How to rename blocks of a program in notepad ++?

Rogério Ferreira

Hello everybody,

I am using the notepad ++ to modify some cnc programs, so I have inserted some new blocks in one of this programs, then I would like to know how to rename the blocks automatically, is that possible?

Claudia Frank

@Rogério-Ferreira

not quite sure what you are requesting, can you give as an example of
what you have and what you want to have?

Cheers
Claudia

Rogério Ferreira

Thank you in advance for your help.

For example, I have the following blocks of a cnc program:

N1400 G01 Z=R451+R90 F=500 ;COTA Z PISTA SUPERIOR
N1410 STOPRE
N1420 M92 ;RESET ANALOGICAS PIST NOVA

and I want to introduce two new blocks (lines) and rename automatically all blocks in ascending order, for example:
N1400 G01 Z=R451+R90 F=500 ;COTA Z PISTA SUPERIOR
N1410 STOPRE
N1420 G04 F10 ; (NEW BlOCK)
N1430 STOPRE ; (NEW BLOCK)
N1440 M92 ;RESET ANALOGICAS PIST NOVA

Claudia Frank

@Rogério-Ferreira

out of the box - this could be, better I should say I assume this could be, achieved with some heavy regular expressions but
when installing a npp scripting language plugin like python, java script, lua etc… we could find a way to automate this.

Cheers
Claudia

Rogério Ferreira

@Claudia-Frank

I thought It was easier, I thought It was already a notepad ++ resource.

Thank you again.

Claudia Frank

@Rogério-Ferreira

there is one other solution which maybe suits you.
With holding alt+shift you can use the arrow keys to select a block of text, alt+left mouse is the same.
Once done, pressing alt+c opens the block editor mode and there you can insert numbers with a defined stepping.

Cheers
Claudia

fade2gray

@Rogério-Ferreira

Short video clip may help https://youtu.be/8p4S8vsEjRo