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    • Claudia FrankC
      Claudia Frank @Alguem Meugla
      last edited by

      @Alguem-Meugla

      yes, you should save it in the default directory, the one which
      get opened by using New Script.

      The standard startup.py is used do the general setups and initialization.
      I do not recommend to modify this file as long as you know what you do.
      I hope you do have a copy of the old one and you can revert your changes.
      If not, a reinstall of the python script plugin is needed I guess.

      Cheers
      Claudia

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      • Alguem MeuglaA
        Alguem Meugla @Claudia Frank
        last edited by Alguem Meugla

        @Claudia-Frank said:

        yes, you should save it in the default directory, the one which
        get opened by using New Script.

        I think that there is not a place which any plugin/program can trust. When I use New Script it opens to me the directory I left the dialog on the last time, MyDocuments\Python Notepad++ (the folder I created).

        After reinstalling the plugin and having the default startip.py back, I tried having a copy of the new startup.py on MyDocuments, another on MyDocuments\Python Notepad++, and another on %APPDATA%\Notepad++\plugins\config\PythonScript\scripts (the plugin’s Help said it was the User directory). All those copys should also print some words after your script. After restarting N++ it doesn’t print anything neither collapse the line it should (https://image.prntscr.com/image/Wa9pMODERIm7Kq7cnHhZAg.png).

        I also tried having one copy on the same folder as the Samples folder and the default startup.py (inside a folder I created so it didn’t have problems with 2 startup.py’s). After restarting N++ nothing happened, but it was appearing on the Scripts list so I clicked it and: no collapse and the print worked (this means the script is not collapsing for some reason, maybe because it’s not happening at startup?).

        Thank you for the help and time you are giving to this.

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        • Claudia FrankC
          Claudia Frank @Alguem Meugla
          last edited by

          @Alguem-Meugla

          Can you post your debug->info (available under ? menu?

          In addition, what do you see if you run the following code

          notepad.getVersion()

          in the python script console, like here

          Cheers
          Claudia

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          • Alguem MeuglaA
            Alguem Meugla @Claudia Frank
            last edited by

            @Claudia-Frank said:

            Can you post your debug->info (available under ? menu?

            Here it is:
            Notepad++ v7.4.2 (32-bit)
            Build time : Jun 18 2017 - 23:34:19
            Path : C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
            Admin mode : OFF
            Local Conf mode : OFF
            OS : Windows 10 (64-bit)
            Plugins : JSMinNPP.dll mimeTools.dll NppConverter.dll NppExec.dll NppExport.dll NppFTP.dll NppTextFX.dll PluginManager.dll PythonScript.dll ReloadButton.dll

            In addition, what do you see if you run the following code

            notepad.getVersion()

            in the python script console, like here

            It returns:
            (7, 4, 2)

            Definitely version 7.4.2.

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            • Claudia FrankC
              Claudia Frank @Alguem Meugla
              last edited by Claudia Frank

              @Alguem-Meugla

              Ok, the command was to see if the python script plugin works in general and
              the debug info shows, that two directories are of interest in regards to automated startup.

              The standard startup.py, the one which is automatically created during installation
              should be located under C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\plugins\PythonScript\scripts\

              The user startup.py, the one you should have created should be located under
              %APPDATA%\Notepad++\plugins\config\PythonScript\scripts

              Concerning the print statement - a standard python script installation has has the following
              entry in the standard startup.py

              sys.stdout = editor

              This means, that a print … will not be send to the console but to the currently active document.
              In order to change this behavior you need to modify it like this

              sys.stdout = console

              and restart npp. Now a print statement would be send to console.

              In addition, there should be a file %APPDATA%\Notepad++\plugins\config\PythonScriptStartup.cnf.

              Can you post its content?

              Cheers
              Claudia

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              • Alguem MeuglaA
                Alguem Meugla @Claudia Frank
                last edited by Alguem Meugla

                @Claudia-Frank said:

                Concerning the print statement - a standard python script installation has has the following
                entry in the standard startup.py

                sys.stdout = editor

                This means, that a print … will not be send to the console but to the currently active document.
                In order to change this behavior you need to modify it like this

                sys.stdout = console

                and restart npp. Now a print statement would be send to console.

                I don’t know python (i only learnt the first lessons of it on codecademy), so I didn’t know if print was supposed to write on the console or in the file. First I thought it was on the console so I was always opening it to see if there was something. But when I tested the script on the same folder as the Samples and the default startup.py I found it was printing in the file. Not a problem. I have always checked in both places for the print output.

                In addition, there should be a file %APPDATA%\Notepad++\plugins\config\PythonScriptStartup.cnf.

                Can you post its content?

