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Anonymous
2009-08-28
2012-11-14

  • Anonymous

    Anonymous - 2009-08-28

    Assume I opened a couple of important files which I need in certain situations.
    This say 23  files are not from one single directory but spread over the whole directory tree.
    I want to define them as a kind of "working set" and call this e.g. "mySet123".

    Later (meanwhile I closed some of these files and re-open others) I want to revert back to exactly this working set.
    Ok, I could start manually to navigate through the whole directory tree and open them individually step-by-step but this would be very, very unconvenient and user unfriendly.
    Instead I would appreciate to have a menu "open a working set"
    which I can click and which let me open exactly these previously defined files and automatically close the others.

    Is this possible with NP++?

    Maybe as a new function in the next release?

    Thomas

     

    • cchris

      cchris - 2009-08-31

      If I get you right, you'd ask for
      * the ability to define a default directory for session files, which would be the initial folder for both the Save session and Load session file choosers;
      * A Load recent session new entry in File menu, spawning a submenu with the latest files saved via Save session.

      Makes sense, ask for it in IdeaTorrent.

      CChris

       

    • cchris

      cchris - 2009-08-28

      It is an old functionality.

      When you have all your referred files opened, click File -> Save session and choose a session file name.

      Later, you can load the session back using File -> Load session. If you want to dismiss the files you have open at this point, File -> Close All first.

      In Settings -> Preferences -> MISC, you can set up a default extension for session files. This allows you to request Notepad++ to open the file from the command line, and it will open the session files, not the short xml file a session is stored as.

      CChris

       

      • Anonymous

        Anonymous - 2009-08-31

        Hmm, when I do a "Save  session" then a file open prompt dialog appears and I have to navigate at first through dozend of steps e.g. to the NP++ install directory to get to the location where I want to put the session info file. Similarly when I click later "Load Session" I have again to do dozends of clicks to get to the directory of the previously saved session file.

        This is all very user-unfriendly.

        Is there no option "save + offer session files always automatically to/from install directory or user defined session folder"?

        That would be perfect.
        Moreover offering an "open last session from aaa123 session" entry directly in the "file" menu would be fine.

        Thomas

         
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