The answer has eluded me after searching google and wowpedia.
The have ‘answers’, but their writing in Ancient Hebrew for all I know. An actual ‘step by step’ instruction of how to add LuaWoW.xml into NotePadd++ as a ‘userDefineLang’ fails to be illuminated so far.
I found and hyperlinked the r37 of LuaWoW. This is hopefully to help others who may have trouble finding that file.
The goal? to help Notepadd++ use its pretty colors to illuminate errors in my macros.
I love how NotePadd++ basically does half the battle out of the box, but I am greedy and I want more. =D
I could pose this problem to anyone first but I figured “WoWLazyMacros.com” is the most likely to understand and sympathise with my desire.
The reason you’re having trouble making this work is that this is a syntax highlighter plugin for Notepad++. This plugin actually consists of two files: LuaWoW.dll and LuaWoW.xml.
To install the plugin, you have to place the LuaWow.dll file in the Notepad++\plugins directory, while the LuaWoW.xml file needs to be placed in the Notepad++\plugins\Config directory.
Here are step-by-step instructions for adding the LuaWoW plugin to NotePad++:
Download this zip file from google code: notepadpp_rev37.7z
If you don’t have zip file utility:
a. Download the free one from 7-zip.org
b. Install the zip file utility before continuing with step 2
Open windows explorer (or your platforms equivalent file manager tool), browse to where you saved Notepadpp_rev37.7z, and open the archive using 7-zip.
Inside the 7-zip panel, you should see two folders, install and src.
Press F9 to bring up a 2nd panel on the right showing your C: drive folders.
In the right panel, browse to the Notepad++\plugins directory. (In Windows, this will be located in the C:\Program Files (x86) directory.)
In the left panel, double click on the install folder. You should now see a Config folder and the LuaWow.dll file
Press Ctrl+A to select both directory and file
Click on the ->Copy icon in the tool bar. A copy dialog window should popup.
In the copy dialog window, confirm that Copy to: is the C:.…\Notepad++\plugins</em> directory and that Config and LuaWoW.dll are the items being copied.
Click on the Ok button to complete copying the plugin files to Notepad++.
If Notepad++ is currently open, go ahead and close it, then reopen it.
Click on Language in Notepad++'s menu bar; in the dropdown, you should see LuaWoW just after the L submenu.
Now, whenever you open any file that has a .lua extension using Notepad++, the code should automatically have the correct syntax highlighting.