Why am I getting…NameError: name ‘notepad’ is not defined…When I run this script?

Because I am lazy when testing something I post. :-)

Add this at the top of the script and I think it will fix it:

from Npp import notepad

What I do is have that line (or something similar) in my startup.py file–that file runs when Pythonscript starts up, obviously. This keeps me from having to put that line (and others that are similar, e.g., one for the editor object…) in every single Pythonscript file I have–the imports happen at startup and are available for the remainder of the Notepad++ session.

C:\Program Files\Notepad++>1702decoder.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “C:\Program Files\Notepad++\1702decoder.py”, line 35, in <module>
decode1702__main()
File “C:\Program Files\Notepad++\1702decoder.py”, line 19, in decode1702__main
input = notepad.prompt(‘Enter your 1702 decimal #:’, ‘’, input)
NameError: name ‘notepad’ is not defined

When I run this script?

'downward',
'dot-matches-newline',      # <---- add me!
]

This Pythonscript may help; I call it 1702decoder.py:

import re

def decode1702__main():
    options_list = [
        'whole-word',
        'case-match',
        'clear-red-presearch',
        'UNUSED',
        'bookmark-line',
        'subfolders',
        'hidden',
        'in-sel',
        'wrap',
        'downward'
        ]
    input = '0'
    while True:
        input = notepad.prompt('Enter your 1702 decimal #:', '', input)
        if not input: return
        input = int(input)
        prompt_text = ''
        for (j, v) in enumerate(options_list):
            prompt_text += '[ {} ]{}      '.format('x' if input & (1 << j) else ' ', options_list[j])
            if (j + 1) % 3 == 0: prompt_text = prompt_text.rstrip() + '\r\n'
        prompt_text = prompt_text.rstrip()
        input = notepad.prompt('Set your desired options by putting an x inside the [   ], e.g. [ x ]:', '', prompt_text)
        if not input: return
        new_input = 0
        for (j, v) in enumerate(options_list):
            m = re.search(r'\[([^]]+)\]' + options_list[j], input)
            if m and m.group(1) != ' ' * len(m.group(1)): new_input |= 1 << j
        input = str(new_input)

decode1702__main()

When run, it produces a prompt screen where you can put a 1702 parameter value that one of your macros uses, or you can just leave it set at 0. Pressing OK to that prompt will decode the entered values into the corresponding option values in a second prompt screen; example for an input of 3:

From this point, changing the options and pressing OK will show you the decimal number associated with those options and you can keep going, changing the value or the options and seeing the effects until you answer Cancel to a prompt.

Hope this helps you.

Hi Claudia, yes I knew about that list

other then hoping for completeness and relying on the list here - I don’t know.

Cheers
Claudia