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    • Alan KilbornA
      Alan Kilborn @guy038
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      @guy038 said in Copying highlighted text lines from 1 Notepad++ file to another:

      However, I don’t see the immediate benefit for @george-rogers as, obviously, all these highlightings are lost for, both, the original and the copied file, once, you start Notepad++, again !

      True. I’m working on a “solution” to this as well, see HERE.

      Alan, I can see that your “status” as a Python script writer, monopolizes most of your time. But, maybe, you can find a few minutes to devote to the proposals I’ve made to you about this other Python script : https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/54357

      Yes, I’m working on this one as well.
      My in-progress version got a big, well, shall we say, “bigger” (more features) than first intended!
      I really need to exercise “scope control”. :-)
      Keep an eye on the thread of that posting in the coming days (weeks?).

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      • Alan KilbornA
        Alan Kilborn @Alan Kilborn
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        @Alan-Kilborn said in Copying highlighted text lines from 1 Notepad++ file to another:

        Keep an eye on the thread of that posting in the coming days (weeks?).

        But note that I’ll probably work to finish the “style save” script FIRST (sorry).
        I try (somewhat unsuccessfully) to pipeline things in FIFO order, without getting “too many” things going at once.

        Alan, I can see that your “status” as a Python script writer, monopolizes most of your time

        Never saw that as a “status” LOL.
        And my general rule is that I don’t take on script-writing for things that I wouldn’t personally use, or possibly for things I wouldn’t use but have some other interesting (to me) aspect.

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        • Alan KilbornA
          Alan Kilborn @guy038
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          @guy038 said in Copying highlighted text lines from 1 Notepad++ file to another:

          fully copy/pastes the 5 style tokens, as well as the mark style and the Incremental search style

          Actually, the “incremental search style” isn’t handled by the provided scripts.
          The reason is that it is too “dynamic”.
          The other styles have more “permanence” to them.

          One could certainly add it to the list in the “copy-special” script code, though (no need for it to be in the “paste-special” code). Here are the details about it from the N++ source:

          #define SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE_INC 28

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          • George RogersG
            George Rogers @Alan Kilborn
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            Your time and efforts are Much Appreciated! I am admittedly a Notepad++ newbie when it comes to scripts and customization. Maybe you can point me to a YouTube video or video screenshare which shows me how to integrate these scripts. Thanks Again!

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            • Alan KilbornA
              Alan Kilborn
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              @George-Rogers

              Someday we’ll turn the generic procedure into a FAQ.

              Steps:

              • Use Plugins admin to install the PythonScript plugin
              • Menu to Plugins > Python Script > New Script
              • Provide a (file) name for the script; you don’t need to specify an extension – .py will be added automatically
              • Press the Save button to close out the Save As dialog box.
              • At this point your script file will be showing and is empty; copying and pasting one of the scripts from above seems like a fine idea :-)
              • Save the file
              • To execute your script, menu to Plugins > Python Script >Scripts > (pick the name of your script)

              If you can successfully get that far with it, we can explain to you how to bind a keycombo to it to execute the script that way (which is better than menuing for an often-used script).

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              • guy038G
                guy038
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                Hi, @alan-kilborn and All,

                when I did the test, I used the maximum number of styles and I didn’t notice that the incremental search style was not copied !

                Cheers,

                guy038

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                • Alan KilbornA
                  Alan Kilborn @guy038
                  last edited by Alan Kilborn

                  @guy038

                  Actually (thinking more about it), if you want the Incremental Search or even the Smart Highlighting color to be part of the copy/paste, upon pasting it will lose its temporal nature and becomes permanent! So that’s a way to get a few more colors with this technique!

                  Here’s the info for Smart Highlighting :

                  #define SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE_SMART 29

                  And so, here’s a modification to a section of the “copy special” script to include these:

                  # the following names are from the N++ source code:
                  SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE_EXT1  = 25  # Style #1
                  SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE_EXT2  = 24  # Style #2
                  SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE_EXT3  = 23  # Style #3
                  SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE_EXT4  = 22  # Style #4
                  SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE_EXT5  = 21  # Style #5
                  SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE       = 31  # redmarking style
                  SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE_INC   = 28  # incremental-search style
                  SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE_SMART = 29  # smart-highlighting style
                  
                  indicator_list = [
                      SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE_EXT1,
                      SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE_EXT2,
                      SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE_EXT3,
                      SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE_EXT4,
                      SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE_EXT5,
                      SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE,
                      SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE_INC,
                      SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE_SMART,
                      ]
                  
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                  • George RogersG
                    George Rogers
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                    So, I am having issues installing the Python Script plugin (N++ newbie)
                    My N++ version is V7.6.1 with 32-bit
                    N++ > Plugin Admin does not find Python Script at all

                    Followed the instructions here for installing the Python Script plugin
                    https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/17256/guide-how-to-install-the-pythonscript-plugin-on-notepad-7-6-3-7-6-4-and-above

                    Here is screenshots of my file setup:
                    https://www.screencast.com/t/27yUQwOE
                    https://www.screencast.com/t/i80RUZMCuOd2

                    Screenshot of N++ Plugin Admin
                    https://www.screencast.com/t/8RGSUO0rw

                    Please help me understand where I am going wrong

                    Much Appreciated
                    George

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                    • Alan KilbornA
                      Alan Kilborn @George Rogers
                      last edited by Alan Kilborn

                      @George-Rogers said in Copying highlighted text lines from 1 Notepad++ file to another:

                      My N++ version is V7.6.1 with 32-bit

                      So I think around the time of v.7.6.1, Plugins Admin was going through some growing pains.
                      That may be causing the trouble.
                      Any issues with updating to v.7.8.6, say?
                      You can certainly stick with the 32-bit version if you want.

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                      • George RogersG
                        George Rogers
                        last edited by

                        I can give that a shot
                        How would I unwind that update and revert back to V7.6.1 in case I needed to?

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                        • EkopalypseE
                          Ekopalypse @George Rogers
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                          @George-Rogers

                          Personally I would download a zipped version as it can run
                          in parallel to an installed version.

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                          • Alan KilbornA
                            Alan Kilborn @Alan Kilborn
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                            @Alan-Kilborn said in Copying highlighted text lines from 1 Notepad++ file to another:

                            …how to bind a keycombo to it to execute the script that way (which is better than menuing for an often-used script).

                            Some instructions for that are found in THIS POSTING.

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