Groovy user defined language for notepad++

userDefineLang_Groovy.xml

<NotepadPlus>
    <UserLang name="Groovy" ext="groovy" udlVersion="2.1">
        <Settings>
            <Global caseIgnored="no" />
            <Prefix Keywords1="no" Keywords2="no" Keywords3="no" Keywords4="no" />
        </Settings>
        <KeywordLists>
            <Keywords name="Comments">03/* 04*/ 00// 01 02</Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Keywords1">abstract break case catch continue default do else extends final finally for if implements instanceof native new private protected public return static switch synchronized throw throws transient try volatile while strictfp package import false null super this true</Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Keywords2">as assert def mixin property test using in it</Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Keywords3">boolean byte char class double float int interface long short void</Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Keywords4">abs any append asList asWritable call collect compareTo count div dump each eachByte eachFile eachLine every find findAll flatten getAt getErr getIn getOut getText grep immutable inject inspect intersect invokeMethods isCase join leftShift minus multiply newInputStream newOutputStream newPrintWriter newReader newWriter next plus pop power previous print println push putAt read readBytes readLines reverse reverseEach round size sort splitEachLine step subMap times toInteger toList tokenize upto waitForOrKill withPrintWriter withReader withStream withWriter withWriterAppend write writeLine</Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Delimiters">00&quot; 01 02&quot; 03&apos; 04 05&apos;</Keywords>
        </KeywordLists>
        <Styles>
            <WordsStyle name="DEFAULT" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" fontSize="" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="COMMENTS" fgColor="008000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" fontSize="" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="LINE COMMENTS" fgColor="008000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" fontSize="" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="NUMBERS" fgColor="FF0000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" fontSize="" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="KEYWORDS1" fgColor="0000FF" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="1" fontSize="" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="KEYWORDS2" fgColor="006699" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="1" fontSize="" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="KEYWORDS3" fgColor="FF8000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="1" fontSize="" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="KEYWORDS4" fgColor="8000FF" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="1" fontSize="" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="OPERATORS" fgColor="804000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="1" fontSize="" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="DELIMITERS1" fgColor="808080" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="DELIMITERS2" fgColor="808080" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
        </Styles>
    </UserLang>
</NotepadPlus>

Merci !!!

Had an issue after I installed the Dracula theme - how can I fix it ?

This gets very confused by multi-line strings, e.g.

def foo = '''\
    Hello World!
    How y'all doing?'''.stripIndent()

Really needs to define """...""" and '''...''' as delimiters 1 and 2, and then define "..." and '...' as delimiters 3 and 4.

@pjdarton thx for mentioning.
Also to other gisters you'll have to apply custom color (grey) for delimiters 3 and 4. Otherwise it might confuse you as default black is used.

Replace existing Keywords element:

<Keywords name="Delimiters">00&quot;&quot;&quot; 01\ 02&quot;&quot;&quot; 03&apos;&apos;&apos; 04\ 05&apos;&apos;&apos; 06&quot; 07\ 08&quot; 09&apos; 10\ 11&apos; 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23</Keywords>

Add new elements:

<WordsStyle name="DELIMITERS3" fgColor="808080" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
<WordsStyle name="DELIMITERS4" fgColor="808080" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />

EDIT: It wasn't clear but I just tested to confirm what you were suggesting actually is the final line edit and not that it be changed. Thanks!

Usage:

• click on "raw" then save the file (Ctrl-S)
• Open Notepad++ and open the "Define Your Language" tool in the Language menu
• Click "Import" and select the XML file

thanks!

A couple of notes:

1. Probably the shebang string requires some separate color (green, teal or some kind of)
2. After Importing XML file restart is required for changes to be applied. At least on my NPP 7.8.5

Thanks a million!

Thanks!

Thanks

Thank you. However, after changing the Language preference to Groovy, the editor highlighted the script with the white background, which became very difficult to read.
I reverted back the language preference of the editor to Java.

https://gist.github.com/sparrowt/ced1eac10318e4b9deeedbcb12d65d36 is a modified version of this with the following changes:

• for use with a dark theme (mine is based on 'Mono Industrial')
• incorporates the multi-line string improvements mentioned in comments above

https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/userDefinedLanguages/blob/master/UDLs/Groovy_byGyrm.xml

Thanks!

Thanks!