Notepad ++ highlights everything that comes after <%= in html.erb files

Question

See the image above. I'm working on notepad ++. html.erb files are presented that way, and I don't know how to get rid of the sky blue highlighting that follows <%=.

Answer 1

I think your problem is the commented out end tag on that line. The %> is being commented out. Try using " instead of ' for your strings.

Answer 2

zsalzbank, Ben and peterjwest are all correct. Here's some new information:

SciTE 2.29 has a version of SciLexer.dll that doesn't crash Notepad++ 5.9.3 and also interprets the single quote correctly.

I downloaded it from here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/scintilla/files/SciTE/2.29/ - the file you need is wscite229.zip

You can copy the new SciLexer.dll from the SciTE download into the Notepad++ folder.

UPDATE: Full instructions here: http://blog.dominicsayers.com/how-to-edit-erb-files-using-notepad/

Answer 3

Here's a good article on it: http://therubyway.wordpress.com/2008/11/23/rails-on-notepad/

Essentially you just need to replace the scilexer.dll file (downloadable from the link) to fix the bugged <% %> syntax highlighting

Important Update:

Unfortunately this causes a crash on save (and will empty the file) on the new version of Notepad++, if you really want to use this it may work on an older version such as 5.8, you will have to test this.