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| Verilog | XML | YAML | | |
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Notepad++ supports for their [syntax highlighting](../preferences/#style-configurator) (customizable),
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For these languages, Notepad++ supports [syntax highlighting](../preferences/#style-configurator) (customizable),
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syntax folding, [auto-completion](../auto-completion/) (customizable),
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[function list](../function-list/) (customizable via PCRE in xml file).
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If your beloved language is not in the list above, you can define it by your
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own easily, by using
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[User Defined Languages System](../user-defined-language-system/).
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If your beloved language is not in the list above, you can define it yourself easily, by using the
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[User Defined Languages System](../user-defined-language-system/). If that doesn't meet your needs,
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you could write (or have someone else write) a [lexer plugin](../plugins/#building-a-lexer-plugin).
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Please note that in Notepad++ v8.3 and newer, Notepad++ will no longer perform syntax highlighting
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\on files that are over 200MB -- this prevents extreme performance slowdown caused by trying to
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syntax highlight extremely large files.

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