This project provides a very simple user defined language file for Notepad++ that does some basic syntax highlighting for markdown texts. This is my version of the markdown theme for notepad++, if you want the original one, go here.

Installation instructions (taken from Notepad++ Web site 1):

1. Download the user-defined language to your computer
   • Right-click on userDefineLang.xml (RAW file format) and choose 'Save As'
2. In Notepad++ :
   1. Choose menu Language > Define your own language
   2. Click Import
   3. In the open dialog, browse to and select your downloaded userDefineLang.xml file, and click open.
   4. Wait for the 'Import successful' dialog to be shown.
3. Open a Markdown file in Notepad++ (file extension must be .md or .markdown)
   • Notepad++ should format the file with Markdown language style
   • To manually choose Markdown style, select menu Language > Markdown

Copyright (c) 2010 Thomas Smits

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