How can I enable auto complete support in Notepad

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I am trying to add simple syntax highlighting and auto completion for a simple scripting language     I added syntax highlighting using this article  Now I want to know how to enable auto completion with Notepad    for my custom language  Does anyone know how to do that

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Don t forget to add your libraries  amp  check your versions  Good information is in Using Notepad Plus Plus as a script editor

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Go to      Settings -  Preferences -  Backup Autocompletion    Check Enable auto-completion on each input  By default the radio button for Function completion gets checked  that will complete related function name as you type  But when you are editing something other than code  you can check for Word completion  Check Function parameters hint on input  if you find it difficult to remember function parameters and their ordering

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For basic autocompletion  have a look at the files in  ProgramFiles  Notepad   plugins APIs   It s basically just an XML file with keywords in   If you want calltips   quot function parameters hint quot    check out these instructions  I ve never found any more documentation  but cpp xml has a calltip for fopen  while php xml is quite complete

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You can also add your own suggestion   Open this path   C  Program Files Notepad   plugins APIs   And open the XML file of the language  such as php xml  Here suppose  you would like to add addcslashes  so just add this XML code    lt KeyWord name  addcslashes  func  yes  gt       lt Overload retVal  void  gt           lt Param name  void   gt       lt  Overload gt   lt  KeyWord gt

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Open Notepad   and Settings -  Preferences -  Auto-Completion -  Check the Auto-insert options you want   this link will help alot  http   docs notepad-plus-plus org index php Auto Completion

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The link provided by Mark no longer works  but you can go to   Notpad   6 6 9    Settings -  Preferences -  Auto-Completion -  Enable auto-completion on each input    I find it very annoying though  since a big autocomplete block is always coming up and I would just like to see autocomplete when I press tab or a key combination  I am fairly new to Notepad   though  If you know of such a key combination  please feel free to reply  I found this question via Google  so we can always help others

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It is very easy    Find the XML file with unity keywords Copy only lines with   lt  KeyWord name                 Go to C  Program Files Notepad   plugins APIs and find cs xml for example  Paste what you copied in 1   but be careful  Don t delete any line of it cs xml Save the file and enjoy autocompleting

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Autocomplete in Notepad   is as simple as hitting Ctrl   Enter or Ctrl   Space in the interface    Ctrl   Enter - as simple as that   This  for many people  will be better than autocompleting on everything

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