPVPQueueStatus 
HasCompletedAnyAchievement 
HasDebugZoneMap 
HasLFGRestrictions 
HearthAndResurrectFromArea 
InteractUnit 
IsAtStableMaster 
IsInLFGDungeon 
IsLFGDungeonJoinable 
IsListedInLFR 
IsPartyLFG 
IsPetAttackAction 
IsPlayerResolutionAvailable 
IsQuestLogSpecialItemInRange 
IsSpellKnown 
IsStereoVideoAvailable 
IsTrackedAchievement 
IsTutorialFlagged 
IsXPUserDisabled 
IsZoomOutAvailable 
JoinLFG 
LFGTeleport 
LearnPreviewTalents 
LeaveLFG 
OpenCalendar 
PartyLFGStartBackfill 
PickupEquipmentSet 
PickupEquipmentSetByName 
PlayerCanTeleport 
PlayerIsPVPInactive 
ProcessQuestLogRewardFactions 
QueryQuestsCompleted 
QuestGetAutoAccept 
QuestMapUpdateAllQuests 
QuestPOIGetIconInfo 
QuestPOIGetQuestIDByIndex 
QuestPOIGetQuestIDByVisibleIndex 
QuestPOIUpdateIcons 
QuestPOIUpdateTexture 
RefreshLFGList 
RegisterStaticConstants 
RejectProposal 
RemoveTrackedAchievement 
RenameEquipmentSet 
RequestBattlegroundInstanceInfo 
RequestLFDPartyLockInfo 
RequestLFDPlayerLockInfo 
ResetGroupPreviewTalentPoints 
ResetPreviewTalentPoints 
RespondInstanceLock 
RespondMailLockSendItem 
RestoreVideoEffectsDefaults 
RestoreVideoResolutionDefaults 
RestoreVideoStereoDefaults 
ResurrectGetOfferer 
SaveEquipmentSet 
SearchLFGGetEncounterResults 
SearchLFGGetJoinedID 
SearchLFGGetNumResults 
SearchLFGGetPartyResults 
SearchLFGGetResults 
SearchLFGJoin 
SearchLFGLeave 
SearchLFGSort 
SetActiveTalentGroup 
SetChatColorNameByClass 
SetChatWindowUninteractable 
SetLFGBootVote 
SetLFGDungeon 
SetLFGDungeonEnabled 
SetLFGHeaderCollapsed 
SetLFGRoles 
SetMapByID 
SetMultiCastSpell 
SetPOIIconOverlapDistance 
SetPOIIconOverlapPushDistance 
SetRaidDifficulty 
SetSavedInstanceExtend 
TargetDirectionEnemy 
TargetDirectionFinished 
TargetDirectionFriend 
TargetNearest 
TargetTotem 
TradeSkillOnlyShowSkillUps 
TriggerTutorial 
UnitGroupRolesAssigned 
UnitIsControlling 
UnitIsTappedByAllThreatList 
UnitSelectionColor 
UnitTargetsVehicleInRaidUI 
UnitUsingVehicle 
UseEquipmentSet 
UseQuestLogSpecialItem

are the API additions.

Thank you Dridzt Yet I dont play wow but I hope soon

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ackis (Post 110613)

Is there something like this for Notepad++? :)

I will update it too later for Notepad++ as I use it now

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mera (Post 173795)

Thank you Dridzt Yet I dont play wow but I hope soon

I will update it too later for Notepad++ as I use it now

Awesome! I would love to have all the updated API working with Notepad++! I use a primitive old list that is so out of date. This would be a god send :)

Notepad++ is really easy:

(Thanks to p3lim)

http://gist.github.com/280186

Should be enough. Hope this helps!

EDIT: I should have added that you just replace the Lua portion in your langs.xml with this. :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cralor (Post 177595)

Notepad++ is really easy:

(Thanks to p3lim)

http://gist.github.com/280186

Should be enough. Hope this helps!

WOW thanks!

The project has now moved to http://luawow.googlecode.com

The home page, helps and the zip are not yet finalized but you can download in advance syntaxes on the google subversion for Notepad++ UltraEdit PSPad and RjTextEd

Notepad + + plugin is based on External lexers and GmodLua and I reworked the code so that the folding of Lua code performs better, you can now fold more lua instructions with a behavior similar to text editors of the best known.

the list of API is divided into four groups in four groups now, 1) global functions 2) uiobject functions 3) ace2 constants 4) ace3 constants

By default the text editors use the same colors.

