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    • DoğancanD
      Doğancan @Coises
      last edited by Doğancan

      @Coises https://web.archive.org/web/20200726080013/http://www.scout-soft.com/combine/combine.dll
      Thanks, but it didn’t work the way I wanted.

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      • Alan KilbornA
        Alan Kilborn @Doğancan
        last edited by

        @Doğancan said in Is there any alternative to Merge files in one plugin?:

        but it didn’t work the way I wanted.

        Maybe if you described what you want, someone will be able to suggest something that meets your need.

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        • Mark OlsonM
          Mark Olson
          last edited by

          A simple Python script can paste together several thousand files with a combined size of 80MB in about 18 seconds; not sure how it scales with number of files vs. combined size. I’m not pasting the script because it’s not really a Notepad++ problem.

          Is 4-5MB/s fast enough throughput for your needs?

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          • Alan KilbornA
            Alan Kilborn
            last edited by

            Yea, if OP is talking about a huge amount of data, Notepad++ isn’t the right tool. Not to say it couldn’t do it (via some scripting via a plugin), but why would you do it that way?

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            • DoğancanD
              Doğancan @Alan Kilborn
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              • Mark OlsonM
                Mark Olson @Doğancan
                last edited by

                @Doğancan

                OK, so essentially your problem is something along the lines of:

                • Document A has text in lines ABEFJ
                • Document B has text in lines CD
                • Document C has text in lines GHI

                We want a document that contains lines ABCDEFGHIJ from Documents A, B, and C.

                This is very different from the problem we thought we were helping you with, and it would have been nice to know earlier.

                That said, here is a PythonScript solution (see that link for info on how to use) that can solve this problem:

                # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
                # reference: https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/24872/is-there-any-alternative-to-merge-files-in-one-plugin/7?_=1693515221904
                from __future__ import print_function
                import re
                from Npp import *
                
                __version__ = '0.1.0'
                
                EOLS = ('\r\n', '\r', '\n')
                
                def getCurrentEol():
                    return EOLS[editor.getEOLMode()]
                
                def main():
                    fnames = [x[0] for x in notepad.getFiles()]
                    setfnames = set(fnames)
                    fnames_str = '\r\n'.join(fnames)
                    while True:
                        fnames_chosen_str = notepad.prompt("remove the names of any files in this list that you don't want to merge", 'merge files together', fnames_str)
                        if fnames_chosen_str is None:
                            return
                        fnames_chosen = [f for f in fnames_chosen_str.split('\r\n') if f]
                        bad = False
                        for fname in fnames_chosen:
                            if fname not in setfnames:
                                bad = True
                                notepad.messageBox('Filename %s was not a currently open file' % fname)
                                break
                        if not bad:
                            break
                    lines_fname_map = {}
                    for fname in fnames_chosen:
                        notepad.open(fname)
                        text = editor.getText()
                        eol = getCurrentEol()
                        lines = text.split(eol)
                        lines_fname_map[fname] = lines
                    maxlen = max(len(x) for x in lines_fname_map.values())
                    merged = []
                    collisions = {}
                    for ii in range(maxlen):
                        line_filled_by = None
                        for fname, lines in lines_fname_map.items():
                            len_ = len(lines)
                            if ii >= len_:
                                continue
                            line = lines[ii]
                            if line:
                                if line_filled_by:
                                    if ii not in collisions:
                                        collisions[ii] = {line_filled_by: merged[ii]}
                                    collisions[ii][fname] = line
                                else:
                                    line_filled_by = fname
                                    merged.append(line)
                    for ii, collision in collisions.items():
                        collisions_text_list = []
                        collision_lines = list(collision.values())
                        for fname, line in collision.items():
                            existing_choice = merged[ii]
                            collisions_text_list.append('[ %s ] %s : %s' % (
                                'X' if line == existing_choice else '',
                                fname,
                                line
                            ))
                        collisions_text = '\r\n'.join(collisions_text_list)
                        result = notepad.prompt('Collision at line %d. Put an X in the box of the file whose line you want to keep, then hit OK or Cancel to skip this line' % ii, 'merge collisions', collisions_text)
                        if not result:
                            continue
                        for jj, result_line in enumerate(result.split('\r\n')):
                            if re.search(r'^\s*\\[\s*\S\s*\\]', result_line):
                                line_to_use = collision_lines[jj]
                                merged[ii] = line_to_use
                                break
                    notepad.new()
                    editor.setText('\r\n'.join(merged))
                    notepad.messageBox('This file contains the merger of the selected files', 'merger complete')
                    
