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█▌ - NOTEPAD++ TIPS & TWEAKS - █▌
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█ Notepad++ is a free text editor for Windows and so much more. It's one ▐▌
█ software that I simply could not do without. I use it to write the pages ▐▌
█ on this site. There is plenty of documentation and tips on the net for ▐▌
█ this much loved soft but I wanted to have a handy reference of my own ▐▌
█ little tweaks I use that sometimes I forget. By the way it is portable ▐▌
█ and has tabs (like Firefox) that when you re-launch Notepad++ the tabs are ▐▌
█ restored. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ RIGHT CLICK SAVE: ▐▌
█ ````````````````` ▐▌
█ If you already are a Notepad++ user I'm sure you have had this happen ▐▌
█ before - you go to save your work by right clicking on the tab and ▐▌
█ accidentally select 'Close All BUT This'. If you had numerous files open ▐▌
█ this is very frustrating. So I then added to my right click context menu ▐▌
█ (right click anywhere on an open file) 'Save' so I don't need to save ▐▌
█ my changes by the tab, top menu or Ctrl+s. To do this: ▐▌
█ Top menu select Settings/Edit Popup ContextMenu/ Press OK ▐▌
█ A new tab will open with the file open contextMenu.xml ▐▌
█ Scroll down to about line 16: ▐▌
█ <Item MenuEntryName="Edit" MenuItemName="Cut"/> ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Just above that, paste this: ▐▌
<Item MenuEntryName="File" MenuItemName="Save"/>
<Item id="0"/>
█ ▐▌
█ Save changes, close Notepad++ and re-launch it. Now right click in any ▐▌
█ file open in Notepad++ to view it. (You can close contextMenu.xml now.) ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ RIGHT CLICK FIREFOX 'VIEW PAGE SOURCE' TO OPEN IN NOTEPAD++: ▐▌
█ ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ▐▌
█ Enter into Firefox's address bar: about:config ▐▌
█ Press Enter, accept warning. ▐▌
█ Type into the Search window: view_source ▐▌
█ Double-click 'view_source.editor.external' to change its value to: true ▐▌
█ Double-click 'view_source.editor.path' and enter the path to your ▐▌
█ notepad++.exe, press OK, done :). ▐▌
█ There is also an add-on for Firefox 'Dafizilla ViewSourceWith' if you want ▐▌
█ to select from different editors. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ WINDOWS EXPLORER RIGHT CLICK CONTEXT MENU: ▐▌
█ `````````````````````````````````````````` ▐▌
█ If you are using Notepad++ in portable mode but still want to be able to ▐▌
█ right click in Windows Explorer and have on its context menu ▐▌
█ 'Edit with Notepad++' do this: ▐▌
█ *Open a command window (Start/Run/ type in then press your Enter key): ▐▌
█ cmd ▐▌
█ *Win7 users must run command window as admin; right click/run as. ▐▌
█ Change to the directory you have notepad++.exe installed in. For example ▐▌
█ type this in then press your Enter key: ▐▌
█ cd C:\-Portables-\Notepad++\ ▐▌
█ Or if it is on a different drive than C first change to that drive by ▐▌
█ typing in the drive letter, for example: ▐▌
█ D: ▐▌
█ Then change to its directory: ▐▌
█ cd D:\-Portables-\Notepad++\ ▐▌
█ Then type this in: ▐▌
█ regsvr32 NppShell_04.dll ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Note: If this portable has been moved to another location on the computer, ▐▌
█ the right click menu will no longer be there. Run the above cmds again to ▐▌
█ the new path. ▐▌
█ If that didn't work, as it didn't for me on one computer, I fixed it by ▐▌
█ moving it back to its original path, then ran this cmd to unregister it: ▐▌
█ regsvr32 /u D:\-Portables-\Notepad++\NppShell_04.dll ▐▌
█ Then I moved it to its new location and redid the steps above. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ EDIT IN COLUMN MODE: ▐▌
█ ```````````````````` ▐▌
█ To edit in column mode hold down the Alt key, click where you want to ▐▌
█ begin the edit and while still holding your left mouse button down and the ▐▌
█ Alt key drag the cursor down, and over if you need. You can now release ▐▌
█ the mouse and Alt key. Now you can type any key and it will be applied to ▐▌