                SETTING/PREFERINSTALLEDPYTHON/0 and on the next line
SETTING/STARTUP/ATSTARTUP

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                • Claudia FrankC
                  Claudia Frank @Alguem Meugla
                  last edited by Claudia Frank

                  @Alguem-Meugla

                  Looks ok - do you see two startup.py if you
                  goto Plugins->Python Script->Scripts ?

                  One should have the addition (User).

                  If you press the CTRL key while clicking onto the user startup.py it should open as a document.

                  If this is the case, add the following line under the bufferactivated callback.

                  console.write('callback_FOLD_BUFFERACTIVATED\n')
                  

                  Should look like

                  def callback_FOLD_BUFFERACTIVATED(args):
                      console.write('callback_FOLD_BUFFERACTIVATED\n')
                      global should_be_folded
                      _state = editor.getProperty('AUTO_FOLDED')
                      if _state == '':
                          filename, extension = os.path.splitext(notepad.getBufferFilename(args['bufferID']))
                          if extension in FILE_EXTENSION_LIST:
                              editor.setProperty('AUTO_FOLDED', '1')
                              should_be_folded = True
                          else:
                              editor.setProperty('AUTO_FOLDED', '-1')
                              should_be_folded = False
                      else:
                          should_be_folded = False
                  

                  Restart npp.

                  Now, every time you switch a tab you should see the line

                  callback_FOLD_BUFFERACTIVATED
                  

                  written to the console - to prove if the script runs at all.

                  Cheers
                  Claudia

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                  • Alguem MeuglaA
                    Alguem Meugla @Claudia Frank
                    last edited by

                    @Claudia-Frank said:

                    Looks ok - do you see two startup.py if you
                    goto Plugins->Python Script->Scripts ?

                    There’s only one at Plugins->Python Script->Scripts, the default startup.py. I can only add the new startup.py if I create a new folder like Samples or I put it inside the Samples folder:
                    image

                    I also have one new startup.py at %APPDATA%\Notepad++\plugins\config\PythonScript\scripts\startup.py and more at MyDocuments…
                    Should it appear there as a second startup.py because of this?

                    Restart npp.

                    Now, every time you switch a tab you should see the line

                    callback_FOLD_BUFFERACTIVATED
                    written to the console - to prove if the script runs at all.

                    The console outputs nothing when I switch tab, neither when I click the script (the blue startup.py above in the image).

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                    • Claudia FrankC
                      Claudia Frank @Alguem Meugla
                      last edited by Claudia Frank

                      @Alguem-Meugla

                      Should it appear there as a second startup.py because of this?

                      Yes, because your installation shows

                      Local Conf mode : OFF

                      this means, that notepad++ configuration files and plugin directories are located under

                      %APPDATA%\Notepad++

                      therefore, if you use Plugins->Python Script->New Script the script gets created in

                      %APPDATA%\Notepad++\plugins\config\PythonScript\scripts

                      As there is no startup.py in this directory per default you can create it and it should appear
                      in the same level as the standard startup.py but with the addition of (User) (done by Python Script plugin).

                      Please enter the following commands in the python console and post the ouput

                      import sys
                      print '\n'.join(sys.path)
                      

                      Cheers
                      Claudia

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                      • Alguem MeuglaA
                        Alguem Meugla @Claudia Frank
                        last edited by

                        @Claudia-Frank said:

                        this means, that notepad++ configuration files and plugin directories are located under

                        %APPDATA%\Notepad++

                        therefore, if you use Plugins->Python Script->New Script the script gets created in

                        %APPDATA%\Notepad++\plugins\config\PythonScript\scripts

                        As there is no startup.py in this directory per default you can create it and it should appear
                        in the same level as the standard startup.py but with the addition of (User) (done by Python Script plugin).

                        New Script takes me to the last place I left the dialog on:
                        gif not avaiable

                        And I don’t have a startup.py (User) on the Scripts menu, while there’s one at %APPDATA%\Notepad++\plugins\config\PythonScript\scripts:
                        image not avaiable

                        Please enter the following commands in the python console and post the ouput

                        import sys
                        print '\n'.join(sys.path)
                        

                        C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\plugins\PythonScript\lib
                        C:\Users\Alguem\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\plugins\Config\PythonScript\lib
                        C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\plugins\PythonScript\scripts
                        C:\Users\Alguem\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\plugins\Config\PythonScript\scripts
                        C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\plugins\PythonScript\lib\lib-tk
                        C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\python27.zip
                        C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\DLLs
                        C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\lib
                        C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\lib\plat-win
                        C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\lib\lib-tk
                        C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++

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                        • Claudia FrankC
                          Claudia Frank @Alguem Meugla
                          last edited by

                          @Alguem-Meugla

                          ok, so the reason why it doesn’t work is that python script plugin
                          doesn’t find the startup.py but why…

                          Another thing which is strange, whenever I use New Script
                          it redirects to the user scripts directory, regardless if I created
                          script in another subdirectory, totally different directory or not.
                          Maybe this is a coincident because it can’t find the user script directory.