                if __name__ == '__main__':
                    main()
                

                Example usage:
                File new 1:

                a
                b
                bar
                
                e
                f
                
                
                
                j
                

                File new 2:

                
                
                c
                d
                

                File new 3:

                
                
                
                
                
                foo
                g
                h
                i
                

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                • Mark OlsonM
                  Mark Olson @Mark Olson
                  last edited by

                  @Mark-Olson

                  That said, here is a PythonScript solution (see that link for info on how to use) that can solve this problem:

                  Improvement to the above script, with an “escape valve” added to stop processing collisions in case there are so many that going through all of them would take forever.

                  # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
                  # reference: https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/24872/is-there-any-alternative-to-merge-files-in-one-plugin/7?_=1693515221904
                  from __future__ import print_function
                  import os
                  import re
                  from Npp import *
                  
                  __version__ = '0.2.0'
                  
                  EOLS = ('\r\n', '\r', '\n')
                  
                  def getCurrentEol():
                      return EOLS[editor.getEOLMode()]
                  
                  def main():
                      fnames = [x[0] for x in notepad.getFiles()]
                      setfnames = set(fnames)
                      fnames_str = '\r\n'.join(fnames)
                      while True:
                          fnames_chosen_str = notepad.prompt("remove the names of any files in this list that you don't want to merge", 'merge files together', fnames_str)
                          if fnames_chosen_str is None:
                              return
                          fnames_chosen = [f for f in fnames_chosen_str.split('\r\n') if f]
                          bad = False
                          for fname in fnames_chosen:
                              if fname not in setfnames:
                                  bad = True
                                  notepad.messageBox(
                                      'Filename %s was not a currently open file' % fname,
                                      'nonexistent filename',
                                      MESSAGEBOXFLAGS.ICONEXCLAMATION
                                  )
                                  break
                          if not bad:
                              break
                      lines_fname_map = {}
                      for fname in fnames_chosen:
                          notepad.open(fname)
                          text = editor.getText()
                          eol = getCurrentEol()
                          lines = text.split(eol)
                          lines_fname_map[fname] = lines
                      maxlen = max(len(x) for x in lines_fname_map.values())
                      merged = []
                      collisions = {}
                      for ii in range(maxlen):
                          line_filled_by = None
                          for fname, lines in lines_fname_map.items():
                              len_ = len(lines)
                              if ii >= len_:
                                  continue
                              line = lines[ii]
                              if line:
                                  if line_filled_by:
                                      if ii not in collisions:
                                          collisions[ii] = {line_filled_by: merged[ii]}
                                      collisions[ii][fname] = line
                                  else:
                                      line_filled_by = fname
                                      merged.append(line)
                      n_collisions = len(collisions)
                      many_collisions = n_collisions > 10
                      short_fnames = {}
                      short_fname_values = set()
                      for fname in fnames_chosen:
                          fname_parts = fname.split(os.sep)
                          first_part_idx = len(fname_parts) - 1
                          short_fname = '\\'.join(fname_parts[first_part_idx:])
                          while first_part_idx >= 0 and short_fname in short_fname_values:
                              first_part_idx -= 1
                              short_fname = '\\'.join(fname_parts[first_part_idx:])        
                          short_fname_values.add(short_fname)
                          short_fnames[fname] = short_fname
                      for coll_ix, (ii, collision) in enumerate(collisions.items()):
                          collisions_text_list = []
                          collision_lines = list(collision.values())
                          for fname, line in collision.items():
                              existing_choice = merged[ii]
                              collisions_text_list.append('[ %s ] %r : %r' % (
                                  'X' if line == existing_choice else '',
                                  short_fnames[fname],
                                  line
                              ))
                          collisions_text = '\r\n'.join(collisions_text_list)
                          result = notepad.prompt('Collision at line %d. Put an X in the box of the file whose line you want to keep, then hit OK or Cancel to skip this line' % ii, 'merge collisions', collisions_text)
                          stop_processing = False
                          if result:        
                              for jj, result_line in enumerate(result.split('\r\n')):
                                  if re.search(r'^\s*\\[\s*\S\s*\\]', result_line):
                                      line_to_use = collision_lines[jj]
                                      merged[ii] = line_to_use
                                      break
                          else:
                              stop_processing = True
                          remaining_colisions = n_collisions - coll_ix - 1
                          if coll_ix % 5 == 0 and remaining_colisions >= 5:
                              mb_result = notepad.messageBox(
                                  'There are %d unresolved collisions left. Stop processing them now?' % remaining_colisions,
                                  'Many collisions left',
                                  MESSAGEBOXFLAGS.ICONQUESTION | MESSAGEBOXFLAGS.YESNO
                              )
                              if mb_result == MESSAGEBOXFLAGS.RESULTYES:
                                  break
                      notepad.new()
                      editor.setText('\r\n'.join(merged))
                      notepad.messageBox('This file contains the merger of the selected files', 'merger complete')
                      
