Modes In Text Forge

Text Forge is lightweight and language agnostic, So there is no default dependence on any language. But how you can work with any file type and have special features like syntax highlighter? This is where the mods come in, a mode is a special module designed to adapt to certain types of files and languages, you can enter the mods and leave the rest to the editor, everything is automatically managed to you can work with files.

Packages

In programming word, there is a lot of types of programmers, for example you can be a web developer, in this case you need to work with some files as your basic workflow, such as .html, .css, and .js. So we provide packages, a package is a collection from related modes create for a special type of users.

Installing Modes & Packages

You can find modes and packages from official library or community created collections, there is some useful link about modes:

• Currently Available Modes List
• Official Mode Library
• Latest Modes Release
• Official Packages

A mode or package is a .zip file, you can extract this file in modes/ directory in your editor build folder, example structure:

Text Forge/
    modes/
        html/
            ...
        css/
            ...
        python/
            ...

After extract your modes and packages you can restart editor to apply changes.