[Bug] Running macro multiple times fails, line by line works

Anton Raynov

Hey all, 7.5.6 64 bit here on windows 10. Having a file of some 35 lines in format:
val:descr
Which I want to flip to:
descr = val,
So I did a fast macro:
<Macro name=“buggy” Ctrl=“no” Alt=“no” Shift=“no” Key=“0”>
<Action type=“0” message=“2442” wParam=“0” lParam=“0” sParam=“” />
<Action type=“0” message=“2177” wParam=“0” lParam=“0” sParam=“” />
<Action type=“0” message=“2180” wParam=“0” lParam=“0” sParam=“” />
<Action type=“0” message=“2451” wParam=“0” lParam=“0” sParam=“” />
<Action type=“1” message=“2170” wParam=“0” lParam=“0” sParam=" " />
<Action type=“1” message=“2170” wParam=“0” lParam=“0” sParam=“=” />
<Action type=“1” message=“2170” wParam=“0” lParam=“0” sParam=" " />
<Action type=“0” message=“2179” wParam=“0” lParam=“0” sParam=“” />
<Action type=“1” message=“2170” wParam=“0” lParam=“0” sParam=“,” />
<Action type=“0” message=“2300” wParam=“0” lParam=“0” sParam=“” />
<Action type=“0” message=“2453” wParam=“0” lParam=“0” sParam=“” />
</Macro>
When I run it on line by line by leaving some time between clicks - everything is fine. If I click faster, or run it till the end of file - at least 3-4 lines are corrupted. Haven’t seen this behavior with previous versions of notepad++. Any idea?

guy038

Hello, Anton, and All,

If you want to run your buggy macro, Nth times, be sure that :

The cursor is located at the very beginning of the first line val:descr
A physical line-break ( CR+LF or LF ) exists at the end of the nth line

As for me, I did not notice that issue ! Even, holding down the 3 keys of the assigned shortcut ( Ctrl + Shift + = ), the macro changes each line, one after another, without any trouble ;-)

Here is, below, my code of the buggy macro, with N++ v7.5.6, on an ( old ! ) Win XP SP3 system

       <Macro name="buggy" Ctrl="yes" Alt="yes" Shift="no" Key="187">
            <Action type="0" message="2442" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
            <Action type="0" message="2177" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
            <Action type="0" message="2180" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
            <Action type="0" message="2451" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
            <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam=" " />
            <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="=" />
            <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam=" " />
            <Action type="0" message="2179" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
            <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="," />
            <Action type="0" message="2300" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
            <Action type="0" message="2453" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
        </Macro>

A second and faster solution could be to execute a Search/Replacement, with the the litteral strings, in normal search mode, on all text of a previous selection. So :

First, select your block of val:descr lines
Open the Replace dialog ( Ctrl + H )
Find what : val:descr
Replace with: descr = val,
Tick the In selection option
Select the Normal search mode
Click on the Replace All button

Voilà !

Best Regards,

guy038