When I delete file notepad++ displays the below message:
The file "D:\xxx.txt" does not exist any more . keep file in the editor?
Can I stop this message and silently remove deleted files from the editor?
Message box with the question is displayed unconditionally. There cannot be anything done about removing it simply by chaging configuration.
If you have necessary programming and app building skills and you wish to remove it, search for Notepad_plus::doCloseOrNot in Notepad++ source file <source root>\PowerEditor\src\Notepad_plus.cpp and modify the code accordingly – for example to always return No (=do not keep file in editor) without showing a dialog. Then build Notepad++ from these modified sources so the change will be there.
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Let's say I have a giant markdown file and want to edit one section, or a giant python file and want to edit one function. Is there any way to bring out that region of the file into a separate editor?
Desiderata:
Find (⌘F) and "add selection to next find match" (⌘D) should only go over focused contents.
Changes should appear in original file in the filesystem for version control purposes.
No text outside of focused section is visible anywhere.
Bad solutions:
'Fold all & unfold one' works ok in markdown, but e.g. if there is section text at a parent section, then there is no way to hide it. And ⌘F goes outside of it.
A temp file clutters the git logs if I commit as I go.
Extension keywords (no results):
File window
File region
Zoom to part of file
(Iterm2 has a feature like this for focusing on the last command output.)
It seems there is no good solution as of May 2021.
When creating new file in VS Code, it just opens a blank empty file right away.
Is there a way to create a specific type of new file, like in Notepad++ you can choose the language for the file. In VS Code you get to choose the file extension only when saving the file for the first time.
It'd be a bit faster to create a new, for example, JavaScript file instead of creating empty file and saving it as .js file and then writing to it.
So far I've created files with basic Notepad (with the "show file extensions" option enabled from File Explorer) and when naming the new file, writing the extension at the end instead of .txt
You could just open the integrated terminal CTRL+`` and touch your file.
The keyboard shortcuts mentioned by #CountingStuff in this comment worked.
Here are the step-by-step instructions:
Create a new file:
Ctrl+N
Change the syntax language:
Ctrl+K M
In the drop down that appears, auto-complete or manually choose a language option.
The vscode documentation for this can be found here:
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/overview#_language-id
I've remapped my keyboard shortcuts so that CTRL+N triggers the "File > New File" menu item. Now, when I press CTRL+N it adds a new entry in the file explorer and I can add a new file from there. I can also utilise VSCode's file explorer creation mechanism to create files in subfolders by pre-fixing the file with the directory structure, so typing src\index.js will create a new file named index.js in the src directory.
Reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QBYlfSQA6s
So when using Qt to build user interfaces, you all know that .ui files (forms) open in Designer mode by default, and that if you manually switch back to the Editor, then this message appears "This file can only be edited in Designer-mode".
Well, for some reason, and at some point, my file now opens BY DEFAULT in the editor, and the message does not show up. Worse, when manually switching to Designer mode, the main editing field is gray and empty and none of my stuff shows up ... Also no scroll bars or anything.
EDIT : actually, it is whichever form was loaded last that appears. And it is editable and all ... only the drop-down menu with the file name clearly indicates that it is MY file that is opened. When I perform an edit, then the edit is performed to this same last-opened form, and is reflected upon compiling. My display remains unchanged to the state that it had the last time that I was able to open it in the Designer.
EDIT : Also, along with the fact that my .ui file now opens by default in the Editor, it is also editable there like any other source file. But edits don't seem to bother, I modified some stuff or added gibberish, and it never showed after compiling nor did the compiler ever complaine ...
What's going on ? What did I do ? I have no crash nor any recent weird events to report ... It just suddenly started happening.
Thanks in advance for any clues,
Charles
It looks like Notepad++ as of ver. 6.6.7 is now actively blocking the AutoSave (ver. 1.4) plugin.
Notepad++ will remove AutoSave when upgrading and re-loading AutoSave with the Plugin Manager now fails.
Live and die by the ability to make a quick .PHP script change and switch over to the browser window without having to remember to click on the Save file toolbar icon.
Any suggestions or alternatives?
OK, found the solution.
Rather than relying on the Autosave version downloaded by Plugin Manager, go to the link listed -- http://sites.google.com/site/fstellari/nppplugins -- and download v1.40 from there.
The zip file will have 2 versions of the dll (A for ASCII and U for Unicode ?). Copy the AutoSaveU.dll file to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\plugins\" and you should be back in business.
Update: After running for a few days with Autosave enabled, found that automatic spell check and the ability to right click on a word or phrase would randomly disappear. Disabling "Auto Save when Notepad++ looses focus" solves that problem. For now, have decided that spell check and right clicking are more important than auto-saving.
I have found the best solution to this, if you install notepad++ and use 'Resource Hacker' (google it) to change the menu (cut it down) and the icon (change to notepad), and install the autosave plugin in notepad++, then you have something that looks almost entirely indistinguishable to classic notepad! And txt files have the notepad logo.
Also you need to go into settings and turn off a bunch of settings, including under editing tab, turn off line numbering, and change colours in 'style configurator'.
The only notable difference is that highlighted text remains black.
Check out this image to see how close it is, you could even cut and rename menu items to look identical but there is no need to be that pedantic.
I am working on eclipse RCP application which implements CommonNavigator view to display navigator. I have few LinkedResources in navigator that link to files on the file system with custom extension. These custom extension files are opened in custom editor as well as in TextEditor.
One of the file named default.ext will be common to all the projects and I want to keep it read only. Is it possible to open file in custom editor only? For ex. Default.ext should be opened in only custom editor, however Test.ext should be opened in custom editor as well as text editor.
This way I could handle save action in my editor depending upon file name and keep the file read only.
Is there any other way to keep files read only?
Short answer: not possible in the way you describe.
Long answer: if somebody really wants to modify a file then there's no way or need to stop this. What you can do is either (1) hide the file from user or (2) set Read-only flag to discourage users from modifying the file.