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Because I'm rubbish - Notepad++

Post by Tashalar » Sun Jan 25, 2015 1:20 pm

How is it that you do this with text in Notepad++?
Sign text here!
I am currently working on a pile of signs and I'd like for the writing to look good, instead of blocky - given it's described as looking central I'd like to try and do that. I've seen people post notes on boards in similar styles.
Please help!
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Re: Because I'm rubbish - Notepad++

Post by jp.ping14 » Sun Jan 25, 2015 2:17 pm

Doing it the hard way... Count the number of characters that would fit in one line of a fixture and do it like you're making an AASCII drawing. It takes alot of effort, only do it when you have alot of time to burn.

I am not sure if counting the character number would even help, but that's a start. If I'm wrong, then you have to do trial and error if the character spacing is uneven for different characters.

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Re: Because I'm rubbish - Notepad++

Post by AdreannaDrea » Sun Jan 25, 2015 3:03 pm

Something someone sent to me a while ago:
First you will need this program: http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

It is essentially notepad on steroids.

Then you need to change the settings!
So click the settings tab
Go to preferences
Change "Format" to Unix
Change "Encoding" to UTF-8 wihtout BOM

And everything else should look like this: http://i.imgur.com/ksiA6SO.png (typically no more changes are required)

Now what you do is write up your message like so: http://i.imgur.com/iu8TE1V.png
(You can do /w if you want too. But if you don't have a 'tell' command or a whisper command then your character will /shout/ the message across the area - which can be embarrassing)

Then copy!

Alt-tab back to NWN (Or use NWN in Windowed mode, there is a guide for that here: http://nwn.wikia.com/wiki/Window_mode )

Make a 'Macro' on your hotbar by right clicking on an empty slot and selecting the 12 o'clock option, like this: http://i.imgur.com/91qPRsW.png

Call it whatever you want!

And then ctrl + v (paste) the copied text into the macro command so the finished product looks like this: http://i.imgur.com/8LYjTet.png

Then click it! And that's how you paragraphs.

ALSO.

If you get a little dot instead of a proper line break, try making a new note. Notebook ++ can have multiple notes up, all with different preferences, so you need to check and ensure the note you're writing on has the aforementioned settings!

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Re: Because I'm rubbish - Notepad++

Post by Tashalar » Sun Jan 25, 2015 3:51 pm

Thankyou! I will try this.
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Re: Because I'm rubbish - Notepad++

Post by Tashalar » Wed Jan 28, 2015 11:14 am

Hm. Well, it works great in notes (thankyou, this'll be great for the future)! But it doesn't work for fixtures, that I can find. Any tips as to get it to work for fixture-writing?
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#4: This Spellbook Is Fire
#5: Think For Once, Archmage Amana
#6: Cor, What A Stunner
#8: Sigermane Special
#9: What Is This, Cordor In The Fifties?

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Re: Because I'm rubbish - Notepad++

Post by Tigertiger » Fri Apr 10, 2015 6:57 pm

Ughm I followed the above and it won't let me have multiple lines in game still for aloud or ect? I did all the requested the two settings checked, macro completely pasted from the document with nothing personally typed. And it won't work?
I have gotten to the point where I wrote shorts (short songs) for when I used bard song on Verimil, Notepad ++ made it so I can make them look snazzy~

If anyone has any suggestions on Songs for Verimil feel free to PM me~

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Re: Because I'm rubbish - Notepad++

Post by The Rambling Midget » Fri Apr 10, 2015 7:42 pm

Can you post a screenshot of your output?

When you entered the text, did you press Enter on the keyboard, or did you click the Ok button with your mouse?

Did you walk through an area transition before using the macro? If you do, your text will be truncated to 220(?) characters.
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Re: Because I'm rubbish - Notepad++

Post by Tigertiger » Fri Apr 10, 2015 9:12 pm

The Rambling Midget wrote:Can you post a screenshot of your output?

When you entered the text, did you press Enter on the keyboard, or did you click the Ok button with your mouse?

Did you walk through an area transition before using the macro? If you do, your text will be truncated to 220(?) characters.
Screen shots of my Output? I do not exactly know what your asking for.

I believe I have been pressing the botton with my mouse, I will check.

No I did not go through any trasitions---

I was pressing enter not clicking with my mouse, that fixed it! Thank you The Rambling Midget!
I have gotten to the point where I wrote shorts (short songs) for when I used bard song on Verimil, Notepad ++ made it so I can make them look snazzy~

If anyone has any suggestions on Songs for Verimil feel free to PM me~

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