Any suggestion is welcome

Fair warning. Using this with NP++ causes the client to slow down SIGNIFICANTLY. I'm not sure why.

This is not from the plugin Chaos this issue but the library the plugin is based on, Garthex already replied to my request

Quote:

Originally Posted by Garthex

The solution to your problem is currently in the pipeline. It lies in the Scintilla component of Notepad++, and Neil Hodgson, the maker of Scintilla has already devised a solution. When he releases a new version of Scintilla, we'll still have to wait for Don Ho, the maker of Notepad++ to integrate it. At this point, all I can really do is wait.

If you want to read more up on it, you can do that here: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func...39&atid=102439

Garthex reply

I have caught this bug while adding 33000 entries into my file (function + variables)

But actually LuaWoW uses ~5000 API functions in WoW and you should not notice speed issues or maybe your computer is slow too, here on a Core i7 and 12Gb DDR3 it's fast and I don't notice the speed issues, the client respond as normal.

To summarize any actual syntax plugin is increasingly slow in the number of recognized functions, a workaround is to add the list to langs.xml but you will have less controls on your language and dirty folders.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mera (Post 197376)

This is not from the plugin Chaos this issue but the library the plugin is based on, Garthex already replied to my request

Garthex reply

I have caught this bug while adding 33000 entries into my file (function + variables)

But actually LuaWoW uses ~5000 API functions in WoW and you should not notice speed issues or maybe your computer is slow too, here on a Core i7 and 12Gb DDR3 it's fast and I don't notice the speed issues, the client respond as normal.

To summarize any actual syntax plugin is increasingly slow in the number of recognized functions, a workaround is to add the list to langs.xml but you will have less controls on your language and dirty folders.

I assure you, it's not a comp issue. I can edit in any other language with no problems (lua, java, etc.). As soon as I choose LuaWoW.... well let's say I've seen a dead raccoon respond faster to my typing. ;)

you haven't noticed this in other languages because they are built in Notepad++ and they are not using the plugin libraries.

To resume the situation , all languages coming in an external plugin are yet slow, this is a bug from the plugin library, not the plugin itself. It affects GmodLua, LuaWoW, External Lexer KVS, Oberon-2 Lexer, and more.. all the one you see in the Plugin Manager are plugins affected by this issue.

if the library is slow, all plugin languages based on it will be slow.

We can only wait a patch to the library (scintilla) and don ho will include it then in Notepad++ and the language plugin will be faster.

Of course this is not a failure of your computer but the fact that you've noticed it is slow with only 6000 words recognized is abnormal and I'm not sure the scintilla speed patch will be better for you.

I suggest you invest in the i7 ;)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mera (Post 199015)

Of course this is not a failure of your computer but the fact that you've noticed it is slow with only 6000 words recognized is abnormal and I'm not sure the scintilla speed patch will be better for you.

I suggest you invest in the i7 ;)

I notice it with ONE word. But it's fine. I understand that it's a library issue and that's fine. I was simply throwing out that it was an unexpected problem to anyone else who looked at it and went "Hey, awesome, a n++ plugin! That saves me a ton of time!"

However, I'm not going to continue to sit here and be told how "inferior" my system is because it doesn't have an i7. There are plenty of other places with more qualified people where I can be told my system "sucks". Yes, I can read between the lines. What bothers me is how you've turned this into "my uber rig can run it, why can't yours? Oh, because it sucks."

I have 3 options and I'll consider them all:
1) Wait for the miracle patch
2) Keep working with the standard lua as I have been to date
3) Shop around for another editor that meets my liking

This will be my last response on the matter as I have the info I was looking for. I'll leave with this, more fuel to stroke your epeen with:

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 925 (2.8GHz, I don't OC as I'm not made of money if it fries)
RAM: 8GB DDR3

I'll admit my comp isn't as uber. You win the thread. Good day.

I normally don't do this, but ...

damn I have to ...

I lol'ed!

OK I admitted it. *feels better, trolls away*

anyway this can be used on linux by gedit ?

ChaosInc Im at work testing on P4 (one core) 3Ghz, 2Gb RAm, its not slow at all, it just froze a few second at start after loading the file (which is normal all the file is parsed once at start) but after everything is fast I scroll down and up as fast on my i7

I really don't see where is the problem.

