How can I get auto-complete to work with Notepad++?

I'm trying to set up Notepad++ as my script editor (I got fed up with MonoDevelop). I've got syntax highlighting and jump-to-line working perfectly, but I can't seem to figure out Auto-Complete (aka intellisense). Every single tutorial, guide, or thread I find is completely outdated, and I don't want to downgrade Unity.

Any help?

 

You could try http://csscriptnpp.codeplex.com/

 

I tried it, but it doesn't seem to be doing anything.

 

Anybody? it's really frustrating, and every site that shows how to do it is either outdated or doesn't exist...

 

was wondering this too as Monodevelop seems slow. But it is can't be any faster than monodevelop once set up I don't need notepad++

 

Visual Studio is the best choice, it might need a couple of seconds to start the first time but it is really fast, and it has the best auto complete.

P.S Using Visual Studio 2012 or later also has a very eye friendly dark skin.

 

Have you guys tried xamarin studio?

 

Visual Studio 2013 Community Edition (free)
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Visual Studio 2013 Tools for Unity (free)

 

This is possible, in fact I started looking into this today and was able to get it working, using the instructions here:
http://www.edy.es/dev/docs/using-notepad-plus-plus-as-external-editor-in-unity-3d/

The only downside is that the keyword and autocompletion definitions seem to be for a slightly earlier version of 4.x
Might be worth getting in touch with him and seeing if he can provide up-to-date definitions, or explain how they are extracted. He may be on this forum, as I've seen his asset (Edy’s Vehicle Physics) on the asset store.

 

Not for notepad++ but a few other text editors, http://www.omnisharp.net/ - haven't tried it myself though so don't know how well it works.

 

I have prepared this portable version. It's just the zip version you can download from the Notepad++ page with the Language Help plugin installed and configured to go to http://unity3d.com/support/documentation/ScriptReference/30_search.html?q=$word$ when pressing Ctrl+F1, with the following configuration files modified:

• langs.xml: Added the keywords (updated for Unity 4.5) mentioned here to the javascript and cs entries
• Original javascript.xml and cs.xml where overwritten with these javascript.xml and cs.xml files

To jump to the line shown on the console when double clicking on it you must write this down:
"-n $(Line)" "$(File)"
in the External Script Editor Args in the preferences External Tools panel

If you don't trust me (I won't be offended ;P) you can do the process yourself, it's quite easy actually.

It would be nice to have the keywords updated for the latest version, but I could not find them anywhere.

Cheers!

 

Thanks for this it works perfectly, was stuck at the langs.xml step