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Posted by Krystal Jackson
Krystal Jackson
8,598 Points

Jade file in Notepad++ text editor

In the option for the file type i don't see jade or pug as an option. Will it still understand that it is a jade or pug file by me just typing index.jade or do I have to pick another text editor that has jade or pug as a file type.

1 Answer

Kevin Fitzhenry
Kevin Fitzhenry
30,096 Points
Kevin Fitzhenry
Kevin Fitzhenry
30,096 Points

Any text editor should work with any file type. In your case, yes, just name the file index.jade and it should operate in the way you want it to. However, in order for syntax highlighting to work for Jade or Pug, you may need to download a package or plugin for your editor in order for it to be able to do syntax highlighting for a Jade or Pug file. Most text editors come with syntax highlighting for common languages like HTML, CSS, JS, PHP, etc. But less common languages, like the templating languages you are trying to use, usually require an additional package to be installed.

Hope that helps and let us know if you need any more help or clarification.

Krystal Jackson
Krystal Jackson
8,598 Points

Thanks so much. I googled a package for the highlighting and attempted to install it on notepad++ but it doesn't work. Do you know any links to a plugin that works?

Kevin Fitzhenry
Kevin Fitzhenry
30,096 Points

Try this: https://github.com/sorensen/jade_npp

Make sure to follow the instructions listed in the README file. You may need to quite Notepad++ and reopen it in order for the changes to be reflected.