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    • EkopalypseE
      Ekopalypse @bitagoras
      last edited by

      @bitagoras
      I just have updated the FR with my test.
      A simple keyboard binding does not work but the solution is
      similar easy.

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      • bitagorasB
        bitagoras
        last edited by

        Here is my entire solution (copy from this Github Issue) with NppExec which gives Notepad++ all the multi editing functionality from VSCode. The only difference is that there are two different shortcuts each for addNext and for skip.

        addNext (Ctrl-D):

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

        multiSelect_D

        addNextWholeWord (Shift-Ctrl-D):

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

        multiSelect_DW

        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
        

        multiSelect_EACH

        undoAddNext (Ctrl-U):

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

        multiSelect_DU

        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)
        

        multiSelect_DS

        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)
        
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        • michaelfernandez98M
          michaelfernandez98
          last edited by

          Hello
          I’m new to this but I’m interested in having the functionality to select similar strings in a document and be able to do multiple editing
          how can i add this functionality to notepad ++?

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          • Alan KilbornA
            Alan Kilborn @michaelfernandez98
            last edited by

            @michaelfernandez98

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

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            • michaelfernandez98M
              michaelfernandez98
              last edited by

              yes i was watching
              I already installed the NppExec script to the notepad++
              but now the problem is how do I add the scripts by @bitagoras to the notepad ++?

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              • Alan KilbornA
                Alan Kilborn @michaelfernandez98
                last edited by

                @michaelfernandez98

                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)
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                • PeterJonesP
                  PeterJones @michaelfernandez98
                  last edited by PeterJones

                  @michaelfernandez98 said:

                  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.

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                  • Alan KilbornA
                    Alan Kilborn @PeterJones
                    last edited by

                    @PeterJones

                    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?

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                    • PeterJonesP
                      PeterJones
                      last edited by

                      @Alan-Kilborn said in Multi selection and multi edit:

                      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.

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                      • michaelfernandez98M
                        michaelfernandez98
                        last edited by

                        I could already install the plugin and assign the keycombo to it
                        thanks @PeterJones @Alan-Kilborn
                        They were very helpful

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                        • michaelfernandez98M
                          michaelfernandez98
                          last edited by

                          sorry if my english is bad
                          I speak Spanish

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                          • Don BhaiD
                            Don Bhai @bitagoras
                            last edited by

                            @bitagoras
                            @Claudia-Frank
                            @dinkumoil
                            i got the plugin and could multi select finally, thanks
                            but i tried to replace 6 words by another corresponding 6 words
                            it worked in vscode that the first selected word replaced by the first word in clipboard and the second word replaced by second word and so on
                            but her in notepad++ every word replaced by the 6 words that in clipboard that makes me crazy
                            please, any one can help? any idea ?any script ?

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                            • Alan KilbornA
                              Alan Kilborn @Don Bhai
                              last edited by

                              @Don-Bhai

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

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                              • guy038G
                                guy038
                                last edited by guy038

                                Hello, @don-bhai, @alan-kilborn and All,

                                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 ;-))

                                79fd1f93-28db-4867-829f-939b208e87ba-image.png

                                Best Regards

                                guy038

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                                • Alan KilbornA
                                  Alan Kilborn @guy038
                                  last edited by Alan Kilborn

                                  @guy038

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

                                  349843b9-20c3-4b6a-882d-13d61776696b-image.png

                                  and then has this in the clipboard:

                                  Peter
                                  Guy
                                  Claudia
                                  Scott
                                  Alan
                                  Terry
                                  Michael
                                  

                                  And wants to end up with this text after replacement:

                                  879ea221-1581-4cf5-89bf-b6d763b5f794-image.png

                                  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. :-)

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                                  • Alan KilbornA
                                    Alan Kilborn @Alan Kilborn
                                    last edited by

                                    Oops, it appears I’ve turned Guy into a philandering filmmaker, Scott into an infidel, and Michael into an encourager of adultery. Sorry, all! :-)

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                                    • Don BhaiD
                                      Don Bhai @Alan Kilborn
                                      last edited by

                                      @Alan-Kilborn
                                      i can install paython plugin if this is not available in NPPEXec script

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                                      • astrosofistaA
                                        astrosofista @Don Bhai
                                        last edited by

                                        @Don-Bhai said in Multi selection and multi edit:

                                        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.

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                                        • Don BhaiD
                                          Don Bhai @guy038
                                          last edited by

                                          @guy038 you are amazing, thank you very much
                                          i was selecting the 6 word by ctrl+A
                                          thats why it replace every word by the 6 words i have selected and copied in clipboard
                                          thanks @Alan-Kilborn , @guy038 , @astrosofista , and to every one tried to help

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                                          • Don BhaiD
                                            Don Bhai @astrosofista
                                            last edited by

                                            @astrosofista you are right, i selected them as normal one that’s my fault

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