It’s really a rather easy thing for a scripting plugin to do, as Peter says.
Here’s a demo using PythonScript; see if you can follow its logic without further explanation:
from Npp import editor
city_string = '''
Sydney
Melbourne
Adelaide
'''
city_list = city_string.splitlines()
city_list.pop(0)
for city in city_list:
editor.replace('city', city, 0, 0, editor.getLength(), 4)
Extremely unlikely.
The core design of Notepad++ and Scintilla is single threaded.
Once an “event” should do some computation this computation is happening and even if it is unexpectedly long there is no way to abort it.
With “fast actions” which is practically 2 quick events the 2nd event cannot influence the 1st event.
I believe it may be influenced by Windows theme settings
If it is influenced by the Windows settings, then on Windows 10 the changes must be done in registry (was removed from control panel since previous Windows version).
Have a look at: https://www.windowscentral.com/how-change-default-system-font-windows-10
which outlines the method. This is not something to be taken lightly as there’s no fail-safe as would be available when it is run through a GUI.
Terry
PS I haven’t tested this yet as my company dislikes these sorts of changes done by users.
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Easy, direct, and no plugins or scripting needed.
If you want to complicate things use addons to make easy tasks like this more difficult. Addons are powerful but it must worth their use and for this I’m not sure
I got this job from colleagues which used the old version of add-on “withexeditor” and told me “it’s so fine and so important and …”, but the more I look at it (and the value behind it …) the more I have doubts about the time to invest for a “simple solution”
It’s OK. BTW I didn’t go step by step through to check for accuracy.
It’s enough that you very clearly showed the technique, enough to get someone started down that same path.
@Ward-Ricker Well, now to answer my own question. I have uninstalled and reinstalled Notepad++ once again. This time it seems to have fixed the problem. I don’t know why it didn’t fix it the first time, but apparently I am all set.
Further to @Ekopalypse reply, see this FAQ for the technical details of text files (within Notepad++'s abilities) and binary files (not within Notepad++'s abilities).
I recommend you find a help forum about whatever scanner you used, or better, the OCR software you have access to. But we cannot help you here. Sorry.
@PeterJones Teaching literature is not an advantage when you use pc that’s why sometimes I ask on communities simple questions. Is working now. Thanks a lot!