                          In addition,

                          C:\Users\Alguem\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\plugins\Config\PythonScript\scripts

                          how could this be, mine is pointing to

                          C:\users\linus\Application Data\Notepad++\plugins\Config\PythonScript\scripts

                          Has this changed with windows 10??
                          May I ask how you installed python script?
                          Using plugin manager or the msi package I pointed to?
                          Which python script version did you install?
                          Did you somehow redirect your %APPDATA% environment variable?

                          When you press CTRL+R, the windows run command should open, and type
                          %APPDATA% and press enter, which directory gets opened and does it contain
                          a subdirectory notepad++??

                          Cheers
                          Claudia

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                          • Alguem MeuglaA
                            Alguem Meugla
                            last edited by

                            @Claudia-Frank said:

                            In addition,

                            C:\Users\Alguem\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\plugins\Config\PythonScript\scripts

                            how could this be, mine is pointing to

                            C:\users\linus\Application Data\Notepad++\plugins\Config\PythonScript\scripts

                            Has this changed with windows 10??

                            Isn’t Application Data the same as AppData?
                            And %APPDATA% always redirected me to \AppData\Roaming.
                            What’s your windows version?

                            May I ask how you installed python script?
                            Using plugin manager or the msi package I pointed to?

                            I used Plugin Manager both times, before and after I replaced the default startup.py, when I had to reinstall it.
                            I will try reinstalling it using that package. Plugin manager usually works right and is very simple for me.

                            Which python script version did you install?

                            It says 1.0.8.

                            When you press CTRL+R, the windows run command should open, and type
                            %APPDATA% and press enter, which directory gets opened and does it contain
                            a subdirectory notepad++??

                            CTRL+R reloads the page…
                            I can use WINDOWSKEY+R instead, which opens the Run window, or I can use the search menu on Windows 10. Typing %APPDATA% both opens …\AppData\Roaming\.

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                            • Claudia FrankC
                              Claudia Frank @Alguem Meugla
                              last edited by

                              @Alguem-Meugla

                              What’s your windows version?

                              Since a couple of month I use linux exclusively.
                              Npp is started via windows emulation software WINE.
                              But in the past I was using Windows XP and Windows 7 and I thought
                              %APPDATA% redirected to “Application Data” like within wine,
                              maybe I have false memory.

                              Yes, 1.0.8 is the version I use as well.
                              As mentioned earlier, don’t replace the default startup.py as it contains
                              needed code for plugin script itself.

                              If you can’t get a user startup.py to work, append the posted script
                              to the end of the default startup.py - then it has to work - I hope.

                              Cheers
                              Claudia

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                              • Alguem MeuglaA
                                Alguem Meugla @Claudia Frank
                                last edited by

                                @Claudia-Frank
                                I tried to reinstall Python Script using the package you linked above, and New Script still opens the same folder and the script still doesn’t work at startup.
                                One thing to note is that when I go to Python Script configuration it shows startup.py as a User script:

                                Adding it to Menu items makes it show at Plugins>Python Script> startup.py.

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                                • Alguem MeuglaA
                                  Alguem Meugla @Claudia Frank
                                  last edited by

                                  @Claudia-Frank
                                  I appended the script (below) to the end of the default startup.py

                                  import os
                                  
                                  # ---------------------------- configuration area -----------------------------
                                  
                                  FILE_EXTENSION_LIST = ['.html','.js']
                                  COLLPASE_LINE_IDENTIFIER = 'NPP_COLLAPSE_IT'
                                  COLLPASE_FROM_TO_IDENTIFIER = 'NPP_COLLAPSE\((\d+,\d+)\)'
                                  
                                  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                  
                                  
                                  def scan(number_of_lines):
                                  
                                      def find_line_identifiers(): # NPP_COLLAPSE_IT
                                          matches = []
                                          editor.research('\\b{0}\\b'.format(COLLPASE_LINE_IDENTIFIER), lambda m: matches.append(m.span()), 0)   
                                          return matches
                                  
                                      def find_from_to_line_identifiers(): # NPP_COLLAPSE(19,41)
                                          matches = []
                                          editor.research(COLLPASE_FROM_TO_IDENTIFIER, lambda m: matches.append(m.span(1)), 0)   
                                          return matches
                                          
                                      for match in find_line_identifiers():
                                          _line = editor.lineFromPosition(match[0])
                                          if editor.getFoldLevel(_line) & FOLDLEVEL.HEADERFLAG:
                                              editor.foldLine(_line,0)
                                  
