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    • Alan KilbornA
      Alan Kilborn @michaelfernandez98
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      @michaelfernandez98

      Perhaps the simplest way would be to add the NppExec plugin to your Notepad++ and used the scripts by @bitagoras directly above?

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      • michaelfernandez98M
        michaelfernandez98
        last edited by

        yes i was watching
        I already installed the NppExec script to the notepad++
        but now the problem is how do I add the scripts by @bitagoras to the notepad ++?

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        • Alan KilbornA
          Alan Kilborn @michaelfernandez98
          last edited by

          @michaelfernandez98

          It feels a bit like spoon-feeding, but…

          • Select Plugins from the N++ menus
          • Select NppExec
          • Select Execute (default key assignment is F6)
          • Paste in ONE of the short “scripts” above in the Execute… box that appears
          • Optionally (but recommended) test run it by pressing the OK button
          • Press F6 again; “script” from before was retained and shows in the box
          • Press Save… , give it a name (suggested above the “scripts” above), press OK
          • Assign a keycombo (again; suggested ones are above the “scripts” above)
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          • PeterJonesP
            PeterJones @michaelfernandez98
            last edited by PeterJones

            @michaelfernandez98 said:

            but now the problem is how do I add the scripts by @bitagoras to the notepad ++?

            @Alan-Kilborn replied:

            …
            Assign a keycombo (again; suggested ones are above the “scripts” above)

            If saving and naming a script wasn’t obvious, then assigning a keycombo is going to be less intuitive. Just saying. ;-)

            @michaelfernandez98,
            Once you have one or more scripts named and saved as Alan described, then go to Plugins > NppExec > Advanced Options. In the lower left, use the Associated Script pulldown to select the script; click Add/Modify button to add it to the list of Menu Items in the upper left; note whether or not ☑ Place in the Macros Submenu is enabled (you will need this later). Repeat as necessary for all of the above scripts. When you hit OK to apply those changes, a popup will tell you that you should restart Notepad++: save any open files, then restart Notepad++.

            After the restart, then either the Macros menu (if the checkbox was enabled) or the Plugins > NppExec submenu (if the checkbox was disabled) will list your new NppExec scripts.

            To assign a keycombo to each, go to Macros > Modify Shortcut/Delete Macro (or, equivalently, Settings > Shortcut Mapper), and go to the Plugin Commands tab. Filter by NppExec and scroll down until you see the new script names. Click on the script you want a keycombo for, hit Modify, and pick the appropriate combination of Ctrl, Alt, Shift, and the selected key. Repeat the Modify procedure for all the scripts that you want a keycombo for.

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            • Alan KilbornA
              Alan Kilborn @PeterJones
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              @PeterJones

              Thanks for filling in those details Peter!
              As I was walking thru the steps on my setup, I didn’t do that part, so I’d forgotten that it was maybe not the most obvious thing.

              Is there a way to delete scripts that just isn’t obvious to me at the moment?
              For example, during my experimentation I named my script “junk”.
              Now I want to get rid of it, but don’t see a way to in the NppExec UI.
              Or do I have to resort to hand-editing the config file for the plugin?

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              • PeterJonesP
                PeterJones
                last edited by

                @Alan-Kilborn said in Multi selection and multi edit:

                Now I want to get rid of it, but don’t see a way to in the NppExec UI.

                No obvious way, that’s for sure.

                The … > Advanced Options > Delete button removes it from the menu, but not from the saved scripts.

                Oh, right, there it is. F6, select junk, counter-intuitively hit Save…, then click the Delete button.

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                • michaelfernandez98M
                  michaelfernandez98
                  last edited by

                  I could already install the plugin and assign the keycombo to it
                  thanks @PeterJones @Alan-Kilborn
                  They were very helpful

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                  • michaelfernandez98M
                    michaelfernandez98
                    last edited by

                    sorry if my english is bad
                    I speak Spanish

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                    • Don BhaiD
                      Don Bhai @bitagoras
                      last edited by

                      @bitagoras
                      @Claudia-Frank
                      @dinkumoil
                      i got the plugin and could multi select finally, thanks
                      but i tried to replace 6 words by another corresponding 6 words
                      it worked in vscode that the first selected word replaced by the first word in clipboard and the second word replaced by second word and so on
                      but her in notepad++ every word replaced by the 6 words that in clipboard that makes me crazy
                      please, any one can help? any idea ?any script ?

