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    • Alan KilbornA
      Alan Kilborn @learner9753
      last edited by

      @learner9753 said:

      I am for that functionality: holding left Control + LMB will highlight and “cut” my number with “|” delimeter. Then this number will float with my cursor automatically, without any other action and embed when I click LMB again. Can you do that?

      Nope, it wouldn’t work that way. Scripting only gives you so much capability (with reasonable effort). It would work the way I said before, but I can make it plainer, I think: Double click some text, it totally disappears. You now have a normal looking caret and you have no mouse button down. Next you move the mouse to where you want the text to appear but you DO NOT STOP on the way (if you stop it will get pasted wherever you stop). When you reach your stopping point your text gets pasted without any other action (besides stopping).

      Contact me on alexander.post(at)protonmail.com for details.

      Gosh if I contacted you any way other than postings back-n-forther here it would have to be with an invoice for services. ;)

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      • Alan KilbornA
        Alan Kilborn
        last edited by

        Here’s a Pythonscript that implements the functionality:

        from Npp import editor, SCINTILLANOTIFICATION, NOTIFICATION
        
        try:
            install_state
        except NameError:
            install_state = 0  # 0 = first run, 1 = active, 2 = inactive
        
        if install_state == 0:
        
            paste_upon_mouse_stopped = False
            pos_of_cut = -1
            cut_word_length = 0
            LINE_NUMBER_MARGIN_DEFAULT_BACK_RGB = editor.styleGetBack(STYLESCOMMON.LINENUMBER)
            BLUEISH_RGB = (135, 206, 250)  # margin color when paste is pending
        
            def dwell_start_callback(args):
                if install_state == 2: return
                global paste_upon_mouse_stopped
                if paste_upon_mouse_stopped:
                    pos_of_mouse_stop = args['position']
                    if pos_of_mouse_stop != -1:  # if mouse cursor points beyond end-of-line or other non-position'd spot
                        if pos_of_mouse_stop < pos_of_cut or pos_of_mouse_stop > pos_of_cut + cut_word_length:
                            editor.setSelectionStart(pos_of_mouse_stop)
                            editor.setSelectionEnd(pos_of_mouse_stop)
                            editor.paste()
                            editor.setSelectionStart(pos_of_mouse_stop)
                            editor.styleSetBack(STYLESCOMMON.LINENUMBER, LINE_NUMBER_MARGIN_DEFAULT_BACK_RGB)
                            paste_upon_mouse_stopped = False
        
            def double_click_callback(args):
                if install_state == 2: return
                ss = editor.getSelectionStart()
                se = editor.getSelectionEnd()
                if ss != se:
                    global cut_word_length, pos_of_cut, paste_upon_mouse_stopped
                    cut_word_length = len(editor.getSelText())
                    editor.cut()
                    pos_of_cut = editor.getCurrentPos()
                    paste_upon_mouse_stopped = True
                    editor.styleSetBack(STYLESCOMMON.LINENUMBER, BLUEISH_RGB)
        
            editor.setMouseDwellTime(300)  # set a more reasonable value than the default (10000000 ms)
        
            editor.callback(dwell_start_callback, [SCINTILLANOTIFICATION.DWELLSTART])
            editor.callback(double_click_callback, [SCINTILLANOTIFICATION.DOUBLECLICK])
        
            install_state = 1
        
        else:
        
            install_state = 2 if install_state == 1 else 1
        

        It turns the line number margin area blue while the functionality is “in progress”. This was kind of interesting to experiment with, not sure of its general usefulness…

        BTW, once the script is run it remains “on” and available. Running it a second time will turn it “off” without really uninstalling it. A third run will turn it back on, etc.

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        • learner9753L
          learner9753
          last edited by

          Thank you very much Bro!
          Besides: I’m very noob in python scripting in notepad++… I tried to run this by link text (Python Script). I even do not know if this is apropriate plugin for that. I have installed Python in my computer already. I tried to install this plugin through normal executable and I do not see this in my plugin list… Excuse me ;)

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          • Meta ChuhM
            Meta Chuh moderator @learner9753
            last edited by Meta Chuh

            welcome to the notepad++ community, @learner9753

            here is the Guide How to install the PythonScript plugin on Notepad++ 7.6.3, 7.6.4 and above

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            • learner9753L
              learner9753
              last edited by

              Thank you, thank you very much! Everything goes perfectly well :) This script is great! Now my workflow improves heavily :D

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              • guy038G
                guy038
                last edited by

                Hello, @learner9753, @alan-kilborn, @meta-chuh and All,

                @alan-kilborn,

                Your script is really surprising, as it deals with mouse gestures ! This gives it a dynamic look, in contrast to most Python scripts, which provide, obviously, static results ;-))

                Now, I think that it would be very useful to add a leading and/or a trailing string to the present cut selection ! I don’t mean dialogs to enter these string values. But, simply, two variables, let’s say prefix and suffix ;-)). For instance, with, the two assignments :

                prefix = "......"
                
                suffix = " €"
                

                and the original text :

                Article A
                Article B
                Article C
                120
                270
                53
                

                We would get, after 3 mouse gestures :

                Article A......120 €
                Article B......270 €
                Article C......53 €
                
                
                
                

                What’s your feeling about it ?


