External Editors

for input files

Therion files are text files. They can be edited with any text editor, not just with xtherion.

Emacs

:contrib:therion-emacs.zip Emacs mode with syntax highlight (M. Luethi).

Unzip the file and read the instructions in it.

Note: C-c C-c invokes therion to compile the project. With emacs shell xpdf –remote therion cave.pdf & you get the preview (emacs is so nice that it closes xpdf at the end).


Vi

:contrib:therion-vim.zip Vi syntax highlight file (M. Corvi).

Unzip the file and read the instructions in it.

Note: vi too has the shell, :! followed by the command.


NotePad++

NotePadd++ is a free editor that I have used sucessfully with XTherion (B. Mutton)
Last updated for version 5.6.7 Feb 2010

http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm

Features Relevant to Therion

Customise NotePad++

To allow NotePad++ to work with Therion data files select the menu item Settings. Preferences and in the dialog that opens select the New Document tab.

Select the 'UTF-8 without BOM' radio button and tick 'Apply to open ANSI file'

Here are some files to make it work well with Therion. In windows XP add them to the folder

 %APPDATA%\Notepad++ 

which in Windows XP usually evaluates to …

 C:\Documents and Settings\<Username>\Application Data\Notepad++ 

or in Windows 7

 C:\Users\<Username>\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++ 

Make sure that NotePad++ is not running when you relocate or edit these files in the above location.

User defined language styler for survex and for therion
(includes 3 styles, Survex, Therion simple highlighting of comments only, and Therion 5.3.3) :contrib:userDefineLang.xml (Download the file then unzip the contents to %APPDATA%\Notepad++)

Modified keyboard shortcuts to include opening therion using Ctrl+Alt X :contrib:shortcuts.xml (Download the file then save to %APPDATA%\Notepad++; don't open it in your browser as it will corrupt the file contents)

(This file assumes Therion is on the D: drive, you will need to edit it if your Therion is on a different drive)


for output files

Adobe Acrobat

Post process pdf outputs with a GUI & for a fee.

pdftk (PDF Toolkit)

from http://www.accesspdf.com http://www.pdfhacks.com/pdftk/ Free command line application with various useful tools for post processing Atlas pdf outputs. Add or delete pages, interleave atlas plan and elevation pages. Distributed under GPL.

It can be a bit fiddly to use. I have put together these batch files to ease the pain.

pdftknotesbatchfiles.zip
They need to be edited on a case by case basis to suit the files that you intend to process.