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    • guy038G
      guy038
      last edited by guy038

      Hello, @alan-kilborn, @peterjones and All,

      Many thanks for your feedback ! I now understand the problem and, certainly, the last suggestion of Alan seems the correct one !

      I’ll create a new issue, very soon ! We’ll just have to live what this tiny problem !

      Of course, we could, as well, have simply used the Stream Selection, right before the sort. In this case, the result is always correct !


      Now, Peter and Alan, I’m upset by a behavior, a bit off-topic, relative to the PythonScript plugin. Let me explain :

      On my new Windows 10 laptop, I still did not transfer all my personal data from my old XP laptop. So, in the meanwhile, I use an USB key ( E: ), containing some folders whose one is 846_x64_RC3 which contains the last locale N++ version

      After installing, as you suggested, the PythonScript plugin with the Plugins > Plugin Admin... option, I selected the Plugins > PythonScript > New Script option which created an empty Test.py file in the folder E:\846_x64_RC3\plugins\Config\PythonScript\Scripts. Then, I pasted the contents of the @pterjones script, below, and re-saved it :

      # encoding=utf-8
      """
      Derived from SelectionToRectangle.py from 22890-simplest.py, in response to https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/23564,
      which had (accidentally) changed a Column Selection to a Multi-Selection instead. This converts a multi-selection to a column-selection
      """
      from Npp import notepad, editor, SELECTIONMODE, STATUSBARSECTION
      
      #console.clear()
      #console.write("PRE:  {}..{} R:{} M:{}\n".format(editor.getSelectionStart(), editor.getSelectionEnd(), editor.selectionIsRectangle(), editor.getMultipleSelection()))
      
      if not(editor.selectionIsRectangle()) and (editor.getMultipleSelection()):
          ss,se = editor.getSelectionStart(), editor.getSelectionEnd()
          #console.write("GET:  {}..{} R:{} M:{}\n".format(editor.getSelectionStart(), editor.getSelectionEnd(), editor.selectionIsRectangle(), editor.getMultipleSelection()))
          editor.setSelection(ss,se)
          #console.write("SET:  {}..{} R:{} M:{}\n".format(editor.getSelectionStart(), editor.getSelectionEnd(), editor.selectionIsRectangle(), editor.getMultipleSelection()))
          editor.setSelectionMode( SELECTIONMODE.RECTANGLE )
          #console.write("RECT: {}..{} R:{} M:{}\n".format(editor.getSelectionStart(), editor.getSelectionEnd(), editor.selectionIsRectangle(), editor.getMultipleSelection()))
      
      notepad.activateFile(notepad.getCurrentFilename()) # use the activateFile() command to refresh UI; otherwise, it doesn't _look_ like column/rectangle select)
      #console.write("POST: {}..{} R:{} M:{}\n".format(editor.getSelectionStart(), editor.getSelectionEnd(), editor.selectionIsRectangle(), editor.getMultipleSelection()))
      

      The INPUT text was in E:\xxx.txt file and, after following the @peterjones instructions, everything was OK !


      However, I do not understand why IF I select again the Plugins > PythonScript > New Script option, this time, the Save under... windows proposes to save the future .py file in the \E folder instead of the normal location E:\846_x64_RC3\plugins\Config\PythonScript\Scripts ?!

      Do you have some hints about it ? I surely miss something obvious !

      Thanks, in advance !

      Best Regards,

      guy038

      Notepad++ v8.4.6   (64-bit)
      Build time : Sep 25 2022 - 19:51:39
      Path : E:\846_x64_RC3\notepad++.exe
      Command Line : 
      Admin mode : OFF
      Local Conf mode : ON
      Cloud Config : OFF
      OS Name : Windows 10 Pro (64-bit) 
      OS Version : 21H2
      OS Build : 19044.2075
      Current ANSI codepage : 1252
      Plugins : 
          mimeTools (2.8)
          NppConverter (4.4)
          NppExport (0.4)
          ComparePlus (1)
          BetterMultiSelection (1.5)
          PythonScript (2)
      

      The command line set gives :

      ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\ProgramData
      APPDATA=C:\Users\Guy\AppData\Roaming
      BRB=C:\Program Files\HP\Sure Click\bin
      BRS=C:\Program Files\HP\Sure Click\servers
      CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common Files
      CommonProgramFiles(x86)=C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files
      CommonProgramW6432=C:\Program Files\Common Files
      COMPUTERNAME=GUYTOU
      ComSpec=C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
      DriverData=C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\DriverData
      FPS_BROWSER_APP_PROFILE_STRING=Internet Explorer
      FPS_BROWSER_USER_PROFILE_STRING=Default
      HOMEDRIVE=C:
      HOMEPATH=\Users\Guy
      LOCALAPPDATA=C:\Users\Guy\AppData\Local
      LOGONSERVER=\\GUYTOU
      NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=8
      OneDrive=C:\Users\Guy\OneDrive
      OnlineServices=Online Services
      OS=Windows_NT
      Path=: E:\846_x64_RC3\notepad++.exe
      PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC
      platformcode=AN
      PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=AMD64
      PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=Intel64 Family 6 Model 140 Stepping 1, GenuineIntel
      PROCESSOR_LEVEL=6
      PROCESSOR_REVISION=8c01
      ProgramData=C:\ProgramData
      ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files
      ProgramFiles(x86)=C:\Program Files (x86)
      ProgramW6432=C:\Program Files
      PROMPT=$P$G
      PSModulePath=C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;C:\windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules
      PUBLIC=C:\Users\Public
      RegionCode=EMEA
      SESSIONNAME=Console
      SystemDrive=C:
      SystemRoot=C:\windows
      TEMP=C:\Users\Guy\AppData\Local\Temp
      TMP=C:\Users\Guy\AppData\Local\Temp
      USERDOMAIN=GUYTOU
      USERDOMAIN_ROAMINGPROFILE=GUYTOU
      USERNAME=Guy
      USERPROFILE=C:\Users\Guy
      windir=C:\windows
      ZES_ENABLE_SYSMAN=1
      
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      • Terry RT
        Terry R @guy038
        last edited by Terry R

        @guy038 said in Strange behavior of the sort function, with zero-length column mode selection:

        However, I do not understand why IF I select again the Plugins > PythonScript > New Script option, this time, the Save under… windows proposes to save the future .py file in the \E folder instead of the normal location E:\846_x64_RC3\plugins\Config\PythonScript\Scripts ?!

        After reading that I’m wondering if a variable has been set if the first use was in relation to the E:\ drive. Now any successive use of this will use the pre-set variable of E:\ as a starting point since it’s already set.

        Possibly a test might be to complete a fresh start of NPP and do a new script and see what the Save Under proposes.

        Terry

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        • Alan KilbornA
          Alan Kilborn @guy038
          last edited by

          @guy038

          I also have problems with the PythonScript > New Script command suggesting a folder that isn’t the one I want. It typically suggests a folder that is the scripts folder for another version of Notepad++ that I’ve recently used. I’ve no idea why this happens; I’ve posted about this before but never came to a resolution. So…I’m just doubly careful when I save a new script, such that it is going into the correct folder!

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          • guy038G
            guy038
            last edited by

            Hi All,

            Could it be connected with the fact of putting a local N++ install on a removable drive ?

            BR

            guy038

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            • guy038G
              guy038
              last edited by guy038

              Hi, @terry-r, @alan-kilborn, @peterjones and All

              I’m really perplexed !!??

              • On my USB drive, I created a new folder E:\846_x64

              • Then, I moved the npp.8.4.6.portable.x64.7z archive, that I kept, from the folder E:\846_x64_RC3 to the new folder E:\846_x64

              • I opened this archive and extracted all the contents in the E:\846_x64 folder

              • I defined my preferred parameters in Settings > Preferences...

              • And I downloaded the PythonScript plugin via the Plugin Admin

              Bingo ! I’m pleased to tell you that, whatever the current tab, as soon as I select the Plugins > PythonScript > New Script option, the Save inder window always opens in E:\846_x64\plugins\Config\PythonScript\Scripts ;-))

              • Finally, I added the ComparePlus and BetterMultiSelection plugins and everything is still OK !

              So, I don’t see why it’s OK on a local N++ install, in folder E:\846_x64 and KO on a SAME local N++ install, in folder E:\846_x64_RC3 ???

              Anyway, my problem is solved !

