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
• 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)

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)

Functions list

Fabio functions: this plugin adds 2 useful functions to the editor (source included):

• Click on Ctrl+G to see the list of sections, functions and macros and go directly on one of them
• Select a macro name or a constant, click on Ctrl+D to open the file where it is defined

Fabiochelly 12:14, 28 January 2006 (PST) Version 1.0 (fabio at chelly dot net)