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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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