              Best Regards,

              guy038

              …A quarter of an hour later, even if I use my old local N++ version, within the E:\846_x64_RC3 folder, everything seems OK, again ??? Really confusing !

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              • guy038G
                guy038
                last edited by guy038

                Hi all,

                As promised, I created a new issue concerning this problem :

                https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/12299#issue-1401062911

                BR

                guy038

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                • guy038G
                  guy038
                  last edited by guy038

                  Hello @alan-kilborn and All,

                  In the post above, of this discussion :

                  https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/80361

                  You said that you met the problem, sometimes in the past and that you haven’t find a solution yet to the fact that running the Plugins > PythonScript > New Script does not open the folder Local N++ install\Plugins\Config\PythonScript\Scripts, in the case of a local N++ install !

                  I’ve already found out two ways to reproduce this wrong behavior and also how to get the right folder ! Could you, Alan, @peterjones or someone else confirm my hypotheses ?


                  A wrong folder destination, when using the Plugins > PythonScript > New Script option, may occur when :

                  • You’re trying, by mistake, to open an already opened file in your current N++ session which is not saved in the ...\Plugins\Config\PythonScript\Scripts folder

                  • You’re saving a new_x file, in a specific folder, different from the ...\Plugins\Config\PythonScript\Scripts folder


                  So, an easy solution is to re-open a Python script of your current session ! Afterwards, any use of the Plugins > PythonScript > New Script option should open the right folder ...\Plugins\Config\PythonScript\Scripts ;-))

                  Remark : Note that holding the Ctrl key, while using the Plugins\Python Scripts\Scripts\"Script Name" option, does not help in this matter :-((

                  Best Regards,

                  guy038

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                  • Alan KilbornA
                    Alan Kilborn @guy038
                    last edited by

                    @guy038 said in Strange behavior of the sort function, with zero-length column mode selection:

                    two ways to reproduce this wrong behavior

                    As I never do those two actions, that isn’t a way I’m getting into the circumstance.

                    My problem with it mainly occurs when I am running a different instance of N++ to test a script in a “clean” setup. I tell it to create a New Script and it wants to save the file in the correct folder but in my daily use Notepad++.

                    I have several workarounds for this, but it is annoying behavior to say the least.

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                    • Alan KilbornA
                      Alan Kilborn
                      last edited by Alan Kilborn

                      The “Strange behavior of the sort function, with zero-length column mode selection” has been SOLVED by the developers and will be in the next release, presumably 8.4.8.

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                      • Alan KilbornA
                        Alan Kilborn @PeterJones
                        last edited by Alan Kilborn

                        @PeterJones :

                        SelectionToRectangle.py v2022.10.06

                        In Peter’s Oct 6, 2022 11:20am posting, the script code contained this line:

                        if editor.getSelectionMode()<>SELECTIONMODE.RECTANGLE:

                        Is Peter showing his BASIC roots here by using <>?

                        Proper Python would be to use != (or so one would think… keep reading…).

                        What caused me to notice this is that I exclusively use Python3 (and PythonScript v3.x) these days, and such a thing causes an error there, e.g.

                        Python 3.12.3 (tags/v3.12.3:f6650f9, Apr  9 2024, 14:05:25) [MSC v.1938 64 bit (AMD64)]
                        >Initialisation took 3078ms
                        >Ready.
                        >>> a = 3
                        >>> a <> 4
                          File "<console>", line 1
                            a <> 4
                              ^^
                        SyntaxError: invalid syntax
                        

                        This made me dig up PythonScript 2 and try it there, where, indeed, it is fine:

                        Python 2.7.18 (v2.7.18:8d21aa21f2, Apr 20 2020, 13:25:05) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)]
                        >Initialisation took 2703ms
                        >Ready.
                        >>> a = 3
                        >>> a <> 4
                        True
                        

                        Probably the moral to the story is to just not use <> with Python, whatever version. :-)

                        Perhaps some further interesting reading: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16749121

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                        • PeterJonesP
                          PeterJones @Alan Kilborn
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                          @Alan-Kilborn said in Strange behavior of the sort function, with zero-length column mode selection:

                          Is Peter showing his BASIC roots here by using <>?

                          100 PRINT "BASIC FOREVER"
                          200 GOTO 100
                          
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