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    • Alan KilbornA
      Alan Kilborn
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      Maybe a script is “overkill”. Let’s try a different technique.

      Take the file that contains your “word” list (assume one word per line with nothing else on the line; also presumes only alphanumeric characters – like you show – in the list) and select the list.

      Open the Replace dialog by pressing Ctrl+h and then set up the following search parameters:
      Find what box: \R
      Replace with box: |
      Search mode radiobutton: Regular expression
      In selection checkbox: ticked
      Untick any other checkboxes.
      Then press the Replace All button.

      This will put your word list all on one line; verify that the rightmost character on that line isn’t a |; remove it if it is.

      Select this new long line of data and check the status bar of Notepad++ to see how long it is. If it is longer than roughly 2040 characters, we’ve got problems, but let’s assume it is less than that.

      Now press Ctrl+f. The Find window should open and your long line placed in the Find what box.

      Switch to the Mark tab and set up the following:

      Find what box: <—retains your data
      Bookmark line checkbox: ticked
      Wrap around checkbox: ticked
      Search mode radiobutton: Regular expression
      Untick any other checkboxes.

      Activate the file that you want to put the bookmarks into. This could be the same file as your word list data but it could be a different file as well.

      Then press the Mark All button in the Mark window.

      You should achieve books on any and all lines containing a word from the word list.

      Let’s try it:

      Create some data we want to put bookmarks in, in a temporary file in Notepad++:

      After a weekend of emotional honesty at an
      Esalen-style retreat, Los Angeles
      sophisticates Bob and Carol Sanders (Robert
      Culp and Natalie Wood) return home determined
      to embrace complete openness. They share their
      enthusiasm and excitement over their new-found
      philosophy with their more conservative
      friends Ted and Alice Henderson (Elliott Gould
      and Dyan Cannon), who remain doubtful. Soon
      after, filmmaker Bob has an affair with a
      young production assistant on a film shoot in
      San Francisco. When he gets home he admits his
      liaison to Carol, describing the event as a
      purely physical act, not an emotional one. To
      Bob's surprise, Carol is completely accepting
      of his extramarital behavior. Later, Carol
      gleefully reveals the affair to Ted and Alice
      as they are leaving a dinner party. Disturbed
      by Bob's infidelity and Carol's candor, Alice
      becomes physically ill on the drive home. She
      and Ted have a difficult time coping with the
      news in bed that night. But as time passes
      they grow to accept that Bob and Carol really
      are fine with the affair. Later, Ted admits to
      Bob that he was tempted to have an affair
      once, but didn't go through with it; Bob tells
      Ted he should, rationalizing: "You've got the
      guilt anyway. Don't waste it."
      

      Make a short word list in a different temporary file in Notepad++:

      Bob
      Carol
      Alice
      

      Select and run the replacement to achieve:

      Bob|Carol|Alice|
      

      Remove rightmost | character to get:

      Bob|Carol|Alice
      

      Select that one line, not status bar says length is 15, which is fine: Sel : 15 | 1

      Press Ctrl+f to get the data into the Find what box of the Find window.

      Move to the Mark tab and follow the setup instructions above.

      Activate the file tab in Notepad++ that contains the data that needs bookmarking.

      Press the Mark All button in the Mark window to achieve:

      37f083cf-f2cc-44d6-84df-ceb89f9fcb40-image.png

      If the word list, when combined into one line, happens to be longer than a couple of thousand characters, you just have to break it down into several lists and apply the technique described above repeatedly.

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      • BAZ BAZOOOB
        BAZ BAZOOO
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        I wish something easier i tried this and didnt work i believe it works for you its complicated , i wish there is anything will be done quickly if i have to repeat this vertical bar on each txt file it will take all day , maybe someone can make a plugin ? to search for words in each line and mark that line if words be found ?

        Thanks in advance.

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        • BAZ BAZOOOB
          BAZ BAZOOO @Michael Vincent
          last edited by

          @Michael-Vincent said in Bookmark multi words from multi lines in a text:

          @BAZ-BAZOOO
          I haven’t used it but the Analyse Plugin may be useful here based on description:

          “With this plugin you can search for multiple patterns in any of the opened documents in NotePad++.”

          Cheers.

          This work perfect only if i put a words then click add

          but here comes another question

          how can i add multi words a word per line ?

