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81 lines
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What is Notepad++ ?
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[<img src="https://notepad-plus-plus.org/assets/images/communityDiscussionOrange.png">](https://notepad-plus-plus.org/community/) [](https://gitter.im/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)
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Notepad++ is a free (free as in both "free speech" and "free beer") source code
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editor and Notepad replacement that supports several programming languages and
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natural languages. Running in the MS Windows environment, its use is governed by
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GPL License.
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To build Notepad++ from source:
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There are two components that need to be built separately:
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- `notepad++.exe`: (depends on `SciLexer.dll`)
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- `SciLexer.dll` : (with nmake)
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You can build Notepad++ with *or* without Boost - The release build of
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Notepad++ is built **with** Boost.
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Since `Notepad++` version 6.0, the build of `SciLexer.dll` that is distributed
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uses features from Boost's `Boost.Regex` library.
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You can build SciLexer.dll without Boost, ie. with its default POSIX regular
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expression support instead of boost's PCRE one. This is useful if you would
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like to debug Notepad++, but don't have boost.
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## To build `notepad++.exe`:
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1. Open [`PowerEditor\visual.net\notepadPlus.vcproj`](https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/blob/master/PowerEditor/visual.net/notepadPlus.vcxproj)
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2. Build Notepad++ [like a normal Visual Studio project](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/7s88b19e.aspx).
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## To build `SciLexer.dll` with boost:
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Here are the instructions to build SciLexer.dll for Notepad++:
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1. Download the [Boost source code](http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.55.0/).
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v1.55 should be used with VS 2013. Then unzip it. In my case, `boost_1_55_0` is copied in `C:\sources\`
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2. Go to `scintilla\boostregex\` then run BuildBoost.bat with your boost path.
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In my case: `BuildBoost.bat C:\sources\boost_1_55_0`
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3. Go in `scintilla\win32\` then run `nmake -f scintilla.mak`
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## To build `SciLexer.dll` *without* boost:
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This will work with `notepad++.exe`, however some functionality in Notepad++ might be broken.
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To build SciLexer.dll without PCRE support:
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1. Open a command prompt *for building* ([a.k.a. the *Developer Command Prompt for VS2013*](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/f2ccy3wt.aspx))
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- From the IDE, you can do this by right clicking on a file in Solution Explorer,
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and clicking "Open Command Prompt". This will open up a command prompt with all the proper environment variables.
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- From the Windows Start screen/menu, type `Developer Command Prompt for VS2013`,
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and click/select the result.
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- From an *already open* command prompt, run `vcvarsall.bat`
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(e.g. "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat").
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2. Change directory (`cd` or `pushd`) to `scintilla\win32\`
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3. Build `SciLexer.dll` with one of the following commands:
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- `nmake NOBOOST=1 -f scintilla.mak` (normal build)
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- `nmake NOBOOST=1 DEBUG=1 -f scintilla.mak` (debugging build)
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4. Copy `SciLexer.dll` from `scintilla\bin\` to the same directory as `notepad++.exe`.
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- For the `Unicode Release` configuration, the output directory
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(where `notepad++.exe` is) is `PowerEditor\bin\`.
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- For the `Unicode Debug` configuration, the output directory
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(where `notepad++.exe` is) is `PowerEditor\visual.net\Unicode Debug\`.
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See the [Notepad++ official site](http://notepad-plus-plus.org/) for more information.
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[Notepad++ Contributors](http://notepad-plus-plus.org/contributors)
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