- Download Notepad++ to your PC or windows jump-host.
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/ - If you are not allowed to install the app; download the zip version.
Notepad Plus Plus Settings
I prefer this dark theme for powercli scipts and editing config files.
Full info about the theme – https://github.com/SeanCline/Npp-VS2012-Dark
- Download VS2012-Dark.xml (right-click save as)
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SeanCline/Npp-VS2012-Dark/master/VS2012-Dark.xml
- Place the VS2012-Dark.xml into the “theme” sub-folder of where NPP is installed/extracted.
Ex. C:Program Files (x86)Notepad++themes
You can create the “themes” sub-folder if the folder is not there. - Open NPP, Click “Settings” and “Style Configuration”
- Select “VS2012-Dark”. I prefer the Consolas font, Bold and 12.
To help prevent a bad copy/paste.
ex. adding to the c:ProgramDataVMwareVMware VirtualCentervpxd.cfg file
- Click View / Show Symbol / Show White Space and TAB
You can see line 10 has 1 tab (arrow) before the test while lines 11-15 have 2 tabs.
If there were spaces, there would be a tiny dot per space.