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NCL nedit mode

The following scripts enable NCL syntax highlighting in nedit versions 5.0.1 and higher. The scripts range from a minimalistic approach with few highlighting schemes and few colors, to a more thorough highlighting scheme with many colors. The scripts can be downloaded and, if desired, edited and tested. When ready you can import the file into nedit by typing, for example:

    nedit -import ncl.edit

You will only have to import the file once. Go to "Preferences" and click on "Save Defaults".

• ncl.nedit -a minimalistic approach, keywords and flow constructs are in bold-black, comments are plain-red and symbols are highlighted in bold-blue (courtesy of Dennis Shea)

• ncl2.nedit - a more moderate highlighting scheme that highlights attributes, I/O functions (among others) (courtesy of Adam Phillips)

• ncl3.nedit - an intensive syntax highlighting approach that highlights most NCL functions (courtesy of Paul Thomas Quelet). Updated periodically by volunteers to reflect new syntax or functions.

Note: these scripts are unsupported by the NCL development team.