New to Javascript...how do I open the JSON files for editing script?

[The Time Traveler]

My PC just says cannot open file, want to search the internet...blah blah blah...with RSS i could do it from inside the VX Ace editor. I tried to open with wordpad but rpgmaker JSON files didnt show up in the file search. Even when manually navigating to the data file for my game.

[Resi ♥]

You can open JSON files using notepad, but I recommend installing Notepad++ as it has more features which will be useful for you when editing JSON files.

[The Time Traveler]

ok ty i will try that.

[The Time Traveler]

Originally posted by Resi ♥:

You can open JSON files using notepad, but I recommend installing Notepad++ as it has more features which will be useful for you when editing JSON files.

Know where the setting is in Notepad++ that doesnt just string the code in 1 long sentence across the top line instead of as it should be? lol

[Resi ♥]

If you mean like this - http://vgy.me/wZFfWx.png - that is normal.

[The Time Traveler]

Originally posted by Resi ♥:

If you mean like this - http://vgy.me/wZFfWx.png - that is normal.

yea. cept when i open the JSON file in notepad++ its 1 line of continuous text instead of neatly ordered like your example.

[The Time Traveler]

Thx for your quick replies btw

[Resi ♥]

I'm not exactly sure why that is. I don't think I've changed any of my settings in Notepad++. I don't have an answer.

[The Time Traveler]

Originally posted by Resi ♥:

I'm not exactly sure why that is. I don't think I've changed any of my settings in Notepad++. I don't have an answer.

its ok ill try uninstall and reinstall using just the stock install. maybe by clicking the extras installations I f'd somethin up or made it uneccesarily complex. Thx again tho for your help.

If anyone else has a solid answer to my problem tho thatd be great. Ive reinstalled Notepad++ with the automatic selections at install enabled and am still getting the same thing where it just shoves all the lines of command into one line string instead of breaking it up into its appropriate and tidy lines. Im Windows 7 OS if that helps.
Also, if i open in standard notepad, It does put into lines, but for some reason it looks messy and I am unsure if it's safe to save the file if i make any changes to it (might rearrange the actual JSON file to be inoperable?)

[Mallow_VT]

May I recommend this? I'm currently using it and it's pretty useful! https://atom.io/

[The Time Traveler]

naw i figured it out. I was trying to open the JSON data files from my game file instead of maniulating the actual plugin files. The plugin files work fine in notepad++. the data files do not lol. Thx all. Was a dumbass oversight on my part.

[ocean pollen]

All these replies and nobody said: don't edit the JSON files! They're all generated by the editor. What you should be doing normally is opening the js/*.js files, to better understand them, but not to edit them, and then writing js/plugins/*.js files that alter engine objects to get things done.

[The Time Traveler]

yea i eventually figured it out when perusing the files and remembered the plugin file i wanted to tamper with was js...really all I wanted to do with them is alter the window height for the main menu so it wasnt a giant square of empty. My game has 3 character party limit so 1/4 of the screen could be empty at the bottom, and would allow me to see the gold window...for some reason the window at menu showing characters hp/mp etc overlaps it...

[Resi ♥]

Originally posted by ocean pollen:

All these replies and nobody said: don't edit the JSON files! They're all generated by the editor. What you should be doing normally is opening the js/*.js files, to better understand them, but not to edit them, and then writing js/plugins/*.js files that alter engine objects to get things done.

Editing the JSON files is easier for quickly assigning same icons and properties to a range of items that share the same information. It's what I did when I moved my project from VX Ace over to MV. Over 100 entries to edit and I finished it under 15 minutes editing the JSONs.

[The True King of Space]

If you ever have a json blob that is all on one line, just run it through a javascript beautifier of some sort.

www.jsbeautifier.org is a good one for example

[Resi ♥]

http://i.imgur.com/fQQS0NS.png
Wow, that is definitely more fancy. I bet it gets reverted back to lined structure after saving your MV project.

Even worse, the program can't read it. http://i.imgur.com/nkUr7Qj.png