topic Editor with Syntax Highlighting in VMware PowerCLI Discussions

Editor with Syntax Highlighting

markdjones82 — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 16:44:03 GMT

All,

I am currently using Powergui, but I've noticed the VMware powerpacks stop at 4.1. I assume this means any of the new cmdlets will not show up with highlighting? Is there an editor that has the syntax highlighting for the newer cmdlets?

Re: Editor with Syntax Highlighting

rtunisi — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 17:11:26 GMT

you can use Powershell ISE and load powercli on the posh inside... just run the startup script on the screen or make an alias like

Function Load-PowerCli{

. "C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere PowerCLI\Scripts\Initialize-PowerCLIEnvironment.ps1"

}

it loads all the current cmdlets into the autocomplete and syntax highlighter

Re: Editor with Syntax Highlighting

markdjones82 — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 17:11:38 GMT

Nevermind, I'm a bonehead lol. I forgot they have snap in's that I need to load although in powergui they don't seem to be higlighting the latest cmdlets still. I'm also checking out Luc's favorite powershell plus

Re: Editor with Syntax Highlighting

LucD — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 12:45:41 GMT

I just did a short overview of the ones I know about, see 1. Re: Free PowerCLI Editor

Re: Editor with Syntax Highlighting

Steve_Jin — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 23:55:03 GMT

Here is an online one I just created: GitHub - DoubleCloudInc/powercli-sketchpad: Sketchpad for VMware PowerCLI It's open sourced under MIT license. To use it:

PowerCLI SketchPad - DoubleCloud