Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Running in the MS Windows environment, its use is governed by GPL License.

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notepad++ pythonscript callback function not working

Does anyone know how to get the callback function of the pythonscript plugin to work for a menucommand? For example, i'm trying to simply have pythonscript print something to the console whenever the ...
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How Can I use .less file in notepad ++ 6.3.3 [closed]

How Can I use .less file in notepad ++ 6.3.3 I have tried a lot, but i did not get any source can any one please help me? Thanks
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How can I force file association update without admin rights on win7?

On windows 7 I previously used Foo\notepad++.exe to open .txt files, now that has been deleted and I want to use Bar\notepad++.exe. When I use the Windows OpenWith menu option on a .txt file and ...
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How can one turn off spell checking in Notepad++?

Notepad++ recently added built-in support for spell checking, and it is enabled by default. Where can I turn it off?
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Notepad ++ FIND/REPLACE Regex Wildcard

I have a text file with a list of filenames like so. ABC-FS01-E-20110515045349.txt I am trying to find a way in Notepad ++ to parse it like the following. ABC-FS01-E-2011-05-15 I've tried using ...
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How to insert symbols on Notepad++ before a point?

Anyone have an idea about how to insert symbols on Notepad++ every X phrases (point-separated) and also before every linebreak? I am working with plain text. Thank you in advance.
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How to get (back) option in Notepad++ to run in a web browser

In older versions of Notepad++ under the run menu there were options such as "Internet Explorer" and "Firefox" that when clicked opened the current script/HTML in the web browser. How do you get it ...
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Shortcut to switch between Themes in Notepad++

Sometimes I need to switch between a theme that I created and the default theme in Notepad++. Is there a shortcut to perform this action, rather than going through the menu: Settings > Style ...
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Enabling MRU tabbing in Notepad++ but without the “document switcher” popup?

I like the MRU (Most Recently Used) tabbing order of Notepad++, but really dislike the "document switcher" that pops up when you use CTRL-TAB. When I disable the document switcher option in Settings ...
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Sublime like style “Goto Anything” plugin for Notepad++ or Windows Application [closed]

I primarily use Notepad++ for coding, I just wished it had a Sublime-like ability to type function names/commands, find files etc just by typing: I'm looking for either a Notepad++ plugin or even ...
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NppToR Error, cannot retrieve Text

I use Notepad++ to write my R-scripts and NppToR passes lines or the entire file to R which serves as a very convenient combination of programs concerning the workflow for R scripting. Now, NppToR ...
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xampp 1.8.1 on Windows 8 issues with PHP code using Notepad++

I am currently having a problem with xampp on windows 8. I installed xampp 1.8.1 and I didn't have any problems with the installation and I was able to configure Apache and MySQL just fine. But when I ...
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Replace identical lines with just one line at end in Notepad++

Can I replace identical lines with just one line at the end in Notepad++? E.g. from: 1st January 2013 //some text1 1st January 2013 //some text2 1st January 2013 //some text3 1st January 2013 to: ...
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Add date shortcut in Notepad++ [duplicate]

In Windows regular Notepad, clicking F5 shows the date (according to region format): 09:36 ‎29/‎04/‎2013 Is there a shortcut in Notepad++ to achieve it? Preferably with no plug-in involved, but ...
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How to change color of a PHP string in Notepad++?

Example: $string[34] = 'test'; I would like test to be black-colored or at least #333. Current one is light gray and not very visible. Thank you for your time!
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Excel: Highlight all instances of a phrase like in notepad++

If I select a phrase in notepad++ it will highlight all other instances of that phrase. Is there a way to do this in Excel as well? Thanks for your help!
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How to find and replace an entire line (random last 40 characters) with notepad++ using regex?

I need to replace something like this: userPassword: {SSHA}hLPcGtsS+sUhwlYq/23dsECuRGsvJj59OQXXJQ== with something like this: userPassword:funkypassword I have tried some random stuff I've ...
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How to get block comments in user defined language to work properly in notepad++?

I am building a definition for a propriatery language that uses c style comment blocks. I have set the following: Comment open: /* Comment close: */ Treat keywords as symbols (in Comment Block ...
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notepad++ : if in a var name

In notepad++, I defined a language in: Language > define your language In Folder & Default, I put if. My problem is: When I have a var with if in name a new fold is created. How I can set if ...
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How to use markdown in notepad++

I am used to writing text in markdown, and I love notepad++ for its light weight behavior. I am looking for a hint as how can I write markdown text in notepad++, which simulates using a markdown ...
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Can Notepad++ be made to open file links in itself?

In Settings/Preferences, Notepad++ has an option on the MISC. tab under 'Clickable Link Settings' to the right, to Enable to open links found in the edited files. It underlines them and opens them on ...
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Notepad++ General Purpose code formatter.

