But this is the best solution for now if you’ve tried everything else. I’m too lazy after a week of trying to get this thing to work to figure out a permanent system path setup. I redid those steps which fixed the issue. This seems to be only a temporary fix because when I closed the notepad and reopened it later, zen coding stopped working again. So you must add its pathway to get to it from the python console. Npp_zen_coding.py is the file you need to make zen coding work and for some reason, python can’t ‘find’ it on its own. That’s that! You should be able to expand abbreviations now. Finally, type import npp_zen_coding and do not include the. Now go back to the notepad window and click plugins > python script > show console.

open again then you can see your zen coding option in your notepad++ menu bar. then close your notepad++ plugin (if you opened already). Once inside, notice the npp_zen_coding.py file. Go into that folder then go into the ZenCodingPython folder. You should see the newly created ZenCoding-Python folder. Restart notepad++ then go back to the plugins menu and click ‘open plugins folder’. They need to work together for zencoding to function. Steps: In Notepad++ go to plugins > plugins admin then install zen coding and python scripts.

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