Notepad++ IDE setup

Notepad++ IDE setup.md

1. Install Notepad++ (check "set as default HTML editor" to replace Notepad in IE).
2. Download Plugin Manager zip, open it, and copy the two folders into your Notepad++ program folder, e.g. C:\Program Files\Notepad++ for the 64-bit version.
3. Run Notepad++, update its plugins, and install "NppExec" via Plugins, Plugin Manager.
4. Enter these scripts for Python debugging:

Press F6 to create a NppExec Execute script, save as "Python 3.4":

NPP_SAVE
cd "$(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)"
env_set PYTHONIOENCODING=utf-8
C:\Python34\python.exe -u "$(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)"

To mark and link (by double-click) errors, press Shift+F6 to add active Console Output Filters, with Red set to FF:

*"%FILE%", line %LINE%

Add style checking using PyLint (pip install pylint):

Command: pylint.exe "$(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)" --errors-only (switch last in case you want to &rem it.)

Filter: %FILE%:%LINE%:%CHAR%

And context-sensitive help using Shift+F1 (because F1 alone now shows About) with <Command name="Get Python help" Ctrl="no" Alt="no" Shift="yes" Key="112">https://www.google.nl/#q=python+$(CURRENT_WORD)</Command> in %appdata%\Notepad++\shortcuts.xml

Linux and MacOS can run the 32-bit (Plugin manager is missing in 64-bit version) Notepad++ via Wine. Add to MacOS dock via Applications, Automator, Utilities, Run shell script, /usr/local/bin/wine "C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" (input via parameters), save in Applications, and drop that file to the dock.

Better autocomplete: https://blog.extramaster.net/2016/07/better-python-standard-library.html

Beercow didn't switch to Visual Studio Code. DBGP looks interesting.