Ok, I lied last post about it being my final one on the subject.

For the sake of argument, I've uninstalled N++ and all it's data (including the AppData) and did a full reinstall. It's performing a bit better, but still has a slight lag to it. However, it's more tolerable than it was before the reinstall. It was literally typing at one letter/second where now it's about a .1sec delay. I can work with this.

Don't take my comments to date (other than the comp vs. comp reply, I still hold my ground on that) as any sort of personal attack. I, amongst others, appreciate the work put forth into it and now I can actually use it, making my code a bit easier to sort through.

Just wanted to drop a line saying: Thank you Mera! I've been using a rather old and simple syntax highlighting definition for lua and your version really rocks! One question "Comment add/remove" (for multi-line code disablement) doesn't seem to work with it. It's not a biggie to enter --[[ ... ]] but I'm a creature of habit...

Tried out this plugin today, works great (though the colors are messed up on black background, but I can customize this as I see fit :))

Picture of it in action

After using it for some while, I noticed a slight input lag.
As discussed earlier in this thread, it might just be the library issue.

Just going to use standard Lua highlights for now :/

Notepad 5.8 is out with performance fixes in scintilla
Also Garthex did a very nice job updating its script for the new notepad, he kicked out external lexers and applied some performance tweaks

I have upgraded the LuaWoW plugin with GmodLua 1.5 as a base and new scintilla 2.21 and notepad++ 5.8 as libraries at luawow.googlecode.com

Btw this is redistributed for Notepad++ 5.8 UNICODE version, remove UNICODE and _UNICODE and recompile to get an ANSI version

the source comes in a CodeBlocks project for a vc10 compiler

7-zip files published

I haven't updated the APIs or I dont know if an update is needed because I play Warhammer online yet, this is funnier ;) :banana:

LuaWoW works well for Notepad++ 5.8.

WoW APIs will need to be updated for Cataclysm, but that should be it.

I didn't get a beta key too probably because my account is inactive :( I would have done otherwise

btw I have done the same for Warhammer online at luawarhammer.googlecode.com

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mera (Post 207237)

I didn't get a beta key too probably because my account is inactive :( I would have done otherwise

Just grab them from http://www.wowwiki.com/Global_functions/Cataclysm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Foxlit (Post 207246)

Just grab them from http://www.wowwiki.com/Global_functions/Cataclysm

no but thank you, I don't want to mix text coming from wiki to text coming from code, anyway if that's just about missing API you can do it yourself, my extractor is rather simple look:

lua

Code:

-- API extraction by Mera[eh]-



_G.__WowApiExtractor = {}



--[[ WoW Global API Extraction ]]

local function OnSlashWowGlobals(msg)

        _G.__WowApiExtractor = {}

        for a, b in pairs(_G) do

                if type(b) == "function" then _G.__WowApiExtractor[a] = type(b) end

        end

        print("Global functions extractions done!")

end



--[[ WoW UIObjects API Extraction ]]

local function OnSlashWowUIObjects(msg)

        --[[ UIObjects API Extraction ]]

        _G.__WowApiExtractor = {}

        _G["__WowApiExtractor_ControlPoint"] = _G["__WowApiExtractor_Path"]:CreateControlPoint()

        _G["__WowApiExtractor_Region"] = _G["__WowApiExtractor_Frame"]:CreateTitleRegion()

        local UIObjects = { "__WowApiExtractor_Alpha", "__WowApiExtractor_Animation", "__WowApiExtractor_AnimationGroup", "__WowApiExtractor_Button", "__WowApiExtractor_CheckButton",

                "__WowApiExtractor_ColorSelect", "__WowApiExtractor_ControlPoint", "__WowApiExtractor_Cooldown", "__WowApiExtractor_DressUpModel", "__WowApiExtractor_EditBox", "__WowApiExtractor_Font",

                "__WowApiExtractor_FontString", "__WowApiExtractor_Frame", "__WowApiExtractor_GameTooltip", "__WowApiExtractor_MessageFrame", "__WowApiExtractor_Minimap", "__WowApiExtractor_Model",