                                      for match in find_from_to_line_identifiers():
                                          start_line, end_line = map(lambda x: int(x)-1, editor.getTextRange(*match).split(','))
                                          while True:
                                              if start_line <= end_line:
                                                  if editor.getFoldLevel(start_line) & FOLDLEVEL.HEADERFLAG:
                                                      editor.foldLine(start_line,0)
                                                      start_line = editor.getLastChild(start_line,-1) + 1
                                                  else:
                                                      start_line += 1
                                              else:
                                                  break 
                                  
                                  should_be_folded = False
                                  def callback_FOLD_BUFFERACTIVATED(args):
                                      console.write('callback_FOLD_BUFFERACTIVATED\n')
                                      global should_be_folded
                                      _state = editor.getProperty('AUTO_FOLDED')
                                      if _state == '':
                                          filename, extension = os.path.splitext(notepad.getBufferFilename(args['bufferID']))
                                          if extension in FILE_EXTENSION_LIST:
                                              editor.setProperty('AUTO_FOLDED', '1')
                                              should_be_folded = True
                                          else:
                                              editor.setProperty('AUTO_FOLDED', '-1')
                                              should_be_folded = False
                                      else:
                                          should_be_folded = False
                                  
                                  def callback_FOLD_UPDATEUI(args):
                                      global should_be_folded
                                      if should_be_folded:
                                          scan(editor.getLineCount())
                                          should_be_folded = False
                                  
                                  notepad.callback(callback_FOLD_BUFFERACTIVATED, [NOTIFICATION.BUFFERACTIVATED])
                                  editor.callback(callback_FOLD_UPDATEUI, [SCINTILLANOTIFICATION.UPDATEUI])
                                  
                                  console.write('hello'))
                                  

                                  Note the last line which I added. When I open my html file the console output is:

                                  helloPython 2.7.6-notepad++ r2 (default, Apr 21 2014, 19:26:54) [MSC v.1600 32 bit (Intel)]
                                  Initialisation took 204ms
                                  Ready.

                                  and the lines don’t collapse. When I open another html file, it ouputs callback_FOLD_BUFFERACTIVATED and its lines are collapsed. Switching back to the first file, the same happens (working!!!). But it still doesn’t work right at startup.

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                                  • Claudia FrankC
                                    Claudia Frank @Alguem Meugla
                                    last edited by Claudia Frank

                                    @Alguem-Meugla

                                    ok, logic error, change the line

                                    should_be_folded = False
                                    

                                    to

                                    should_be_folded = True
                                    

                                    It is the line which is directly before

                                    def callback_FOLD_BUFFERACTIVATED(args):
                                    

                                    But only this line.

                                    But I’m still confused that your user startup.py doesn’t work but at least you
                                    have it working now.

                                    Cheers
                                    Claudia

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                                    • Alguem MeuglaA
                                      Alguem Meugla @Claudia Frank
                                      last edited by

                                      @Claudia-Frank
                                      Thank you a lot for your help.
                                      Could it also be possible to put inside the brackets NPP_COLLAPSE(19,41) how many numbers I ask it for? eg: NPP_COLLAPSE(19,22,28,35,43,54,60,67,89,139,220,…). It actually only works for 2 line numbers. It’s ok if you don’t want to do it, I can keep using NPP_COLLAPSE_IT everywhere. Thank you!

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                                      • Claudia FrankC
                                        Claudia Frank @Alguem Meugla
                                        last edited by

                                        @Alguem-Meugla

                                        Yes, slightly different regex and for loop can do this but we need to define the cases.

                                        Is a list ALWAYS a pair of fold from line to line triggers?
                                        Or is a list with more than two entries ALWAYS fold this line for each item
                                        and a list with 2 entries a from … to …
                                        Or …

                                        Btw, may last post about logic error was not a logic issue.
                                        Looks like the initial start of npp doesn’t trigger a bufferactivated callback
                                        or python script hasn’t been started at that time to catch this notification.
                                        I already changed that and will be included in next version.

                                        Cheers
                                        Claudia

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                                        • Alguem MeuglaA
                                          Alguem Meugla @Claudia Frank
                                          last edited by

                                          @Claudia-Frank
                                          Oh I though NPP_COLLAPSE(19,41) was going only to collapse lines 19 and 41, but instead it collapse lines 19 to 41… Thank you anyway. This script is very helpful.

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                                          • Claudia FrankC
                                            Claudia Frank @Alguem Meugla
                                            last edited by

                                            @Alguem-Meugla

                                            just for clarification, you are happy? No further modification needed?

                                            Cheers
                                            Claudia

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