Questions tagged [notepad++]
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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How can I change the standard "save as" filetype of Notepad++?
In which weird file format, unreadable to other applications, does Notepad++ save its files and how I can change it?
I searched through all the settings/options, but didn't find anything.
How can I ...
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Notepad++ excluding find filters
In Notepad++ I want to search in all file types except one.
For instance: I want to search in all files but not .class files.
Can the Notepad++ filter can be configured to work this way?
user29169
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Notepad++ regular expression help
I'm a total newb with expressions and looking for a quick way to do this. Trying to delete everything in between the && to TAG
URL GOTO=http://www.URLHERE.com/&&TXT:Just<SP>...
BN
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How to use Notepad++ to find files in a directory that do not contain string
Does anyone know a quick and easy way to use Notepad++'s "find in files" (or other feature) to find files that do not contain a string?
For example:
List all files in c:\inetpub\mywebsite that do ...
Miguel
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How can I switch tabs in Notepad++ via Ctrl+PgUp/Down? [duplicate]
How can I run through the tabs in Notepad++ easily?
I would like to use Ctrl+PgUp/PgDn like in Firefox.
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Edit default text for a file extension in Notepad++
Is it possible to make Notepad++ use a default set of text when I change the language to say php or perl? Basically I am lazy and say for perl I don't have to have to write out
#/usr/bin/perl
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Retain a wildcard while replacing string with regex
I am using Notepad++ to do this:
I was able to find the appropriate pattern to match my string, which would be:
(.*)myemail[at]gmail.com
What I need to do now is insert a line break and some ...
Kristian Hildebrandt
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Anyone else having trouble getting Notepad++ to update? [closed]
I keep getting alerts that a new update package is available for Notepad++, but when I click "Yes", it jumps really quickly to 100% and never downloads anything.
Anyone else?
Update
I currently ...
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Notepad++: How to wrap selected text in brackets, parenthesis, quotes?
I'm used to textmate and I'm looking for an editor on Windows that supports this. Notepad++ seems cool, but I when I have some text selected and type an opening bracket it replaces the text with the ...
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Colours for Notepad++
Am I able to set font colours in Notepad++ (I don't mean the styles/tag conventions via the Style Configurator; I mean simple text highlighting like in Word or similar)? I'm guessing "no" is the ...
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How can a paragraph be reformatted in Notepad++?
How can I reformat a paragraph in Notepad++?
In UltraEdit I can select one or more long lines and reformat the paragraph to the set right margin (e.g. 60 or 80) by menu command Format/Reformat ...
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How to use Notepad++ on Redhat?
I want to use Notepad++ on my RedHat machine. But there is no setup file available for Linux.
What should I do?
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Notepad++ Display Printing Page Count
I have a rather large document i want to print via Notepad++, but i can't get the page count before printing. Is there a way to do it? (Assume standard 8.5"x11" paper)
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Unable to convert file to UTF-8
I am on Windows XP sp3 and I am trying to convert a file from ASCII to UTF-8.
I use notepad++ to do this. I go to Encoding > Convert to UTF-8 without BOM.
I save the file, reopen and it is still on ...
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How do I find/replace strange characters in notepad++?
When I open a sql dump file in notepad++ and view it with utf8 encoding, (as that was it was encoded as) I see these strange block characters such as A0 or 93 that I can't find/replace. My friend ...
Alli
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Notepad++ last open tag closing
I am searching for a plugin or any other way for n++ to close the last open tag on demand (i.e. assigned to a shortcut key), not automatically.
Sadly all I could find is tag auto-closing (in TextFX ...
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Matching digits in Notepad++ extended search mode
Notepad++'s manual is rather vague on the special character for numerical used in extended search mode.
It says: \d### - Decimal value (between 000 and 255)
but literally entering "\d###" doesn't ...
ketchup
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Notepad++ Find in Files Filters
When using Notepad++ Find in Files feature is there a way to adjust the filter, so that it will search more than one filetype (e.g. *.c and *.h)?
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Notepad++, how to count tabs in a tab delimited file?
I've got a tab delimited file, is there an easy way for me to count the total number of tabs on a line?
I have opened it up in excel, but excel is limited to 256 columns and I think each line of my ...
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How to insert time and date, and the directory path in Notepad++?
I just downloaded Notepad++ v 5.3.1 and I'm having two problems with the TextFX plugin:
I recorded a macro with "TextFX Insert" > Date & Time (no matter whether short or long format) ...
th.alvares
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How to make Notepad++ take over from the standard notepad.exe
I could do this easily with TextPad, then I got irritated with Textpad once I'd played with Notepad++.
Now that I've removed Textpad:
I want Notepad++ to take over the right-click > Edit option in ...
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Creating an "Open with ..." shortcut to Notepad++ but the shellex is not working [closed]
I want to create a keyboard short-cut that will open a file I am on with Notepad++.
How can I do that?
It seems the installer isn't creating the shellex for me. It actually was there and I installed ...
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Notepad++ Run Shortcut won't run with Python
I am trying to run a code through Notepad++ to Python using
(attempt 1) Run, Run,C:\Python26\python.exe, Run
(attempt 2) Run, Run, C:\Python26\python26.exe $(FULL_CURRENT_PATH), Run
(attempt 1) ...
Mike
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Notepad++ find string with a new-line and replace
[Notepad++ Question]
How do I use find-and-replace to replace the attribute of a series of tags using expression?
Case scenario:
Let's say I have a couple of lines of something like this:
<li&...
Giraldi Maggio
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Notepad++ Tweaking
Is it possible to get Notepad++ to have background themes like other text editors have? I know that you can have syntax highlighting, but I've seen editors like Eclipse and Visual Studio have ...
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notepad++ highlight colours
I like the highlighting feature in notepad++, but when using certain themes that default purple and yellow make the text unreadable, and it seems I cannot change it through style configurator.
Does ...
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Notepad++ is unable to load langs.xml, why?
Whenever I open NotePad++ the following error message appears:
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Configurator
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Load langs.xml failed!
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Notepad++ and FTP
I've been using UltraEdit for several years now, but after upgrading to Windows 7, I decided to try out Notepad++ instead. It seems pretty similar and pretty powerful, but one of the best features of ...
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FTP and Notepad++
I've been using UltraEdit for several years now, but after upgrading to Windows 7, I decided to try out Notepad++ instead. It seems pretty similar and pretty powerful, but one of the best features of ...
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Notepad++ custom syntax highlighting setting - where to look for it?
Could you tell me where Notepad++ stores custom syntax highlighting settings?
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