                "__WowApiExtractor_MovieFrame", "__WowApiExtractor_Path", "__WowApiExtractor_PlayerModel", "__WowApiExtractor_QuestPOIFrame", "__WowApiExtractor_Region", "__WowApiExtractor_Rotation",

                "__WowApiExtractor_Scale", "__WowApiExtractor_ScrollFrame", "__WowApiExtractor_ScrollingMessageFrame", "__WowApiExtractor_SimpleHTML", "__WowApiExtractor_Slider",

                "__WowApiExtractor_StatusBar", "__WowApiExtractor_TabardModel", "__WowApiExtractor_Texture", "__WowApiExtractor_Translation" }

        for a, b in pairs(UIObjects) do

                local object = _G[UIObjects[a]]

                for a, b in pairs(getmetatable(object).__index) do

                        if type(b) == "function" then _G.__WowApiExtractor[a] = type(b) end

                end

        end

        print("UIObjects functions extractions done!")

end



--[[ WoW Ace2 API Extraction ]]

local function OnSlashWowAce2(msg)

        _G.__WowApiExtractor = {}

        _G["__WowApiExtractor_AceAddon"] = AceLibrary("AceAddon-2.0")

        _G["__WowApiExtractor_AceComm"] = AceLibrary("AceComm-2.0")

        _G["__WowApiExtractor_AceConsole"] = AceLibrary("AceConsole-2.0")

        _G["__WowApiExtractor_AceDB"] = AceLibrary("AceDB-2.0")

        _G["__WowApiExtractor_AceDebug"] = AceLibrary("AceDebug-2.0")

        _G["__WowApiExtractor_AceEvent"] = AceLibrary("AceEvent-2.0")

        _G["__WowApiExtractor_AceHook"] = AceLibrary("AceHook-2.1")

        _G["__WowApiExtractor_AceLibrary"] = AceLibrary("AceLibrary")

        _G["__WowApiExtractor_AceLocale"] = AceLibrary("AceLocale-2.2")

        _G["__WowApiExtractor_AceModuleCore"] = AceLibrary("AceModuleCore-2.0")

        _G["__WowApiExtractor_AceOO"] = AceLibrary("AceOO-2.0")

        _G["__WowApiExtractor_AceTab"] = AceLibrary("AceTab-2.0")

        _G["__WowApiExtractor_AceLocale"] = AceLibrary("AceLocale-2.2")

        local Ace2Objects = { "AceEvent20EditBox", "AceEvent20Frame", "AceLibrary", "ChatThrottleLib", "LibStub",

                "__WowApiExtractor_AceAddon", "__WowApiExtractor_AceComm", "__WowApiExtractor_AceConsole", "__WowApiExtractor_AceDB",

                "__WowApiExtractor_AceDebug", "__WowApiExtractor_AceEvent", "__WowApiExtractor_AceHook", "__WowApiExtractor_AceLibrary",

                "__WowApiExtractor_AceLocale", "__WowApiExtractor_AceModuleCore", "__WowApiExtractor_AceOO", "__WowApiExtractor_AceTab"}

        for a, b in pairs(Ace2Objects) do

                local ace2object = _G[Ace2Objects[a]]

                for a, b in pairs(ace2object) do

                        if type(b) == "function" then _G.__WowApiExtractor[a] = type(b) end

                end

        end

        print("Global Ace2 functions extractions done!")

end



--[[ WoW Ace3 API Extraction

_G["__WowApiExtractor_AceConfigDropdown"] = LibStub("AceConfigDropdown-3.0")]]

-- local function OnSlashWowAce3(msg)

        -- _G.__WowApiExtractor = {}

        -- _G["__WowApiExtractor_AceAddon"] = LibStub("AceAddon-3.0")

        -- _G["__WowApiExtractor_AceBucket"] = LibStub("AceBucket-3.0")

        -- _G["__WowApiExtractor_AceComm"] = LibStub("AceComm-3.0")

        -- _G["__WowApiExtractor_AceConfig"] = LibStub("AceConfig-3.0")

        -- _G["__WowApiExtractor_AceConfigCmd"] = LibStub("AceConfigCmd-3.0")

        -- _G["__WowApiExtractor_AceConfigDialog"] = LibStub("AceConfigDialog-3.0")

        -- _G["__WowApiExtractor_AceConfigRegistry"] = LibStub("AceConfigRegistry-3.0")

