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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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                            • donhoD
                              donho @Chandler Newby
                              last edited by

                              FYI: This feature is implemented in Notepad++ core and it’ll be available in the next release.
                              You may want to check the PR to see if it meets your need:
                              https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/pull/14313

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