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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
                last edited by

                @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 KilbornA
                    Alan Kilborn @nsk7even
                    last edited by

                    @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
                          last edited by

                          @PeterJones thank u sir I got it

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