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    • Finn LF
      Finn L
      last edited by

      Hi

      I just made my user in this community. I want to ask how to insert date/time.
      I have been using Notepad++ for the last 18 months and I’m not a programmer.
      I use it for taking notes and do other writings.

      3 days ago I had to reinstall Windows 10 on my laptop here, because WinUpdate corrupted some essential files that could not be repaired.
      After the Windows reinstall I had to install Notepad++ again of course.

      Now I have the 64-bit Notepad++ v.8.4.7. from Nov. 1’st.

      It seems that the plugin TextFX is not included as an option to install, as it was in all the earlier versions I used before Windows malfunctioned.
      I have always been using the date-time TextFX-functionality to insert date-time stamps in my files.

      How can I do this again when TextFX is not an option ??

      Thanks.
      /F

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      • datatraveller1D
        datatraveller1
        last edited by

        Edit - Insert - Date Time (short)
        or
        Edit - Insert - Date Time (long)
        or
        Edit - Insert - Date Time (customized).

        The last menu item leads me to a question: Where can this be customized?

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        • datatraveller1D
          datatraveller1 @datatraveller1
          last edited by

          I should really read the whole manual sometime:
          https://npp-user-manual.org/docs/editing/
          “Date Time (custom) ⇒ can insert a date with a customized format, as defined in the Settings > Preferences > Multi-Instance & Date dialog”

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          • Finn LF
            Finn L @datatraveller1
            last edited by

            @datatraveller1

            Thanks for pointing that out to me. Obviously I didn’t know NPP had moved the functionality inside the normal user-interface from v. 8.1.4.

            Would be nice though if a keyboard shortcut could be made, as could easily be made with the TextFX plugin.

            /F

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            • Alan KilbornA
              Alan Kilborn @Finn L
              last edited by Alan Kilborn

              @Finn-L said in Inserting date/time:

              Would be nice though if a keyboard shortcut could be made

              So make one:

              94bc08e7-51f0-4554-8ec5-78749eca0791-image.png

              Obviously(?) you would select something other than None in the box that is highlighted as saying None.

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              • Finn LF
                Finn L @datatraveller1
                last edited by

                @datatraveller1

                Thanks for this one also.
                /F

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                • datatraveller1D
                  datatraveller1 @Finn L
                  last edited by

                  @Finn-L This was Alan, not me :-)

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                  • Finn LF
                    Finn L @datatraveller1
                    last edited by

                    @datatraveller1
                    Yes, I know the big diagram came from Alan… but I replied to your 2’nd reply as the “@datatraveller1” in my first line here indicates :-)

                    I come to Alan now. I had to look where to find what Alan was referring to in my Danish version of NPP.
                    So I will reply to him now. Thanks again traveller!

                    /F

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                    • Finn LF
                      Finn L @Alan Kilborn
                      last edited by

                      @Alan-Kilborn

                      Thanks for teaching me how to be more adept using NPP :-)
                      I have now found in my Danish version, what you show here.
                      Thanks for your help.
                      What you two guys (that is @datatraveller1 also) showed me today I’m very happy for.

                      /F

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                      • BryanB
                        Bryan
                        last edited by

                        Hi guys, just wanted to thank you all for this post!

                        I love shortcuts and just today learned of a way to do it in NP++ thanks to @Alan-Kilborn :)

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