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    • BallardiniFANSB
      BallardiniFANS @Alan Kilborn
      last edited by BallardiniFANS

      @Alan-Kilborn
      It works now, I see the windows of the script.
      Click on yes, the script should save the style token, but when I close and reopen the file .txt the style token of the file is disappear.

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

        @BallardiniFANS said in Style token not saved:

        It works now

        GREAT!

        but when I close and reopen the file .txt the token style of the file is disappear

        Are you running the script again, and choosing No this time?

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        • BallardiniFANSB
          BallardiniFANS @Alan Kilborn
          last edited by

          @Alan-Kilborn said in Style token not saved:

          Are you running the script again, and choosing No this time?

          I’m doing these steps:

          1. I put a style token on a word.
          2. Run the script and click on YES.
          3. Close and Reopen the file .txt
          4. I don’t see the style token, I Run the script again and click on NO.

          After step 4 I see the text without style token.

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          • BallardiniFANSB
            BallardiniFANS @BallardiniFANS
            last edited by

            @BallardiniFANS said in Style token not saved:

            Click on yes, the script should save the style token, but when I close and reopen the file .txt the style token of the file is disappear.

            The problem can be due to the Notepad++ version?

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            • BallardiniFANSB
              BallardiniFANS @BallardiniFANS
              last edited by BallardiniFANS

              Update: I tried with the v8.1.9.2, but nothing changes.

              @Alan-Kilborn Have you any idea? Is it work in your environment?
              Let me know, this function is fundamental for me eheh.

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              • Alan KilbornA
                Alan Kilborn @BallardiniFANS
                last edited by

                @BallardiniFANS

                Yes, it works fine for me. I would have mentioned it if it didn’t.

                I’m sort of out of ideas on why it isn’t working for you.

                It might be nice to have some independent verification from others that the script works fine for them. @PeterJones maybe?

                You could certainly try the script with a newer version of Notepad++ than 8.1.* and see if that makes a difference.

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                • BallardiniFANSB
                  BallardiniFANS @Alan Kilborn
                  last edited by BallardiniFANS

                  @Alan-Kilborn
                  There is an error when I choose YES or NO:

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                  • BallardiniFANSB
                    BallardiniFANS
                    last edited by

                    Now it works fine!!!
                    Running Notepad as administrator the issue is fixed.

                    Thank you very much @Alan-Kilborn

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                    • Alan KilbornA
                      Alan Kilborn @BallardiniFANS
                      last edited by

                      @BallardiniFANS

                      OK, with the more detailed error reporting I can see what failed with the script. While running as administrator solves the problem, it is rather like cutting off your arm because you have a hangnail – problem solved, but…

                      Note that I believe the intent of the script was just to demo the functionality, not really be useful in a general sense. Why do I say this? Because a single file is used for the data, it is only useful with a single source file. (There are some other logistical problems with saving and restoring styling, as well).

                      Let me rework the script a little, I’ll post a new one here; check back here in a few days…

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                      • Alan KilbornA
                        Alan Kilborn
                        last edited by

                        It appears I didn’t give the original script a name in this thread, although I called it StylingSaveOrLoad.py on my setup. Thus, for a new script, I’ll call it StylingSaveOrLoad2.py.

                        The new script is similar to the old, but a major way it is different is that it saves a .sty file in the same folder as the original file, to hold the styling data. Thus, if you’re editing test.txt and then save the styling by running the script, you’ll see test.sty in the same folder.

                        Basic instructions on PythonScripting may be found HERE.

                        Here’s the script listing:

                        # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
                        from __future__ import print_function
                        
                        # references:
                        #  https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/18134/style-token-not-saved/
                        
                        from Npp import *
                        import inspect
                        import os
                        
                        #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                        
                        class SSOL2(object):
                        
                            def __init__(self):
                        
                                self.debug = True if 0 else False
                                if self.debug:
                                    pass
                                    #console.show()
                                    #console.clear()
                                self.this_script_name = inspect.getframeinfo(inspect.currentframe()).filename.split(os.sep)[-1].rsplit('.', 1)[0]
                        
                                # identifiers pulled from N++ source code:
                                SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE_EXT1 = 25  # N++ style 1 indicator number
                                SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE_EXT2 = 24  # N++ style 2 indicator number
                                SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE_EXT3 = 23  # N++ style 3 indicator number
                                SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE_EXT4 = 22  # N++ style 4 indicator number
                                SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE_EXT5 = 21  # N++ style 5 indicator number
                                SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE      = 31  # N++ red-"mark" feature highlighting style indicator number
                        
                                self.indicator_number_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,
                                ]
                        
                            def get_data_file_path_for_active_tab(self):
                                active_file_pathname = notepad.getCurrentFilename()
                                if not os.path.isfile(active_file_pathname): return None
                                if active_file_pathname.endswith('.sty'): return None
                                data_file_for_active_tab = active_file_pathname.rsplit('.', 1)[0] + '.sty'
                                return data_file_for_active_tab
                        
                            def save_data_file(self):
                                data_file_for_active_tab = self.get_data_file_path_for_active_tab()
                                if data_file_for_active_tab == None:
                                    self.mb('Problem saving styling data for active tab file')
                                    return
                                with open(data_file_for_active_tab, 'w') as fo:
                                    for indic_number in self.indicator_number_list:
                                        for (styled_start_pos, styled_end_pos) in self.highlight_indicator_range_tups_generator(indic_number):
                                            fo.write('{i} {start} {stop}\n'.format(i=indic_number, start=styled_start_pos, stop=styled_end_pos))
                        
