Finding available shortcut keys (originally "Where's the 'New Window' command?")

[Ekopalypse]

@TBugReporter

something like this

while True:
    result = notepad.messageBox('','', MESSAGEBOXFLAGS.ABORTRETRYIGNORE)
    if result != MESSAGEBOXFLAGS.RESULTRETRY:
        break

[Alan Kilborn]

It boggles the mind that someone would ever think to use the Stop Script menu item, in code, to “bail out”. Just write code that nicely returns, like @Ekopalypse 's main example from earlier. Stop Script should only be run from the menus as a last resort, a “kill my script” kind of thing. And I don’t think I’ve ever had a need to use it.

[TBugReporter]

@Ekopalypse said in Finding available shortcut keys (originally “Where’s the ‘New Window’ command?”):

while True:
    result = notepad.messageBox('','', MESSAGEBOXFLAGS.ABORTRETRYIGNORE)
    if result != MESSAGEBOXFLAGS.RESULTRETRY:
        break

Okay, but where do I put the code that I want it to retry, and where do I put the code that tests whether to show the MessageBox? (without having to duplicate either of those?)

@Alan-Kilborn said in Finding available shortcut keys (originally “Where’s the ‘New Window’ command?”):

It boggles the mind

Yeah, but isn’t it nice to know that your mind can still be boggled? 😁

Stop Script should only be run from the menus as a last resort

This was a stopgap measure for me - a placeholder until I could understand my difficulties with scope for variables. I think I got that under control; I just need to test it out and then I’ll do like you said.

[PeterJones]

@TBugReporter said in Finding available shortcut keys (originally “Where’s the ‘New Window’ command?”):

Okay, but where do I put the code that I want it to retry

while True:
    result = notepad.messageBox('','', MESSAGEBOXFLAGS.ABORTRETRYIGNORE)
    if result != MESSAGEBOXFLAGS.RESULTRETRY:
        break
    # code to redo goes here

or alternately, if it makes more sense to you,

while True:
    result = notepad.messageBox('','', MESSAGEBOXFLAGS.ABORTRETRYIGNORE)
    if result == MESSAGEBOXFLAGS.RESULTRETRY:
        # code to redo goes here
    else:
        break
    # code to redo goes here

[TBugReporter]

@PeterJones

It seems to me that that structure won’t do the “code to redo” a first time without first putting up the A/R/I box…?

[PeterJones]

@TBugReporter ,

It seems to me that that structure won’t do the “code to redo” a first time without first putting up the A/R/I box…?

Then put the code in whatever order you think is logical for your needs.

while True:
   # code to do every loop goes here 
   result = notepad.messageBox('','', MESSAGEBOXFLAGS.ABORTRETRYIGNORE)
   if result != MESSAGEBOXFLAGS.RESULTRETRY:
        break

[TBugReporter]

@PeterJones
I’ve now tried this …

def bailout(msg):
    print(msg)
    user_response = notepad.messageBox(msg, "Error", MB_CANCELTRYCONTINUE | MB_ICONWARNING)
    if user_response == MB_RESULTCANCEL:
        notepad.runPluginCommand('Python Script', 'Stop Script')
    else:
        return user_response

def main():
    # ...
    while True:
        sk_mapper_hwnd = user32.FindWindowW(None, u"Shortcut mapper")
        if not sk_mapper_hwnd:
            action_to_take = bailout("Mapper window not found!")
        if action_to_take != MB_RESULTTRYAGAIN:
            break
    # ...

… but that gives me …

UnboundLocalError: local variable 'action_to_take' referenced before assignment

Where did I go wrong?

[Ekopalypse]

@TBugReporter

Scope problem. An if-block introduces a new scope and the variables defined there are only valid within this scope. Either the comparison with MB_RESULTTRYAGAIN is indented to have it in the same scope, or action_to_take must be defined at the same scoping level as the comparison.

[Alan Kilborn]

I don’t know that I like the trend of this thread. It seems we’re teaching Python??

[Mendella Replacement]

@Alan-Kilborn please can i get your attention? I need help pls

[Mendella Replacement]

@Mendella-Replacement said in Finding available shortcut keys (originally “Where’s the ‘New Window’ command?”):

@Alan-Kilborn please can i get your attention? I need help pls

[PeterJones]

This discussion has stopped being about “new window” or about “shortcut keys”, and really ceased even being about Notepad++. And now it’s even attracting random posts as well.

This topic is being locked. If anyone has Noteapd++ related discussion, a new topic can be started quite easily; if you need to, provide a link back to this discussion for reference.