Auto paste the selected text automatically into One File
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Auto paste the selected text automatically into One File
Dear friends,
I have requested a feature few years ago and lots of excuses given not to implemented whereas many other plugins are given go ahead to be created
What I’d like to do is:
-open new file:
-keep it open
-copy text from different sources including web pages
-they go pasted automatically into one that specific file
-not as each copied part entered as a separate file
Example:
https://www.notetab.com/
-top menu
-document
-use as pasteboard ( ticked)Earlier reason not to implement it was Notepad++ is not a clipboard program
by the same token, I can say Notepad++ is not a "such as such program to do so (backward & lazy excuse)
please DO Stop providing excuses
I’d like to see that function which will be a win-win situation for you as a developer and for us as a user with an important function
I appreciate very much if you could implement it directly or ask plugin creators to start developing one to be included within the notepad++
all the best
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@Kimberley-Whytte said in Auto paste the selected text automatically into One File:
I have requested a feature few years ago
WHERE is this request? Provide link.
Earlier reason not to implement it was Notepad++ is not a clipboard program
It’s not. Let Notepad++ stick to what it does well – text editing.
I’d think that one of the clipboard manager programs could provide this “use as pasteboard” functionality.please DO Stop providing excuses
Someone made excuses? Again, provide link to where.
Have you ever heard the expression, “you can catch more flies with honey than you can with vinegar”? (or something like that)
It means you should ask nicely for something and not be offensive and demanding.
That being said, Notepad++ has a Clipboard History feature (found on the Edit menu) that lists each clip. It might not be a bad idea if it were possible to multi-select these clips and a command executed to insert the text of these clips into the active editor tab.
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A Alan Kilborn referenced this topic on Jul 23, 2023, 12:10 PM
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Similar request: https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/11965
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@Alan-Kilborn said in Auto paste the selected text automatically into One File:
Clipboard History feature (found on the Edit menu)
it is not the same as I try to explain
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@Kimberley-Whytte said in Auto paste the selected text automatically into One File:
it is not the same
Where did I say it is the same as your want??
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According to the description, it looks like a real-time clipboard monitor that pastes (appends) every clipboard item into a given document.
I believe this can be implemented by means of writing a corresponding Python program to be executed by the PythonScript plugin.
In general, such Python program can be written by anyone who is familiar with Python. You don’t need Notepad++ developers who deals with C++ or C# for this.
Probably the most complicated part of such Python program is to monitor the clipboard and extract items from it.
Googling for “python monitor clipboard” gives this, for example:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14685999/trigger-an-event-when-clipboard-content-changes -
It might be even easier to use AutoHotKey for this task:
https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/v2/lib/OnClipboardChange.htm
And again, it’s rather a question to users familiar with AutoHotKey than to Notepad++ developers. -
The big question is, when are you going to write your own?
No excuses now, like “I don’t know how to program” You’ve had years since you made the request to become a proficient and capable programmer, so don’t be lazy and do it yourself.
That fact that you did post it in github forum request and it wasn’t implemented, whatever the reason should tell you that no one but you sees a need for it, and in the tradition of open source, if someone isn’t interested in it, it won’t be written by them, so your only option to get that feature is to write it yourself.
So there’s your answer, as candidly as you have been in your statements here, I am happy to give you the answer you apparently need to hear because you haven’t yet grasped the answer that is just so clear to anyone else. Insults get you insults in return, so next time choose your words and battles better. :)
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Hmm, well, I’ve found the idea of the Clipboard Monitor to be interesting enough to experiment with and to include it into NppExec Manual.
My English is not perfect as usual :) -
@Vitalii-Dovgan said in Auto paste the selected text automatically into One File:
My English is not perfect as usual :)
I had a quick check and I think your English would put most English speaking people to shame.
I easily understood the process, there weren’t any spelling mistakes (that I saw) and it was easy enough to follow, if I should want this action.
Good on you
Terry -
same old backward & unappreciative people for my improvement suggestions
shame
time for me to leave and stick to other programs I reckon -
@Kimberley-Whytte said in Auto paste the selected text automatically into One File:
stick to other programs I reckon
If you had a better option than the totality of function Notepad++ currently provides, you’d have done this already.
time for me to leave
This is probably for the best, as the rest of us will benefit by getting rid of the annoyance that is you.
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Same old rudeness and entitlement behavior one would expect of someone with a narcissistic personality disorder. Bye.
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@Lycan-Thrope said in Auto paste the selected text automatically into One File:
Same old rudeness and entitlement behavior one would expect of someone with a narcissistic personality disorder.
Notepad++ is used by people worldwide. This results in people from many cultures participating in the forums. Many of the participants don’t use English as their main language. People with varied technical or technology backgrounds, cultural backgrounds, and sometimes less than perfect use of English, post things on the forums that can seem odd.
Sometimes rocks or flower pedals are tossed into into the stream. People puzzle over the ripples and floating pedals, some for a moment, and others get stuck.
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@mkupper ,
Perhaps, but that sounded like outright hostility, but…be that as it may, I will be back to lurking. Thanks. -
@Vitalii-Dovgan said in Auto paste the selected text automatically into One File:
I’ve found the idea of the Clipboard Monitor to be interesting enough to experiment with and to include it into NppExec Manual.
You are amazing! I simply could not use Notepad++ without NppExec.
Cheers.