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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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                                      • Alguem MeuglaA
                                        Alguem Meugla @Claudia Frank
                                        last edited by

                                        @Claudia-Frank said:

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

                                        Yeah, it looks good enough. Ty.

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