Using TextPad with Plasmacore
2008.01.16 by Joe Flieger

How to set up TextPad to automatically run ant build files:

1.      Install java
2.      Install ant
3.      Setup sys vars JAVA_HOME & ANT_HOME
4.      Setup Path for %_HOME%\bin respectivly
5.      Open TextPad
6.      Click Configure -> Preferences
7.      Click Tools
8.      Click add -> Menu Separator
9.      Click Add -> Program
10.     Type %ANT_HOME%\bin in the File name field and select ant.bat
11.     Click apply
12.     Click the new Ant under the Tools dropdown
13.     Change Command to ant.bat
14.     Delete the Parameters field
15.     Change Initial folder to $WspDir
16.     Check Save all documents first
17.     Click OK
18.     Open your game.slag file
19.     Click File -> Workspace -> Save As…
20.     Navigate to the root folder where the build file is and save a TextPad Workspace there
21.     Click Tools Ant (ctrl + 4)


Creating a slag profile in TextPad v4

1.      Download slag.syn from http://www.plasmaworks.com/plasmacore into the TextPad "system" folder.
2.      Open TextPad
3.      Close all documents (including the default blank document)
4.      Click Configure -> Preferences
5.      Click view and check Line numbers (Helpful for debugging)
6.      Click Document Classes
7.      Click the new icon and type Slag
8.      Click Apply
9.      Click the new Slag under the Document Classes drop down
10.     Click the new icon and type *.slag
11.     Open the dropdown menu and select Syntax and check Enable syntax highlighting
12.     click the Syntax definition file dropdown and select slag.syn
13.     filter through the dropdown menu for your own personal preferences
14.     click Associated Files
15.     under New extension type .slag
16.     under Description type Slag File
17.     click Add
18.     click OK