Notepad++ Macros - Video.

Most of us use text editors all the time. Store that phone number, view the log file, view configuration files and so on, are all done using a text editor. Many even write substantial amounts of code using text editors. On windows you can’t afford to get stuck with notepad under these circumstances. Enter Notepad++, a free editor that does the job and does it right. I am not trying to patronize the software. It just works brilliantly and needs to be shared. The feature that really attracts me to Notepad++ is macros. Many of you may already know what macros are and how to use them, but so many don’t. I’ll show you how. This is best explained with a video. So I made one. Here it is.



I hope you enjoyed that and learnt something new. This really increases productivity especially when you are dealing with extremely large files and need to perform the same action on multiple lines in these. Remember, repositioning the cursor needs to be done with a series of keystrokes and not by using the mouse in order for the macro to work multiple times as desired.

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