Getting Marvin Labs SCSS syntax plugin to work for Notepad++

Question

I have tried following advice I saw here about downloading Marvin Lab's git plugin to have syntax highlight for SCSS on Notepad++ but nothing happened.

I do not have a User Defined Dialogue in the View menu but imported the files through Settings>Import>Import Theme (when I tried to import through plugin it wouldn't allow me to select the Marvin plugins). I closed out and reopened repeatedly, tried reloading the files, importing the theme again and there is still no syntax highlighting is showing up.

Any clues to what I am doing wrong?

Answer 1

I had the same problem just this morning. Here are the steps I took (using Notepad++ v6.5.1 and the July 2013 commit from Marvin Labs' scss syntax plugin repo):

1. Language > Define your language...
2. Import...
3. (Select the XML file)
4. Close any .scss files currently open in Notepad++
5. Close & reopen Notepad++

At this point the syntax highlighting should be applied automatically to any .scss files you open. If it isn't, you should still be able to manually apply it: with your .scss file open and active, go to the Language menu and select "SCSS-Light" or "SCSS-Dark" (whichever you installed) from that list.