        -- _G["__WowApiExtractor_AceConsole"] = LibStub("AceConsole-3.0")

        -- _G["__WowApiExtractor_AceDB"] = LibStub("AceDB-3.0")

        -- _G["__WowApiExtractor_AceDBOptions"] = LibStub("AceDBOptions-3.0")

        -- _G["__WowApiExtractor_AceEvent"] = LibStub("AceEvent-3.0")

        -- _G["__WowApiExtractor_AceGUI"] = LibStub("AceGUI-3.0")

        -- _G["__WowApiExtractor_AceHook"] = LibStub("AceHook-3.0")

        -- _G["__WowApiExtractor_AceLocale"] = LibStub("AceLocale-3.0")

        -- _G["__WowApiExtractor_AceSerializer"] = LibStub("AceSerializer-3.0")

        -- _G["__WowApiExtractor_AceTab"] = LibStub("AceTab-3.0")

        -- _G["__WowApiExtractor_AceTimer"] = LibStub("AceTimer-3.0")

        -- _G["__WowApiExtractor_CallbackHandler"] = LibStub("CallbackHandler-1.0")

        -- local Ace3Objects = { "Ace3", "AceAddon30Frame", "AceComm30Frame", "AceEvent30Frame", "AceTimer30Frame", "ChatThrottleLib",

                -- "LibStub", "__WowApiExtractor_AceAddon", "__WowApiExtractor_AceBucket", "__WowApiExtractor_AceComm", "__WowApiExtractor_AceConfig",

                -- "__WowApiExtractor_AceConsole", "__WowApiExtractor_AceDB", "__WowApiExtractor_AceDBOptions", "__WowApiExtractor_AceEvent",

                -- "__WowApiExtractor_AceGUI", "__WowApiExtractor_AceHook", "__WowApiExtractor_AceLocale", "__WowApiExtractor_AceSerializer",

                -- "__WowApiExtractor_AceTab", "__WowApiExtractor_AceTimer", "__WowApiExtractor_CallbackHandler", "__WowApiExtractor_AceConfigCmd",

                -- "__WowApiExtractor_AceConfigDialog", "__WowApiExtractor_AceConfigRegistry" }

        -- for a, b in pairs(Ace3Objects) do

                -- local ace3object = _G[Ace3Objects[a]]

                -- for a, b in pairs(ace3object) do

                        -- if type(b) == "function" then _G.__WowApiExtractor[a] = type(b) end

                -- end

        -- end

        -- print("Global Ace3 functions extractions done!")

-- end



_G.SLASH___WowApiExtractorG1 = "/wowglob"

_G.SLASH___WowApiExtractorU1 = "/wowui"

_G.SLASH___WowApiExtractorAce21 = "/wowace2"

--_G.SLASH___WowApiExtractorAce31 = "/wowace3"

_G.SlashCmdList.__WowApiExtractorG = OnSlashWowGlobals

_G.SlashCmdList.__WowApiExtractorU = OnSlashWowUIObjects

_G.SlashCmdList.__WowApiExtractorAce2 = OnSlashWowAce2

--_G.SlashCmdList.__WowApiExtractorAce3 = OnSlashWowAce3

xml

Code:

<Ui xmlns="http://www.blizzard.com/wow/ui/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.blizzard.com/wow/ui/ W:\WORLDO~1\BLIZZA~1\FrameXML\UI.xsd">

