# Editors - Different Ways to Simplify Your Textual Configuration

Currently there are several existing solutions, that can help you configuring your Naomi instance in a textual way. This documentation page can give you some guidance in choosing the right one for you and setting it up.

# Network Preparations

Any editors used to configure Naomi need to be able to access the configuration files on the remote Naomi host.

This can be achieved by using a network share set up on the remote host and mounted on your local computer. The steps required to set up a network share on your local host computer are specific to the host operation system. How to setup and use Samba on a Linux system is described in the Linux article. If you are using Naobian, the network shares are readily configured for you, you only need to mount them locally.

Attention Windows users: Directly accessing network shares (UNC paths) is often not supported. Please be sure to mount the network share to a drive letter.

# Naomi VS Code Extension

Naomi VS Code is an extension for the Visual Studio Code editor. You can find it in the Microsoft Visual Studio Marketplace.

# Installation

1. Install Visual Studio Code on your desktop computer (not on the Naomi host)
2. Open the extension sidebar.
3. Search for Naomi and install the extension.

Visit the Extensions GitHub Page for further Informations

# Rule Validation

This extension has the ability to check rules and validate them through a so called Language Server. (If you want to know more about this in general look here.) The validation needs a running Naomi installation in your environment and can be activated with some simple steps. You can find all important information in the extensions readme file.

# Other Editor Integrations

The here summarized projects provide syntax highlighting for different text editors, but have no on top functionality like the two tools above.

# mcedit

mcedit is an editor which comes with mc (Midnight Commander). You can find the syntax files and installation instructions on naomi-mcedit.

# Notepad++

Notepad++ is a free source code editor for Windows. Version 6.2 or above is required. You can find the syntax files on naomi-samples and install the files like it is described in the editors documentation.

# Vim

Vim is a text editor in Linux systems. You can find the syntax file and installation instructions on naomi-vim.

# Nano

Nano is a common editor in Linux systems. You can find the syntax file and installation instructions on naominano.

# TextWrangler

TextWrangler is a text and code editor for macOS. You can find the syntax file and installation instructions on naomi-syntax-textwrangler.

# BBEdit

BBEdit is a text and code editor for macOS and the offical successor of TextWrangler. You can find the syntax file and installation instructions on BBEdit-Naomi-language.