paragraph line break

kracovwolf

Hi. I tried searching for this but I couldn’t find out how to remove linebreaks but also keep spaces between paragraphs. I know there’s an expression that removes all lb’s but i need to keep the empty lines

PeterJones

@kracovwolf,

I am not sure I understand, but I have a guess what you mean.

If you have

first paragraph
goes here

second
paragraph

and want it to become

first paragraph goes here

second paragraph

then something like

FIND = (?<!\r\n)\r\n(?!\r\n)
search for a newline (\r\n) that doesn’t have newlines before or after
REPLACE = \x20
replace that single newline with a space character (used \x20 because you can see it in the forum; if you wanted, you could just type a space character in the REPLACE field)
MODE = regular expression

will work (ie, it worked on the example text).

If that’s not what you wanted, you’ll have to follow the advice I am quoting below.

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kracovwolf

thanks that works!
Np is a great program. Is there a plugin that can run multiple macros at once?

Ekopalypse

@kracovwolf

Never tested, but I assume one way would be to edit shortcuts.xml and merge multiple macros into one.

Another attempt would be to use PythonScript plugin and
write a script with multiple runMenuCommands like this one

kracovwolf

Hmm I don’t know a lot about code but I have edited firefox scripts before.

Ekopalypse

@kracovwolf

It’s easy. Install the plugin via Plugin Manager,
then create a new script via Plugins-PythonScript->New script.
Give it a meaningful name and save.
Add mulitple lines

notepad.runMenuCommand('Run', 'NAME OF THE MACROS AS SHOWN IN RUn MENU')

done, well - save it and run it via Plugins->PythonScript->scripts…

kracovwolf

PyNPP? I installed it but no option to create a script?

Ekopalypse

@kracovwolf - no, PythonScript plugin - it is called PythonScript. :-)

kracovwolf

I realized i didn’t have plugin manager. i was using plugin admin. but the plugin manager doesnt have a list. tried ticking untested plugins, there was an error

Ekopalypse

@kracovwolf - sorry for confusion. I don’t know why I still use the term ~~Plugin Manager~~ when it should be Plugin Admin

Ekopalypse

kracovwolf

turns out i had to update npp to see the plugin. but when creating a new script its asking me for a .py file. i assume this is where i create a txt file and rename the extension?

Ekopalypse

@kracovwolf - just provide a name and keep the py extension

Ekopalypse

then a new document opens and there you put your runMenuCommands in

kracovwolf

im sorry… trying hard to follow your directions but i’m lost. when you say multiple lines, do you mean empty lines to add to the new document, or copies of the code you provided? i’m also confused about “run menu” Again i apologize

Ekopalypse

@kracovwolf - pythonscript plugin is installed ,correct?

kracovwolf

yes i created the script too

Ekopalypse

@kracovwolf
ok, then you need multiple lines of

notepad.runMenuCommand('Macro', 'NAME OF THE MACROS AS SHOWN IN Macro MENU')

Ekopalypse

You can test if the command has been successfully sent if you
execute it via the console like I did in the first screenshot.
It has to return true. If false appears then something is wrong with your command.

kracovwolf

i created the macro codes now what? use the run command but what program?