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  • J

    Default file name for save?

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    @john-english said in Default file name for save?:

    I’d prefer to save my energy to teach things that are worthwhile, not just bodging around problems in the tools they have to use.

    With this sort of attitude, it’s no wonder today’s students aren’t well-prepared for being out in the real world, dealing with problems that they will encounter.

    I don’t know…this whole thread is filled with your complaints about other tools that do things poorly, but you are taking out your frustrations on poor Notepad++, that is really only trying to give you a hint to give your files a good name (and not new 4.cpp, not new-4.cpp) when you save them. That point, which I’ve tried to make twice now, seems to be lost on you.

    Pity it’s such a non-obvious way to change a setting.

    Software developers don’t have infinite time to develop a nice and tidy solution that makes everyone happy, for everything that anyone might possibly want. On this one, if I were you, I’d be grateful that there is a way to do what’s wanted, even if “non obvious”.

    My prejudice is that too many programs do not handle spaces correctly, so it is they you should be delivering your lecture to, not me.

    So the people that are providing support for Notepad++ get chided, even though Notepad++ handles spaces just fine; nice.

    There really isn’t anything more to say here (it’s all too dumb), except “I’m blocking the poster”.

  • J

    Newbie problem: can't update Notepad or Plugins

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    J Jan 21, 2022, 6:02 PM

    @peterjones

    Hi Peter,

    thank you for such a prompt reply: the ‘where’ command didn’t return any copies of the dll; I checked the NP++ directory - none there either; but it was an old version, installed from an ancient download. My bad!

    So I read your second suggestion, uninstalled the old version, and installed 8.2.

    Now it’s running like a dream, and I couldn’t be more grateful!

    Best regards, and have a great weekend.

    Cheers

    John

  • I

    Language.xml Fails to Load

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    @peterjones

    Nice, better advice. :-)

  • D

    Move character to end of previous line

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    D Jan 21, 2022, 10:29 AM

    @gerdb42 said in Move character to end of previous line:

    \R\s*|$

    Brilliant, I’ve just tested and it works perfectly. Thanks for the quick response.

  • R

    Analyseplugin

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    One item of caution with the plugin; it’s Clear button has no confirmation. If an errant mouse click hits it, all your setup is gone (happened to me):

    2b522093-c129-4d2a-8daa-7a3c794e39d9-image.png

    I’m always afraid this same thing will happen to me in N++ with Close all tabs to the right. It hasn’t yet, but…

  • J

    Styles are different yet same app version.

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    P Jan 20, 2022, 7:14 PM

    @james-wisecup said in Styles are different yet same app version.:

    so i can just copy those two files from one sys to another and that might fix it, right?

    Right

  • T

    2 versions of the same file

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    T Jan 20, 2022, 3:11 PM

    @terry-r
    Ok so, what you said didn’t work. they were indeed the same file. However, i redownloaded everything again and it now suddenly works. Thanks for trying to help me tho.

  • R

    capitalize all words contained between two specific words

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    R Jan 20, 2022, 2:52 PM

    @alan-kilborn said in capitalize all words contained between two specific words:

    find: (?-is)(?<=<title>)(.+?)(?=</title>)
    repl: \U$0
    mode: regular expression

    it works!!! perfect!!!
    many many thanks!

  • R

    Search and replace

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    @ekopalypse said in Search and replace:

    ^\d+ NAME\h*$

    Thank you this works fine for me.
    Problem solved.

  • T

    Merge/Append two files and keep the same number of lines?

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    T Jan 19, 2022, 8:29 PM

    @ekopalypse
    Thank you guys! Keyboard shortcuts seemed to work better for some reason. Finally got this to work :)

  • Lycan ThropeL

    Code Folding Not Consistent

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    Lycan ThropeL Jan 19, 2022, 7:04 PM

    @peterjones ,

    Thanks Peter. At least it explains it, so if anyone asks, I can just tell them it’s a NPP UDL thing. Was just wondering if it was anything I had to do to make it work. Thanks.

    Lee

  • Damien MoateD

    Appending with numbered lines in xml

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    @damien-moate ,

    Thanks for the before/after example; it helps us help you.

    The search engine (Find/Replace dialog) does not know how to count, so it cannot be done solely with find/replace.