                @learner9753,

                Starting with your example :

                1|w| Na początku stworzył Bóg niebo i ziemię.
                |7225| |1254| |430| |853| |8064| |853| |776|
                
                and the result :
                
                1|w| Na początku|7225| stworzył|1254| Bóg|430| [-]|853| niebo|8064| i|853| ziemię.|776|
                

                Let’s suppose that any set of characters, surrounded by spaces, is always associated with a tagging number, of the next line. Then we could organize your example as below :

                 1       Na       początku       stworzył       Bóg       [-]       niebo       i       ziemię.
                |w|      ||        |7225|         |1254|       |430|     |853|     |8064|     |853|      |776|
                

                Notes :

                • I just inserted some space characters, in order to see the associated zones clearly !

                • You’ve certainly noticed :

                  • That an empty tagging number || have been added and associated to the word Na, of your example

                  • The string [-] have been added, in order to correspond with the 853 tagging number of your example

                Now, this template of text could be easily handled and modified with a regular expression S/R !


                So, assuming, for instance, the original text, below, pasted in a new tab :

                1 Na początku stworzył Bóg [-] niebo
                |w| || |7225| |1254| |430| |853| |8064|
                
                Some text
                indepedent of the
                main zones to process
                
                
                
                			1 Na początku stworzył
                      |w| || |7225| |1254|
                
                Other
                rubbish text
                between
                
                
                1 Na początku stworzył Bóg [-] niebo i ziemię.
                |w| || |7225| |1254| |430| |853| |8064| |853| |776|
                
                • Open the N++ Replace dialog ( Ctrl + H )

                SEARCH (?-s)^((.+\|)?\h*[^\h\r\n]+)(.*\R\h*)(\|.*?\|)\h*

                REPLACE \1\4\3

                • Click on the Wrap around option

                • Choose the Regular expression search mode

                Now, click on the Replace All button, exclusively, several times, till you see the line Replace All: 0 occurrence were replaced.. ( You may also use the ALT + A shortcut ! )

                Note that the number of hits on the Replace All button is equal to the value : 1 + number of tags of the longest line of tagging numbers of your file !

                You should get the text below :

                1|w| Na|| początku|7225| stworzył|1254| Bóg|430| [-]|853| niebo|8064|
                
                
                Some text
                indepedent of the
                main zones to process
                
                
                
                			1|w| Na|| początku|7225| stworzył|1254|
                      
                
                Other
                rubbish text
                between
                
                
                1|w| Na|| początku|7225| stworzył|1254| Bóg|430| [-]|853| niebo|8064| i|853| ziemię.|776|
                
                • Finally just get rid of the surplus || empty tags ( as, for instance, after the Na word ! )

                Best Regards,

                guy038

                P.S. :

                The last line of the Alan script can be changed into :

                install_state = 3 - install_state  # values 1 or 2
                

                Whatever your programming language, if you have a variable that can only take 2 values a and b, you can always use the simple assignment, below :

                var = ( a + b ) - var

                to express the two possible values :-))

                Indeed:

                • If var is equal to the value a, the next value becomes (a + b) - a, i.e. the value b

                • If var is equal to the value b, the next value becomes (a + b) - b, i.e. the value a

                So, this syntax avoids an useless test. However, as this syntax does not, explicitly, show the two values, you may indicate them in comments, if desired


                For instance, let’s suppose you have a test variable, which should be -11 or +7, only. Then, simply use the simple assignment :

                test = -4 - test  # test = -11 or +7
                

                Just because (-11) + (+7) = - 4 !

                Of course, if you’re using the -1 and +1 values to identify the two states, the above statement just becomes :

                test = - test  # test = - 1 or + 1
                
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                • Alan KilbornA
                  Alan Kilborn @guy038
                  last edited by

                  @guy038 said:

                  Your script is really surprising,

                  I don’t know about surprising but I did think it was an interesting approach to the problem! :)

                  What’s your feeling about it ?

