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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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