INSTALL.md

Notepad++

Install using Git

If you are a git user, you can install the theme and keep it up to date by cloning the repo:

git clone https://github.com/scottgriv/Dark-Castle-Notepad-Plus-Plus.git

Install Manually

• Download using the Dark Castle.xml link or...
• Download using the GitHub .zip download option and unzip them.

Activating the Theme

1. Go to %AppData%\Notepad++\themes in windows explorer (%AppData% is platform dependent environment variable. Open a Command Prompt and execute echo %AppData%)
2. Place Dark Castle.xml inside that folder
3. Restart Notepad++
4. Dark Castle will be available in Settings > Style Configurator

Installing User Defined Languages (Optional)

• Not all languages are supported by Notepad++ out of the box, so a separate theme/language file is needed to support the language syntax.
• View the supported language files in the userDefineLang folder.

1. Go to %AppData%\Notepad++\userDefineLang in windows explorer (%AppData% is platform dependent environment variable. Open a Command Prompt and execute echo %AppData%)
2. Place the extra supported language .xml file you want, located in the userDefineLang folder, inside that folder
   • The language is defined in the file name with the extension as well, i.e. Dark Castle-UDL-Markdown-md.xml for Markdown (.md) files
3. Restart Notepad++
4. Dark Castle UDL will be available in Language > UDL Name (Dark Castle Theme)
   • Select your UDL based on the file type you have open