Hello, @fabiospark, @coises, @Peterjones, @alan-kilborn and All,

@coises, I suppose that the second and third regex S/R can be combined in a single one. So, first, we run :

SEARCH (?-s).+

REPLACE $0@\r\n$0

Then, we execute :

SEARCH (?-s).(?=.*@)|(@)

REPLACE ?1:\x20

An other possibility is to use the two successive regex S/R, below, which do not need any char to identify the lines to be filled with space characters :

SEARCH (?-s).+\R

REPLACE $0$0

Then :

SEARCH (?-s)(.)|\R.+\R

REPLACE ?1\x20:$0

If we suppose that we, first, select the blocks of lines needing modifications, here are the corresponding macros :

<Macro name="Duplicate lines with Spaces" 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@\r\n$0" /> <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="640" sParam="" /> <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" /> <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="?1:\x20" /> <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="640" sParam="" /> <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" /> </Macro>

Or :

<Macro name="Duplicate lines with Spaces Version 2" 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).+\R" /> <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="2" sParam="" /> <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="$0$0" /> <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="640" sParam="" /> <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" /> <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" /> <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="(?-s)(.)|\R.+\R" /> <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="2" sParam="" /> <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="?1\x20:$0" /> <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="640" sParam="" /> <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" /> </Macro>

Best Regards,

guy038

@PeterJones I didn’t even think it was possible to justa copy paste an image. Thx.

In fact I’m using an online tab&chords sharing site that apply by itself that kind of formatting understanding if it’s a line of chords or of text, but for some things it’s a pain in the neck so, after having seen what NP++ can do with specific languages I hoped that there were some possibility to get the same thing here, so I would have more control.

Anyway, thank you to you and to everybody for the time you spent listening and replying to me.

Thank you
fabio.

@ramakrishna ,

As an alternative, in this post, I shared a script for the PythonScript plugin that allows you to define a list of “translations” – as many as you want. In that example, it was translating from an English term to a foreign language equivalent. However, you could fill out the translation table in the script to do your car => bus and flight => jet conversion.

Thanks for your time on this, Peter.
I have spent more time on this than it was worth and will shelve it until I get some more free time.

@guy038
Without even testing it, I agree that (?:\{|(?!\A)\G)[^}]*?\K\. will not have the scaling issues, but it does not correctly handle the edge case of {. or any other document with { followed by . without the matching } afterwards.

@Carolyn38972 said in Notepad++ crash on shutting down laptop:

i need also answer

Do you need an answer, or are you fishing for upvotes so that you can start spamming?

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@Alan-Kilborn said in Pinning or locking specific tabs?:

possibly implement a feature request to allow plugins to set/get tab colors

The implementation is finished and should be in Notepad++ 8.6.8.
After that version is released, I’ll finish up and publish the script to pin tabs.

@Ephraim-Daniel ,

Interesting. Most of the time, what people want is Edit > Line Operations > Remove Duplicate Lines … but that gets rid of the lines completely, whereas you seem to want to delete the text but keep the empty lines.

There are other ways to do it, but if I were doing it for me, I would break it into two steps:

indicate the lines to be emptied using ☹
FIND WHAT = (?-s)(?:^|\G)(.+)\R\K(?=\1)
REPLACE WITH = ☹
SEARCH MODE = Regular Expression
REPLACE ALL empty any lines starting with ☹:
FIND WHAT = (?-s)^☹.*$
REPLACE WITH = empty/nothing
SEARCH MODE = Regular Expression
REPLACE ALL

This works by matching the zero-width between a pair of duplicate lines, and replacing that with a frown; then replace any lines that start with a frown with an empty line (but keep the EOL sequence). Since the “lookahead” is used in the first regex, the cursor hasn’t moved forward, so it can match the current line just after the previous replacement as the “old” and again check the next line to see if it matches.

Or you could do it all in “one” step, as long as you are willing to hit REPLACE ALL more than once:

FIND WHAT = (?-s)(?:^|\G)(.+)\R(^$\R)*\K\1
REPLACE WITH = empty/nothing
SEARCH MODE = Regular Expression
REPLACE ALL until there are no more matches and the status line in the Replace dialog says Replace All: 0 occurrences were replaced in entire file

This works by looking for a line, and any empty lines, followed by the same line again, matching the second occurrence of the line, and replacing it with nothing. But because this one replaced the second non-empty line with nothing, it loses the “memory” of the first line, and thus it won’t be able to match another immediate instance of that same first line. However, if you run it a few times, it will eventually catch them all.

