README.txt #2

Perforce Plugin for Notepad++

Disclaimer:

User contributed content on the Perforce Public Depot is not supported by Perforce,
although it may be supported by its author. This applies to all contributions 
even those submitted by Perforce employees.

Support:

This plugin is not supported in any way, but if you are stuck you can try to contact me
at sknop@perforce.com and I'll see if I can help.

Usage:

Drop DLL into notepad++/plugin directory. 
Restart Notepad++
Enjoy :-)

Be aware that the environment (including registry and P4CONFIG) is picked up through 
the directory in which the file is located. I tend to have many workspaces on my 
machine, and each one contains a p4config file, so this works well for me.

Building:

If you want to build the plug-in from source, you will need the Perforce C++ API, which
you can download from ftp.perforce.com. I have only tested this with the static version 
of the library for VS2008, which is the compiler that I use. 

Unicode vs ANSI:

This plug-in has only been designed to work with the Unicode version of Notepad++ (simply
because this is the version that I use myself). If you need the ANSI version, you will need
to surround the calls to WideCharToMultiByte with "#ifdef UNICODE" and "#endif" and compile 
for the ANSI release. 

P4V integration:
If p4v.exe is in the PATH, a few additional menu items become available, which allow
you to diff files, do more research via Revision Graph or Timelapse View and also
permit submitting.

Happy hacking

Sven Erik Knop