http://pnotepad.org/forums/tags/feature-request Programmer's Notepad Forums en-US Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:23:54 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.3 q http://pnotepad.org/forums/search.php http://pnotepad.org/forums/topic/5173#post-7710 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 23:35:29 +0000 simon 7710@http://pnotepad.org/forums/ <p>Thanks, I think there is already a feature request for this, and should get to it at some point. Note that it's easy to toggle bookmarks by pressing Ctrl-F2. </p> http://pnotepad.org/forums/topic/5173#post-7671 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:47:15 +0000 BGM 7671@http://pnotepad.org/forums/ <p>current version: pn v2.2.0.2240-ellington<br /> I would like to click in margin to toggle bookmark - like in np++. </p> http://pnotepad.org/forums/topic/4797#post-7045 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:49:16 +0000 simon 7045@http://pnotepad.org/forums/ <p>Ah, that's an approach I hadn't thought of. It would be a shame to not support multi-line search but it might be a good halfway house until I can devote proper time to it. </p> http://pnotepad.org/forums/topic/4797#post-7037 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:47:31 +0000 mac3n 7037@http://pnotepad.org/forums/ <p>That accounts for most editors not supporting REs in find-in-files, and most tools that do, not supporting multi-line matches. They split the files into lines, then do a match on each line. It also makes it possible to assume the searched string fits in memory (unless you have lines &gt;2GB). </p> http://pnotepad.org/forums/topic/4797#post-7030 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 08:46:40 +0000 simon 7030@http://pnotepad.org/forums/ <p>@mac3n Nice, thanks for sharing!</p> <p>The main thing that's stopped me from supporting regular expressions for find in files so far is that I still want to be able to indicate line numbers for matches. However, most regular expression libraries parse in terms of stream indexes meaning I need to provide some form of extra step to work out the line numbers.</p> <p>It's possible a short-term fix could be to switch to offsets when using regular expressions. </p> http://pnotepad.org/forums/topic/4797#post-6931 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 21:07:49 +0000 mac3n 6931@http://pnotepad.org/forums/ <p>There are external programs that do regular-expression searches on files. I use one from active-state perl. It shouldn't be hard to find one. I have noticed that even editors that support regular expressions tend not to support them for find-in-files.</p> <p>Because I do a lot of this, I recently built some tools to index c-tags and identifiers into a sqlite3 database, which I use from PN2. Since sqlite queries include some pattern matching, the tools allow me to say something like<br /> D:\pn-projects\DEFS.db "select * from refsview where word glob '*DATA*MEMORY' order by path" "?(?) : ?"</p> <p>The restriction is that I only index identifiers, so patterns are limited to an identifier and they use glob syntax. The advantage is that a database lookup is considerably faster than a scan of several thousand files.</p> <p>I have the tools up on &lt;http://sites.google.com/site/macthenaief/Home/cindex&gt; </p> http://pnotepad.org/forums/topic/4797#post-6930 Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:43:04 +0000 stier08 6930@http://pnotepad.org/forums/ <p>Add regular expression support for searching in files</p> <p>I'm using pnotepad for several years have been missing this feature all the time.</p> <p>Thanks in advance. </p> http://pnotepad.org/forums/topic/1136#post-3153 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:45:07 +0000 Czakalli 3153@http://pnotepad.org/forums/ <p>Great, exatly what i needed. Thanks for your help. Cheers. </p> http://pnotepad.org/forums/topic/1136#post-3146 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:14:07 +0000 simon 3146@http://pnotepad.org/forums/ <p>Hi, </p> <p>please try <a href="http://untidy.net/blog/2010/03/12/programmers-notepad-2-1-3-released/">PN 2.1.3</a> with the <a href="http://untidy.net/blog/2009/11/19/announcing-pnotepad-plugins-and-textutil-0-1/">TextUtil</a> extension.</p> <p>Let me know how you get on!</p> <p>Simon. </p> http://pnotepad.org/forums/topic/1136#post-3144 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:50:54 +0000 Czakalli 3144@http://pnotepad.org/forums/ <p>Hi, </p> <p>i've been using PN for almost 2 years now and i have to say its a great tool, i'm very pleased with it and i've been recomending to all my friends (I should definitely donate smth.)</p> <p>I would like the feature of sorting the text alphabeticaly, best would be only the selected part of text, but wouln't mind if its done for the whole file, (can always open a new temporary tab)</p> <p>I know this is not much needed while programing, but i use PN to open everything i can. I have to open exel to sort and from there back to PN, why not do it directly here. </p> <p>Shouldn't be too difficult for you guys.</p> <p>Thanks again!