@PeterJones Thanks for the input.

Surprisingly, just dragging and dropping all the files at once onto Notepad++ opens all the files in about 5 seconds for 1000 files.

Then the XML Tools takes about 10 seconds to prettify all opened files.

Then just go to File > Close All so to not have to close each file manually.

Will do it that way.

Would be great to update the XML tools plugin if someone’s able and it is not to much work.

Or just adding the Pretty Print feature directly to the Find In Files feature as extra function for the next Notepad++ update.

@PeterJones

That worked! Thanks for your help!

Ken

@PeterJones
Many thanks!
Regards,
RPrinceton

@pbarney BIG thanks as this is was I looking for.
Just for the record - just checked and 2 entries is also fine:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.ps1\Shell\Edit with Notepad++ from line 450\Command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\Notepad++\\notepad++.exe\" \"%1\" -n450 %*" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.ps1\Shell\Edit with Notepad++ from line 450] "Icon"="C:\\Program Files\\Notepad++\\notepad++.exe"

and perfect icon appear :)

@NebulaPulseX
MultiReplace covers the complexity you’re dealing with quite well. While it doesn’t support syntax checking, it handles regex, variables, and multiline edits. Bulk replacements work across all open files in Notepad++. Folder-based processing is on the roadmap.

@deleelee said in The 'shortcuts.xml' file is NOT re-created if you delete it, on purpose or by mistake !:

Perhaps I’m misunderstanding your meaning but, if the “exe” directory is the one containing notepad++.exe, the portable version does have shortcuts.xml there.

You ignored the context of the discussion: the specific question @guy038 asked was,

Is is normal that a default shortcuts.xml file is NOT created if absent in current folder ( for a portable version )

Or, phrases a different way: “if you delete the shortcuts.xml and start Notepad++, why doesn’t it re-create it with default shortcuts”

So, definitionally, if you’ve deleted the shortcuts.xml from the portable directory, there is no shortcuts.xml from which NPP can read the defaults, since NPP doesn’t have a .model for shortcuts.xml and it has no where else to look. (I was contrasting that to the normal installation, where if you delete the App data shortcuts.xml, NPP can recreate it using the shortcuts.xml in the exe directory)

@Bernard-Schleich-0

I currently use

https://github.com/Tatsu-syo/noMeiryoUI

in Windows > 7 removed settings to adjust fonts in Notepad++ and other programs . In Preferences, General -> Reduce may need to be unchecked for OS settings to be used.

Size of fonts changed should be modest as larger sizes may not fit in the area allocated in the GUI.

Microsoft appears to want users to use Scaling instead of the legacy of WindowMetrics.

@PeterJones, thanks. Of course, it’s Notepad++, a little too fast with the typing and posting of the question.

Thanks for the paths.

@PeterJones
Ok thanks for your help. Probably will just use the last known supported version. Nice to know though that there may be a way to use a newer version.

@PeterJones said in TranslateID (FolderName) in UserDefinedCommands (shortcuts.xml):

If you look again at the reference you linked, the TranslateID attribute is defined for the contextMenu.xml; however, the <Command> tags in the shortcuts.xml do not have that attribute listed as being available.

Thus, I do not believe what you are looking for is currently possible. Thus, I think you would have to follow the instructions in our FAQ to put in a feature request to ask the developer to add TranslateID to the shortcuts.xml <Command> tag.

Hello, @PeterJones.

I truly appreciate your quick response and such a clear explanation!

Indeed, upon rereading the documentation I referenced, I realized I misunderstood the use of the TranslateID attribute. It applies to contextMenu.xml, not shortcuts.xml, as I had mistakenly assumed. That was an oversight on my part, and I appreciate you pointing it out so objectively.

In my case, this was just curiosity based on that mistaken understanding. It’s not something essential for daily use of the application. I’m glad to have learned the actual scope of this functionality.

Thanks again for your kindness and clarification.

@PeterJones Thank for the fast response! I will give that a try.

I see that a GitHub user @paulm31 is submitting a AutoHotKey_V2.udl.xml to the User Defined Languages Collection in PR #324 – I have to assume that’s related to this post, even if it’s not you, given the timing.

That PR is merged, and CollectionInterface shows the AutoHotKey_V2.udl entry for me.

@Terry-R

Thank you…
it was disable… Why? i don’t know but it’s ok now…
;-)

It occurs to me that I could implement a feature in HugeFiles that would load a chunk of a file, run a plugin command on that chunk, append it to a new file, and repeat for each chunk.

Such a feature would AFAICT eliminate the need for scripts like the one posted above.

If this post gets at least 4 upvotes, I will consider implementing this feature. I expect it would be a lot of work but potentially useful.

@Brian-Dickens

https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/102220

As I said, without the N++ digital signature, stupid AVs go nuts.

The number of false positives from AVs is so high because in the past, many attackers probably have also used the free, open source NSIS for their purposes.

@王阿喵 I’m a new member of the forums. I’m sorry that statement upsets you. It’s a benefit of being a person where you won’t be censored, that you can say what you want. The bananas metaphor may just lead to a worse relationship, right? Open source projects can be copied though, and if you can get a few people to agree, you can start a competing open source product, right? May the peace of Christ be with you, friend.

@Maxim-Rodin ,

Settings > Preferences > Print, uncheck Print Line Number

@Nachum-Shmilovitz
Do you have any plugins installed? A plugin might be responsible.

It’s also possible that the SQL lexer is causing this slow performance. You can disable this lexer (removing all syntax highlighting) by selecting Language -> None (Normal Text) from the Notepad++ main menu.

@Ling-Ling ,

When you install Notepad++, it installs the right-click context-menu entry using a “Shell Extension”. The User Manual has an entire page on the Shell Extension, including a secion on how to unregister the Shell Extension so that the “Edit with Notepad++” entry goes away

@Aria-James,

Recommended plugins for C/C++ syntax highlighting, auto-indentation, or even code suggestions for Arduino.

Syntax highlighting occurs without plugins in Notepad++. You can set Settings > Style Configurator > Language: C++ to have user ext.: = ino so that Arduino sketches automatically get associated with C++ language.

Further, you can set the USER KEYWORDS # > user-defined-keywords per my post here to add the Arduino-specific keywords to the syntax highlighter.

Notepad++ does some auto-indentation natively: see Settings > Preferences > Indentation > Indent Settings = cpp to control tabs-vs-spaces on a per-language basis, and the Auto-indent = basic vs advanced which applies globally throughout Notepad++ (described in more detail here in the User Manual). But it’s not super-fancy, and is only “as you add new lines”, so it won’t clean previous code. @Michael-Vincent shares an example script for the NppExec plugin that is able to run an external “pretty print” utility for multiple languages depending on file extension in this post: his script does it for C, HTML, Perl, and Python, but once you understand what you shared, you could definitely call one for a different language (like C++: I am betting that most c pretty-printers are really c++ pretty-printers, too).

Code suggestions – there is some auto-completion, but it won’t go as far as code suggestions (and it’s definitely not going to be a copilot AI or anything like that).

Is there a way to integrate serial monitor output or debugging processes within Notepad++ or via external tools? Is there a recommended workflow that allows me to combine Notepad++ with the Arduino IDE or PlatformIO for compiling and uploading, while primarily coding in Notepad++?

I’ve never tried anything like that, so maybe someone else will be able to give more advice on that end.