                            def load_data_file(self):
                                data_file_for_active_tab = self.get_data_file_path_for_active_tab()
                                if data_file_for_active_tab == None or not os.path.isfile(data_file_for_active_tab):
                                    self.mb('Problem loading styling data for active tab file')
                                    return
                                with open(data_file_for_active_tab) as fi:
                                    for line in fi:
                                        (indic, start, end) = line.rstrip().split()
                                        editor.setIndicatorCurrent(int(indic))
                                        editor.indicatorFillRange(int(start), int(end) - int(start))
                        
                            def run(self):
                                saving_not_loading = self.yes_no_cancel('\r\n'.join([
                                    "SAVE current doc's styling to disk file?\r\n",
                                    "YES = Yes, please SAVE it",
                                    "NO = LOAD styling info from file and apply to current doc",
                                    "CANCEL = I'm outta here"]))
                                if saving_not_loading == None: return
                                self.save_data_file() if saving_not_loading else self.load_data_file()
                        
                            def highlight_indicator_range_tups_generator(self, indicator_number):
                                '''
                                the following logic depends upon behavior that isn't exactly documented;
                                it was noticed that calling editor.indicatorEnd() will yield the "edge"
                                (either leading or trailing) of the specified indicator greater than the position
                                specified by the caller
                                this is definitely different than the scintilla documentation:
                                "Find the start or end of a range with one value from a position within the range"
                                '''
                                if editor.indicatorEnd(indicator_number, 0) == 0: return
                                indicator_end_pos = 0  # set special value to key a check the first time thru the while loop
                                while True:
                                    if indicator_end_pos == 0 and editor.indicatorValueAt(indicator_number, 0) == 1:
                                        # we have an indicator starting at position 0!
                                        # when an indicator highlight starts at position 0, editor.indicatorEnd()
                                        #  gives us the END of the marking rather than the beginning;
                                        #  have to compensate for that:
                                        indicator_start_pos = 0
                                    else:
                                        indicator_start_pos = editor.indicatorEnd(indicator_number, indicator_end_pos)
                                    indicator_end_pos = editor.indicatorEnd(indicator_number, indicator_start_pos)
                                    if indicator_start_pos == indicator_end_pos: break  # no more matches
                                    yield (indicator_start_pos, indicator_end_pos)
                        
                            def print(self, *args):
                                if self.debug:
                                    print(self.__class__.__name__ + ':', *args)
                        
                            def mb(self, msg, flags=0, title=''):  # a message-box function
                                return notepad.messageBox(msg, title if title else self.this_script_name, flags)
                        
                            def yes_no_cancel(self, question_text):
                                retval = None
                                answer = self.mb(question_text, MESSAGEBOXFLAGS.YESNOCANCEL, self.this_script_name)
                                if answer == MESSAGEBOXFLAGS.RESULTYES: retval = True
                                elif answer == MESSAGEBOXFLAGS.RESULTNO: retval = False
                                return retval
                        
                        #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                        
                        if __name__ == '__main__':
                            SSOL2().run()
                        

                        You can directly invoke this script, to get a prompt box much like the original script:

                        37125189-04c3-47d1-9e61-c66a9c2d6c23-image.png

                        Or, if you prefer, you can set two up new keycombo-invoked scripts, such that one directly saves the data file, and one applies the styling from the data file (i.e., loads it).

                        If you like the two-keycombo approach, here’s how to set up the additional scripts needed for that:

                        • Add these lines to (user) startup.py:
                        import StylingSaveOrLoad2
                        ssol2 = StylingSaveOrLoad2.SSOL2()
                        
                        • Create a new script file called StylingSaveForCurrentFile.py with content:
                        # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
                        ssol2.save_data_file()
                        
                        • Create a new script file called StylingLoadForCurrentFile.py with content:
                        # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
                        ssol2.load_data_file()
                        
                        • Bind the running of these two scripts to keycombos of your choosing
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                        • Jane EyreJ
                          Jane Eyre @Alan Kilborn
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                          @Alan-Kilborn Works!!! I don’t use notepad++ to develop code, only to create content for my websites, and that helped me a lot, thank you very much.

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                          • nsk7evenN
                            nsk7even @Alan Kilborn
                            last edited by

                            @Alan-Kilborn thank you for this great script! I tried it and it works kind of.
                            Interestingly I have to run the script multiple times to let it apply (load) all word highlightings for a style token.
                            It seems to be arbitrary how much occurrences of the word that is to be styled are missing.

                            Do you have an idea of the reason of this behaviour?

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                              Alan Kilborn @nsk7even
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                              @nsk7even said in Style token not saved:

                              It seems to be arbitrary how much occurrences of the word that is to be styled are missing.
                              Do you have an idea of the reason of this behaviour?

                              I can see the same thing; currently I don’t know why it is happening. :-(

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                              • SalepS
                                Salep @Alan Kilborn
                                last edited by Salep

                                @Alan-Kilborn said in Style token not saved:

                                Bind the running of these two scripts to keycombos of your choosing

                                hi I followed your guide it works perfect thank u.
                                but I dont know how can bind keys to those scripts.
                                can u help me with that?
                                sorry for necro if it is not allowed

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                                • PeterJonesP
                                  PeterJones @Salep
                                  last edited by PeterJones

                                  @Salep said in Style token not saved:

                                  but I dont know how can bind keys to those scripts.
                                  can u help me with that?

                                  The “Basic instructions on PythonScripting may be found HERE” link from Alan’s 2022-Nov-19 post contains the instructions on how to bind keys to those scripts, in installation step 4, in the point starting with “To give it a keyboard shortcut”

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                                  • SalepS
                                    Salep @PeterJones
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                                    @PeterJones thank u sir I got it

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