<br /> Cheers </p> http://pnotepad.org/forums/topic/705#post-2585 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:54:22 +0000 simon 2585@http://pnotepad.org/forums/ <p>Can you explain further what you mean? Do you mean in the projects view, the file browser view or somewhere else? </p> http://pnotepad.org/forums/topic/705#post-2558 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:14:53 +0000 reboltutorial 2558@http://pnotepad.org/forums/ <p>Would be great if one could create a new folder near open folder item. </p> http://pnotepad.org/forums/topic/515#post-1792 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:25:44 +0000 simon 1792@http://pnotepad.org/forums/ <p>Yes, I'll be looking into this. There's a bug here you can track: <a href="http://code.google.com/p/pnotepad/issues/detail?id=309" rel="nofollow">http://code.google.com/p/pnotepad/issues/detail?id=309</a></p> <p>Ideally all user bits should be stored outside of Program Files, to meet with Windows guidelines. </p> http://pnotepad.org/forums/topic/515#post-1791 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:13:10 +0000 momobaxter 1791@http://pnotepad.org/forums/ <p>Is it possible to request that a local user script repository also exist if it doesn't already? When writing scripts it would be great to be able to save a script in %APPDATA%/Programmer's Notepad/scripts instead of the global scripts root folder. </p> <p>Is this already possible? </p> http://pnotepad.org/forums/topic/478#post-1692 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:49:31 +0000 zman123 1692@http://pnotepad.org/forums/ <p>Thank you for the response. I'll check out PyPN when I get a chance. </p> http://pnotepad.org/forums/topic/478#post-1691 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:59:36 +0000 simon 1691@http://pnotepad.org/forums/ <p>Working on it :)</p> <p>Until you can automatically record macros, you can use the PyPN plugin to let you run Python code to script PN. Scripts can be given keyboard shortcuts too:</p> <p><a href="http://pnotepad.org/docs/howto/install_pypn" rel="nofollow">http://pnotepad.org/docs/howto/install_pypn</a> </p> http://pnotepad.org/forums/topic/478#post-1687 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:16:13 +0000 zman123 1687@http://pnotepad.org/forums/ <p>I like the program overall, but I think there is one feature it could really use: a macro system, or some way of recording and playing back sequences of typing and commands within the program. I would really like it if they are accessible via keyboard shortcuts like in Crimson Editor.</p> <p>I tried using the "request a feature" command, but it doesn't seem to be working. When I tried to submit my request, I got a strange error.</p> <p>Thank you. </p> http://pnotepad.org/forums/topic/447#post-1583 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:00:26 +0000 simon 1583@http://pnotepad.org/forums/ <p>Yes, PN already sets the directory to that of the current file when you open a file, it could do so as well for save - although this can be annoying when trying to move a lot of files this way. Please file a request:</p> <p><a href="http://code.google.com/p/pnotepad/issues/entry" rel="nofollow">http://code.google.com/p/pnotepad/issues/entry</a> </p> http://pnotepad.org/forums/topic/447#post-1571 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:46:57 +0000 jdearden 1571@http://pnotepad.org/forums/ <p>I'd like to see an menu item to change to the directory of the current file. When I start PN2, it remembers the last directory it was used in, which is good. But I often change to another directory and start working on stuff there. If I make a new file and save it, PN2 starts the save-as dialog with it pointing to the directory I started in. It never fails that I don't notice and save a bunch of files in the wrong directory.</p> <p>Old PFE is the only program I know of that had this feature, and it's handy as can be.</p> <p>I use AutoCAD at work, and it's bad about thinking I'm still working in the directory I started it in.</p> <p>Thanks for the great program. I tried Dev-C++ because it automatically builds the makefile dependencies, but I'm back to PN2.</p> <p>John </p> http://pnotepad.org/forums/topic/388#post-1492 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:16:24 +0000 simon 1492@http://pnotepad.org/forums/ <p>For the next release, Find Next in currently open files and Find in Files across those same files is now implemented.</p> <p>I've also just re-implemented Mark All. Currently it doesn't set bookmarks, it just highlights all instances. I was thinking of adding Bookmark All as a separate command. Thoughts? </p> http://pnotepad.org/forums/topic/388#post-1485 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:58:25 +0000 horus 1485@http://pnotepad.org/forums/ <p>I was also looking for why the "mark all" button is greyed out and I've found this discussion.<br /> "mark all" could/should trigger on the bookmark of the matched line to make it visually easier to spot them, if the styling is in collision with the text mark. </p> http://pnotepad.org/forums/topic/388#post-1441 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:22:55 +0000 simon 1441@http://pnotepad.org/forums/ <p>Mark should be coming back now Scintilla has support for text marks that don't collide with the text styling information.