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XML to OpenStep

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Is there a plug-in for Notepad++ which can convert XML to OpenStep? If so, is it something that a dumb pilot could use?
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Cody wrote:
Is there a plug-in for Notepad++ which can convert XML to OpenStep? If so, is it something that a dumb pilot could use?
I don't think so but if there is one then yes. :D
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Tricky wrote:
I don't think so but if there is one then yes.
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Re: XML to OpenStep

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So far as I've been able to tell (been looking for a long time) there are no NextStep/OpenStep plugins for Notepad++ at all, let alone a converter.
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Diziet Sma wrote:
So far as I've been able to tell (been looking for a long time) there are no NextStep/OpenStep plugins for Notepad++ at all, let alone a converter.
Yeah, that's what I thought - but Solo, while tweaking my hud, converted it to OpenStep. He said something about having a macro for Notepad++ - but he's MIA.
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:shock: He came up with the holy grail for Oolite editing, then went offline before posting it? Noooo...
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Re: XML to OpenStep

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Hi!

There is an OOLITE Wiki page for OOLITE Converters http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Oolite_Converters. It has references to XML to OpenStep converters.

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Re: XML to OpenStep

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The conversion script is very handy, but needs Python installed to run, and is not directly usable from within Notepad++, which would be ideal. Also missing for Notepad++ are plugins for syntax checking in both XML and OpenStep plists.
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Re: XML to OpenStep

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95% of such a conversion can be done by just search and replace, although you need to be a little careful about the order that you do things in so you don't get mixed up between braces. The hardest part is tidying things up afterwards to remove excess carriage returns etc and making indentations correct.

It could possibly be automated into a macro, but I've never looked into it as for me it's not too difficult to do manually (on the rare-ish occasion it's needed these days).
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