mk
Member
Hi,
I do like programmers notepad and want to use its scripting capabilities using Python. From the documentation I found, some questions left. So I didn't find information about:
(i) using documents (opening windows, creating new documents, closing and all the flow)
(ii) creating an input form/box for getting user input/data.
Thanks in advance for Your help,
Michael
simon
PN Developer
Michael,
Great that you want to use it. Before I continue, are you using the latest builds? For PyPN you probably want to use the current interim build and also pypn-0.4 which goes with it:
http://pnotepad.org/files/interim/pnsetup.exe
http://pnotepad.org/files/interim/pypn-0.4.zip
Once you've done that, here are the answers to your questions:
1. There is fairly limited support for this currently. You can open documents and work with them and you can work with the current document. Full document model support will come soon.
To open a document:
pn.OpenDocument(file)
To get the current document:
pn.GetCurrentDoc()
These are from memory, if I'm wrong then run dir(pn) to find the correct method names.
2. I think this is available as pn.InputBox(message, title) returning a string.
Let me know how you get on.
mk
Member
Hi,
thanks for your fast response.
(i) the boxes work fine, as expected. Possibly, the order of the message and the title should be changed in one of them. Currently, I have to set InputBox(message,title) and MessageBox(title,message,mode) - if I'm not wrong.
(ii) using OpenDocument() and Currentdoc() for the first times seems to work. Removing the file from disk or running the script with another file gives an error, saying that the file is not available. Probably, it has something to do with not closing the file.
Please, check my coarse rest code:
@script("Test Document Handling")
def newdoc():
pn.OpenDocument("test.txt","j")
mydoc = scintilla.Scintilla(pn.CurrentDoc())
mydoc.AppendText(14,"Hello, World!\n")
mydoc.GotoPos(5)
For me the question arises how to save/close files/documents from within a script.
Is there any further sample code ?
I'm happy that I found an editor which seems to fit my needs and may be extended using python scripts. PSPAD has an andvanced Python interface, so I'm hoping that the PN2 scripting development goes in a similar direction.
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