Category Archives: Notepad++ (en)

Run notepad++ from the Windows console

Posted on January 4, 2023 by

Sometimes in Windows, you have to use cmd console, create files in it, etc. So it is convenient to bind file opening in npp (notepad++) to alias npp <file name>. There are different ways to do it, but the easiest … Continue reading →

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C language: compile and run in Notepad++

Posted on September 2, 2022 by

In top menu press “Run” and enter there… Example: cmd /c cd “C:\Users\n\Desktop\” && gcc 1.c -o 1.exe && 1.exe There we say to Notepad++: cmd – run terminal /c means to close cmd terminal after program finished; you can … Continue reading →

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Notepad++ fork

Posted on April 26, 2022 by

For a long time I was looking for a stable fork of Numpad++ that could live in parallel with the vanilla version of NPP. What for? To be able to run two instances of my favorite editor 🙂 Unfortunately, using … Continue reading →

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Compiling in “Notepad++”

Posted on March 8, 2022 by

I got a little carried away using Borland 6 to learn C. Powerful program and all, but due to my age, the UI customization capabilities are at the level of a notebook (the same one). For example, you cannot change … Continue reading →

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How to strip date / time in Notepad ++ (regular expressions)

Posted on January 3, 2022 by

The task is to remove the date or time in the log file, for example, this: [11:33] hello [11:35] how to replace timestamp with a space? [12:16] probably this can be done using regular expressions [12:44] I tried period (.) … Continue reading →

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