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          • Alan KilbornA
            Alan Kilborn
            last edited by

            i tried this and didnt work…its complicated

            “didn’t work” gives us no further insight into your problem…

            if i have to repeat this vertical bar on each txt file it will take all day

            Well, there is a Replace in Files function, but I really hesitate to give more advice because the overall need is so vague.

            maybe someone can make a plugin

            Nobody but possibly you is going to make such a plugin.

            I suppose the bottom line is that you have to state your problem in a much better and much clearer way before anyone can really help. We tried.

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            • Alan KilbornA
              Alan Kilborn @BAZ BAZOOO
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              @BAZ-BAZOOO

              More advice for you HERE about your call for “someone to make you a plugin”

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              • BAZ BAZOOOB
                BAZ BAZOOO @Alan Kilborn
                last edited by

                @Alan-Kilborn

                I suppose the bottom line is that you have to state your problem in a much better and much clearer way before anyone can really help. We tried.

                Okay here is my clear way to explain what i need

                very simple

                for example if i have 100 line and each line contains many words such as

                ihgfR678ihGFDFyuiI_ABCDEFGZZZZZZZZ
                jhgfTYUijhgFHGHJkjhgfYUI_ABCDEFGZZZZZZZZZZ
                jhgfRTYuhgfDRTYUI_AAAA
                JfgyudftyHvc_rrrrrRRRRR

                I want away to highlight all line that contains _ABCDEFG which is the first and the second ,

                a plugin where i can feed the app with a list of lines that i am looking to highlight into a text file using notepad

                am i clear now ?

                thank you so much for your time ,

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                • Alan KilbornA
                  Alan Kilborn @BAZ BAZOOO
                  last edited by

                  @BAZ-BAZOOO said in Bookmark multi words from multi lines in a text:

                  am i clear now ?

                  Not really. Maybe?

                  each line contains many words

                  I saw some lines with ONE “word” per line (as the definition of a “word” is alphanumerics plus underscore, and words are separated with spaces. I saw no spaces in the lines.

                  I want away to highlight all line that contains _ABCDEFG

                  So this _ABCDEFG would be on a line by itself in a text file of other such words?

                  I will see about scripting something up, where the list of words is in view2 and the file to apply marking to is in view1.

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                  • Alan KilbornA
                    Alan Kilborn
                    last edited by

                    So I came up with the following Pythonscript.
                    Basic scripting instructions can be found HERE.
                    The script will take a list of words in the active tab of one of the views, and apply marking to active tab in the other view document.
                    The script attempts to autodetect which view is which.

                    Example, after running:

                    06ad2222-227f-4c4a-b9d8-8f8d6c134a71-image.png

                    The script:

                    # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
                    
                    from Npp import editor, editor1, editor2, notepad
                    
                    class T19249(object):
                        def __init__(self):
                            SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE = 31  # redmarking indicator number; name from N++ source code
                            files_in_view_count_list = [ 0, 0 ]
                            for (_, _, _, view) in notepad.getFiles(): files_in_view_count_list[view] += 1
                            if files_in_view_count_list[0] == 0 or files_in_view_count_list[1] == 0:
                                notepad.messageBox('This script requires 2 views to be open', '')
                                return
                            editor_for_text_to_mark = editor1
                            word_list = editor2.getText().splitlines()  # try secondary view first, looking for 1 word per line
                            for word in word_list:
                                if ' ' in word.strip():
                                    word_list = editor1.getText().splitlines()  # try primary view, looking for 1 word per line
                                    for word in word_list:
                                        if ' ' in word.strip():
                                            notepad.messageBox("Can't find one-word-per-line list in either view's active tab")
                                            return
                                    editor_for_text_to_mark = editor2
                                    break
                            for word in word_list:
                                matches = []
                                editor_for_text_to_mark.search(word, lambda m: matches.append(m.span(0)))
                                editor_for_text_to_mark.setIndicatorCurrent(SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE)
                                for m in matches: editor_for_text_to_mark.indicatorFillRange(m[0], m[1] - m[0])
                    
                    if __name__ == '__main__': T19249()
                    
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                    • guy038G
                      guy038
                      last edited by guy038

                      Hello, @alan-kilborn and All,

                      Once more, a nice script ! May I ask you for three improvements ?

                      • Firstly, could it be possible to type the string Bob and Carol, which occurs twice in your text ? In other words, just simply consider all contents of each line !

