OpenRA

So I'm new to Open RA and YAML editing so maybe I dont understand this fully. I'm trying to edit the yaml files in notepad++ but all the text is red when I open them and that cant be normal. What program does everyone else use to edit?

I don't use Windows, but I just googled your question and found a possible answer

This is default behavior for Notepad++. You can add .yaml extension via Settings>Style Configurator>YAML>User ext.; add ".yaml" there.

at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2235 ... dows-users

Unfortunately that posting doesent really help. I had already switched the tab to space like it said and nothing. Could it be because the files are .yaml and not. Yml? I did add .yaml recognition in notepad++ though. Can someone just tell me step by step what theu do to open and edit yaml? This sbouldent be that difficult.

Switching tab to space will break OpenRA as Chrisf already told you. It seems that the original YAML specification uses spaces, OpenRA uses tabs so Notepad++ thinks it is invalid YAML which it is not (for OpenRA). Have a look at http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/n ... tion_Files to customize your syntax highlighting.

I use http://kate-editor.org/ which works great after I configured it to use real tabs instead of multiple spaces for YAML files when I press TAB.

that helped a lot. thanks. im starting to figure this out. i need to find ojt how to syntaxhighlight for yaml now

i changed the language to yaml so its not in all red anymore. now its all black. is this normal? i o.ly ask cause i see pasted code elswhere thats multiple colors. i think i need to research syntx customizing.

i think notepad++ kinda sucks if its this difficult to open and edit a text file. im not a programmer just a ra player. so this is mostly foreign to me. can anyone at all tell me exactly what program and procedure you use to open and edit a yaml?

Some info here, slighly outdated: https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/wiki/Mapping
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