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    SalviaSage
    last edited by SalviaSage May 7, 2018, 9:21 PM May 7, 2018, 9:19 PM

    @patrickdrd, have you been able to get this working? I’ve been trying here from my end. I can’t get the last modified date to display on the statusbar. If you have been able to get this working, can you please post the code?

    Thank you.

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      patrickdrd
      last edited by May 8, 2018, 5:17 AM

      from Npp import editor, notepad, SCINTILLANOTIFICATION, NOTIFICATION, STATUSBARSECTION
      import os
      from datetime import datetime

      def StatusbarSelOverride(args):
      modified_time = os.path.getmtime(notepad.getCurrentFilename())
      last_modified_date = datetime.fromtimestamp(modified_time)
      notepad.setStatusBar(STATUSBARSECTION.DOCTYPE, ‘Mod: {:%d/%m/%Y %H:%M}’.format(last_modified_date))

      editor.callback(StatusbarSelOverride, [SCINTILLANOTIFICATION.UPDATEUI])
      notepad.callback(StatusbarSelOverride, [NOTIFICATION.FILESAVED])
      notepad.callback(StatusbarSelOverride, [NOTIFICATION.READY])

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        SalviaSage
        last edited by May 8, 2018, 12:55 PM

        I still can’t figure out how to add the timestamp and still keep the original contents of a statusbar section.

        Scott Sumner, I would appreciate it very much if you can fix this code and post it here. thank you.

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          patrickdrd
          last edited by May 8, 2018, 1:30 PM

          I don’t think you need the original contents, if we’re talking about the first tab,
          is DOCTYPE really that important for you?
          If so, why?
          I can’t think that’s important, that’s why I’m overwriting it

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            dail @SalviaSage
            last edited by dail May 8, 2018, 2:42 PM May 8, 2018, 2:32 PM

            Using LuaScript I’ve been able to keep the doc type and display the file modification time. Should be easily translatable to PythonScript.

            Note this works with a yet-to-be released version of LuaScript

            npp.AddEventHandler({"OnSave", "OnSwitchFile", "OnLangChange"}, function()
            	-- Make sure it is a "real" file first
            	if npp:GetCurrentDirectory() == "" then
            		return
            	end
            
            	local text = npp.LanguageDescription[npp.BufferLangType[npp.CurrentBufferID]] .. " - " .. os.date('%d/%m/%Y %H:%M', winfile.attributes(npp:GetFullCurrentPath(), "modification"))
            	npp.StatusBar[STATUSBAR_DOC_TYPE] = text
            end)
            

            Gives the results:

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              Claudia Frank @dail
              last edited by May 8, 2018, 2:38 PM

              @dail

              unfortunately not, as python script hasn’t been updated with recent npp messages yet.

              Cheers
              Claudia

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                dail @Claudia Frank
                last edited by May 8, 2018, 2:39 PM

                @Claudia-Frank

                Ah. Thanks for clarifying.

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                  SalviaSage
                  last edited by SalviaSage May 8, 2018, 4:34 PM May 8, 2018, 4:34 PM

                  @dail
                  Nice, I will be using your script then.
                  When is the release of the next version of luascript?

                  Thanks.

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                    dail
                    last edited by May 8, 2018, 4:43 PM

                    Not sure. You can download a prelease though.

                    • 32 bit
                    • 64 bit

                    Just drop the DLL in with the other plugins. Edit the startup script with Plugins > LuaScript > Edit startup script and put the above code in there, save, and restart Notepad++.

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                      SalviaSage
                      last edited by May 8, 2018, 5:55 PM

                      Thanks. the code works.

