Mac users: We suggest you download the free version of BBEdit from the link below. Do not purchase a license, as you do not need the extra bells and whistles.
https://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/download.html
After downloading and installing BBEdit, go to BBEdit > Folders > Language Modules. This will open a folder in Finder. Put the file CalvinLanguageModule.plist in this folder, then restart BBEdit.
When writing to Calvin, you can either add a “.calvin” extension to your filename or set the popup menu at the bottom of your editing window to Calvin.
Windows users: We suggest you download Sublime Text from the link below. It is free for evaluation purposes, but will nag you about purchasing after some period of time.
After downloading and installing Sublime Text, go to Preferences > Browse Packages… which will open a folder on your computer. Put the file calvin.sublime-syntax in the User folder, then restart Sublime Text.
You can change the color scheme using Preferences > Color Scheme… If you don’t care for the installed color schemes, go to Open Tools > Command Palette… Start typing “Package Control: Install Package.” When that option appears in the palette, click it. Wait for the available packages to show up, and then start typing “Github Color Theme.” When that option appears in the palette, click it to install the theme. Go to Preferences > Color Scheme… to select the scheme.
When writing to Calvin, add a “.calvin” extension to your filename to enable syntax coloring.
Sublime Text is also available for Mac and Linux.
Ubuntu/Linux users: We suggest you use Gedit, which is the standard GUI text editor on Ubuntu and comes pre-installed with most installations. You can find more information about Gedit as well as installation instructions at the following link:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/gedit
You should then install calvin.lang to /usr/share/gtksourceview-3.0/language-specs.
When writing to Calvin, add a “.calvin” extension to your filename to enable syntax coloring.