                  if __name__ == '__main__':
                      main()
                  
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                  • DoğancanD
                    Doğancan @Mark Olson
                    last edited by Doğancan

                    @Mark-Olson It really worked. Endless thanks .Can you publish this as a plugin so that everyone can use it ?

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                    • Mark OlsonM
                      Mark Olson @Doğancan
                      last edited by

                      @Doğancan said in Is there any alternative to Merge files in one plugin?:

                      Can you publish this as a plugin so that everyone can use it ?

                      Glad it worked! A plugin? No. PythonScript scripts have to be installed according to this link.

                      The closest thing I can provide is a Github gist.

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                      • DoğancanD
                        Doğancan @Mark Olson
                        last edited by

                        @Mark-Olson I thought that plugins work with python.What programming language are notepad++ plugins written in ?

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                        • CoisesC
                          Coises @Doğancan
                          last edited by

                          @Doğancan said in Is there any alternative to Merge files in one plugin?:

                          What programming language are notepad++ plugins written in ?

                          Notepad++ plugins are DLLs using a C interface, so any language that can be compiled to that could be used to write a plugin. In addition to “native” C or C++, the documentation links to API files for Ada, C#, D and Delphi.

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                          • Mark OlsonM
                            Mark Olson @Coises
                            last edited by

                            @Coises
                            …and Pascal, V, as well as PythonScript-like plugins in Lua and JavaScript.

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                            • EkopalypseE
                              Ekopalypse @Doğancan
                              last edited by

                              @Doğancan said in Is there any alternative to Merge files in one plugin?:

                              @Mark-Olson I thought that plugins work with python.What programming language are notepad++ plugins written in ?

                              So far, besides what has already been mentioned, I have written plugins in Nim, Odin, Zig, Rust and Python (using cython and cffi). So basically it boils down to the language having to be able to create a native DLL that Npp can load.

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                              • CésarC
                                César @Doğancan
                                last edited by César

                                @Doğancan This solution worked for me (I tried it on merging HTML files succesfully):

                                @Diego-Raguindin said in Combine Plugin Gone!?:

                                This worked perfectly for me:

                                Put all of the files you want to combine in the same folder. Easiest would be at root-level.
                                Run a command prompt
                                CD to the folder in Step 1
                                Enter command copy *.csv filename.csv where “filename” is the desired output filename
                                Hit enter
                                File ‘filename.csv’ is created in the same folder
                                

                                https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/77090

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