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  VPAT for Notepad++
  • donho  

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  @Jason-Myers see https://notepad-plus-plus.org/resources/data/ITI-VPAT.DOC
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  New enhancement for User Defined Language System
  • donho  

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  Copying the userDefineLangs to %ProgramData% does not work. And installing the whole application to %ProgramData% is a really bad idea security wise and will be blocked by AppLocker anyway.
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  Is it possible...?
  • dipsi7772  

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  @guy038 said in Is it possible...?: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newline#Representation OT to the main thread here, but it is interesting from that article that the Mac line-endings (carriage-return only) that Notepad++ still supports are for an OS whose last release was before the first release of N++ (if I have my dates straight).
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  Question regarding new find-in-files filter excluding ability in version 7.8.2
  • Markus Kemp109  

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  Hello, @markus-kemp109, @peterjones, @alan-kilborn and All, Additional points regarding the Filters entry box, of the Replace in Files dialog : If the Filters box is empty , it means *.* ( Trivial ! ) The inclusive mask does not need to be the first item. For instance, !*.exe !*.log *.* would scan all files of the given directory ( and, possibly, its sub-dirs ), except for those with extension = exe and log The excluding symbol ! is not a problem if, exceptionally, a filename begins with the ! character. For instance, if the scanned directory contains a file !Test_3.xml the mask !!Test*.* *.xml would scan all xml files whose name do not begin with !Test Note that you cannot just write an exclusive mask, alone ! For instance, the !*.log filter does not scan any file :-(( Personally, I think that !*.log should, implicitly, mean !*.log *.* i. e. it would have scanned all files, except for those with extension = log Best Regards, guy038
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  Send File i-Mail
  • Eduard castany  

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  @Eduard-castany said in Send File i-Mail: to do an action in a Files Menu In the Files menu? No. However, you can add something to the Run menu. If i-mail is some application found at c:\path\to\i-mail.exe, and you could send a file to i-mail by running c:\path\to\i-mail.exe --attach "d:\path\to\file", then Close all instances of Notepad++ and start one instance File > Open %AppData%\shortcuts.xml In the <UserDefinedCommands> section, add <Command name="send via i-mail" Ctrl="no" Alt="no" Shift="no" Key="0">"c:\path\to\i-mail.exe" --attach "$(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)"</Command> Save and close shortcuts.xml Exit Notepad++ and reload Run > send via i-mail should now work Of course, if it’s a different path, or need more or less arguments, you need to customize that example. Basically, you need to know the full command-line command to attach a file to i-mail, then you put that as the ___ in the <Command ...>___</Command>, using $(FULL_CURRENT_PATH) it the place of the filename; and if there’s a possibility of spaces in the path, put quotes around it. More documentation on <UserCommands> in the usermanual’s Config FIles doc
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  Add shortcut for closing unsaved file?
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  @PeterJones Thank you for letting me know. As I mentioned, this was so others searching for the topic would know that an update was available already.
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  UDL: Limitations.
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  @PeterJones [Forenote: Sorry for the late reply. This will be my usual habit here, though, because I had many things to do in some other places - Well, those sorts of things. Also, I had some problem with composing this reply, kinda…] [1] Least likely to be updated? Hmm, that is sad, but for some reasons, I can’t really complain about it. ⠀⠀⠀For the open issues and or request not getting traction, yeah, that does sound very unfortunate… Although, I am a bit curious on why. I would like to know if there’s a problem or something regarding UDL development, but this isn’t necessary for me to know, so I could pass on this one. [2] Hoh~? I’m not stuck? [3] Hmm, this is really interesting. Definitely gunna check those out. Thank you. [4] Write a new lexer, hum, definitely not doing it anytime “soon”… Beg or bribe to write a new lexer doesn’t sound fun… Contract or hire might be overboard for my project(?)… Requesting code changes sounds reasonable, but I’m not sure on wha- wait… Maybe I need to request the change/extra option of separators from the puny spaces to something else and the inclusion of whitespaces identifier (Since whitespaces are ignored) on a specific section. Yeah… That might work… ⠀⠀⠀Thinking about it, the change shouldn’t be to remove space as a separator or anything altogether but to add an extra option on or for all sections. A checkbox that allows an advanced user to use the advanced feature, such as this or something else - heck, regex would be super great. And then- erm… Nah. ⠀⠀⠀Realistically, that wouldn’t happen. So eh, let’s just cut it there for now. I am a bit tired for it. ⠀⠀⠀Anyhow, great reply. +1 ⠀ [Note to self: Horribly big line gaping; switch to the normal newline gap instead | Deleted Extra Note section | One missing asterisk (*) for bold format] [Note to self v2: Why can’t I edit, even after 20 minutes after posting… These notes happen because of that | Deleted unnecessary lines | A terrible mistake for not following my own note]
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  "Remember" Find/Replace window position?
  • Anderwriter  

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  @Anderwriter said in "Remember" Find/Replace window position?: Any chance we can revisit this possible refinement to NP++? Remembering the Find window position is a good idea, really. As Alan said in the first reply, while feature desires can be discussed in the Community Forum all you want, if you want your feature request to be tracked and possibly implemented, you would be well-advised to read and follow the feature request FAQ: filing a feature request in the appropriate place isn’t a guarantee it will be accepted or implemented, but it does improve the chances.
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  Remove "yes, for all", "no, for all" when not needed
  • DeLiXx  

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  @DeLiXx said in Remove "yes, for all", "no, for all" when not needed: A good strategy would be to showcase the new feature with the greyed out buttons in a single major version as it’s being done now and hide it as suggested for all following releases. I respectfully disagree that that is a good strategy.
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  Incremental Search
  • BBands  

