@Magnus-Arlebrink

It’s tough to say without seeing examples of this “other text”…

Another idea is to approach it differently. You say you have no problems matching the text you need to keep while searching, so a possible option would be to “simply” copy that text to another file. If isn’t extremely simple because Notepad++ can’t do that natively, but if you redmark your text you can copy it to the clipboard with a script; see here.

@perlsmith

Install PytonScript Plugin using PluginManager Plugins->Python Script->New Script and give it a meaningful name copy and paste the script
(don’t modify if you don’t know python and make sure that the layout
is exactly the same as posted, because python needs this indention to
identify its code blocks) save it Plugins->Python Script->Configuration and add it to the Menu Optional: in same window change Initialisation from LAZY to ATSTARTUP Restart npp

Now you should see that under Plugins->Python Script your script is shown.
As it is now in the menu section you can add/modify a shortcut in the normal way
by using menu Run->Modify Shortcut/Delete Command and search in the Plugins Command
tab for your script.

Cheers
Claudia

Hello, @glennfromiowa and All,

I’m totally sorry for my very late reply ! I’ve just missed that post :-((

You’re perfectly right on that matter. Indeed, it’s a Boost regex library bug ! Refer to these two links for explanations :

https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/12960

https://github.com/boostorg/regex/commit/a32e0cc9d39f8c0886fe5576022c7bf0c9efc265

And, probably, this issue was fixed since the regex library 5.1.3, of the Boost C++ libraries v1.66.0 ( or v1.67.0 )

Of course, we’ll have to live with that tiny bug… as N++ is using the regex component of Boost library v1.55.0 !

However, we just have to be aware of that fact and, IF using the (?x) modifier, simply replace any \R syntax with the sequence \r\n ( or possibly \n ), in the search regex !

Cheers,

guy038

P.S. :

After some tests, I don’t think that other regex syntaxes become bugged, when using the free-spacing mode ( (?x) ) !

Also, assuming @Finn-McCarthy (original poster) is the same person as the second user @Finn-Mac: you will have to be logged in as @Finn-McCarthy to mark @Finn-McCarthy’s Topic as solved.

Hi Peter,

Indeed I was running 32bit.I just updated it to 64bit and NPP now find the bash.exe on the dir %WINDIR%\System32 with no problem.

Thank you for the help.

Halley

@Fernando-Lisboa

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@Shyvering-Barhard

(?-s) -> prevent any following. usage from matching end-of-line characters
^ -> only allow match at start-of-line
.+ -> (from start of line), match one or more characters of any type (except end-of-line)
: -> match a literal :
\x20 -> match a space (could have just used a space but it is hard to see on this site, also, in this case could have used \s or \h)

Check out this posting! : https://notepad-plus-plus.org/community/topic/15765/faq-desk-where-to-find-regex-documentation

Forget about that before, I found the solution @scott-summer

Hello @daidaiworm, and All,

I could not post anything for a while, due to some “Guru meditation...” ! In the meantime, You’ve got, from @Scott-sumner, the right solution :-)) I exactly thought about the same regex S/R. Here is my initial post, which was ready… to be moved on line !

I didn’t test the column mode feature, while building macros, but I would use, instead, a macro based on a search/replacement operation.

So, if you replace your macro block, in the shortcuts.xml file, with the following block :

<Macro name="nppMacro_eric" Ctrl="no" Alt="no" Shift="no" Key="0"> <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" /> <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="(?-s).+" /> <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="2" sParam="" /> <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="\($0\)" /> <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="768" sParam="" /> <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" /> </Macro>

you should obtain a reliable macro and expected results :-))

Notes :

The 1601 message initialize the search/replacement operation

The search regex (?-s).+ is inserted at the end of the 1601 message and search for the greatest range of standard characters so all line contents, without its line-break

The number 2, in message 1625, means that search is performed, in regular expression mode

The replacement regex \($0\) is inserted at the end of the 1602 message and rewrites a literal ( symbol, then all the search match ( $0 ) and, finally, the literal ) symbol

The flag number 768, in message 1702, represents the sum 512 ( Down direction) + 256 ( Wrap around )

The command number 1609, in message 1701, stands for a hit on the Replace All button

Best Regards,

guy038

P.S. :

For a complete list of the search /replace encoding, in the shortcuts.xml file, refer to the link, below :

http://docs.notepad-plus-plus.org/index.php/Editing_Configuration_Files#Search_.2F_Replace_encoding

Note that the flag value 512 means Search goes downwards ( and not upwards ! )

Be aware that when you use the command value 1614 ( Count ), the Find dialog must have been previously opened !

Hi, @claudia-frank, @peterjones, @scott-sumner, @dail, @mapje71, @jim-dailey,

Done ! It was easier, than I first thought, to move these FAQ Desk: posts in the new FAQ section. A move topic command was available ! So, no need to save contents and re-create these posts ;-))

I also, verified that your previous links to any FAQ Desk: post, has been preserved by the “move”. So, everything is fine !

We just have, now, to go on filling up that new FAQ section, with pertinent posts !

Best Regards,

guy038

@Claudia-Frank

Thanks for the feedback. I had a feeling I was running up against the edge of UDL’s capabilities. I’ll have to explore the python scripting approach or some other workarounds for now.

@Bruce-Coyne

without additional infos I assume this is caused by a plugin.
Could you post some screenshots/gifs?

Cheers
Claudia

@Vishal-Sehgal

I don’t really understand what you are trying to achieve.
Do you want to post some examples with before and after comparison
like, I do have

line with number 517189292 and some text another line with different number 1189292 and some text again a line with number 517189292 and some text and another line with different number 1189292 and some text

and I want to have a result like this

another line with different number 1189292 and some text and another line with different number 1189292 and some text

Does this makes sense to you?

Cheers
Claudia

That works. Thank you very much!

You are an angel :-) My mistake is that I tried to copy from Excel instead of making a new document i Notepad++ and that resulted in many very strange things. Now everything is ok. Thank you!

Best regards Magnus

@Mark-Warbinek

I assume you hit the MAX_PATH (260 characters) limit, which means
the amount of characters in the full path is not allowed to exceed 260 chars, might this be?
If so and because you are on windows 10 there MIGHT be a solution.
Stop npp and edit the registry

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem

add a REG_DWORD variable called

LongPathsEnabled

and give it a value of

1

See here for the explanation of this.

Note, I don’t have any experience with this key but rumors on the web say
that 32bit applications might have issues when having set this key and using
api calls which do respect that key.

Cheers
Claudia

@kichi-po
@Scott-Sumner

looking at the message from outer space and this:
https://www.google.com/search?q=ascii+art&safe=off&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiY_Oe-0vvaAhWG2SwKHUqfB78Q_AUICigB&biw=1653&bih=918

it would be a funny thing if someone creates a image to ascii art converter plugin for np++ ;-)

@Alexandre-Machado

thanks for the key information (local ssd, ntfs compression)
i can not reproduce this delay on my ssd (non compressed folder, appx. 50mb file) using a 32 bit version of np++ 7.5.6.

could you try to temporarily adjust some np++ settings to try out if it makes any difference ?

settings > preferences > backup >>>
disable following options:
remember current session for next launch
enable session snapshot and periodic backup
backup on save > none