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                      • Alan KilbornA
                        Alan Kilborn @Don Bhai
                        last edited by

                        @Don-Bhai

                        I’d help with a PythonScript, but maybe you want an NppExec script?
                        Can’t tell from the above…

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                        • guy038G
                          guy038
                          last edited by guy038

                          Hello, @don-bhai, @alan-kilborn and All,

                          I may misunderstand what you want but are you looking for this kind of manipulations, below, which seems to work nicely ?

                          I assume that the BetterMultiSelection plugin is installed, with its last 1.4 version ( IMPORTANT )

                          I personally tested with N++ portable v7.9.2 (32 bits )


                          So :

                          • Paste the text, below, beginning with a blank line, in a new tab
                          
                          Little 123 test
                          Little 456 test
                          Little 789 test
                          Little 012 test
                          Little 345 test
                          Little 678 test
                          
                          678
                          345
                          012
                          789
                          456
                          123
                          
                          • Move the caret at beginning of line 9

                          • Hold down the Alt and Shift keys and hit 5 times on the Down arrow key

                          • Hit the Shift + End shortcut, once

                          • Hit the Ctrl + C shortcut

                          • Hit, 7 times, on the Up arrow key

                          • Hit, 4 times, on the Right arrow key

                          • Hold down the Shift key and hit 3 times on the Right arrow key

                          • Hit the Ctrl + V shortcut

                          • Hit the Esc key to cancel the multi-selection !

                          As you can see, in the picture, below, each number, from line 27 to 32, have been pasted, accordingly, in lines 20 to 25 ;-))

                          79fd1f93-28db-4867-829f-939b208e87ba-image.png

                          Best Regards

                          guy038

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

                            @guy038

                            I presume OP has this, where the inverted text is the product of “multi-select”:

                            349843b9-20c3-4b6a-882d-13d61776696b-image.png

                            and then has this in the clipboard:

                            Peter
                            Guy
                            Claudia
                            Scott
                            Alan
                            Terry
                            Michael
                            

                            And wants to end up with this text after replacement:

                            879ea221-1581-4cf5-89bf-b6d763b5f794-image.png

                            Note that I styled the text in the cyan color myself, just so the replacements could be easier to see.

                            Of course I could be totally wrong about what the OP has and wants. :-)

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                            • Alan KilbornA
                              Alan Kilborn @Alan Kilborn
                              last edited by

                              Oops, it appears I’ve turned Guy into a philandering filmmaker, Scott into an infidel, and Michael into an encourager of adultery. Sorry, all! :-)

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                              • Don BhaiD
                                Don Bhai @Alan Kilborn
                                last edited by

                                @Alan-Kilborn
                                i can install paython plugin if this is not available in NPPEXec script

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                                • astrosofistaA
                                  astrosofista @Don Bhai
                                  last edited by

                                  @Don-Bhai said in Multi selection and multi edit:

                                  but her in notepad++ every word replaced by the 6 words that in clipboard that makes me crazy

                                  As I understand you comment, I think you missed an important condition to get what you want - in order to distribute replacements over a multiselection, you must copy the replacement strings as a rectangular selection, not a normal one.

                                  Hope this helps.

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                                  • Don BhaiD
                                    Don Bhai @guy038
                                    last edited by

                                    @guy038 you are amazing, thank you very much
                                    i was selecting the 6 word by ctrl+A
                                    thats why it replace every word by the 6 words i have selected and copied in clipboard
                                    thanks @Alan-Kilborn , @guy038 , @astrosofista , and to every one tried to help

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                                    • Don BhaiD
                                      Don Bhai @astrosofista
                                      last edited by

                                      @astrosofista you are right, i selected them as normal one that’s my fault

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                                      • bitagorasB
                                        bitagoras @bitagoras
                                        last edited by

                                        I released a Notepad++ bundle where the multi selection is already installed, so you can simply test it:
                                        https://github.com/bitagoras/PyPadPlusPlus/releases
                                        It’s actually a portable version that includes a Python environment. But you don’t need this for mult selection.

                                        Below you can see how this looks like. The only non-standard edit command I used here is <Strg> + <D>.

                                        alt text

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                                        • Alan KilbornA
                                          Alan Kilborn @bitagoras
                                          last edited by

                                          @bitagoras said in Multi selection and multi edit:

                                          The only non-standard edit command I used here is <Strg> + <D>.

                                          <Strg> + <D> ??
                                          What does that mean?

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                                          • bitagorasB
                                            bitagoras @Alan Kilborn
                                            last edited by bitagoras

                                            @Alan-Kilborn
                                            Sorry, I use a German keyboard. I wanted to write <Ctrl> + <D> ;-)

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