Run External command, THEN execute macro

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rlively
2011-11-10
2012-11-13

  • rlively
    rlively
    2011-11-10

    Can I have either a macro or a run command that will launch an external exe with parameters including $(FULL_CURRENT_PATH) and then after it executes run a macro? I would want the macro to create a new NPP document and then paste into that blank document. After the external command is executed, the windows clipboard will contain text that I want in the new document.

    I can't find any mention of whether this is possible or not in the forums or in the npp-community site.

     


  • Anonymous
    2011-11-11

    Check out nppexec :-

    SET OUTFILE = C:\temp\dig.txt
    NPE_CONSOLE v+
    NPP_CONSOLE 0
    cmd /c  "C:\Windows\System32\dns\bin\dig" $(CURRENT_WORD) @208.67.222.222 >>$(OUTFILE)
    NPP_OPEN $(OUTFILE)
    NPE_CONSOLE v-

    Something I did to do dns lookup of the selected test in one notepad++ tab and create a new tab with the output.

     

  • cchris
    cchris
    2011-11-11

    There are several ways.
    1/ Use an external macro manager, like AutoHotKey or similar, to send the various commands (N++: create new document ; launch external program ; N++: paste in current document.
    2/ Minimise N++ in systray, run program and then use right click menu to create new file from clipboard
    3/ Use the RunMe plugin to apply external program to (a copy of) your current document.
    4/ I'd suspect Python Script can do something about it, but I hardly know  Python.

    I haven't used the Pork2Sausage plugin much, it might help too.

    CChris

     

  • rlively
    rlively
    2011-11-12

    Thanks - the NPP_EXEC plugin will do what I want - instead of creating a document with the output I just wanted the output to go directly to a new NPP document, so this example works:

    http://sourceforge.net/projects/npp-plugins/forums/forum/672146/topic/3738779

    // enable the $(OUTPUT) variable
NPE_CONSOLE v+
// your command here... for example, let it be "cmd /?"
cmd /?
// open new tab
NPP_SENDMSG WM_COMMAND IDM_FILE_NEW
// set the text in the new tab
SEL_SETTEXT $(OUTPUT)
// finally, disable $(OUTPUT) variable
NPE_CONSOLE v-

    This actually lets me skip a step - I was calling a batch file that piped std out to the Cygwin utility putclip.exe in order to get the output into the clipboard for pasting, but using this method with NPP_EXEC the output goes directly into a new document without having to use the putclip utility.

    I was looking for a way for a builtin NPP macro to call a run command or for the run command to call a macro but NPP_EXEC will let me combine it all into one. The only problem is the difficulty of finding documentation on all the available commands.