Do you hate DOS editors or you need another keyboard layout for TASM (because it is an old DOS program)?
If you want to use
TASM assembler with your lovely
Notepad++ follow these steps:
1.) Place TASM to d:\asm\asm
2.) Open TASM (alab.exe or asm.bat) and correct the settings: Options > Directories write there d:\asm\asm\tasm.exe and so on...
Optional: to prevent the reload queston of Notepadd++ check off the following: Options > Editor > Autosave before assembling
And then: Options > Save config
3.) create the a bach file named as ASM-NPP.BAT and write into:
%2\ng
%2\r200fix
%2\alab %1
Optional: if you want to debug bat script, write below: PAUSE
4.) edit Notepad++\shortcuts.xml file and place the following line under UserDefinedCommands:
<Command name="TASM" Ctrl="yes" Alt="no" Shift="no" Key="120">d:\asm\asm\ASM-NPP.BAT $(FULL_CURRENT_PATH) d:\asm\asm</Command>
5.) Done. To run your *.asm script from notepad++ press Ctrl + F9. Tasm will open your file. Press Ctrl + F9 again to compile your script under TASM. Press Alt + X to exit Tasm and return to Notepad++.
Don't forget to save your script before Runing!
Important! If you use Total Commander too, do not create new text files with Ctrl + F4 Combo because TASM will alert: "Unexpected end of file encountered". If you want to create a new *.asm file, use Ctrl + N combo of Notepad++.