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How to configure Notepad++ to backspace unindent

I can't seem to find where to configure this option. Backspace unindent only works when using hard tabs, but should'nt this work since it works on other Scintilla based editors (eg Scite)? ...

regular expressions to add a slash to the end of a generic string of words

I'm in notepad++ and I need to add a / right before the closing > in the following line: <meta name="description" content="*****"> the ***** above is a bunch of text that I need left in place, and it changes from page to page, thus my need for some find / replace method that is superior to what I would normally be capable of. I assu...

Mass Search and Replace with Wildcards or Reg Expression MyString.Length to Len(MyString)

I have a large ASP.NET project where I want to do a mass search and replace (about 3500 instances) I want to change If strErrorMessage.Length > 0 If strSomeString.Length > 0 If strWhatever.Length > 0 and any other similar call to the Length method from a string to the following If Len(strErrorMessage) > 0 If Len(strSomeString) > ...

Notepad++ removing duplicate rows

Hi Is there any possibility to remove duplicated rows in Notepad++ to leave only single line occurrence? ...

how to properly format code in notepad++?

I have notepad++ and I got a xml code which is very long and when I pasted it in notepad++ there is a long line of code. (difficult to read and work.) Now, I want to know if there is a simple way to make the text readable. (by readable I mean properly tabbed code) I can do it manually but want a permanent solution to this, as I have face...

Notepad++ non-greedy regular expressions

Does Notepad++ support non-greedy regular expressions? For example for text: abcxadc I want to get parts using pattern: a.+c And now I get whole string instead of 2 parts. I tried to use the '?' operator but without success. ...

Combining files in Notepad++

Is there a Notepad++ plugin out there that automatically combines all currently opened files into a single file? Update: Yes, I am very aware of copy and paste :) I'm working with lots of files, and I want a solution that makes this step in the process a little bit faster than several dozen copy and pastes. I'm aware of utilities for c...

Convert Notepad++ syntax highlighting file to vim (or does anyone have a q/kdb+ vim syntax highlight file?)

I have a syntax highlighting file for the q/kdb+ language and I'd like to convert it to a vim compatible file so my q code won't look any more ugly than usual. Are there utilities available to automatically convert notepad++ xml syntax highlighting files to vi versions? I had a look around but I couldn't find anything. Alternatively d...

Build FAILED for Notepad++ with message PostBuildEvent: The system cannot find the file specified

I get a build failure due to a post build event failure when building Notepad++ in VS 2010. Here's the message from Output window: PostBuildEvent: The system cannot find the file specified. The system cannot find the file specified. The system cannot find the file specified. C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\Micro...

What are those vertical lines in Notepad++ called? The ones that light up for matching brackets or tags, etc.

I'd like an actual term for them. Tab lines? I can't find a reference to them on google because i don't know what to search for! I wanna see if there's something like this for Gedit. ...

Suddenly getting this SVN error...

Why the hell would I suddenly be getting this svn error when I try to import files into my repo? What does it even have to do with notepad++? Thanks :) C:\xampp\htdocs\projects\lab>svn import c:/wordpress http://tasty.unfuddle.com/svn/tasty_lab/wordpress 'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command, oper...

notepad++ regular expression delete line starting with \pard.....ending with line feed

I'm cleaning up files using notepad ++, and trying to delete lines that start with \pard and have some text then end with a line feed. But \n doesn't work in regular expression and .* doesn't work in an extended find and replace. This is what I've tried unsuccessfully. \pard.*\n \pard.* works but leaves the line feed in regex. Any ide...

notepad++ regular expressions to convert lines for SPSS syntax editor

Hi People, I am curently busy with bulding a synthax document in SPSS and have a column of variable strings that consists of approximately 40 lines (it will be much much more in coming week). SPSS has a nice way of creating it (can be seen here :) http://vault.hanover.edu/~altermattw/methods/stats/reliable/reliability-1.html) but it can...

Notepad++ like editor for linux which highlights words on right clicking

Hi, Sorry for the extremely bad title. What I'm looking for is the notepad++ feature where I can highlight words on right clicking and choosing one of the 5 styles (so that all instances of that word get highlighted with that color), in some editor in linux (Red hat). I know this might be a stupid request, but I find that it helps me in...

How can I auto Indent for Cobol and JCl using Notepad ++

Any one Please tell me how to autoindent my cobol and JCL codes. It will be easy for me to write programs if i use those intendationi n notepad++. Please reply me. ...

I want to make my own source code editor, what are the good choices to make ?

I've had it of those dozens of editors which never provides simple things like: distinguish type keywords and instruction keywords so I can put different colors on them. being cross platform using a standard GUI lib like qt gtk etc (notepad++, yes, I almost hate you). enough keyboard shortcut like duplicate line, comment selection, and...

Viewing CSS property value suggestions in Notepad++

Using Notepad++ 5.7 I was modifying a .css file, when I blocked/selected a rule and accidentally pressed a key in combination with alt or ctrl and other keys in the lower left-hand side of the keyboard...not sure which keys. Moving on, a list of CSS values came up such as :first-letter a few hundred more. What key commands are needed t...