█ the column selected. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ WRAP TEXT AT X CHARACTERS: ▐▌
█ `````````````````````````` ▐▌
█ To wrap text to a set number (8 to 2048) of characters per line: ▐▌
█ 1. Type the 'number' of characters you want on each line, for example: 74 ▐▌
█ 2. Copy that number to your clipboard. ▐▌
█ 3. Highlight the text that you want to wrap. ▐▌
█ 4. Top menu select TextFx / TextFX Edit / 'ReWrap Text to (Clipboard or ▐▌
█ 72) width' ▐▌
█ 5. Then TextFX / TextFX Edit / 'Trim Trailing Spaces' ▐▌
█ (Wrapping text will add a space after each line) ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ HERE is more clipboard usage for Notepad++. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Notes: ▐▌
█ This method does not work for text with multiple white spaces such as in ▐▌
█ ASCII art, even if the ASCII art doesn't exceed the amount of characters ▐▌
█ to wrap, the art will be destroyed. ▐▌
█ So I use UltraEdit: Format / 'Convert wrap CR/LFs' / 'Add Returns at ▐▌
█ column #:' enter your number / Convert. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ADD A RETURN CARRIAGE AFTER EVERY LINE: ▐▌
█ ``````````````````````````````````````` ▐▌
█ 1. Resize your notepad window to the width you want your lines to be split ▐▌
█ at. ▐▌
█ 2. Highlight the text you to have split. ▐▌
█ 3. Edit / Line Operations / Split Line ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Notes: ▐▌
█ ASCII art that doesn't exceed the width will not be destroyed. ▐▌
█ You have eye the width (or create your own a text marker for it). ▐▌
█ This is good for a quickie, but not for precision. ▐▌
█ So I use UltraEdit: Format / 'Convert wrap CR/LFs' / 'Add Returns at ▐▌
█ column #:' enter your number / Convert. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ADD A RETURN CARRIAGE AFTER EVERY SPECIFIED CHARACTER: ▐▌
█ `````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ▐▌
█ If you want to have a return after every specified character, for example: ▐▌
█ ) ▐▌
█ Search / Replace / In the Find what window enter:) ▐▌
█ Replace with:) \r\n ▐▌
█ (\r\n means return) ▐▌
█ Search Mode (bottom of the Replace window) select 'Extended (\n, \r, \t, ▐▌
█ \0, \x...)' ▐▌
█ Highlight the text you want to edit, then press Replace of Replace All. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ If there is a space after ) and you don't want the space then enter into ▐▌
█ the Find what ') ' ( )+ a space). ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ TRANSPARENT NOTEPAD++ (OR ANY WINDOW): ▐▌
█ `````````````````````````````````````` ▐▌
█ To have a transparent Notepad++, or ANY window I use 'Win_Trans.exe'. ▐▌
█ Direct link to download HERE. ▐▌
█ Double click on it, it runs silent without any GUI in the background. To ▐▌
█ set a transparency; click on a window, then Shift+Ctrl and any number ▐▌
█ from 0-9; 0% to 90% transparency. So Shift+Ctrl 0 sets it back to normal. ▐▌
█ To close Win_Trans use task manager (Shift+Ctrl+Delete kill Win_Trans.exe).▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ RAINMETER - REFRESH SKIN: ▐▌
█ ````````````````````````` ▐▌
█ Rainmeter is a program to display highly customizable little skins, ▐▌
█ something like widgets on your desktop. Again free, portable, tiny and I ▐▌
█ just love it. If you create Rainmeter skins you will want this add-on ▐▌
█ 'RainSend'! Once you edit a skin to view the changes you need to refresh ▐▌
█ the skin (same you would do editing say a web page). To make this easier ▐▌
█ you can now stay in Notepad++ to refresh a skin or all skins by simply ▐▌
█ right clicking and select 'Refresh skin' or 'Refresh all' thanks to ▐▌
█ Rainmeter developer jsmorley. Download it and follow the directions HERE. ▐▌
█ Once I have enough time I plan to share some of the skins I have done. ▐▌
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█ If you find mistakes, have suggestions, and or questions please post at ▐▌
█ mewbies forum HERE - thank you. ▐▌
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█ Last update on 02 Apr '13 ▐▌
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