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Reputation: 4847

automate keyboard

Is there a way to automate keyboard editing?

Yes I know I can write a program that will parse the text file to do the automation, however using an automation software is faster.

Is there a tool that can record keyboard strokes and "play" them again so i don't have to edit the same thing 5 times , and just do it once and run it 5 times.

simple example

more coade
more coaade
more coe3ade

change to 

more code
more code
more code

where the marker is set to the first position of the second word in the line and retype it after deleting it.

Edit: its simple, is there a software to macro keyboard key presses?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 129

Answers (1)

Jos van Egmond
Jos van Egmond

Reputation: 2360

Notepad++ will assist you when editing text like this. You can either:

1) Use a regular expression to do a string replacement http://markantoniou.blogspot.com/2008/06/notepad-how-to-use-regular-expressions.html

2) Record a macro and play it back several times.

  • To do so. Go to: Macro > Start Recording
  • Use the keyboard to make your changes in a way that it is repeatable
  • Go back to Macro > Stop recording
  • Play back your macro as much as you like

Although personally, I'd write a script in AutoIt or similar. That's probably the easiest thing to do if you have some programming skills.

Upvotes: 1

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