I enjoy a lot that I can hit CTRL+Shift+F on eclipse and it automatically formats the code according to a profile. My question is how can I do something similar on Notepad++? Where would I go about to ...
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Create a new file as a copy of an existing file in Notepad++

In Notepad++, I created a file as a template. Every time I create a temporary file based on this template, I need to: open the template file, copy its contents, open a new file, and paste the ...
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Add custom markup to txt files in Notepad++

I want to add some keywords that are highlighted (for example [FAIL] in red and [PASS] in green) into Notepad++. How would I do that for a .txt file?
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Expression help for Find and Replace in Notepad++

I'm fuddling my way through using regular expressions in notepad++ with some .xml files, and may have gotten a little over my head. I'm currently trying to search for anything that starts with: ...
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Replacing last character at the end of each line in a file

I have a file with the format: abc!12345th! bcv!2345568790hg! fjldslj12123344!!flgnjlk! I was trying to figure out how to remove the ! symbol at the end of each line. I tried using "Find and ...
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how to select different expressions between xml tags with a similar character with notepad++

I have to adapt std xml for wordpress. By exemple I've many lines like these ones : line10<description>text1</description> line18<description>text2</description> ...
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Make Notepad++ break lines like vim, with lf and comment continuation

I was trying to use notepad++ to edit a Perl file, after working with vim (in Windows but under the Cygwin environment). Now, vim has a pretty useful feature: If I set a wrap-margin (e.g. :set wm=1) ...
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How can I copy text with syntax-highlighting from Notepad++? [duplicate]

I have an XML snippet in Notepad++ that I would like to share with a co-worker via email. In Notepad++ the syntax highlighting nicely shows off the elements and attributes. Here is a sample picture: ...
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Notepad++ inserting special Unicode characters in UTF-8

What's the best ways to enter special Unicode characters into a Notepad++ document? Do I have to rely on the operating system (Windows)? Looking for a see-and-click solution. I can bring up the ...
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Notepad++ Installation Error

When installing Notepad++ on Windows 7 64-bit, I receive this error: Error opening file for writing: C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\langs.model.xml Click Abort to stop the installation, Retry to ...
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Can you sync Notepad++ and GIT?

I'm still fairly new to Git. Although I have technically used it for almost a year, most of it was with someone else standing there telling what to type. I used Titanium before to upload and download ...
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Is it possible to import VIM syntax highlight into Notepad++?

VIM's got a syntax highlight file I would like to have in Notepad++. But VIM uses ".vim" files for syntax highlight definitions, while Notepad++ uses XML. At the "Import" button, you can only specify ...
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Notepad++ regex add lines, copy string

I want to search replace & strings in thousands of wavefront *.mtl files to add many new Texture links. Is this even possible with Notepad++ regex? I´ve already altered these files very often with ...
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Syntax Checking in Notepad++

I am currently programming Python on Notepad++. Many times I have been bogged down by typos and misspellings. It's becoming frustrating to find those errors when writing so many lines of code. Is ...
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Notepad++ FTP Sync with server on connection

Is it possible for notepad++ to automatically sync with a ftp server when you connect to it via etc. nppftp to get the files from the server; that you have set up a cache for on your local computer, ...
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Convert all character to ASCII equivalent as per normal form in Notepad++?

Can I convert all characters into ASCII characters in a file? The non-ascii characters should be replaced with (one of) their Unicode normal form equivalent. For example in my local, á would become ...
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Notepad++ open in same window position and size every time

Is there a way I can get Notepad++ to open with the same size and position every time I open it? I'm looking for similar functionality to Sticky Window Position in Notepad2.
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“Replace all” using Regular Expressions in Notepad++

So I never actually used Regular Expressions in depth. I've got a config file consisting of thousands of lines looking like this: "Line 1"=18341235645 "Line 2"=123784571 "Line 3"=86273485 "Line ...
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Why do all my files show as changed in Notepad++?

After returning to a computer I haven't used for some days and switching to an open instance of Notepad++, I generally find the following warning for every single file that had previously been open. ...
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Permanently highlight all occurrences of text in Notepad++?

In notepad++ if I select (eg. double-click) a "word", it gets highlighted. It needs to be separated with a non-alpha character from the rest of the text. The highlight remains until the text is ...
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How to disable the “highlight changes” feature?

Our admins deployed a new version of Notepad++ (version 6.3) on our machines, and this version is highlighting all changes done in a file by default. It does so by setting the background color of ...
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Notepad++ tabbed and untabbed at the same time

I want Notepad++ to be tabbed (like it is by default) when I use the Edit with Notepad++ context menu in explorer, but open in a new window without tabs (similar to Notepad/Notepad2) when I simply ...
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Close the Find/Replace dialog in Notepad++ with a keyboard shortcut?

When I do a find (not a find all, which closes the dialog) or replace in Notepad++, the focus will remain on the find/replace dialog. If I want to focus on the main window with the text in it, I ...
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Notepad++: How to change Tab key to other key for auto-completion insert? Conflict with other plugin

I have installed the FingerText plugin. It uses Tab key to insert snippets. But default NP++ auto-complete also uses Tab and so FingerText is stepped on by the default - the default hint appears at ...
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how to return to “last viewed line” on Notepad++?

i'm currently using the latest version of notepad++ portable. i remembered that the default behavior was that after closing notepad++ and reopening the same file again would lead me back to the same ...
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Count found text on Kate

Notepad++ has this option that lets you count the number of times your search appears in a document (the button "count"). I'm looking for the same thing in Kate, any ideas?
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Editor of txt files for Windows with syntax highlight and foldable/collapsible sections for Markdown [closed]

I asked the same for Notepad++, but in fact I don't mind changing of software. I am interested in managing txt files that contain Markdown. I would like to find an editor of txt files for Windows ...
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Foldable/collapsable notepad++ markdown syntax

I am using Notepad++ for writing texts using Markdown syntax. I know there exists at least one Notepad++ style file to hightlight Markdows texts (see MultiMarkdown in Notepad ++ and ...
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Switch to first tab in Notepad++

Does anyone know if it is possible via shortcut to switch back to the very first tab in Notepad++? I know how to switch to next and previous tabs.. but would like to switch back to the first tab. ...

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