While I predominately view text with Message boxes in AutoHotkey, sometimes they are not the right tool for the job. I wrote a short function to automate sending text to the SciTE Output pane.
SciTE is a great editor however the Output pane is greatly underutilized. Below is the function I wrote to manipulate it. You can download the SciTE Output Function here
Here I show you how to customize SciTE status bar. This is a great, easy, way to add more relevant information to your needs.
In the below video I walk through how you can make minor tweaks to your status bar by editing your user.properties file. Further down the page I’ve provided some of the built-in variables however there are a ton of additional ones you can check out the defined variables here.
Here is the syntax I walked through in the below video. The first SciTE statusbar.text.1 that is commented out is one I use by default.
| Variable Name | Meaning |
|---|---|
| FilePath | full path of the current file |
| FileDir | directory of the current file without a trailing slash |
| FileName | base name of the current file |
| FileExt | extension of the current file |
| FileNameExt | $(FileName).$(FileExt) |
| Language | name of the lexer used for the current file |
| SessionPath | full path of the current session |
| CurrentSelection | value of the currently selected text |
| CurrentWord | value of word which the caret is within or near |
| Replacements | number of replacements made by last Replace command |
| SelectionStartColumn | column where selection starts |
| SelectionStartLine | line where selection starts |
| SelectionEndColumn | column where selection ends |
| SelectionEndLine | line where selection ends |
| CurrentMessage | most recently selected output pane message |
| SciteDefaultHome | directory in which the Global Options file is found |
| SciteUserHome | directory in which the User Options file is found |
| SciteDirectoryHome | directory in which the Directory Options file is found |
| APIPath | list of full paths of API files from api.filepattern |
| AbbrevPath | full path of abbreviations file |
| ScaleFactor | the screen’s scaling factor with a default value of 100 |
How to open SciTE multiple timesTypically I like having one SciTE window with multiple tabs however, at times, it is very handy to have a Second SciTE window.
Making a minor tweak to your user.properties file is an easy way to achieve this.
Just open your current user.properties file and add the below code to it. You can find out more about SciTE4Autohotkey here
For a quick review of how it works and how to add it you can check out this video
