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Once you have BBEdit installed, get "PCGenLSTLanguageModule.plist" (link above) to be copied into
the "<User>/Library/Application Support/BBEdit/Language Modules" directory. After that you need to create a document type for PCGen.

'''1)''' Start BBEdit

'''2)''' Configure -> Preferences -> Languages

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'''3)''' Select "Languages"

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'''3)''' "Add..." suffix mapping for extension ".lst" and map to "PCGen LST".

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'''4)''' "Add..." suffix mapping for extension ".pcc" and map to "PCGen LST".

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'''5)''' Enable -> Editor Defaults -> Syntax Coloring

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'''6)''' Close Preferences

Now you need to make some further adjustments for your new document type.

'''1)''' Configure -> Preferences

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'''2)''' Document Classes -> PCGen -> Font: Set the font to a monospace font so everything will line up nicely (I use Courier)

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'''3)''' Tabulation: Set the default tab spacing to 6 spaces and set the Indent size to 6 spaces

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After this you need to make some further adjustments to the general settings of TextPad

'''1)''' View - Make sure the following are checked:
A) Highlight the line containing the cursor (*extremely* helpful)
B) Horizontal scroll bar
C) Line numbers (makes talking to each other about where to find stuff easier)
D) Vertical scroll bar
E) Visible white space:Paragraphs, Spaces, Tabs

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'''2)''' Associated Files - add "*.lst" and "*.pcc" and "*.pcg" so that Explorer will automatically start Textpad when you double click those file types.

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'''3)''' File Name Filters
A) Click the New button
B) Enter a name/description ("PCGen" works well here)
C) Enter our three favorite wildcards "*.lst" and "*.pcc" and "*.pcg" separated by commas
D) Click Apply

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'''4)''' Set your preferred font colors/backgrounds for each keyword and visible spaces. I recommend something bright and garish for the Keyword 6 as that is what is being used for deprecated tags.

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Ok, that's pretty much it for getting BBEdit set up. A final thought... you'll also want to turn *off* word wrapping as the .lst file lines can get really long and trying to determine three line down if you've actually started a new line or not the with word-wrapping turned on is a quick route to insanity...

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