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[Mark D]

Hello, I use notepad++ to write scripts for 3d modelling. Is it possible to programme the software to insert a blank line of text when i press a specific button? The line would just have spaces & commas in for me to populate. Thanks

[PeterJones]

@Mark-D ,

If you install the QuickText plugin, you can program a “named snippet” for that – for example, you could use the Shortcut Mapper to set a shortcut on the Plugin command tab for Replace Snip – my screenshot below shows Ctrl+Shift+Enter, but you can choose whatever you want.

Once that’s set up, then go to Plugins > Quick Text > Settings, pick the Language from the drop-down (Normal text if you don’t have syntax highlighting at all for your 3d-modelling text; udf if you have defined a User Defined Language for your modelling language, or the builtin language name if you are using one of the Languages from the top section of N++'s main Language menu), then define the snippet.

Assuming you named your snippet bl for “blank line” and chose the Ctrl+Shift+Enter like I did, then you could just type bl then hit Ctrl+Shift+Enter, and the plugin would convert that bl into your blank-line text.

(I know that sounds like a lot, but once you have the plugin set up, then you could use it for entering all sorts of snippet text. I use it for putting in my initial boilerplate when writing a script for the PythonScript plugin, or a new Perl program, and it has a bunch of predefined snippets for many common languages.)

But if that’s still too much for you, you could also use Notepad++'s built-in macro feature. Do the following once, then after that, you’ll have a shortcut assigned:

1. Macro > Start Recording
2. type all the keystrokes necessary to enter the “blank line of text” (all the spaces and commas)
3. Macro > Stop Recording
4. Macro > Save Current Recorded Macro
   • give it a name
   • choose a keystroke combination

Once you’ve done that, the keystroke combination you chose will type that same text every time, and that Macro will be saved when you exit Notepad++, so it will still be available the next time you run.

[Mark D]

@PeterJones Hi Peter thanks so much for your help that looks perfect, do you have a link for the quick text plugin? Thanks Mark

[PeterJones]

@Mark-D said in Insert specific text:

do you have a link for the quick text plugin

You can install it using Plugins Admin.

But here’s the link: https://github.com/vinsworldcom/nppQuickText