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Posted: **Mon Nov 17, 2014 7:36 pm**

Hello,

I search for long time to get syntax highlighting for GNU Assembler (GAS,AT&T syntax) on Notepad++ and i found nothing...so i begin to write a simple bash script (write with Cygwin) to build a "User Defined Language". This script search into Binutils sources files to retrieve all keywords and generate XML file. This file can be to quickly imported into Notepad++. This is not an ideal solution but more than the original "Assembler" (Intel) provided with Notepad++. This script can build file to handle "i386" and "arm" syntaxe. (arm support is not completed yet).

To quickly add GAS user language file to Notepad++ :

Download gnuas_i386.zip or gnuas_arm.zip
Unzip the file to get the xml (UDL) file
Go to Notepad++ > Language > Define your language > Import
Select the xml file
Restart Notepad++

To build user language flle yourself from binutils directory :

Download npp_gnuas_builder.zip
Unzip the file to get the bash script
Look at the script header for configuration

Run npp_gnuas_builder.sh like

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npp_gnuas_builder.sh       # Show script usage
npp_gnuas_builder.sh all   # Build all language definition
npp_gnuas_builder.sh i386  # Build i386 language definition
npp_gnuas_builder.sh arm   # Build arm language definition

Here is builder outpout showing the supported keywords count :

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--------------------------------------------------------
  NOTEPAD++ GNU-AS USER DEFINED LANGUAGE BUILDER V0.03
--------------------------------------------------------

      [I386]
-Building registers list...
 281 registers
-Building opcodes list...
 2408 opcodes
-Building directives list...
 195 directives
-Building operators list...
 35 operators
-Building archs list...
 98 archs
-Building preprocessor directives list...
 17 preprocessor directives
-Building xml file...
 File 'gnuas_i386.xml' ready !

      [ARM]
-Building registers list...
 46 registers
-Building opcodes list...
 1352 opcodes
-Building directives list...
 214 directives
-Building operators list...
 35 operators
-Building archs list...
 164 archs
-Building preprocessor directives list...
 17 preprocessor directives
-Building xml file...
 File 'gnuas_arm.xml' ready !

I hope this will be helpful...

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