Utilizing other plugins within a plugin

ntjess · Feb 20, 2018, 9:20 PM

Hello,

I am extremely new to Notepad++ plugins, but really want something for effective copy-pasting. Essentially:

User highlights text
User executes plugin (or macro if this could do the job)
Plugin/macro changes style to ‘default’
Plugin/macro copies HTML format to clipboard using NppExport (or some similar utility)
Plugin/macro changes style back to previous style

This would allow you to copy formatted text while using a dark background, but paste in a much more friendly format for printing.

Does anyone think this is a doable project for someone who knows how to code in C++, Java, etc. but hasn’t touched plugin creation? If so, are there any example plugins that would be good to look at so I can get an idea of what to do?

Thanks in advance!