a notepad++ plugin contains syntax highlighter and code folding for Nim lang

After I removed the cpp stuff, this plugin now written 100% in Nim. This means this plugin also can serve as a model for anyone who want to write their own plugin compatible with recent notepad++ in any language that can produce a DLL.

requirements(for notepad++ 32bit):

• Nim32/64bit
• MinGW-w64 or MingGW32 or VCC 32bit

(ironically, although VCC can compile this plugin, notepad++ reject it for some unknown reason)

how to compile:

• nim c -d:release nppnim

how to cross compile using 64bit Nim compiler:

• nim c -d:release --cpu:i386 --passL:-m32 --passC:-m32 nppnim

how to test(version below 7.6):

• put nppnim.dll in NPPINSTDIR\plugins
• put nppnim.xml in NPPINSTDIR\plugins\config

how to test(version >= 7.6):

• put nppnim.dll in NPPINSTDIR\plugins\nppnim
• put nppnim.xml in NPPINSTDIR\plugins\config

beware: if there exist more than one npp plugin written in Nim, please use compiler switch "-d:useNimRtl", (I never tested it before, but the documentation says like that)

download:

• Precompiled binaries can be downloaded here