First of all, i think the notepad++ is great! :)
But I have a little problem I don't know how to solve. I am writing a simple macro that will create an empty actionscript class just from a new file and the name of the class and the cursor is at the end. Example ( | shows where the cursor is, ##are comments (not part of file))
##beginning of file (new)
SomeClass|
##end of file
I want it to be changed like that:
##beginning of file (SomeClass.as)
package com.dev.generic {
public class SomeClass {
|##means 2 tabspaces and the cursor should be there
}
}
##end of file
Instead, I get:
##beginning of file (new)
package com.dev.generic {
public class SomeClass {
}}
##end of file, and I get an opened save dialog
OK, so since saving an unsaved document opens a windows choose file dialog and i don't belive the macro has a wrapper to also record the actions there. Is there another way to automatically set a name to a file through a macro?
Still, why is there a difference in text output.
I record the following
SomeClass| ##type ".as", press "shift+home", press "ctrl+x"
##now i have copied the name of the desired file
package com.dev.generic {
public class | ##i type everything until here, then press "ctrl+v" to paste the name
##then press "backspace" 3 times to delete the ".as" extension
package com.dev.generic {
public class SomeClass {
}
}|## type " {\n\n}\n}"
##then i press "LEFTARROW" and "BACKSPACE" to delete the last identation
##then i press "UP" two times to get to the empty line and "TAB" once and "RIGHT"
##to get the cursor in the desired position - idented two times just below "public" word.
Sorry for the long post, but any advice is appreciated ( i really want to understand the macro capability to its fullest, because i think it's veery useful.)
Yours,
Zdravko
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A bug in the macro playback causes the missing indentation. The PlayBack function should notify NP++ when adding characters, so NP++ can take appropriate action, such as adding indentation.
I'm sending a suggested bug fix to Don.
Regards.
Greg
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First of all, i think the notepad++ is great! :)
But I have a little problem I don't know how to solve. I am writing a simple macro that will create an empty actionscript class just from a new file and the name of the class and the cursor is at the end. Example ( | shows where the cursor is, ##are comments (not part of file))
##beginning of file (new)
SomeClass|
##end of file
I want it to be changed like that:
##beginning of file (SomeClass.as)
package com.dev.generic {
public class SomeClass {
|##means 2 tabspaces and the cursor should be there
}
}
##end of file
Instead, I get:
##beginning of file (new)
package com.dev.generic {
public class SomeClass {
}}
##end of file, and I get an opened save dialog
OK, so since saving an unsaved document opens a windows choose file dialog and i don't belive the macro has a wrapper to also record the actions there. Is there another way to automatically set a name to a file through a macro?
Still, why is there a difference in text output.
I record the following
SomeClass| ##type ".as", press "shift+home", press "ctrl+x"
##now i have copied the name of the desired file
package com.dev.generic {
public class | ##i type everything until here, then press "ctrl+v" to paste the name
##then press "backspace" 3 times to delete the ".as" extension
package com.dev.generic {
public class SomeClass {
}
}|## type " {\n\n}\n}"
##then i press "LEFTARROW" and "BACKSPACE" to delete the last identation
##then i press "UP" two times to get to the empty line and "TAB" once and "RIGHT"
##to get the cursor in the desired position - idented two times just below "public" word.
Sorry for the long post, but any advice is appreciated ( i really want to understand the macro capability to its fullest, because i think it's veery useful.)
Yours,
Zdravko
and of course the forum treats starting whitespaces as nothing, so i repost the results of my second response using the html npsp; entity
##start of file
a
|
##end of file
There is an automatic identation, but if you saved the commands and try them as macros you get
##start of file
a
|
##end of file
In macros there's no direct identation :(, i think it's a bug, i mean it should do whatever it does in the editor ;)
But still, could you help me how i can do automatic saving from macros without need of "save as" dialog since it's not "doable" via a macro?
Thanks,
Zdravko
A bug in the macro playback causes the missing indentation. The PlayBack function should notify NP++ when adding characters, so NP++ can take appropriate action, such as adding indentation.
I'm sending a suggested bug fix to Don.
Regards.
Greg
Hi, it's me again, I found the problem.
So, suppose you type "\ta\n"
In the editor you'll get
##start of file
a
|
##end of file
There is an automatic identation, but if you saved the commands and try them as macros you get
##start of file
a
|
##end of file
In macros there's no direct identation :(, i think it's a bug, i mean it should do whatever it does in the editor ;)
But still, could you help me how i can do automatic saving from macros without need of "save as" dialog since it's not "doable" via a macro?
Thanks,
Zdravko