Prevent autocomplete for some file extensions

Ben Frey

I’m using np++ to edit grading files for a class I TA for. I would like to avoid having autocomplete active for these files. Is there a way to accomplish that currently?

Claudia Frank

Hello Ben-Frey,

natively, no. What could be done is using a python script.
But this is a bit of a hack as this script would set all chars
you define as a stop char. But this means also you need to install
the python script plugin. Instructions how to setup are here.

The script would look like this

import os

ext = '.txt' # extension which shouldn't have autocompletion
charset = '0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz_' # chars which should prevent autocompletion

def callback_BUFFERACTIVATED(args):
    filename, extension = os.path.splitext(notepad.getBufferFilename(args["bufferID"]))
    if extension == ext:
        editor.autoCStops(charset)

notepad.clearCallbacks([NOTIFICATION.BUFFERACTIVATED])    
notepad.callback(callback_BUFFERACTIVATED, [NOTIFICATION.BUFFERACTIVATED])

Cheers
Claudia