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BBEdit Setup

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PCGen BBEdit Syntax Language Module File

Once you have BBEdit installed, get "PCGenLSTLanguageModule.plist" (link above) to be copied into the "/Library/Application Support/BBEdit/Language Modules" directory. After that you need to create a document type for PCGen.

1) Start BBEdit

2) Configure -> Preferences -> Languages

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3) Select "Languages"

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3) "Add..." suffix mapping for extension ".lst" and map to "PCGen LST".

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4) "Add..." suffix mapping for extension ".pcc" and map to "PCGen LST".

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5) Enable -> Editor Defaults -> Syntax Coloring

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6) Close Preferences

Now you need to make some further adjustments for your new document type.

1) Configure -> Preferences

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2) Document Classes -> PCGen -> Font: Set the font to a monospace font so everything will line up nicely (I use Courier)

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3) Tabulation: Set the default tab spacing to 6 spaces and set the Indent size to 6 spaces

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After this you need to make some further adjustments to the general settings of TextPad

1) View - Make sure the following are checked: A) Highlight the line containing the cursor (extremely helpful) B) Horizontal scroll bar C) Line numbers (makes talking to each other about where to find stuff easier) D) Vertical scroll bar E) Visible white space:Paragraphs, Spaces, Tabs

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2) Associated Files - add ".lst" and ".pcc" and "*.pcg" so that Explorer will automatically start Textpad when you double click those file types.

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3) File Name Filters A) Click the New button B) Enter a name/description ("PCGen" works well here) C) Enter our three favorite wildcards ".lst" and ".pcc" and "*.pcg" separated by commas D) Click Apply

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4) Set your preferred font colors/backgrounds for each keyword and visible spaces. I recommend something bright and garish for the Keyword 6 as that is what is being used for deprecated tags.

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Ok, that's pretty much it for getting BBEdit set up. A final thought... you'll also want to turn off word wrapping as the .lst file lines can get really long and trying to determine three line down if you've actually started a new line or not the with word-wrapping turned on is a quick route to insanity...

Source: BBEdit Setup (original PCGen wiki)