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The overview is saved in the .yaml file format and can be edited in pretty much any kind of text-editor, like the commonly used [http://sourceforge.net/projects/notepad-plus/ Notepad++], but of course the standard notepad editor that comes comes with Windows works as well. Simply right-click the file and open it with your favourite text-editor to start editing. The majority of the changes you're likely to make (tab and label edits) will be at the very end of the file. | The overview is saved in the .yaml file format and can be edited in pretty much any kind of text-editor, like the commonly used [http://sourceforge.net/projects/notepad-plus/ Notepad++], but of course the standard notepad editor that comes comes with Windows works as well. Simply right-click the file and open it with your favourite text-editor to start editing. The majority of the changes you're likely to make (tab and label edits) will be at the very end of the file. | ||
==== File structure ==== | ==== File structure ==== | ||
The overview used to be stored in .xml files where you had to hide brackets, tags and other things by rewriting them as < or > for it to parse correctly by the game engine. With the new .yaml files you can write plain html-code and it'll be parsed just fine. | The overview used to be stored in .xml files where you had to hide brackets, tags and other things by rewriting them as {{co|violet|<}}{{co|violet|;}} or {{co|violet|>}}{{co|violet|;}} for it to parse correctly by the game engine. With the new .yaml files you can write plain html-code and it'll be parsed just fine. | ||
==== Example ==== | ==== Example ==== | ||
This is an example of one of the pre-saved overviews that were available at the time of writing this guide. On the left is the unedited version of the overview, on the right is the code with the changes {{co|slateblue|highlighted in blue}} that enables the colour-coding and font-changes. | This is an example of one of the pre-saved overviews that were available at the time of writing this guide. On the left is the unedited version of the overview, on the right is the code with the changes {{co|slateblue|highlighted in blue}} that enables the colour-coding and font-changes. | ||