azrafe7/less-for-notepad-plusplus

Syntax Highlighting for LESS files in Notepad++ (UDL v2.1)

LESS for Notepad++

Syntax Highlighting for LESS files in Notepad++ (UDL v2.1)

What's This Thing

Just an xml file that gives you syntax highlighting/coloring for .LESS files inside recent versions of Notepad++ (the ones that support the User Defined Language).

How to Use it

• Download the less.xml file
• Open Notepad++
• Go to Language -> Define your language..., click on Import... and select the less.xml file you've downloaded
• Close and restart Notepad++
• Done

Notes

The color scheme is purposedly built for the Bespin theme (a dark theme), but changing the background color should be quite easy (it's an xml file in the end;).

Here's a preview of how it looks like:

Thanks to Raúl Salitrero who made the initial version (see http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/notepad-plus/?title=User_Defined_Language_Files#L).

Use it however you like it.

Contributions

Some kind souls contributed a few mods inspired by alternative themes.

• Obsidian (by eight04)

  

• Zenburn (by sebcar)

  

Cheers, azrafe7 (azrafe7 at gmail dot com)

less-for-notepad-plusplus's Issues

White background version

Here's a version when you're not using a dark theme:

<NotepadPlus>
    <UserLang name="LESS" ext="less" udlVersion="2.1">
        <Settings>
            <Global caseIgnored="no" allowFoldOfComments="no" foldCompact="no" forcePureLC="0" decimalSeparator="0" />
            <Prefix Keywords1="no" Keywords2="no" Keywords3="yes" Keywords4="no" Keywords5="yes" Keywords6="no" Keywords7="yes" Keywords8="yes" />
        </Settings>
        <KeywordLists>
            <Keywords name="Comments">00// 01 02 03/* 04*/</Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Numbers, prefix1"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Numbers, prefix2">#</Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Numbers, extras1">A B C D E F a b c d e f</Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Numbers, extras2"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Numbers, suffix1"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Numbers, suffix2">% px em ex ch rem vw vh vmin vmax cm mm in pt pc</Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Numbers, range"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Operators1">&apos; [ ] = ( ) , : ; { } + / * &gt; ! ~</Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Operators2">-</Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Folders in code1, open"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Folders in code1, middle"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Folders in code1, close"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Folders in code2, open"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Folders in code2, middle"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Folders in code2, close"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Folders in comment, open"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Folders in comment, middle"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Folders in comment, close"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Keywords1">align align-content align-items align-self animation animation-delay animation-direction animation-duration animation-fill-mode animation-iteration-count animation-name animation-play-state animation-timing-function attr azimuth backface-visibility background background-attachment background-clip background-color background-image background-origin background-position background-repeat background-size border border-bottom border-bottom-color border-bottom-left-radius border-bottom-right-radius border-bottom-style border-bottom-width border-collapse border-color border-image border-image-outset border-image-repeat border-image-slice border-image-source border-image-width border-left border-left-color border-left-style border-left-width border-radius border-right border-right-color border-right-style border-right-width border-spacing border-style border-top border-top-color border-top-left-radius border-top-right-radius border-top-style border-top-width border-width bottom box-decoration-break box-shadow box-sizing break-after break-before break-inside calc caption-side clear clip clip-path color column-count column-fill column-gap column-rule column-rule-color column-rule-style column-rule-width column-span column-width columns content counter-increment counter-reset cross-fade cubic-bezier cue cue-after cue-before cursor cycle direction display element elevation empty-cells filter flex flex-basis flex-direction flex-flow flex-grow flex-shrink flex-wrap float font font-family font-feature-settings font-kerning font-language-override font-size font-size-adjust font-stretch font-style font-variant font-variant-ligatures font-weight height hsl hsla hyphens icon image image-orientation image-rendering image-resolution ime-mode inherit initial justify-content left letter-spacing line-height