Big Ladder Software

Atom Package for EnergyPlus

Archiving Atom for an Official Sunset

Atom is a free and hackable text editor from GitHub. It is hackable because anyone can develop a package in order to highlight, manipulate and perform various other tasks for a given file type while working in Atom. This package was developed to improve workflow processes for working in EnergyPlus and Modelkit files.

Please note that Atom and its packages have been archived for an official sunset by GitHub. As such, you will only be able to use this package if you already have Atom installed.

Features

  • Syntax highlighting for EnergyPlus object classes, numeric input fields, text input fields, and comments
  • Auto-complete EnergyPlus objects with input fields filled with default values
  • Auto-complete Modelkit code blocks
  • Link to web documentation for EnergyPlus objects

Installation

To download and install this package, the easiest process is to use the Atom text editor first with the following process.

  • Download and install the Atom text editor.
  • View Atom’s settings using the menu command File / Settings on Windows, Atom / Preferences on Mac, or Edit / Preferences on Linux.
  • Click on the Install section on the left of the settings window.
  • Type “language-energyplus” into the Search packages window at the top and hit Enter (be sure that the Packages button on the right is selected and not the Themes button).
  • Click on the Install button near the lower-right corner of the “language-energyplus” package window.