    However, there are a couple of ways of doing it inside Notepad++, if you’re willing to use a plugin, or a multi-step process.

    If you like programming/scripting, you can use the PythonScript or similar plugins; there are examples of similar activities if you search the forum for add_1

    However, if you really have the <!-- --> comment lines every third line, as shown in your example, I would do the following:

    FIND = \R(?!\h*<!--), REPLACE = ☺, SEARCH MODE = Regular Expression This will condense each group of 3 lines into one long line. I picked ☺ because that’s not likely in your document already, and it will make the final step really easy If the first line is really indented differently than the others, as you’ve shown, then you will want to indent the first line to match. Use Alt+drag next to the --> on each line to “column select”:
    5cce2e32-7c36-4667-8ee4-f3fbb7924dd8-image.png Edit > Column Editor, click ⦿ Number to Insert, Initial Number = 1, Increase By = 1, OK
    6f5896ec-a00e-4d1b-9896-2490e866ddce-image.png
    3030c347-959c-4467-9a0b-608d8759d9ee-image.png FIND = ☺, REPLACE = \r\n, SEARCH MODE = Regular Expression
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  • Amy NugentA

    Voice recognition software not working with Notepad++ anymore

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    Lycan ThropeL Jan 18, 2022, 11:31 PM

    @amy-nugent
    Amy, how about sharing that information? We might get another question like this, and it would help to have that information to provide to someone else. :)

    Lee

  • varun ghoulV

    Syncing of my notes among different computers

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    EkopalypseE Jan 18, 2022, 11:43 AM

    @varun-ghoul

    Nothing stops you from using a cloud service( = network drive) to save your notes as long as every computer has access to it.

  • P

    Wrong syntax highlightning

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    P Jan 17, 2022, 8:16 PM

    User manual PR#306 should clarify this in the user manual.

    Assuming it is accepted and merged, the new verbiage will be in the next release of the npp-user-manual.org website, which will likely happen soon after the next version of Notepad++ is released.

    Until it is merged, there is still time for further clarification if people wanted to comment on the chosen wording/explanation.

  • Hariesh OjbH

    Notepadd++ displays few extra 'x' boxes every time I reopen the application

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    @hariesh-ojb

    See HERE.

  • MineJOT1 1M

    How find words that match criteria

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    @minejot1-1 said in How find words that match criteria:

    that works

    Hmm. I swear that I have early dementia.
    When I tested it out I used a 5-letter-word.
    But when I posted, for some reason I changed it to a 6-letter example (“letter”), which would not work the way I wrote it before.

    So maybe change my prior example to:

    find: (?=\b\w{6}\b)(?i)l.tt.r
    mode: regular expression

    I think you can see how you might adjust it to use any specific number of characters…

  • Lycan ThropeL

    Call Tip Color change

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    Lycan ThropeL Jan 15, 2022, 1:24 AM

    @lycan-thrope
    Forgot to mention, I may be the younger member, too. :-)

    We actually have a developer that’s in his 90’s…and another in his 80’s, so since I’m the young one that isn’t actively working, I figured it would make a nice side hobby to setup the NPP package since many have been asking if one exists, and many said if there was, they’d like to know where it is. :-)

    Of course, the main reason everyone says they haven’t gotten doing it is time…and that’s about all I have to offer since retiring. :-)

    Lee

  • Perry SugermanP

    How did a zero width space get into my python code

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    @perry-sugerman

    How did a zero width space get into my python code

    Beats me, but Notepad++ didn’t do it.

    Make sure that your programming editor is not getting creative

    I think this is meant to imply again that Notepad++ did it. I assure you that it did not.

    Peter’s theory about a paste-in of data from another source is a really good theory.

    There’s a PythonScript HERE that you can set up if you want such characters to be very visible in the future. However, the mechanism used to make them very visible defeats the purpose of their usage (but that sounds like it would be very OK with you).

  • Alwin CrosseA

    Numbers to words converter

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    Alwin CrosseA Jan 14, 2022, 5:51 AM

    @terry-r Oh my God Terry and guy038…That was an absolutely awesome explanation. Thank you so very much for taking the time to answer my question in such a clear and indepth way. I am very thankful and grateful to youll for all the help.

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