                      • Secondly, would it be difficult to force your script to follow the Find dialog settings or take these settings in account, in some way ? For instance we would be able to get whole words only !

                      • Thirdly, it’s a regex man who speaks : could you consider regex expressions ? For instance :

                        • ^.{29}\K.{10}              # Marks all a table contents from columns 30 to 39

                        • \bBob.{2,20}Carol\b   # Marks the two first names Bob and Carol, no more than 20 characters apart

                      In your text, it would match the 3 strings Bob and Carol, Bob’s surprise, Carol and Bob’s infidelity and Carol

                      As usual, Alan, do as you like to ;-))

                      Best Regards

                      guy038

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                      • Alan KilbornA
                        Alan Kilborn @guy038
                        last edited by

                        @guy038

                        Haha, well, I was trying to keep it simple, according to the OP’s desire.
                        But I will see what I can do.

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                        • Alan KilbornA
                          Alan Kilborn @guy038
                          last edited by guy038

                          @guy038

                          Sorry it took me so long, but here’s the revised script (it is actually shorter, now!) with your desired changes, plus as a bonus it also bookmarks lines:

                          # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
                          
                          from Npp import editor, editor1, editor2, notepad
                          
                          class T19249a(object):
                              def __init__(self):
                                  SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE = 31  # redmarking indicator number; name from N++ source code
                                  MARK_BOOKMARK = 24              # bookmarking marker number; name from N++ source code
                                  files_in_view_count_list = [ 0, 0 ]
                                  for (_, _, _, view) in notepad.getFiles(): files_in_view_count_list[view] += 1
                                  if files_in_view_count_list[0] == 0 or files_in_view_count_list[1] == 0:
                                      notepad.messageBox('This script requires 2 views to be open', '')
                                      return
                                  search_term_list = editor2.getText().splitlines()  # search terms are in secondary view
                                  for search_term in search_term_list:
                                      matches = []
                                      editor1.research(search_term, lambda m: matches.append(m.span(0)))
                                      editor1.setIndicatorCurrent(SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE)
                                      for m in matches:
                                          editor1.indicatorFillRange(m[0], m[1] - m[0])
                                          editor1.markerAdd(editor1.lineFromPosition(m[0]), MARK_BOOKMARK)
                          
                          if __name__ == '__main__': T19249a()
                          

                          For instance we would be able to get whole words only

                          I think you can use the \b assertion in your regexes for this?

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                          • guy038G
                            guy038
                            last edited by

                            Hi, @alan-kilobrn and All,

                            Many thanks for this new enhanced version !

                            Before speaking about my tests of your 2nd try, I re-read all the discussion and tried to play with your first version !

                            • So, regarding this first version :

                            I decided to search for the word license, program and version in the N++ license.txt file. And, strangely, I did not get all the expected matches ! After a while I understood that you must have the focus on the file containing the list of words ( which are searched in the current file of the other view ). In that case, the results are quite correct !

                            But if the focus is on the file being analyzed, the script seems to match only the first two matches ?!


                            Now, regarding your second version :

                            • Thanks, first, for bookmarking all the lines containing the matches

                            • Thanks also the possibility to search for multiple-words expressions such as Bob and Carol or, even, complete sentences !

                            • Finally, thanks for supporting the regex expressions. For instance, if you have a one-line file containing Bob.*?Carol, it would mark, in the current file of the other view, all the smallest ranges of characters beginning with Bob till Carol, with this exact case !

                            • Note that the Python search is sensible to case, by default and does not care about the whole word notion. So :

                              • To run a search insensible to case, just prefix your regex or expression with the (?i) modifier

                              • To run a search which matches only whole words, surround your expression with the \b assertion. For instance, the regex search \bted\b would find the first name ted but not the string ted in the word deleted


                            Now, Alan, I’m sorry but it’s time to talk about some inconveniences ! I take up your text with Bob, Carol, Ted and Alice :

                            Imagine I have this two-lines list :

                            \bBob.{2,20}Carol\b
                            \bTed.{2,20}Alice\b

                            • If the focus is on that list, the script correctly marked all the zones in red but no bookmarking occurs ! Oddly, it bookmarks the virtual final line of the list, instead !

