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Reputation: 20212

Notepad++ | Show macro script

Is it possible to show the script of a macro to learn what it actually does?

Where are the macros stored so I can inspect the files, maybe they are human readable.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2077

Answers (2)

help-info.de
help-info.de

Reputation: 7260

The default path of shortcuts.xml is C:\Users\%YOUR USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++ Here’s an simple RegEx replacement example of some of mine:

<Macro name="SO-Test" Ctrl="yes" Alt="no" Shift="yes" Key="112">
    <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
    <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="(.+)" />
    <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="2" sParam="" />
    <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="\1 \1" />
    <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="768" sParam="" />
    <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" />
</Macro>

There are 2 locations that the shortcuts.xml file resides in. Notepad++ could be using either one, depending on how it was installed. Try the C:\Program Files\Notepad++ folder or C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++ folder.

Depending on whether you installed the 32bit or 64bit Notepad++ program it could be in either of the 2 Program Files folders (you can only install 64bit version if Windows is also 64bit).

Upvotes: 1

Renat
Renat

Reputation: 8962

Once macro is saved, and Notepad++ is closed, macro will be saved to:

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\shortcuts.xml

(c:\Users\%your user%\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\shortcuts.xml)

Into <Macros> tag. It's sort of human readable: as each step is an <Action> tag, so steps could be deleted/copy-pasted, but to create a new steps it's much easier to record a new macro.

Upvotes: 2

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