default settings for SciTE

[jimg]

Really dumb question.  I've used SciTE/AutoIt3 for decades but after updating the latest version, I now get a bunch of undesirable settings, specifically "vertical split" and no line numbers.  My Windows 10 PC does not include a c:\Program Data folder, and I've searched everywhere else for .properties files.  I've got hidden files and system files shown.

Maybe the defaults are the result of not having any file?

 

 

 

[Jos]

SciTE/Options/Open User Options File  ...  will tell you where it is located.  

[jimg]

I tried opening all the items listed in that menu and they all produce blank screens.  I guess I'll re-downlaod the latest version and reinstall it.

[Jos]

Which directory does the SciTEUser.properties open in when doing the steps I posted? 
Can you show the SciTE output pane information when running a script so I can see which version you are running?

Edited April 26, 2022 by Jos

[jimg]

If I "copy path" I get C:\Users\jim\SciTEUser.properties but the file doesn't exist.

[Jos]

You forgot to provide the second part!    ... but I am guessing you are running the lite version. Were you using the separate Full version of SciTE4AutoIt3 before?
When using that one the SciTE_USERHOME should point to:  

SCITE_USERHOME=C:\Users\jim\AppData\Local\AutoIt v3\SciTE

which is were the user config files are saved.

[jimg]

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Version 4.4.6 
    Mar  6 2022 00:53:06
by Neil Hodgson.

The Appdata\local\autoit v3  folder exists but is empty.  Not in AllUsers etc.

[Jos]

That is not a SciTE version I support and was not installed with autoit3 or separate installer, so don't expect things to work properly.

Edited April 26, 2022 by Jos

[jimg]

I have no idea where I would have gotten it if not from the AutoIt3 download page.  I get a error re-installing, so I guess I uninstall, delete the directories, and scrub the registry and try again.

[Jos]

Well....  maybe it is one of the Beta's you downloaded? 
This is the latest Beta:

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Version 4.4.6 
    Mar 12 2022 10:14:43
by Neil Hodgson.
 Updated by Jos
Check the SciTE4AutoIt3 Homepage for Updates

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Anyways...  what about to do as I asked a couple of posts back so we have a point to start with:

  On 4/26/2022 at 12:13 PM, Jos said:

Can you show the SciTE output pane information when running a script so I can see which version you are running?

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Jos

[jimg]

I got the "release code" from the download page.  I don't which post I didn't answer, at least not after I provided the "About" display.  Be more specific if you're asking for something else.

[Jos]

  On 4/26/2022 at 9:23 PM, jimg said:

Be more specific if you're asking for something else.

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  mmm ...Not sure what isn't specific enough when I ask you to run any script and copy the SciTE output window information....  

It looks like this:

>"C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE\..\AutoIt3.exe" "C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE\AutoIt3Wrapper\AutoIt3Wrapper.au3" /Prod /AU3check /in "D:\Development\AutoIt3\programs\test\test\test.au3"
+>23:21:13 Starting AutoIt3Wrapper (21.316.1639.9) from:SciTE.exe (4.4.6.0)  Keyboard:00020409  OS:WIN_10/2009  CPU:X64 OS:X64  Environment(Language:0413)  CodePage:65001  utf8.auto.check:4
+>         SciTEDir => C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE   UserDir => C:\Users\jos\AppData\Local\AutoIt v3\SciTE\AutoIt3Wrapper   SCITE_USERHOME => C:\Users\jvdza\AppData\Local\AutoIt v3\SciTE

Jos

[jimg]

We're obviously talking apples and oranges.  If I run a script from within SciTE I get nothing on the output window but:

>"C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE\..\AutoIt3.exe" /ErrorStdOut "D:\Programs\AutoIt3\maps.au3"   

Then when I exit my code, I get:

>Exit code: 0
 

Maybe I don't know what the "output window" is.  I assume it's the thing that prompted the original post, where it ends up configured for a vertical split.

SciTE does not appear as a separate entity in settings/apps, so uninstalling it by itself isn't obvious..  It sure looks like it's in the AUtoItV3 package that came from the "latest stable version" at the top of the download page.

[Jos]

  On 4/26/2022 at 9:48 PM, jimg said:

C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE\..\AutoIt3.exe" /ErrorStdOut "D:\Programs\AutoIt3\maps.au3"   

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This is indeed what I wanted to see. This means you are running the Lite version that came with AutoIt3.
Just install the Full version when you like to have all its benefit and were using that before, which will also use a different place for the SciTEUSer.properties file, which still might be there when you were using it previously.

Jos

Edited April 27, 2022 by Jos

[jimg]

Thanks for sticking with me long enough to fix the problem.  I obviously installed the full SciTE at some point (when my brain was still working).

[NassauSky]

So I installed the full version from: https://www.autoitscript.com/site/autoit/downloads/  which linked to: https://www.autoitscript.com/site/autoit-script-editor/downloads/

For the most part it is setup very good as far as the properties are concerned except I'm having a problem opening up a read-only au3 file.

Why does it not allow me to close the file when I accidentally enter a line of text in the opened file after I click NO on the dialog "Save under a different name"

If it's a good reason I'll have to remember to Press Ctrl+R before closing it out (Reset) otherwise I'd love advise on how to disable that option.

 

Thanks