I discovered already the UDL. But I am wondering if this can solve my problem.

@Ben-Brasche

I don’t even have to know German that well (or translate the page) to know what you are asking about. :-D
This is a big FAQ that is only going to get bigger in the coming days/weeks/etc.

See https://notepad-plus-plus.org/community/topic/14346/pluin-manger-not-present-in-7-5

To install it, see here: https://github.com/bruderstein/nppPluginManager/releases

Haha wow, cant believe i missed that! Thank ya so much for this help! If anyone has this issue, please refer to this as it was VERY easy. I also used this one to download and it was pretty much self explanatory. https://github.com/bruderstein/nppPluginManager/releases

Hi, All,

Regex updated and section Notes, added, on 08/22/2017 - 10.45am ( French TZ )

Just realized that my previous regex can be extended to reorganize more than two lists !

For instance, let’s suppose I double the complete list of family and given names, from my previous post, adding the new symbols = and _, in order to get the text, below :

#Smith #Jones #Taylor #Brown #Williams #Wilson #Johnson #Davies #Robinson #Wright #Thompson #Evans #Walker #White #Roberts #Green #Hall #Wood #Jackson #Clarke @Oliver @Amelia @Jack @Olivia @Harry @Emily @George @Isla @Charlie @Ava @Jacob @Jessica @Thomas @Ella @Noah @Isabella @William @Poppy @Oscar @Mia =Smith =Jones =Taylor =Brown =Williams =Wilson =Johnson =Davies =Robinson =Wright =Thompson =Evans =Walker =White =Roberts =Green =Hall =Wood =Jackson =Clarke _Oliver _Amelia _Jack _Olivia _Harry _Emily _George _Isla _Charlie _Ava _Jacob _Jessica _Thomas _Ella _Noah _Isabella _William _Poppy _Oscar _Mia

Then, the regex S/R :

SEARCH (?-s)^#(.+)\R((?s).*?)@(.+)\R((?s).*?)=(.+)\R((?s).*?)_(.+\R?)

REPLACE \1 \3 \5 \7\2\4\6, with a space character after \1, \3 and \5

would return, after 20 hits, on the ALT + A shortcut ( Replace All ), the single shortened list :

Smith Oliver Smith Oliver Jones Amelia Jones Amelia Taylor Jack Taylor Jack Brown Olivia Brown Olivia Williams Harry Williams Harry Wilson Emily Wilson Emily Johnson George Johnson George Davies Isla Davies Isla Robinson Charlie Robinson Charlie Wright Ava Wright Ava Thompson Jacob Thompson Jacob Evans Jessica Evans Jessica Walker Thomas Walker Thomas White Ella White Ella Roberts Noah Roberts Noah Green Isabella Green Isabella Hall William Hall William Wood Poppy Wood Poppy Jackson Oscar Jackson Oscar Clarke Mia Clarke Mia

Notes :

The first part (?-s) means that the regex engine will consider, by default, that the dot meta-character matches any single standard character, only

Then the part ^#(.+)\R represents the first complete line, beginning with the # symbol and followed by its End of Line character(s), with part, after symbol #, stored as group 1

Any part, of the form ((?s).*?), is the smallest multi-line range of characters ( standard or EOL ones ) till a User-symbol ( @, = or _ ) and stored as groups 2, 4 or 6

The parts @(.+)\R and =(.+)\R represent the first complete line, beginning with the @ or = symbol and followed by its End of Line character(s), with the part, after the symbol, stored as group 3 and 5

The last part _(.+\R?) stands for the first complete line, beginning with the _ symbol, followed by optional End of Line character(s), and the part, after the _ symbol is stored as group 7

In replacement, the first part, \1 \3 \5 \7, rewrites each line, without its initial User-symbol, separated by a space character, as an unique line, ended by End of Line character(s)

Then, the remaining of the four lists, \2\4\6, is, simply, rewritten, without any change !

The table , below, marks the beginning of each of the seven defined groups :

----------------1-----2---------3-----4---------5-----6---------7------ SEARCH (?-s)^#(.+)\R((?s).*?)@(.+)\R((?s).*?)=(.+)\R((?s).*?)_(.+\R?)

Cheers,

guy038

I see. Thanks.

Never mind. I found the setting I needed.

@Megan-Butler Also, despite the fact that Plugin Manager is no longer installed with Notepad++, it can still be downloaded here:
https://github.com/bruderstein/nppPluginManager/releases

SORRY, IT IS WORKING.
But I had two versions of Notepad++ without realizing it. Removing the old one resolved this issue.

You need to enable that your session is retained during instances. However you will always need to save your files to disk for this to work.

@Daniel-Mayr
While you wait, you can use the Language->Define your language… dialog to create your own syntax highlighting.