linear-gradient list-style list-style-image list-style-position list-style-type margin margin-bottom margin-left margin-right margin-top marker-offset marks mask matrix matrix3d max-height max-width min-height min-width nav-down nav-index nav-left nav-right nav-up object-fit object-position opacity order orphans outline outline-color outline-offset outline-style outline-width overflow overflow-wrap overflow-x overflow-y padding padding-bottom padding-left padding-right padding-top page page-break-after page-break-before page-break-inside pause pause-after pause-before perspective perspective-origin pitch pitch-range play-during pointer-events position quotes radial-gradient rect repeating-linear-gradient repeating-radial-gradient resize rgb rgba richness right rotate rotate3d rotateX rotateY rotateZ scale scale3d scaleX scaleY scaleZ size skew skewX skewY speak speak-header speak-numeral speak-punctuation speech-rate steps stress tab-size table-layout text-align text-align-last text-combine-horizontal text-decoration text-decoration-color text-decoration-line text-decoration-style text-indent text-orientation text-overflow text-rendering text-shadow text-transform text-underline-position top transform transform-origin transform-style transition transition-delay transition-duration transition-property transition-timing-function translate translate3d translateX translateY translateZ unicode-bidi url var vertical-align visibility voice-family volume white-space widows width word-break word-spacing word-wrap writing-mode z-index&#x000D;&#x000A;&#x000D;&#x000A;-epub-caption-side -epub-hyphens -epub-text-combine -epub-text-emphasis -epub-text-emphasis-color -epub-text-emphasis-style -epub-text-orientation -epub-text-transform -epub-word-break -epub-writing-mode -wap-accesskey -wap-input-format -wap-input-required -wap-marquee-dir -wap-marquee-loop -wap-marquee-speed -wap-marquee-style -xv-interpret-as -xv-phonemes -xv-voice-balance -xv-voice-duration -xv-voice-pitch -xv-voice-pitch-range -xv-voice-rate -xv-voice-stress -xv-voice-volume align-items align-self animation animation-delay animation-direction animation-duration animation-fill-mode animation-iteration-count animation-name animation-play-state animation-timing-function backface-visibility background-clip background-origin background-position-x background-position-y background-size border-bottom-left-radius border-bottom-right-radius border-image border-radius border-top-left-radius border-top-right-radius box-decoration-break box-shadow box-sizing caption-side clip-path column-count column-fill column-gap column-rule column-rule-color column-rule-style column-rule-width column-span column-width columns filter flex flex-basis flex-direction flex-grow flex-shrink font-feature-settings ime-mode justify-content line-break mask opacity order overflow-x overflow-y perspective perspective-origin ruby-position scrollbar-arrow-color scrollbar-base-color scrollbar-darkshadow-color scrollbar-face-color scrollbar-highlight-color scrollbar-shadow-color scrollbar-track-color tab-size text-overflow text-transform transform transform-origin transform-style transition transition-delay transition-duration transition-property transition-timing-function word-break word-wrap writing-mode zoom</Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Keywords2">active after before checked choices dir disabled empty enabled first first-child first-letter first-line first-of-type focus fullscreen hover indeterminate in-range invalid lang last-child last-of-type left link not nth-child nth-last-child nth-last-of-type nth-of-type only-child only-of-type optional out-of-range read-only read-write repeat-index repeat-item required right root scope selection target valid value visited</Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Keywords3"># .</Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Keywords4">@charset @document @font-face @import @keyframes @media @namespace @page @supports @viewport</Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Keywords5">@</Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Keywords6">&amp; a abbr acronym address applet area article aside audio b base basefont bdi bdo bgsound big blink blockquote body br button canvas caption center cite code col colgroup command data datalist dd del details dfn dir div dl dt em embed fieldset figcaption figure font footer form frame frameset h1 h2 h3 h4 h5 h6 head header hgroup hr html i iframe img input ins isindex kbd keygen label legend li link listing main map mark marquee menu meta meter nav nobr noframes noscript object ol optgroup option output p param plaintext pre progress q rp rt ruby s samp script section select small source spacer span strike strong style sub summary sup table tbody td textarea tfoot th thead time title tr track tt u ul var video wbr xmp</Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Keywords7">&amp;. a. abbr. acronym. address. applet. area. article. aside. audio. b. base. basefont. bdi. bdo. bgsound. big. blink. blockquote. body. br. button. canvas. caption. center. cite. code. col. colgroup. command. data. datalist. dd. del. details. dfn. dir. div. dl. dt. em. embed. fieldset. figcaption. figure. font. footer. form. frame. frameset. h1. h2. h3. h4. h5. h6. head. header. hgroup. hr. html. i. iframe. img. input. ins. isindex. kbd. keygen. label. legend. li. link. listing. main. map. mark. marquee. menu. meta. meter. nav. nobr. noframes. noscript. object. ol. optgroup. option. output. p. param. plaintext. pre. progress. q. rp. rt. ruby. s. samp. script. section. select. small. source. spacer. span. strike. strong. style. sub. summary. sup. table. tbody. td. textarea. tfoot. th. thead. time. title. tr. track. tt. u. ul. var. video. wbr. xmp.