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zapwow
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Notepad++ shortcut

Post by zapwow »

If anyone is developing in Notepad++ and tired of dragging their folders onto love.exe to run them, you can create a keyboard shortcut with this handy command. Press F5, and enter exactly this:
c:\Progra~1\LOVE\love.exe "$(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)"
... assuming you've installed LOVE to the default directory. Click Save... and assign any keyboard shortcut you want. Now running your program takes a single keystroke!
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Re: Notepad++ shortcut

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Thank you!

This really makes testing a lot easier. Before I used bat files for this, but this makes it even easier than before :D
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Re: Notepad++ shortcut

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I know this is an old thread but I would like to get this working, I tried the code above but no luck so anyone got any ideas?
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Re: Notepad++ shortcut

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Well maybe you placed love in a different directory than zapwow, in this case you have to adjust the path. I suggest using the ... button to look for the love.exe and if you have found it, add "$(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)" (including the quote signs and with space between the command and the path to love.exe!) to the end of the input field.

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C:\Programme\LOVE\love.exe "$(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)"
C:\Program Files\LOVE\love.exe "$(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)"
C:\LOVE\love.exe "$(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)"
D:\LOVE\love.exe "$(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)"
etc
Also shortcuts using CTRL do not seem to work (well at least ctrl+space does not for me). You also have to remember that this shortcut only works if you are viewing a file that is placed in the mainfolder.
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Re: Notepad++ shortcut

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This worked well for me, good tip! :)
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Re: Notepad++ shortcut

Post by osuf oboys »

Useful, thanks.

Skasi: I think it is rather that shortcuts that are already in use cannot be assigned. For instance, Ctrl+R works fine, for me at least, but not Ctrl+S. You can see the present shortcuts, or change/remove the ones you added, under settings>shortcut mapper.
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Re: Notepad++ shortcut

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wow that is like.. a HUGE time saver! :ultrahappy:
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Better late that never, eh?

If you're running a 64-bit operating system (like me), and you've installed Love to the Program Files (x86) folder (like I did), then you may need to use the following command:

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C:\Progra~2\LOVE\love.exe "$(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)"
Note the use of "Progra~2" in lieu of "Progra~1".
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Re: Notepad++ shortcut

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Am I the only Windows user that puts the love dir in the PATH env var so I can type love in the command prompt? It also makes my notepad++ run command:
"love" "$(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)"
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TechnoCat wrote:Am I the only Windows user that puts the love dir in the path so I can type love in the command prompt?
No.

Ah, LÖVE on Windows. That was a long time ago...
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