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                        patrickdrd
                        last edited by patrickdrd May 14, 2018, 2:37 PM May 14, 2018, 2:35 PM

                        I think I’ve found a bug:

                        I had around 10 tabs opened in npp, and my work shift is close to the end so I decided to close npp, so I pressed the x in the top right corner to find out that:

                        there was a file open which was attached to an email,
                        it was opened as read-only originally,
                        I clicked on edit -> clear read-only and I edited it,
                        I never saved it,

                        the date on the bottom left corner is updated continuously/ every minute that passes (on the clock), even though I’m not saving it (I can see a star on the top left corner - the star that means that the file is not saved),
                        I opened the containing folder and the file doesn’t exist there,
                        I’m using autosave plugin to run every time focus is switched off
                        from the current file as well

                        edit: more likely its an autosave bug

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                          Claudia Frank @patrickdrd
                          last edited by Claudia Frank May 14, 2018, 3:34 PM May 14, 2018, 3:33 PM

                          @patrickdrd

                          something is strange here - how can python get a modified timestamp if the file doesn’t exist at all??
                          The autosave plugin could explain why you see the continuous update of the timestamp
                          but only if there is a file which can be saved.
                          Sorry, but, are you really sure that the file doesn’t exist?

                          Cheers
                          Claudia

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                            patrickdrd
                            last edited by May 17, 2018, 5:37 AM

                            yes, I checked in windows explorer, it should be easy to reproduce it yourself

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                              patrickdrd
                              last edited by May 17, 2018, 8:25 AM

                              I’m also using the lua script too, not the python one

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                                dail
                                last edited by May 17, 2018, 12:18 PM

                                @patrickdrd

                                The Lua I posted above simply askes the operating system (i.e. Windows) when the file was last modified. Even if the file isn’t being saved from Notepad++, it would appear something else is changing the file’s modification timestamp.

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                                  SalviaSage
                                  last edited by Sep 23, 2018, 12:26 AM

                                  @dail

                                  Hi dail, I just tested your script today and it is not working anymore on notepad++ v7.5.8

                                  Can you please also check it and maybe we can come up with a fix.

                                  File:8: attempt to index a nil value (global 'winfile')
                                  stack traceback:
                                      File:8: in function <File:3>
                                  Lua 5.3.4  Copyright (C) 1994-2017 Lua.org, PUC-Rio
                                  
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                                    patrickdrd
                                    last edited by Sep 23, 2018, 8:25 AM

                                    lua script implementation works fine with 7.5.8

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                                      SalviaSage
                                      last edited by Sep 23, 2018, 1:45 PM

                                      It does, but this particular code does not work for me as of this date. I fear windows OS might have changed something, since this script calls something from the OS.

                                      npp.AddEventHandler({"OnSave", "OnSwitchFile", "OnLangChange"}, function()
                                          -- Make sure it is a "real" file first
                                          if npp:GetCurrentDirectory() == "" then
                                              return
                                          end
                                      
                                          local text = npp.LanguageDescription[npp.BufferLangType[npp.CurrentBufferID]] .. " - " .. os.date('%d/%m/%Y %H:%M', winfile.attributes(npp:GetFullCurrentPath(), "modification"))
                                          npp.StatusBar[STATUSBAR_DOC_TYPE] = text
                                      end)
                                      
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                                        dail
                                        last edited by Sep 23, 2018, 6:10 PM

                                        My guess is that since it is reporting winfile as null then you do not have a version of LuaScript that supports this. The official v0.7.1 available via the plugin manager will not work. You have to grab one of the versions listed above.

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                                          SalviaSage
                                          last edited by Sep 24, 2018, 1:32 AM

                                          dail, I can see that the latest beta version of your plugin is v0.7.1.23

                                          But, there isn’t a built .dll file for this, so I downloaded the source and the MSVS told me that I don’t have the xp v14.00 tools installed or something. So, I launched the MSVS installer and installed that under c++ tools. And then, when I tried to build it I got a whole bunch of errors.

                                          Here is a screenshot of the errors: https://i.imgur.com/FRGtDej.png

                                          So… Can you please give me more instructions on how to build this or you can release a .dll of v0.7.1.23

                                          Simply opening LuaScript.sln in MSVS and pressing f7 does not do anything like you say in your description page.
                                          Can you please update that area which deals with how to build LuaScript from source?

                                          Thanks man…

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