&#x000D;&#x000A;&#x000D;&#x000A;&amp;# a# abbr# acronym# address# applet# area# article# aside# audio# b# base# basefont# bdi# bdo# bgsound# big# blink# blockquote# body# br# button# canvas# caption# center# cite# code# col# colgroup# command# data# datalist# dd# del# details# dfn# dir# div# dl# dt# em# embed# fieldset# figcaption# figure# font# footer# form# frame# frameset# h1# h2# h3# h4# h5# h6# head# header# hgroup# hr# html# i# iframe# img# input# ins# isindex# kbd# keygen# label# legend# li# link# listing# main# map# mark# marquee# menu# meta# meter# nav# nobr# noframes# noscript# object# ol# optgroup# option# output# p# param# plaintext# pre# progress# q# rp# rt# ruby# s# samp# script# section# select# small# source# spacer# span# strike# strong# style# sub# summary# sup# table# tbody# td# textarea# tfoot# th# thead# time# title# tr# track# tt# u# ul# var# video# wbr# xmp#&#x000D;&#x000A;</Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Keywords8">-moz- -ms- -o- -webkit- -apple- -khtml-</Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Delimiters">00&apos; 01 02&apos; 03&quot; 04 05&quot; 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23</Keywords>
        </KeywordLists>
        <Styles>
            <WordsStyle name="DEFAULT" fgColor="DCCDCD" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="COMMENTS" fgColor="6A6A6A" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="LINE COMMENTS" fgColor="6A6A6A" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="NUMBERS" fgColor="88F788" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="KEYWORDS1" fgColor="C1BB71" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="KEYWORDS2" fgColor="FCE383" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="4" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="KEYWORDS3" fgColor="CA7473" bgColor="FFFFFF" colorStyle="1" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="KEYWORDS4" fgColor="E6E6E6" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="1" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="KEYWORDS5" fgColor="68A9EA" bgColor="FFFFFF" colorStyle="1" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="KEYWORDS6" fgColor="FF8080" bgColor="FFFFFF" colorStyle="1" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="KEYWORDS7" fgColor="FF8080" bgColor="FFFFFF" colorStyle="1" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="KEYWORDS8" fgColor="C1BB71" bgColor="FFFFFF" colorStyle="1" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="OPERATORS" fgColor="E9E9E9" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="1" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="FOLDER IN CODE1" fgColor="C1BB71" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="FOLDER IN CODE2" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" colorStyle="0" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="FOLDER IN COMMENT" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" colorStyle="0" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="DELIMITERS1" fgColor="D4A23B" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="DELIMITERS2" fgColor="D4A23B" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="DELIMITERS3" fgColor="FFFFFF" bgColor="FFFFFF" colorStyle="1" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="50339852" />
            <WordsStyle name="DELIMITERS4" fgColor="FF0080" bgColor="FFFFFF" colorStyle="1" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="50592900" />
            <WordsStyle name="DELIMITERS5" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="DELIMITERS6" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="DELIMITERS7" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="DELIMITERS8" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
        </Styles>
    </UserLang>
</NotepadPlus>

Import into Notepad++ v6.6.9 fails with error "Fail to import"

I downloaded the less.xml file, opened Notepad++, then as instructed clicked menu Language/Import - selected downloaded less.xml file, then just the bare error pop up "Fail to import".

Any suggestions for a workaround?

John McC

Hard to read with deafult N++ theme

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The current row and certain elements like @import are impossible to read.

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