Copying highlighted text lines from 1 Notepad++ file to another

guy038

Hello, @george-rogers, @alan-kilborn, @peterjones and All,

Alan, just tried this two scripts and, indeed, it fully copy/pastes the 5 style tokens, as well as the mark style and the Incremental search style ;-)) Well done ! We even have a 2nd clipboard as a bonus !

However, I don’t see the immediate benefit for @george-rogers as, obviously, all these highlightings are lost for, both, the original and the copied file, once, you start Notepad++, again !

Alan, I can see that your “status” as a Python script writer, monopolizes most of your time. But, maybe, you can find a few minutes to devote to the proposals I’ve made to you about this other Python script :

https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/54357

Many thanks in advance !

Best Regards,

guy038

Alan Kilborn

@guy038 said in Copying highlighted text lines from 1 Notepad++ file to another:

However, I don’t see the immediate benefit for @george-rogers as, obviously, all these highlightings are lost for, both, the original and the copied file, once, you start Notepad++, again !

True. I’m working on a “solution” to this as well, see HERE.

Alan, I can see that your “status” as a Python script writer, monopolizes most of your time. But, maybe, you can find a few minutes to devote to the proposals I’ve made to you about this other Python script : https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/54357

Yes, I’m working on this one as well.
My in-progress version got a big, well, shall we say, “bigger” (more features) than first intended!
I really need to exercise “scope control”. :-)
Keep an eye on the thread of that posting in the coming days (weeks?).

Alan Kilborn

@Alan-Kilborn said in Copying highlighted text lines from 1 Notepad++ file to another:

Keep an eye on the thread of that posting in the coming days (weeks?).

But note that I’ll probably work to finish the “style save” script FIRST (sorry).
I try (somewhat unsuccessfully) to pipeline things in FIFO order, without getting “too many” things going at once.

Alan, I can see that your “status” as a Python script writer, monopolizes most of your time

Never saw that as a “status” LOL.
And my general rule is that I don’t take on script-writing for things that I wouldn’t personally use, or possibly for things I wouldn’t use but have some other interesting (to me) aspect.

Alan Kilborn

@guy038 said in Copying highlighted text lines from 1 Notepad++ file to another:

fully copy/pastes the 5 style tokens, as well as the mark style and the Incremental search style

Actually, the “incremental search style” isn’t handled by the provided scripts.
The reason is that it is too “dynamic”.
The other styles have more “permanence” to them.

One could certainly add it to the list in the “copy-special” script code, though (no need for it to be in the “paste-special” code). Here are the details about it from the N++ source:

#define SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE_INC 28

George Rogers

Your time and efforts are Much Appreciated! I am admittedly a Notepad++ newbie when it comes to scripts and customization. Maybe you can point me to a YouTube video or video screenshare which shows me how to integrate these scripts. Thanks Again!

Alan Kilborn

@George-Rogers

Someday we’ll turn the generic procedure into a FAQ.

Steps:

Use Plugins admin to install the PythonScript plugin
Menu to Plugins > Python Script > New Script
Provide a (file) name for the script; you don’t need to specify an extension – .py will be added automatically
Press the Save button to close out the Save As dialog box.
At this point your script file will be showing and is empty; copying and pasting one of the scripts from above seems like a fine idea :-)
Save the file
To execute your script, menu to Plugins > Python Script >Scripts > (pick the name of your script)

If you can successfully get that far with it, we can explain to you how to bind a keycombo to it to execute the script that way (which is better than menuing for an often-used script).

guy038

Hi, @alan-kilborn and All,

when I did the test, I used the maximum number of styles and I didn’t notice that the incremental search style was not copied !

Cheers,

guy038

Alan Kilborn

@guy038

Actually (thinking more about it), if you want the Incremental Search or even the Smart Highlighting color to be part of the copy/paste, upon pasting it will lose its temporal nature and becomes permanent! So that’s a way to get a few more colors with this technique!

Here’s the info for Smart Highlighting :

#define SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE_SMART 29

And so, here’s a modification to a section of the “copy special” script to include these:

# the following names are from the N++ source code:
SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE_EXT1  = 25  # Style #1
SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE_EXT2  = 24  # Style #2
SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE_EXT3  = 23  # Style #3
SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE_EXT4  = 22  # Style #4
SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE_EXT5  = 21  # Style #5
SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE       = 31  # redmarking style
SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE_INC   = 28  # incremental-search style
SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE_SMART = 29  # smart-highlighting style

indicator_list = [
    SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE_EXT1,
    SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE_EXT2,
    SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE_EXT3,
    SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE_EXT4,
    SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE_EXT5,
    SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE,
    SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE_INC,
    SCE_UNIVERSAL_FOUND_STYLE_SMART,
    ]

George Rogers

So, I am having issues installing the Python Script plugin (N++ newbie)
My N++ version is V7.6.1 with 32-bit
N++ > Plugin Admin does not find Python Script at all

Followed the instructions here for installing the Python Script plugin
https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/17256/guide-how-to-install-the-pythonscript-plugin-on-notepad-7-6-3-7-6-4-and-above

Here is screenshots of my file setup:
https://www.screencast.com/t/27yUQwOE
https://www.screencast.com/t/i80RUZMCuOd2

Screenshot of N++ Plugin Admin
https://www.screencast.com/t/8RGSUO0rw

Please help me understand where I am going wrong

Much Appreciated
George

Alan Kilborn

@George-Rogers said in Copying highlighted text lines from 1 Notepad++ file to another:

My N++ version is V7.6.1 with 32-bit

So I think around the time of v.7.6.1, Plugins Admin was going through some growing pains.
That may be causing the trouble.
Any issues with updating to v.7.8.6, say?
You can certainly stick with the 32-bit version if you want.

George Rogers

I can give that a shot
How would I unwind that update and revert back to V7.6.1 in case I needed to?

Ekopalypse

@George-Rogers

Personally I would download a zipped version as it can run
in parallel to an installed version.

Alan Kilborn

@Alan-Kilborn said in Copying highlighted text lines from 1 Notepad++ file to another:

…how to bind a keycombo to it to execute the script that way (which is better than menuing for an often-used script).

Some instructions for that are found in THIS POSTING.