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    • Alan KilbornA
      Alan Kilborn @Kimberley Whytte
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      @Kimberley-Whytte said in Auto paste the selected text automatically into One File:

      I have requested a feature few years ago

      WHERE is this request? Provide link.

      Earlier reason not to implement it was Notepad++ is not a clipboard program

      It’s not. Let Notepad++ stick to what it does well – text editing.
      I’d think that one of the clipboard manager programs could provide this “use as pasteboard” functionality.

      please DO Stop providing excuses

      Someone made excuses? Again, provide link to where.

      Have you ever heard the expression, “you can catch more flies with honey than you can with vinegar”? (or something like that)
      It means you should ask nicely for something and not be offensive and demanding.


      That being said, Notepad++ has a Clipboard History feature (found on the Edit menu) that lists each clip. It might not be a bad idea if it were possible to multi-select these clips and a command executed to insert the text of these clips into the active editor tab.

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      • Alan KilbornA
        Alan Kilborn @Alan Kilborn
        last edited by

        Similar request: https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/11965

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        • Kimberley WhytteK
          Kimberley Whytte @Alan Kilborn
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          @Alan-Kilborn
          https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/9398

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          • Kimberley WhytteK
            Kimberley Whytte @Alan Kilborn
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            @Alan-Kilborn said in Auto paste the selected text automatically into One File:

            Clipboard History feature (found on the Edit menu)

            it is not the same as I try to explain
            I hope you see the difference

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            • Alan KilbornA
              Alan Kilborn @Kimberley Whytte
              last edited by

              @Kimberley-Whytte said in Auto paste the selected text automatically into One File:

              it is not the same

              Where did I say it is the same as your want??

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              • Vitalii DovganV
                Vitalii Dovgan @Kimberley Whytte
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                According to the description, it looks like a real-time clipboard monitor that pastes (appends) every clipboard item into a given document.
                I believe this can be implemented by means of writing a corresponding Python program to be executed by the PythonScript plugin.
                In general, such Python program can be written by anyone who is familiar with Python. You don’t need Notepad++ developers who deals with C++ or C# for this.
                Probably the most complicated part of such Python program is to monitor the clipboard and extract items from it.
                Googling for “python monitor clipboard” gives this, for example:
                https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14685999/trigger-an-event-when-clipboard-content-changes

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                • Vitalii DovganV
                  Vitalii Dovgan @Vitalii Dovgan
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                  It might be even easier to use AutoHotKey for this task:
                  https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/v2/lib/OnClipboardChange.htm
                  And again, it’s rather a question to users familiar with AutoHotKey than to Notepad++ developers.

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                  • Lycan ThropeL
                    Lycan Thrope @Kimberley Whytte
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                    @Kimberley-Whytte ,

                    The big question is, when are you going to write your own?

                    No excuses now, like “I don’t know how to program” You’ve had years since you made the request to become a proficient and capable programmer, so don’t be lazy and do it yourself.

                    That fact that you did post it in github forum request and it wasn’t implemented, whatever the reason should tell you that no one but you sees a need for it, and in the tradition of open source, if someone isn’t interested in it, it won’t be written by them, so your only option to get that feature is to write it yourself.

                    So there’s your answer, as candidly as you have been in your statements here, I am happy to give you the answer you apparently need to hear because you haven’t yet grasped the answer that is just so clear to anyone else. Insults get you insults in return, so next time choose your words and battles better. :)

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                    • Vitalii DovganV
                      Vitalii Dovgan
                      last edited by

                      Hmm, well, I’ve found the idea of the Clipboard Monitor to be interesting enough to experiment with and to include it into NppExec Manual.
                      My English is not perfect as usual :)

                      https://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/d0vgan/nppexec/blob/develop/NppExec/doc/NppExec/NppExec_Manual/4.6.14.html

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                      • Terry RT
                        Terry R @Vitalii Dovgan
                        last edited by

                        @Vitalii-Dovgan said in Auto paste the selected text automatically into One File:

                        My English is not perfect as usual :)

                        I had a quick check and I think your English would put most English speaking people to shame.

                        I easily understood the process, there weren’t any spelling mistakes (that I saw) and it was easy enough to follow, if I should want this action.

                        Good on you
                        Terry

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                        • Kimberley WhytteK
                          Kimberley Whytte @Kimberley Whytte
                          last edited by

                          same old backward & unappreciative people for my improvement suggestions
                          shame
                          time for me to leave and stick to other programs I reckon

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                          • Alan KilbornA
                            Alan Kilborn @Kimberley Whytte
                            last edited by

                            @Kimberley-Whytte said in Auto paste the selected text automatically into One File:

                            stick to other programs I reckon

                            If you had a better option than the totality of function Notepad++ currently provides, you’d have done this already.

                            time for me to leave

                            This is probably for the best, as the rest of us will benefit by getting rid of the annoyance that is you.

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                            • Lycan ThropeL
                              Lycan Thrope @Kimberley Whytte
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                              @Kimberley-Whytte,

                              Same old rudeness and entitlement behavior one would expect of someone with a narcissistic personality disorder. Bye.

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                              • mkupperM
                                mkupper @Lycan Thrope
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                                @Lycan-Thrope said in Auto paste the selected text automatically into One File:

                                @Kimberley-Whytte,

                                Same old rudeness and entitlement behavior one would expect of someone with a narcissistic personality disorder.

                                Notepad++ is used by people worldwide. This results in people from many cultures participating in the forums. Many of the participants don’t use English as their main language. People with varied technical or technology backgrounds, cultural backgrounds, and sometimes less than perfect use of English, post things on the forums that can seem odd.

                                Sometimes rocks or flower pedals are tossed into into the stream. People puzzle over the ripples and floating pedals, some for a moment, and others get stuck.

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                                • Lycan ThropeL
                                  Lycan Thrope @mkupper
                                  last edited by

                                  @mkupper ,
                                  Perhaps, but that sounded like outright hostility, but…be that as it may, I will be back to lurking. Thanks.

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                                  • Michael VincentM
                                    Michael Vincent @Vitalii Dovgan
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                                    @Vitalii-Dovgan said in Auto paste the selected text automatically into One File:

                                    I’ve found the idea of the Clipboard Monitor to be interesting enough to experiment with and to include it into NppExec Manual.

                                    You are amazing! I simply could not use Notepad++ without NppExec.

                                    Cheers.

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