Both of these procedures assume that the data is in the order you suggest, where all the repeats are right in a row… if your data had 1:1 then 1:2 then 1:1 again, it would not find the second 1:1 as a duplicate.
 
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@PeterJones Ok, sorry. I missed that one.

Guess I need new glasses. Oops—I forgot: I don’t have glasses since my cataract surgery. Maybe I should have them re-install the cataracts! 8=)

@tmmartin ,

It sounds like you are using XML Tools (or similar) plugin for Notepad++. It is trying to tell you about an error in your XML and/or the DTD/Schema that it’s linking to.

This Forum is about Notepad++ itself, and cannot be an expert in – and should not be expected to provide help with – every possible thing you could type in Notepad++ … be it XML/XSD, HTML, C++, Python, JavaScript, cookie recipes, …

But let me google that for you – from what I can tell from those answers, it looks like your XSD file doesn’t define the attribute noNamespaceSchemaLocation for the hci_data element. I would start my research there, if I were you.

@asphodelus said in opened file does not get the focus at first launch of npp only:

I’ve tried pre-launching, it worked, and I’ll stick to this workaround at least for now, as I hope this issue will be resolved the next clean install of windows, which I have planned for after the summer :)

Good luck with that.

This morning I booted and rebooted a few times this morning trying to reproduce the issue but was not successful other than when doing a deliberate effort to start Notepad++ without giving it focus.

The first time I tried the machine was so early in the booting process that Window Focus Logger did not start logging until I was done with the test. Window Focus Logger uses Microsoft .NET Framework 4 meaning Window Focus Logger hung until .NET Framework was available and ready. While Window Focus Logger was hung, I found that right click on test.htm and selecting Edit with Notepad++ worked find. Notepad++ started and test.htm had focus in less than a second. It shows how lightweight Notepad++ is in terms of system resources needed.

I rebooted a few more times, each time giving the system a little more time so that .NET Framework 4 could be loaded by Window Focus Logger. With logging enabled I could see that Notepad++ was getting focus when I did the right click / edit test on test.htm.

The Windows desktop has a feature where if you are holding the shift key down as you start an application then it will launch an instance of that application but does not hand focus to it. This is mainly intended for use on the task bar to start extra instances of something but it also works on the desktop and start menu. So, I right click on the Test icon on the desktop, move the mouse down a little to Edit with Notepad++, hold the shift key down, and then left or normal click the mouse will start Notepad++ which opens displays test.htm while also not getting focus. That replicates what happens to you.

@PeterJones thanks solved my problem too

@PeterJones Thank you!
Removing CSVLint resolved my problem!

@CaspersDad said in Search result not finding text strings that should be there?:

If this is the case would Notepad++ not be able to find what I am looking for?

Probably it won’t be able to do that.

Especially now that I see the sort of page under consideration… it’s possible that “Where do you want your auction displayed?” isn’t even in the HTML file for the page at all — it might be inserted by scripting, either server-side or client-side, so that it changes when conditions change (maybe changing to “Your auction will be displayed in:” once the user has made a choice).

If this is a generic question as to being able to search web pages in Notepad++, the answer is, “It depends; it will sometimes be useful, it will never be 100% reliable.” If you have a specific use case, we might be able to help, but more likely you will need to consult with someone who understands the framework behind these web pages to get useful advice.

@Grether2000 said in FunctionList not working for UDL:

I’ll need to add some other matches for other machines and their comment formats.

When you’ve got it working, feel free to submit your UDL and its FunctionList to the UDL Collection – right now, it doesn’t have a section for FunctionList, but since FunctionLists can be associated with UDLs, I think it makes sense to add a folder to house them.

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Update: The UDL Collection repo now has the functionList folder, and has the attributes and validators necessary to handle Function List definitions for the UDLs as well.

@wojh8547tg said in Find in files:

I just had to write it like this:
^(ParteNumero||OKE_ID||OKE_IDCODE).*\K_\d{1,5}

Double || because | was part of the name.

You apparently didn’t read my answer. Double || means “ParteNumero OR nothing or OKE_ID or nothing or OKE_IDCODE” Since those groups can contain “nothing”, you will once again match more than you expect to match.

as I said before, if you want to match a literal | , you need to have \| in your regex. I even gave you an example of how to use it, but you chose to ignore me. Good luck with that.

@runeoerndrup

You of course read the FAQ section of this site when you first came here, right?
And you saw THIS didn’t you?
But that must not have helped?

@Ekopalypse

Thank you very much

@PeterJones Thank you very much, it works on 8.6.7 portable :) .

@guy038 said in How to mass shift and paste (see attached):

(?1$2 $1:)

You’re a lifesaver! Thank you so much!