Here is a GitHub issue:
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/10386
You can see some additional comments there.

Deleting that directory did the trick; all opens get 8.1.3 now.

Thanks again!

Lindsay

@James-Rae

Why can we no longer edit lnk files?

These files are not text files and Notepad++ is a text file editor.
A design decision was made to no longer allow editing of the .lnk file itself.

why would I want to edit the exe file it’s linked to?

You wouldn’t.
Presumably, if you were opening a .lnk file in Notepad++, it would point to a text file (which Notepad++ would then open for you).

the only way I found to edit a lnk file is to change the name of the file the link is connected to, THEN it opens the lnk file to edit (just click no when it asks to delete the shortcut).

I tried a simple test with this and I found that when I renamed the original file, and then tried opening the .lnk in Notepad++, Windows was smart enough to adjust the link and still find the file, and thus the goal of editing the .lnk file was NOT achieved. :-(

Deleting the file but keeping the .lnk to it, then works to get the .lnk file itself open in N++, but that’s hardly useful as the original file is gone.

But…it appears that if you move the original file to the Recycle Bin, then pull the .lnk file into N++, answering “Cancel” to this prompt (a Windows prompt, not a N++ prompt):

6e1c2905-da34-4fa7-92cf-191877ea7797-image.png

then the goal of editing the .lnk file can be achieved. Of course, when done editing the .lnk file, get the original file back out of the Recycle Bin.

Sorry, … yes I found my way to an old thread and when I tried to reply it prompted me to start a new thread. I was hoping it would provide some context … but it didn’t, and I didn’t correct it. My apologies.

I am trying to find mismatched curly quotes. ALT+0147 and ALT+0148 on a PC keyboard. @guy038 RegEx search “(?:[^“”]++|(?0))*” did the trick. It’s pretty good and I’m happy with that. Thank you for pointing that to me.

UDL will make it more visible… but sometimes it’s too hard to see even when it’s staring me in the face. That’s why I need this Find function. I’ll continue my reply there.

While @guy038’s solution is good enough, the problem is I could have a missing open curly quote, and it will miss it. So that’s why the UDL would help.

Thanks for taking the time to respond.

@guy038 Thank you so much!

Thanks. “Longer answer” works for me!

@Alan-Kilborn said in Remove CRLN *if* next line DOESN'T start with particular character (trying again):

So you tried exactly what I suggested and it didn’t work for you?
And then you started changing it?

OK. I found the problem. I’m a moron. That’s the problem. Instead of asking for clarification I…well…failed to do exactly what you suggested.

I need to thank you for your patience and assistance!

https://github.com/MorryAnderson/VerilogNppPlugin.git

Regarding some of the thoughts expressed in this thread, although I won’t quote any directly:

I’ve always felt “bad” to “chide” users into naming their tabs/files with a hard-name in their file system, to protect their data. No program or operating system or computer should ever lose a user’s data. Notepad++ of course should never lose track of data even if a user wants to keep it in “new 1” for a decade or more.

But the truth is, crap happens, and the best defense is to name your files so that they appear as normal files in the operating system’s file viewer (e.g. Explorer) and then have a backup strategy that copies the files to an alternate physical device or location.

@PeterJones Your code helped me too.

@Torn-22 ,

Further to @Terry-R’s suggestion, if you search for “add_1”, you will find examples of such calculation (because the PythonScript documentation has an example that adds one to each integer found). All you have to do is take that add_1 example and switch + 1 to / 2 to change from adding 1 to dividing by 2 (halving).

Hello, @hoang-ngoc, @peterjones and All,

The following single search regex could be used and, with an empty replace field, would delete any line with a valid user-name :

SEARCH (?i-s)(?=^[a-z0-9])(?=.*[a-z0-9]:)(?=.*[a-z].*:)^[a-z0-9_.-]{6,15}:.*\R?

REPLACE Leave EMPTY

Notes :

The (?i-s) forces an insensitive search process and the regex dot . standing for a single standard character

Then the main part is ^[a-z0-9_.-]{6,15}:.*\R? which searches for 6 to 15 chars, before a colon which can be, either, a standard letter or digit, an underscore, a period or a dash, followed by the remainder of current line and a possible line_break

This part will be valid ONLY IF, in addition, these three lookaheads are TRUE, at beginning of current line :

A letter or digit begins the user-name ( part (?=^[a-z0-9]) )

A letter or digit ends the user-name ( part (?=.*[a-z0-9]:) )

The user-name contains, at least, ONE letter ( part (?=.*[a-z].*:) )

So, given this INPUT text :

short:•••••••• # < 6 chars ThisIs2good:•••••••• # OK Looong_user-name:•••••••• # > 15 chars us@er'NA=ME:•••••••• # NON-VALID chars ok-chr:•••••••• # OK ( 7 chars and ALL chars ALLOWED ) ABCD-FGHI_12.34:•••••••• # OK ( 15 chars and ALL chars ALLOWED ) 1234-6789:•••••••• # NO letter .User-Name:•••••••• # NON-VALID char at START USER.NAME_:•••••••• # NON-VALID char at END 1ok_again2:•••••••• # OK

After the replacment, it would remain :the following OUTPUT text :

short:•••••••• # < 6 chars Looong_user-name:•••••••• # > 15 chars us@er'NA=ME:•••••••• # NON-VALID chars 1234-6789:•••••••• # NO letter .User-Name:•••••••• # NON-VALID char at START USER.NAME_:•••••••• # NON-VALID char at END

Best regards

guy038

@PeterJones said in Notepad++ for macbook m1:

@Тимофей-Козак ,
No.
It’s a Windows application, written with the win32 api.

thanks for the awesome information.

thank you!

@Alex-Sunny-0

Short answer is No, but the longer answer is that you could probably write a PythonScript or maybe a NppExec script that could turn the answer into a Yes (but that’s a longer answer).

If you have interest in that, post back.

Thank you so much. Your answer helps me understand how these shortcuts work and solved my problem.

Thanks for help.

@PeterJones said in how to delete everything after log in combo on multiple lines:

(?-s)\h.*

thanks

@PeterJones

Here’s one that is very similar to this current question:

https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/20443/deleting-numbers-from-list-1-that-also-appear-in-list-2

A posting in that thread links to a PythonScript solution here:

https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/54316

@ShamithaSIlva ,

Regarding the save, there is a known bug in v8.1.1 and v8.1.2 . It has been confirmed fixed on v8.1.3, which is currently at release candidate 3, though will hopefully be released soon.

For the FIND menu, maybe the v8.1.3-RC3 will fix it for you, too. But I’ve never had problems pasting into the FIND WHAT textbox, so I cannot confirm that the problem exists.

thank you,

exactly what I needed.
works great.

Stefano