... John, This should be your answer! In NoteTab Help... $GetPath(FileName)$ Returns the path segment of FileName (always ends with backslash). Since version...
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John Shotsky
shotsky1
Jun 13, 2011 12:08 pm
Yes, I saw that, but then I need a token for the filename, which is also unknown. I want to know the path for the current document, whatever its name might be....
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John Shotsky
shotsky1
Jun 13, 2011 1:33 pm
I figured it out, it just wasn't clear to me how to do it. The help is of very little value in understanding how GetDocName is supposed to function . To get...
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Eb
ebbtidalflats
Jun 14, 2011 2:41 pm
I've been asked for my workaround to using custom functions within a clipbar clip. The problem with UDFs (user defined functions, or custom functions) from the...
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Art Kocsis
artkns
Jun 15, 2011 9:37 am
Thanks Eb, BTW, I think you meant ^$GetClipBOARD$ not ^$GetClipBAR$ in your overview. This looks interesting but given the amount of coding required I am ...
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Eb
ebbtidalflats
Jun 15, 2011 2:15 pm
... Yes, I menat clipboard 8=D. ... You have a point. But I got to the workaround in a series of steps, from working clips, clipbars, and libraries, that...
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Alec Burgess
alecb3ca
Jun 19, 2011 11:14 am
Can anyone figure out a regular expression that when working on a <pathname>filename.ext (eg. C:\Program Files\name with spaces.txt) will remove the space from...
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flo.gehrke
Jun 19, 2011 2:30 pm
... Alec, Try this... ^!Replace "\x20(?=[^.\\]+\.txt)" >> "" WARS It replaces any space '\x20' at a position that is defined with the Lookahead Assertion...
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Alec Burgess
alecb3ca
Jun 19, 2011 8:23 pm
Flo: I posted your suggestion with slight modification on the thread: http://discuss.pcmag.com/forums/1004432073/ShowThread.aspx#1004432073 ... Thanks very...
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acmewebwerks
Jun 20, 2011 12:30 am
if I were going to build a clip to do this I would: 1. convert all complete names to a list - one per row 2. select from line end backwards to the first / 3....
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bruce.somers@...
bruce.somers
Jun 20, 2011 2:02 pm
Can NoteTab determine the path to a given file with the volume label 'prepended'? When using removable media, the drive letter is not of great use in lists of...
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Eb
ebbtidalflats
Jun 22, 2011 4:57 pm
It's not real clear what you want from the volume label. It's not part of a file name or path. If you simply want to make sure you process the correct file, or...
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CR
csroberts
Jun 27, 2011 5:12 pm
Hi, I would like a clip library to change multiple lines of plain text, into a BBCode numbered list. Many forum softwares do not properly change selected lines...
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Don
dpasseng
Jun 27, 2011 5:38 pm
Just adapt the list from html ... I think insert text instead of inserthtml and hten change what is inserted. ^!If ^$GetSelSize$ > 0 FormatSelection ^!Set...
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diodeom
Jun 27, 2011 8:45 pm
... With your multiple lines selected, this should suffice: ^!Replace "^" >> "[*]" HARS ^!InsertText [list=1]^p^$GetSelection$^p[/list]...
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Don
dpasseng
Jun 27, 2011 8:50 pm
Wow! Do you need to turn off wordwrap for it to work?...
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diodeom
Jun 27, 2011 9:27 pm
... Regex properly recognizes lines regardless of how they are displayed for our convenience. BTW, here's a seed "library" of tiny clips for common BB...
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Axel Berger
absalom_nemini
Jun 28, 2011 12:53 am
... ^^ Slight error here. The newline is part of the last selected line, so this should be: ^!InsertText [list=1]^p^$GetSelection$[/list]^p (Tested, just to...
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diodeom
Jun 28, 2011 2:57 am
... It's no nonsense if the selection is stretched (for no good reason) to the beginning of the next line below (instead of stopping on the last character of...
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Axel Berger
absalom_nemini
Jun 28, 2011 4:32 am
... No good reason may be, but it's what usually happens. I select lines by placing the cursor at the left margin and selecting with <Shift><Down>. There may...
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acmewebwerks
Jun 28, 2011 6:43 am
if I were going to build a clip to do this I would: 1. convert all complete names to a list - one per row 2. select from line end backwards to the first / 3....
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cosmyah
Jun 28, 2011 6:43 am
... is: How can I use a Find/Replace operation to insert a filename (or better, the first n characters of a filename) into that same file? That is, I want to...
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Alec Burgess
alecb3ca
Jun 28, 2011 8:45 am
Axel: if I understand the "problem" here ... cursor winds up positioned at beginning of following line resulting in an unwanted \r\n and you don't want to use...
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diodeom
Jun 28, 2011 8:47 am
... I believe a sensible no-mouse approach could be to hit the <Left> key once just as soon as you exceede a proper selection after punching your last <Down>. ...
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diodeom
Jun 28, 2011 8:52 am
... Sure. Please define any unique characteristics of this "certain point" that consistently apply to all files in your target directory. This could determine...
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Axel Berger
absalom_nemini
Jun 28, 2011 12:05 pm
... It would, if it were a problem. For all practical putposes I just remember that selecting blocks of complete lines makes the newline at the end of the last...
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Axel Berger
absalom_nemini
Jun 28, 2011 12:09 pm
... Right you are. I had assumed my way of doing it was the "normal" or natural way. If it isn't then my remark won't make much sense to most people. Axel...
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flo.gehrke
Jun 28, 2011 3:41 pm
... Sorry, I'm unsure whether this a question or just a statement. Since the same message has already been posted on June 19 this might be a reminder of an...
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Alec Burgess
alecb3ca
Jun 28, 2011 5:00 pm
Hi Frank/Flo: Yes this was my original question. The requirement was a single regexp (find / replace pair) that could be used in another application - *NOT* in...
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Don
dpasseng
Jun 28, 2011 5:19 pm
... I can use a clip for this project, but I wonder if a regex could do it. I want to essentially ask for data that I do not want to find in a line and if that...
