The only non-standard edit command I used here is <Strg> + <D>.

<Strg> + <D> ??
What does that mean?

Below you can see how this looks like. The only non-standard edit command I used here is <Strg> + <D>.

but her in notepad++ every word replaced by the 6 words that in clipboard that makes me crazy

As I understand you comment, I think you missed an important condition to get what you want - in order to distribute replacements over a multiselection, you must copy the replacement strings as a rectangular selection, not a normal one.

Hope this helps.

I presume OP has this, where the inverted text is the product of “multi-select”:

and then has this in the clipboard:

Peter
Guy
Claudia
Scott
Alan
Terry
Michael

And wants to end up with this text after replacement:

Note that I styled the text in the cyan color myself, just so the replacements could be easier to see.

Of course I could be totally wrong about what the OP has and wants. :-)

I may misunderstand what you want but are you looking for this kind of manipulations, below, which seems to work nicely ?

I assume that the BetterMultiSelection plugin is installed, with its last 1.4 version ( IMPORTANT )

I personally tested with N++ portable v7.9.2 (32 bits )

So :

• Paste the text, below, beginning with a blank line, in a new tab

Little 123 test
Little 456 test
Little 789 test
Little 012 test
Little 345 test
Little 678 test

678
345
012
789
456
123

• Move the caret at beginning of line 9

• Hold down the Alt and Shift keys and hit 5 times on the Down arrow key

• Hit the Shift + End shortcut, once

• Hit the Ctrl + C shortcut

• Hit, 7 times, on the Up arrow key

• Hit, 4 times, on the Right arrow key

• Hold down the Shift key and hit 3 times on the Right arrow key

• Hit the Ctrl + V shortcut

• Hit the Esc key to cancel the multi-selection !

As you can see, in the picture, below, each number, from line 27 to 32, have been pasted, accordingly, in lines 20 to 25 ;-))

Best Regards

guy038

I’d help with a PythonScript, but maybe you want an NppExec script?
Can’t tell from the above…

Now I want to get rid of it, but don’t see a way to in the NppExec UI.

No obvious way, that’s for sure.

The … > Advanced Options > Delete button removes it from the menu, but not from the saved scripts.

Oh, right, there it is. F6, select junk, counter-intuitively hit Save…, then click the Delete button.

Thanks for filling in those details Peter!
As I was walking thru the steps on my setup, I didn’t do that part, so I’d forgotten that it was maybe not the most obvious thing.

Is there a way to delete scripts that just isn’t obvious to me at the moment?
For example, during my experimentation I named my script “junk”.
Now I want to get rid of it, but don’t see a way to in the NppExec UI.
Or do I have to resort to hand-editing the config file for the plugin?

but now the problem is how do I add the scripts by @bitagoras to the notepad ++?

@Alan-Kilborn replied:

…
Assign a keycombo (again; suggested ones are above the “scripts” above)

If saving and naming a script wasn’t obvious, then assigning a keycombo is going to be less intuitive. Just saying. ;-)

@michaelfernandez98,
Once you have one or more scripts named and saved as Alan described, then go to Plugins > NppExec > Advanced Options. In the lower left, use the Associated Script pulldown to select the script; click Add/Modify button to add it to the list of Menu Items in the upper left; note whether or not ☑ Place in the Macros Submenu is enabled (you will need this later). Repeat as necessary for all of the above scripts. When you hit OK to apply those changes, a popup will tell you that you should restart Notepad++: save any open files, then restart Notepad++.

After the restart, then either the Macros menu (if the checkbox was enabled) or the Plugins > NppExec submenu (if the checkbox was disabled) will list your new NppExec scripts.

To assign a keycombo to each, go to Macros > Modify Shortcut/Delete Macro (or, equivalently, Settings > Shortcut Mapper), and go to the Plugin Commands tab. Filter by NppExec and scroll down until you see the new script names. Click on the script you want a keycombo for, hit Modify, and pick the appropriate combination of Ctrl, Alt, Shift, and the selected key. Repeat the Modify procedure for all the scripts that you want a keycombo for.

It feels a bit like spoon-feeding, but…

• Select Plugins from the N++ menus
• Select NppExec
• Select Execute (default key assignment is F6)
• Paste in ONE of the short “scripts” above in the Execute… box that appears
• Optionally (but recommended) test run it by pressing the OK button
• Press F6 again; “script” from before was retained and shows in the box
• Press Save… , give it a name (suggested above the “scripts” above), press OK
• Assign a keycombo (again; suggested ones are above the “scripts” above)

Perhaps the simplest way would be to add the NppExec plugin to your Notepad++ and used the scripts by @bitagoras directly above?

addNext (Ctrl-D):

NPP_CONSOLE 0
sci_sendmsg 2690  // SCI_TARGETWHOLEDOCUMENT
sci_sendmsg SCI_SETSEARCHFLAGS 0
sci_sendmsg 2688  // SCI_MULTIPLESELECTADDNEXT

addNextWholeWord (Shift-Ctrl-D):

NPP_CONSOLE 0
sci_sendmsg 2690  // SCI_TARGETWHOLEDOCUMENT
sci_sendmsg SCI_SETSEARCHFLAGS SCFIND_WHOLEWORD
sci_sendmsg 2688  // SCI_MULTIPLESELECTADDNEXT

addEach (Shift-Ctrl-L):

NPP_CONSOLE 0
sci_sendmsg 2690  // SCI_TARGETWHOLEDOCUMENT
sci_sendmsg SCI_GETSELECTIONEMPTY
if $(MSG_RESULT) == 1 then
  sci_sendmsg SCI_SETSEARCHFLAGS SCFIND_WHOLEWORD
else
  sci_sendmsg SCI_SETSEARCHFLAGS 0
endif
sci_sendmsg 2689  // SCI_MULTIPLESELECTADDEACH
sci_sendmsg 2689  // SCI_MULTIPLESELECTADDEACH

undoAddNext (Ctrl-U):

NPP_CONSOLE 0
sci_sendmsg SCI_GETSELECTIONS
set n ~ $(MSG_RESULT) - 1
sci_sendmsg SCI_DROPSELECTIONN $(n)

skip (Alt-Ctrl-D):

NPP_CONSOLE 0
sci_sendmsg SCI_SETSEARCHFLAGS SCFIND_NONE
sci_sendmsg 2688  // SCI_MULTIPLESELECTADDNEXT
sci_sendmsg SCI_GETSELECTIONS
set n ~ $(MSG_RESULT) - 2
sci_sendmsg SCI_DROPSELECTIONN $(n)

skipWholeWord (Alt-Shift-Ctrl-D):

NPP_CONSOLE 0
sci_sendmsg SCI_SETSEARCHFLAGS SCFIND_NONE
sci_sendmsg 2688  // SCI_MULTIPLESELECTADDNEXT
sci_sendmsg SCI_GETSELECTIONS
set n ~ $(MSG_RESULT) - 2
sci_sendmsg SCI_DROPSELECTIONN $(n)