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  Works for me. Thanks, John
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  My experience of using Notepad ++ for writing speeches, plays and short Auto Hotkey Scripts.
  • Vladimir Tolskiy  

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  @Vladimir-Tolskiy , Then how would I know how to define a new language? I don’t understand what many terms on many of the fields stand for? The official docs have a page on User Defined Languages (UDL), which give an overview; those docs, and the Language > Define Your Language… dialog both link to Ivan Radić’s excellent UDL documents, which delve into the details. the custom language is not left as default and has to switched on manually. When defining your language, if your language files are always going to end in the extension .vlad, then set the extension box to vlad in the UDL dialog box. If the filename extension matches the custom extension in the UDL dialog, then Notepad++ will automatically apply that UDL to that file. I described that in the first reply. I cannot use the function list, because the program doesn’t know what are functions. Standard/default languages have the FunctionList definition included with Notepad++. For custom languages, you will have to edit %AppData%\Notepad++\functionList.xml; after editing that, you will have to save/exit then reload Notepad++. The Function List document gives a description on how to customize that. Taking one of my custom UDL where I do have a function list defined, and stripping out proprietary information, an example of the functionList.xml portions: Example <association> entries <associationMap> ... <association id="fn_udl_vlad" userDefinedLangName="Vladimir's UDL" /> <association id="fn_udl_vlad" ext=".vlad" /> </associationMap> Example <parser> definition <parsers> <parser id="fn_udl_vlad" displayName="Vladimir's UDL" commentExpr="((--.*?$))" > <function mainExpr="^[\s]*(private[\s]+)?(procedure|function)[\s]*[\w_]+" displayMode="$functionName" > <functionName> <nameExpr expr="^[\s]*(private[\s]+)?(procedure|function)[\s]*[\w_]+" /> </functionName> </function> </parser> ... </parsers> If you then look at this Example Document saved as example.vlad, and turn on the Function List, you will see two items in the list. private procedure name(arguments) ... function fnname() ... Note: for this example to work, the UDL would have to be named “Vladimir’s UDL”, and the extension would need to be set to .vlad
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  [Feature Request] Undo for Auto-Insert: tags and parentheses
  • Jonah Clarence  

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  @Alan-Kilborn said in [Feature Request] Undo for Auto-Insert: tags and parentheses: Is this any textual change? Or is it truly any change? In the context of any change Notepad++ did that the user did not specifically do themselves. I wont say this is a hard rule though.
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  Update Installation Path
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  Portable version and APPDATA
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  @PeterJones Thank you very much, I will try tomorrow
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  This topic is deleted!
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  i edited my file on notepad and before compiling i want to save it but save option was not working.only save as was working
  • Qasim Ijaz  

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  @Qasim-Ijaz as you reference 7.4 I assume you are using this version as well, so the obvious question would be why you don’t update to a newer version which has fixed this?
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  Association of file extension and character encoding / Association de l’extension de fichier et du codage de caractère
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  @GowaP You can use my AutoCodepage plugin for that purpose, available via Plugins Admin.
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  Notepap++ asks if the file should be reloaded after manual reload
  • Michi Kaa  

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  Interesting, thanks for the investigastion. From my experience it feels like something with getting the focus back to the file. as if “Ctrl+R” is leading to have the focus on the current file lost, after the reload it is regained. When the focus is regained, the check for modification kicks in and if the file was modified in the mean time, it asks if the file should be reloaded. If the focus is lost, maybe it is possible to reload with Ctrl+R without having the focus lost? Reading your posting reminded me on the first posting in this thread and the sidenote: since “Monitoring tail -f” doesn’t work as I expect it. The “eye-button” also known as since “Monitoring tail -f” would solve this issue, if it worked as I’d expect it. I experience the same as here: https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/4955
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  Docking Session Manager to right side
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  Sorry, I was mistaking the Session Manager plugin with the NPP Favorites plugin, which automatically shows up on the right-hand side. This also explains why my sessions were all missing. Thanks for the help.
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  Find and replace specific word between more tags
  • plidos  

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  @plidos You could install the XML Tools plugin and use its XSLT Transformation feature. Open Plugins Admin and install XML Tools plugin. After Notepad++ has been restarted paste the XSLT code from below to an empty tab and save it for example as ChangeVisible.xsl. Open the XML file you want to process. Go to (menu) Plugins -> XML Tools -> XSLT Transformation. In the dialog popping up click on the ellipsis button and in the file selector dialog popping up select the XSL file you created in step 2. In the options field of the dialog type UPCid='1234'. Click the Transform button. A new document will be opened with your changes applied. Save it to the original file. To change the value of the IsVisible node of more than one Item nodes, repeat steps 6 to 8. The XSLT code. Please note: In line 19 (<xsl:template match="/RootNode/Item/IsVisible">) you have to provide the complete path to the IsVisible XML node, starting from the document’s root node. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <xsl:transform version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> <xsl:output method="xml" omit-xml-declaration="no" indent="yes" /> <xsl:param name="UPCid"/> <xsl:template match="@*|node()"> <xsl:copy> <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/> </xsl:copy> </xsl:template> <xsl:template match="/RootNode/Item/IsVisible"> <xsl:choose> <xsl:when test="../@UPC=$UPCid"> <xsl:copy> <xsl:copy-of select="@*"/> <xsl:text>False</xsl:text> </xsl:copy> </xsl:when> <xsl:otherwise> <xsl:copy> <xsl:copy-of select="@*|node()"/> </xsl:copy> </xsl:otherwise> </xsl:choose> </xsl:template> </xsl:transform>