HM NIS Edit

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Script editor

Custom page editor

Links

For more information and download links visit the homepage.

Description

HM NIS Edit 2.0.3 is the best OpenSource script editor for Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS). It's useful for experts and beginners in the creation of Setup programs with the NSIS.

In addition to all the features of an excellent plain text editor it also has:

• Plugins support
• Multiple scripts edition and compilation interface (MDI)
• Translatable interface to any language (Spanish, English, French, Polish, Czech, and many more!)
• Syntax highlighting with customizable colors and text attributes
• Built in browser
• Type a command and put your mouse over it and it tells you the usage
• InstallOptions designer
• Wizard (for beginners) that will guide you through all the steps to create a standard Windows Setup program
• Script creation from template files
• Code templates with most common commands
• Basic command help by hovering the mouse cursor over a command in the editor
• Advanced command help by pressing F1 key
• Execution of the generated Setup program after script compilation (to try the setup program)

Updated Syntax Files

HM NIS Edit syntax config files for latest NSIS version are available here.

Plugins

To install a plugin, just put the DLL file in the plugins directory of HM NIS Edit.

iss2nsi: a utility to convert Inno Setup scripts to NSIS scripts (source included)