                  Sure, go for it! :)

                  “install_state”

                  Yea, my “install_state” stuff was kind of bad in the script (wrote that part very fast). After posting initially I made it better for myself, even though I may never have use for that script.

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                  • guy038G
                    guy038
                    last edited by guy038

                    Hello, @learner9753, @alan-kilborn, @meta-chuh and All,

                    Alan, my post-script, about the install_state variable, was not intended to you, personally, but to everyone, of course. Just an easy trick ;-))


                    Now, I tried to slightly change your script to add a prefix and/or a suffix zones to the selected and cut text on a double mouse click. Of course, changes are quite minimum but, Alan, just tell me if something seems incorrect to you ;-)). Here is my version :

                    # coding= utf-8
                    
                    #  Modified version, on 04-20-2019, of the Alan KILBORN's Python script, which includes TWO preset
                    #  variables to define 2 text areas BEFORE and/or AFTER the text, selected and cut on a DOUBLE-MOUSE click
                    #
                    # ORIGINAL file at location : https://notepad-plus-plus.org/community/topic/17462/select-grab-and-move-faster-way/5
                    
                    from Npp import editor, SCINTILLANOTIFICATION, NOTIFICATION
                    
                    try:
                        install_state
                    except NameError:
                        install_state = 0  # 0 = first run, 1 = active, 2 = inactive
                    
                    if install_state == 0:
                    
                        # ----- START of the CONFIGURATION area -----
                        prefix = '......'
                        suffix = ' €'
                        # ----- END of the CONFIGURATION area -----
                    
                        paste_upon_mouse_stopped = False
                        pos_of_cut = -1
                        cut_word_length = 0
                        LINE_NUMBER_MARGIN_DEFAULT_BACK_RGB = editor.styleGetBack(STYLESCOMMON.LINENUMBER)
                        BLUEISH_RGB = (135, 206, 250)  # margin color when paste is pending
                    
                        def dwell_start_callback(args):
                            if install_state == 2: return
                            global paste_upon_mouse_stopped
                            if paste_upon_mouse_stopped:
                                pos_of_mouse_stop = args['position']
                                if pos_of_mouse_stop != -1:  # if mouse cursor points beyond end-of-line or other non-position'd spot
                                    if pos_of_mouse_stop < pos_of_cut or pos_of_mouse_stop > pos_of_cut + cut_word_length:
                                        editor.setSelectionStart(pos_of_mouse_stop)
                                        editor.setSelectionEnd(pos_of_mouse_stop)
                                        editor.addText(prefix)
                                        editor.paste()
                                        editor.addText(suffix)
                                        editor.setSelectionStart(pos_of_mouse_stop)
                                        editor.styleSetBack(STYLESCOMMON.LINENUMBER, LINE_NUMBER_MARGIN_DEFAULT_BACK_RGB)
                                        paste_upon_mouse_stopped = False
                    
                        def double_click_callback(args):
                            if install_state == 2: return
                            if editor.getSelectionStart() != editor.getSelectionEnd():
                                global cut_word_length, pos_of_cut, paste_upon_mouse_stopped
                                cut_word_length = len(editor.getSelText())
                                editor.cut()
                                pos_of_cut = editor.getCurrentPos()
                                paste_upon_mouse_stopped = True
                                editor.styleSetBack(STYLESCOMMON.LINENUMBER, BLUEISH_RGB)
                    
                        editor.setMouseDwellTime(300)  # set a more reasonable value than the default (10000000 ms)
                    
                        editor.callback(dwell_start_callback, [SCINTILLANOTIFICATION.DWELLSTART])
                        editor.callback(double_click_callback, [SCINTILLANOTIFICATION.DOUBLECLICK])
                    
                        install_state = 1
                    
                    else:
                    
                        install_state = 3 - install_state
                    

                    Cheers,

                    guy038

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                    • Alan KilbornA
                      Alan Kilborn @guy038
                      last edited by

                      @guy038 said:

                      Alan, just tell me if something seems incorrect to you

                      Seems reasonable – is there any problem with it when you run it?

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                      • guy038G
                        guy038
                        last edited by

                        @alan-kilborn,

                        None ! It does what I was expected to ;-)) I was thinking about syntax : may be, an other function than editor.addText() or… ?

                        Anyway, thank you for your offer to help !

                        Best regards,

                        guy038

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                        • learner9753L
                          learner9753
                          last edited by

                          Hello @guy038
                          Thanks for your help and tips. But this text was only an example. This kind of work is only to do “by hand”, because things are not always so simple. Numbers are not always matching text with that simple order as in my example…

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