{"id":191,"date":"2010-11-21T13:25:17","date_gmt":"2010-11-21T13:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoitscript.com\/site\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T16:13:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T15:13:55","slug":"autoit-script-editor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.autoitscript.com\/site\/autoit-script-editor\/","title":{"rendered":"AutoIt Script Editor (SciTE4AutoIt3)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About SciTE4AutoIt3<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>People on the <a href=\"\/forum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Forum<\/a> started looking at many editors to see which one was the most useful editor for AutoIt3. We found SciTE and saw its potential so I wrote a customized Lexer for the Syntax Highlighting and Syntax folding and created a special installer called SciTE4AutoIt3. The &#8220;Package&#8221; grew to what it is today with lots of integrated utilities written by Jos and the AutoIt3 community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scintilla.sourceforge.net\/SciTEDoc.html\">SciTE<\/a> is a SCIntilla based Text Editor. Originally built to demonstrate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scintilla.org\/\">Scintilla<\/a>, it has grown to be a generally useful editor with facilities for building and running programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default has-small-font-size\">Neil Hodgson<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>SciTE4AutoIt3 contains SciTE, wrapped into a single installer with all needed configuration settings and lots of utility programs like <a href=\"\/autoit3\/scite\/docs\/SciTE4AutoIt3\/AutoIt3Wrapper.html\">AutoIt3Wrapper<\/a>, <a href=\"\/autoit3\/scite\/docs\/SciTE4AutoIt3\/SciTEConfig.html\">SciTEConfig<\/a>, <a href=\"\/autoit3\/scite\/docs\/SciTE4AutoIt3\/Tidy.html\">Tidy<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoitscript.com\/autoit3\/scite\/docs\/SciTE4AutoIt3\/Au3Stripper.html\">Au3Stripper<\/a> etc to enhanced SciTE for use with AutoIt3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SciTE4AutoIt3 is maintained by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoitscript.com\/forum\/profile\/19-jos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jos<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Getting Started<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/site\/autoit-script-editor\/installation\/\">Installation instructions for Autoit3 and SciTE4AutoIt3.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/site\/autoit-script-editor\/downloads\/\">Download Page containing installers and separate definition files.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Syntax Highlighting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/autoit3\/scite\/docs\/SciTE4AutoIt3\/Introductionb1.PNG\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CodeFolding<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/autoit3\/scite\/docs\/SciTE4AutoIt3\/Introductionb2.PNG\" alt=\"AutoIt Editor Code Folding\"><\/figure><\/td><td>&nbsp;<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/autoit3\/scite\/docs\/SciTE4AutoIt3\/Introductionb3.PNG\" alt=\"AutoIt Editor Code Folding\"><\/figure><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Autocomplete<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/autoit3\/scite\/docs\/SciTE4AutoIt3\/getting-startedb3.PNG\" alt=\"\"><\/figure><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Intellisense<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/autoit3\/scite\/docs\/SciTE4AutoIt3\/getting-startedb4.PNG\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check <a href=\"\/autoit3\/scite\/docs\/\">the helpfile<\/a> for all details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thanks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"\/forum\/profile\/19-jos\/\">Jos<\/a>&nbsp;would like to thank:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jonathan Bennett for AutoIt.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Neil Hodgson for SciTE\/Scintilla.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Melba23 for User Abbreviation, CallTip Managers and reformatting to this version of the helpfile!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jason (Valik) Boggs, for supplying LUA functions and lots of ideas and feedback.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Michael (MHz) Heath for the Abbrev.properties and testing\/input.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Micha\u0142 Lipok (mLipok) for refreshing the Abbrev.properties and Helpfile Abbrev page<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Giuseppe (gcriaco) Criaco and Gary (gafrost) Frost for CodeWizard.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lookfar and LazyCat for the Koda formdesigner.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>wraithdu for updating the Resource Update Functions allowing non-standard Resource updates in Autoit3Wrapper.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>guinness\/Ashalshaikh\/Melba23 for SciTE Jump.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All other forum members supplying their ideas\/contribution\/input.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For details on the SciTE editor : <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scintilla.org\/SciTE.html\">http:\/\/www.scintilla.org\/SciTE.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About SciTE4AutoIt3 People on the Forum started looking at many editors to see which one was the most useful editor for AutoIt3. 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