last modified date in status bar?

[patrickdrd]

yes, it works CF

I tried BUFFERACTIVATED but it didn’t work

[SalviaSage]

@patrickdrd, have you been able to get this working? I’ve been trying here from my end. I can’t get the last modified date to display on the statusbar. If you have been able to get this working, can you please post the code?

Thank you.

[patrickdrd]

from Npp import editor, notepad, SCINTILLANOTIFICATION, NOTIFICATION, STATUSBARSECTION
import os
from datetime import datetime

def StatusbarSelOverride(args):
modified_time = os.path.getmtime(notepad.getCurrentFilename())
last_modified_date = datetime.fromtimestamp(modified_time)
notepad.setStatusBar(STATUSBARSECTION.DOCTYPE, ‘Mod: {:%d/%m/%Y %H:%M}’.format(last_modified_date))

editor.callback(StatusbarSelOverride, [SCINTILLANOTIFICATION.UPDATEUI])
notepad.callback(StatusbarSelOverride, [NOTIFICATION.FILESAVED])
notepad.callback(StatusbarSelOverride, [NOTIFICATION.READY])

[SalviaSage]

I still can’t figure out how to add the timestamp and still keep the original contents of a statusbar section.

Scott Sumner, I would appreciate it very much if you can fix this code and post it here. thank you.

[patrickdrd]

I don’t think you need the original contents, if we’re talking about the first tab,
is DOCTYPE really that important for you?
If so, why?
I can’t think that’s important, that’s why I’m overwriting it

[dail]

Using LuaScript I’ve been able to keep the doc type and display the file modification time. Should be easily translatable to PythonScript.

Note this works with a yet-to-be released version of LuaScript

npp.AddEventHandler({"OnSave", "OnSwitchFile", "OnLangChange"}, function()
	-- Make sure it is a "real" file first
	if npp:GetCurrentDirectory() == "" then
		return
	end

	local text = npp.LanguageDescription[npp.BufferLangType[npp.CurrentBufferID]] .. " - " .. os.date('%d/%m/%Y %H:%M', winfile.attributes(npp:GetFullCurrentPath(), "modification"))
	npp.StatusBar[STATUSBAR_DOC_TYPE] = text
end)

Gives the results:

[Claudia Frank]

@dail

unfortunately not, as python script hasn’t been updated with recent npp messages yet.

Cheers
Claudia

[dail]

@Claudia-Frank

Ah. Thanks for clarifying.

[SalviaSage]

@dail
Nice, I will be using your script then.
When is the release of the next version of luascript?

Thanks.

[dail]

Not sure. You can download a prelease though.

• 32 bit
• 64 bit

Just drop the DLL in with the other plugins. Edit the startup script with Plugins > LuaScript > Edit startup script and put the above code in there, save, and restart Notepad++.

[SalviaSage]

Thanks. the code works.

[patrickdrd]

I think I’ve found a bug:

I had around 10 tabs opened in npp, and my work shift is close to the end so I decided to close npp, so I pressed the x in the top right corner to find out that:

there was a file open which was attached to an email,
it was opened as read-only originally,
I clicked on edit -> clear read-only and I edited it,
I never saved it,

the date on the bottom left corner is updated continuously/ every minute that passes (on the clock), even though I’m not saving it (I can see a star on the top left corner - the star that means that the file is not saved),
I opened the containing folder and the file doesn’t exist there,
I’m using autosave plugin to run every time focus is switched off
from the current file as well

edit: more likely its an autosave bug

[Claudia Frank]

@patrickdrd

something is strange here - how can python get a modified timestamp if the file doesn’t exist at all??
The autosave plugin could explain why you see the continuous update of the timestamp
but only if there is a file which can be saved.
Sorry, but, are you really sure that the file doesn’t exist?

Cheers
Claudia

[patrickdrd]

yes, I checked in windows explorer, it should be easy to reproduce it yourself

[patrickdrd]

I’m also using the lua script too, not the python one

[dail]

@patrickdrd

The Lua I posted above simply askes the operating system (i.e. Windows) when the file was last modified. Even if the file isn’t being saved from Notepad++, it would appear something else is changing the file’s modification timestamp.

[SalviaSage]

@dail

Hi dail, I just tested your script today and it is not working anymore on notepad++ v7.5.8

Can you please also check it and maybe we can come up with a fix.

File:8: attempt to index a nil value (global 'winfile')
stack traceback:
    File:8: in function <File:3>
Lua 5.3.4  Copyright (C) 1994-2017 Lua.org, PUC-Rio

[patrickdrd]

lua script implementation works fine with 7.5.8

[SalviaSage]

It does, but this particular code does not work for me as of this date. I fear windows OS might have changed something, since this script calls something from the OS.

npp.AddEventHandler({"OnSave", "OnSwitchFile", "OnLangChange"}, function()
    -- Make sure it is a "real" file first
    if npp:GetCurrentDirectory() == "" then
        return
    end

    local text = npp.LanguageDescription[npp.BufferLangType[npp.CurrentBufferID]] .. " - " .. os.date('%d/%m/%Y %H:%M', winfile.attributes(npp:GetFullCurrentPath(), "modification"))
    npp.StatusBar[STATUSBAR_DOC_TYPE] = text
end)

[dail]

My guess is that since it is reporting winfile as null then you do not have a version of LuaScript that supports this. The official v0.7.1 available via the plugin manager will not work. You have to grab one of the versions listed above.