    <Frame name="__WowApiExtractor_Frame" hidden="true">

        <Layers>

            <Layer>

                <FontString name="__WowApiExtractor_FontString" hidden="true"/>

                <Texture name="__WowApiExtractor_Texture" hidden="true"/>

            </Layer>

        </Layers>

        <Animations>

            <AnimationGroup name="__WowApiExtractor_AnimationGroup" hidden="true">

                <Path name="__WowApiExtractor_Path" hidden="true"/>

                <Alpha name="__WowApiExtractor_Alpha" hidden="true"/>

                <Animation name="__WowApiExtractor_Animation" hidden="true" />

                <Rotation name="__WowApiExtractor_Rotation" hidden="true"/>

                <Scale name="__WowApiExtractor_Scale" hidden="true" />

                <Translation name="__WowApiExtractor_Translation" hidden="true" />

            </AnimationGroup>

        </Animations>

    </Frame>

    <Button name="__WowApiExtractor_Button" hidden="true" />

    <CheckButton name="__WowApiExtractor_CheckButton" hidden="true" />

    <ColorSelect name="__WowApiExtractor_ColorSelect" hidden="true" />

    <Cooldown name="__WowApiExtractor_Cooldown" hidden="true" />

    <DressUpModel name="__WowApiExtractor_DressUpModel" hidden="true" />

    <EditBox name="__WowApiExtractor_EditBox" hidden="true" />

    <Font name="__WowApiExtractor_Font" hidden="true" />

    <GameTooltip name="__WowApiExtractor_GameTooltip" hidden="true" />

    <MessageFrame name="__WowApiExtractor_MessageFrame" hidden="true" />

    <Minimap name="__WowApiExtractor_Minimap" hidden="true" />

    <Model name="__WowApiExtractor_Model" hidden="true" />

    <MovieFrame name="__WowApiExtractor_MovieFrame" hidden="true" />

    <PlayerModel name="__WowApiExtractor_PlayerModel" hidden="true" />

    <QuestPOIFrame name="__WowApiExtractor_QuestPOIFrame" hidden="true" />

    <ScrollFrame name="__WowApiExtractor_ScrollFrame" hidden="true" />

    <ScrollingMessageFrame name="__WowApiExtractor_ScrollingMessageFrame" hidden="true" />

    <SimpleHTML name="__WowApiExtractor_SimpleHTML" hidden="true" />

    <Slider name="__WowApiExtractor_Slider" hidden="true" />

    <StatusBar name="__WowApiExtractor_StatusBar" hidden="true" />

    <TabardModel name="__WowApiExtractor_TabardModel" hidden="true" />

</Ui>

toc

Code:

## Interface: 30300

## Title: __WowApiExtractor

## Notes: Extract Global from WoW and its UIObjects

## Author: Merah

## Version: 30300.1

## SavedVariables: __WowApiExtractor



__WowApiExtractor.lua

__WowApiExtractor.xml

//edit: got my key from Battle.net few days later so thanks to the mysterious helper if there is one, thanks to Curse so for sending me one too from the Curse shop.

LuaWar + LuaWow projects API list updated to match latest clients

Wow:
- API list extracted from Cataclysm beta 4.0.3.13277
- scanned some new uiobjects
- new section added for notepad++ only, global tables (~20000 tables)

War:
- API update to 1.3.6.552

I use notepadd++ for ages and with the default Lua syntax highlighter in the default plugin repositories. Now my question is, what's the difference from the default one? I read the description, installed it but seen no difference other than taking a bit more time to load. This highlight things the default one doesn't or it actually has any way to auto-complete Blizzard API functions?

I just came across this after some googling around, gave it a try, and have to say it's awesome. Many thanks to Mera for what must've been a fair amount of labor. I've used the default Lua highlighting for quite awhile, and having the API stuff highlighted is magical. :D

I'm using Notepad++, and can't get user-controlled comment folding to work. It's supposed to be part of the GmodLua this is based off of.

At least this wiki page says

Quote:

A line with either --{, --}, //{ or //} will also fold.

edit: I found the code responsible and WowLua doesn't use it because it rewrote the folding logic. I could add the feature back, if you have some information about how this is compiled, which version of Visual Studio, and what other projects it depends on. I know the C++, but not all the details of how the build environment is setup for this.

Quote:

Originally Posted by neverg (Post 217336)

It highlights things the default "Lua" highlighter doesn't. But you must make sure you have chosen "LuaWoW" in the Language-menu, as having it set to the default "Lua" will only use the default Lua highlighter, not this one.

UltraEdit/Studio wordfile for MoP beta (api extracted from build 15882)

http://pastebin.com/arCtrTZU

Save as wowlua.uew in the wordfiles folder found from
'Advanced-> Configuration-> Editor Display-> Syntax Highlighting' in UltraEdit/Studio options.

Thank you, Dridzt. It should be called "WoW Lua" instead of "WoW LUA" though. Yes, it's a nitpick.

any chance this will get updated anytime soon?

still no updates?
the current notepad++ hates the plugin keeps saying its to old

It's been a year since you last necro-ed this thread, and it had been dead for a year before that, so I think it's safe to say that no, there are still no updates, and there aren't ever going to be any updates, so you should probably just give up already, unless you want to update the project yourself.