                            • If the focus is on the file being analyzed, the script correctly bookmarks all the lines where the zones belong but, strangely, it red-marks, only, the first two matches as with your 1st script !?

                            I’m sure you won’t be long to find out a solution to these problems !

                            Cheers,

                            guy038

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                                • guy038G
                                  guy038
                                  last edited by guy038

                                  Hello @alan-kilborn,

                                  So, magically, the second version of your script seems to work better, this morning ;-))

                                  However, there’s still this minor bug, as I said in my previous post :

                                  • If the focus is on the file being analyzed, the script correctly bookmarks all the lines where the zones belong but, strangely, it red-marks, only, the first two matches as with your 1st script !?

                                  Surely a matter of minutes to get it right !

                                  Note that I can live with this : we just have to remember to focus on the view contening the list of words/regexes, before running your Python script !

                                  BR

                                  guy038

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                                  • Alan KilbornA
                                    Alan Kilborn @guy038
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                                    @guy038

                                    So somewhere between writing the first version of the script, and the changing of it to create the second script, I decided that it made sense to require that the “data” file you want the markings to be shown in should be the active file in the primary view, and the “list” file of tokens/regexes that should be used to do the markings should be the active file in the secondary view, when the script is run. It is an unwritten requirement (except that I just wrote it!).

                                    The first version of the script, because it was simpler and only one “word” was expected per line in the “list” file, tried to determine which view contained which.

                                    Aside from that, with the second version of the script, I’m not seeing the problems you mention. Can you give an exact example that replicates the behavior?

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                                    • guy038G
                                      guy038
                                      last edited by guy038

                                      Hi, @alan-kilborn,

                                      For instance, with :

                                      • Your text pasted, in new 1, in the main view

                                      • A list of four first names, pasted in new 2, in the secondary view

                                      • Cursor at the very beginning of new 1

                                      • Focus on new 1 ( the text )

                                      After running the script, I got :

                                      802b7bb5-52fb-42a3-8a5e-2305207a0592-image.png

                                      As you can see, all bookmarks are here, but some red marks are missing ! The script seems to only red-mark the first occurrence of each word of the list !


                                      In contrast to :

                                      • Your text, pasted in new 1, in the main view

                                      • A list of four first names, pasted in new 2, in the secondary view

                                      • Cursor at the very beginning of new 2

                                      • Focus on new 2 ( the list )

                                      After running the script, I got :

                                      a232e225-5cb0-43e9-a112-3392840f8378-image.png

                                      This time, everything went fine !

                                      Cheers,

                                      guy038

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                                      • Alan KilbornA
                                        Alan Kilborn @guy038
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                                        @guy038

                                        I think I remember something about possibly Notepad++ code itself interfering with scripts that are trying to use indicators?

                                        Perhaps the code in the script that “selects” an indicator needs to be “tighter” to where the indicator is used?

                                        Maybe try changing these lines of the script:

                                                    editor1.setIndicatorCurrent(SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE)
                                                    for m in matches:
                                                        editor1.indicatorFillRange(m[0], m[1] - m[0])
                                        

                                        to this instead, and see if it runs differently?:

                                                    for m in matches:
                                                        editor1.setIndicatorCurrent(SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE)
                                                        editor1.indicatorFillRange(m[0], m[1] - m[0])
                                        

                                        (really what this means is just moving the “setting” of the indicator inside the loop, so that it is definitely set each time before a range is “filled” with it)

                                        Let me know how that goes.

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                                        • guy038G
                                          guy038
                                          last edited by guy038

                                          @alan-kilborn,

                                          BINGO ! It works like a charm, whatever the focus is ( The main or the secondary view ) ;-))

                                          You’re right : placing the indicator’s definition inside the loop is the key point !

                                          Many thanks, again, for your cooperation :)

                                          Just to be sure : did you reproduce the issue, too, when focus is in the analyzed text view ?

                                          BR

                                          guy038

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                                          • Alan KilbornA
                                            Alan Kilborn @guy038
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                                            @guy038 said in Bookmark multi words from multi lines in a text:

                                            did you reproduce the issue, too, when focus is in the analyzed text view ?

                                            Mostly it worked okay for me on simpler data sets.
                                            But I noticed it as an issue when I was looking into a larger-dataset problem, e.g. THIS ONE, and that made me recall an issue where an indicator needs to be set right before a fill, even though the indicator was set earlier and still should remain set.

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