# Notepad++ **URL:** \ **Category:** ChoiceScript Help\ **Created:** [April 25, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/notepad/1290 "2013-04-25T22:31:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![xmaslightguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ee7513/32.png) [@xmaslightguy](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/xmaslightguy)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/notepad/1290/1 "2013-04-25T22:31:04Z")
[http://notepad-plus-plus.org/](http://notepad-plus-plus.org/) I use this software to write programs with Java, Javascript, and HTML. It is free, great to use, and best of all, allows you to make your own programming language. I would like to do this so I can code choice script in this program, but I am lacking a deep enough understanding of choice script to do this. Would anyone like to help me? ---
**Author:** ![hyperguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@hyperguy](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/hyperguy)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 10:58pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/notepad/1290/2 "2013-04-25T22:58:29Z")
what do you mean you are writing to do choice script coding in it? because thats the same as doing it in notepad it just more easier to do it in ++ ---
**Author:** ![Caddmuss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/caddmuss/32/424_2.png) [@Caddmuss](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Caddmuss)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 2:19am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/notepad/1290/3 "2013-04-26T02:19:24Z")
> **[Choicescript Syntax Highlighter for Notepad++](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/779)** > > Hey everyone, long story short I saw a discussion about a syntax highlighter on the google group, which seems long forgotten and now unavailable. I wanted one and don’t believe there’s currently one floating about, so configured one for notepad++ I... Not sure if this is what you meant, but we use CJW’s Syntax Highlighter to keep track of ChoiceScript commands such as \*choice, \*set, #choices, etc. ---
**Author:** ![CJW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/cjw/32/111787_2.png) [@CJW](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/CJW)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 6:31am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/notepad/1290/4 "2013-04-26T06:31:30Z")
I think that’s what he’s asking for, yes. The syntax highlighter merely colours choices red, commands blue and comments green. It doesn’t have auto-completion or anything that in-depth, but feel free to edit it to suit your needs. ---
**Author:** ![dinosw](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/dinosw/32/37639_2.png) [@dinosw](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/dinosw)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 4:22am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/notepad/1290/5 "2013-06-19T04:22:59Z")
I find Sublime Text far better, and there’s also a Choicescript highlighter available for this. I use the blackboard colourscheme, and it is very easy on the eyes, and the highligths pop out far better, than on a light background. Also, it has autocompletion. And if you left-click on something, like the word name, in a command like this \*goto name. it marks all the places that word appears as a label og goto command. In addition, it has a very nice “zoomed out”, function at the right side, which makes it very easy to find you place in a long code. ---
**Author:** ![CJW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/cjw/32/111787_2.png) [@CJW](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/CJW)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 6:07am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/notepad/1290/6 "2013-06-19T06:07:55Z")
@dinosw It might be worth mentioning that the ‘far better’ Sublime Text comes with a hefty $70 price tag (Notepad++ is free) - which is quite the investment for a hobbyist CS author. I know you can download Sublime for free, but strictly speaking you _should_ (are expected) to pay for it, with “continued use”. You’d also be better posting this in a new thread, as opposed to bumping old ones (which we discourage: [http://www.choiceofgames.com/forum/discussion/700/new-to-the-choice-of-games-forums-read-this-first](http://www.choiceofgames.com/forum/discussion/700/new-to-the-choice-of-games-forums-read-this-first)).