</p> <p>The latest release adds support for doing Find in Files across all open files (see the Find where box). </p> http://pnotepad.org/forums/topic/388#post-1435 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:30:34 +0000 espresso 1435@http://pnotepad.org/forums/ <p>another great feature would be highlight (or mark) the results in the text so that we could easily spot it. i see the "mark" button under Find tab but greyed out...</p> <p>Thanks, </p> http://pnotepad.org/forums/topic/388#post-1368 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:05:13 +0000 airdrik 1368@http://pnotepad.org/forums/ <p>I would personally prefer they add a more practical (in my opinion, at least): "find in opened files" since I use that frequently when I am using an editor (which I generally use for editing misc. files in a non-project-oriented manner).</p> <p>As for searching other directories, I think that is leaving the scope of what a text/code editor is for, and that system search/index tools are better suited to such tasks. </p> <p>Another thing that seems to be broken is the 'mark all occurrences' button. </p> http://pnotepad.org/forums/topic/388#post-1366 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:44:51 +0000 broodley 1366@http://pnotepad.org/forums/ <p>Another Find/Find in Files feature which would make me go from really liking this tool to loving it, would be if it stored the last x directories and file types you searched for. (Currently when you hit the drop down it displays "Current File, Current Folder, and Current Project Folder" adding the last several directories the user actually searched in would make my work much more efficient. Thanks again for a great product! </p> http://pnotepad.org/forums/topic/388#post-1362 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:59:03 +0000 onega 1362@http://pnotepad.org/forums/ <p>Dear author,<br /> The Find box is missing "Count" feature which is popular in other editor. It seems that "Find Results" window is not working. </p> http://pnotepad.org/forums/topic/387#post-1361 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:51:16 +0000 onega 1361@http://pnotepad.org/forums/ <p>I have some large text files, size can be 100Mb to &gt; 4G. All the editors I tried (Notepad++, notepad2, etc) all spends about 30 seconds to load 160MB file. Can you load large file asynchronously and using a sliding window to display the file instead of loading the whole file into memory? Imagine how google earth is working, it can only display a small portion at a time, but user can scroll to anywhere she/he likes. Of course search/find should be done on the whole file anyway. </p> http://pnotepad.org/forums/topic/349#post-1248 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:04:01 +0000 sagedavis 1248@http://pnotepad.org/forums/ <p>Great idea, I shall take a look at doxygen.<br /> Thanks<br /> Sage </p> http://pnotepad.org/forums/topic/349#post-1243 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:31:58 +0000 simon 1243@http://pnotepad.org/forums/ <p>I'll keep it in mind while I work on the next version. Out of interest, have you looked at tools like doxygen? Similar tools exist for most languages, and often have an XML output. This would generate something like what you're looking for. </p> http://pnotepad.org/forums/topic/349#post-1232 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:12:13 +0000 sagedavis 1232@http://pnotepad.org/forums/ <p>as mentioned in my first post,<br /> I am working on creating documentation for a large project.<br /> This project was inherited, and I find myself endlessly scrubbing through code trying to find things. What makes it worse is that they are using classes that are included 3 pages deep and the include files can come from one of 8 locations, including the current document location, which makes for some very interesting searching around.</p> <p>At any rate, something that would help me greatly for this and other future projects is if in the "tag" window, I could highlight all of the classes copy to clip board and paste them into excell (each class would be a new row in excel).<br /> I use excel to build my sql statement to insert into my database.</p> <p>Anyway, you could right click on variable, classes, or functions and where the contextual menu pops up with "collapse all" you would also have a "copy group".</p> <p>This would also work if you right click on a single item, you would have the option of copying the item to the clip board.</p> <p>Expanding on that, perhaps allowing the ability to multi select the functions, would be helpful.</p> <p>I know that this wouldn't be easy, but I am requesting it anyway.</p> <p>Another idea that would make my life probably more easy than it should be, would be to be able to simply extract the list as an xml file which would reas something like<br /> [code]<br /> &lt;class&gt;<br /> &lt;item&gt;<br /> clsmyfirstclass<br /> &lt;/item&gt;<br /> &lt;item&gt;<br /> clsmyclass2<br /> &lt;/item&gt;<br /> &lt;/class&gt;</p> <p>&lt;function&gt;<br /> &lt;item&gt;<br /> fnmyFunction<br /> &lt;/item&gt;<br /> &lt;item&gt;<br /> fnNewFunction<br /> &lt;/item&gt;<br /> &lt;/function&gt;</p> <p>[/code]</p> <p>Just a thought,<br /> Thanks again for such a wonderful program </p>