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    • John MurrayJ
      John Murray
      last edited by

      That didn’t quit work - it did give me the “goto” dialog, but it didn’t do the block select.

      Here is the macro I recorded:

      <Macro name=“Block Select” Ctrl=“no” Alt=“no” Shift=“no” Key=“0”>
      <Action type=“2” message=“0” wParam=“42020” lParam=“0” sParam=“” />
      <Action type=“0” message=“2024” wParam=“5000” lParam=“0” sParam=“” />
      <Action type=“2” message=“0” wParam=“42020” lParam=“0” sParam=“” />
      /Macro>

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      • Claudia FrankC
        Claudia Frank @John Murray
        last edited by Claudia Frank

        @John-Murray

        Looks like the macro doesn’t wait for the dialog to end but continues with the other statements.
        Can you split the macro in two parts or is it only those 3 steps to do, namely
        begin select - move cursor - end select?

        Cheers
        Claudia

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        • Scott SumnerS
          Scott Sumner @John Murray
          last edited by

          @John-Murray

          Macros don’t always work as the user intends. Suggest you try a scripting language? For example, Pythonscript…here’s SelectFromCurrentLineToADestinationLIne.py which I think meets your spec:

          def SFCL2ADL__main():
              line1 = editor.lineFromPosition(editor.getCurrentPos())
              line_count = editor.getLineCount()
              user_input = notepad.prompt(
                  'Enter line # from 1 to {}:'.format(line_count),
                  'Select from line {} to a specified line'.format(line1 + 1),
                  '')
              try: line2 = int(user_input) - 1
              except: return
              if not (0 <= line2 <= line_count - 1): return
              pos1 = editor.positionFromLine(line1 + (1 if line2 < line1 else 0))
              pos2 = editor.positionFromLine(line2 + (0 if line2 < line1 else 1))
              editor.setSelection(pos2, pos1)
          
          SFCL2ADL__main()
          
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          • Scott SumnerS
            Scott Sumner
            last edited by Scott Sumner

            @John-Murray

            Additionally, if you want the destination line to be visible when you are done, add this new line between the pos2 =... line and the editor.setSelection(... line:

            editor.gotoLine(line2)
            
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            • John MurrayJ
              John Murray
              last edited by

              Thanks Scott. However, I’ll admit now I’m super dumb on how to have Notepad++ run the script. I copied the script and saved in the file name you had in the Notepad++ directory. I then tried Menu/Run and pointed to that file - W10 opened that file up in “Code Writer”- I don’t think that is what was supposed to happen.

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              • Scott SumnerS
                Scott Sumner @John Murray
                last edited by Scott Sumner

                @John-Murray

                Scripting languages aren’t built in; they’re plugins. Get the Pythonscript plugin via the Plugin Manager. Once installed, select Plugins -> Pythonscript -> New Script. Give it a name (suggest: SelectFromCurrentLineToADestinationLIne.py) and a new file will open up with that name. Paste the contents from earlier in there and save the file. Then choose Plugins -> Pythonscript -> Scripts and choose the script which will cause it to execute in the current file. That script selection method is just for testing everything is working. When you determine that it is, you can bind it to a keycombo of your choosing (via the Plugins -> Pythonscript -> Configuration menu). If you run into trouble, just ask here again.

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                • John MurrayJ
                  John Murray
                  last edited by

                  Thanks Scott for such detailed instructions. I followed them and it worked like a champ. However, when I did add the line to display the destination line, the script appeared to do nothing - so I removed it and it worked again.

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                  • Scott SumnerS
                    Scott Sumner @John Murray
                    last edited by

                    @John-Murray

                    Did you add it at the same indent level as the lines around it?

                        ...
                        pos2 = editor.positionFromLine(line2 + (0 if line2 < line1 else 1))
                        editor.gotoLine(line2)
                        editor.setSelection(pos2, pos1)
                        ...
                    

                    After running the script is there any information (in the form of “errors”) shown in this window?: Plugins -> Pythonscript -> Show Console

                    Is your file long enough to not all fit on screen at the same time, and your destination line specified is not on-screen when the script is run?

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                    • John MurrayJ
                      John Murray
                      last edited by

                      Yes I have it at the same indent level, the file has 23K lines, and yes I do get an error in the console window:

                      Python 2.7.15 (v2.7.15:ca079a3ea3, Apr 30 2018, 16:30:26) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)]
                      Initialisation took 313ms
                      Ready.
                      File “C:\Users\JohnMurray\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\plugins\Config\PythonScript\scripts\SelectFromCurrentLineToADestinationLIne.py”, line 13
                      editor.gotoLine(line2)
                      ^
                      IndentationError: unexpected indent

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                      • Scott SumnerS
                        Scott Sumner @John Murray
                        last edited by Scott Sumner

                        @John-Murray

                        So very likely is that you have a “tab character” in there. If you turn visible-whitespace on (View (menu) -> Show Symbol -> Show White Space and TAB), I would think you would see something like this:

                        Imgur

                        See that long arrow…highlighted in yellow for me (wouldn’t be yellow for you)…that’s going to be the problem. If you go in and delete that arrow, and then put 4 spaces at the beginning of that line, I think that will solve it.

                        Of course, I could be wrong…

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                        • John MurrayJ
                          John Murray
                          last edited by

                          You were right - that took care of it - and everything works perfectly now. Thanks a bunch Scott for hanging in there with me.

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