Re: Tutorial: Notepad++ shortcuts.xml macro converts unicode to the 95-keyboard ASCII characters

Marian <[email protected]>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.os.windows-11,alt.comp.microsoft.windows
Organization BWH Usenet Archive (https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com)
Message-ID <[email protected]> 
Marian wrote:
> Currently every shortcuts.xml mapping is written out as a 6-line block:
>   1700 -> start search
>   1601 -> set search string (funky character)
>   1625 -> clear replace buffer
>   1602 -> set replacement string (ASCII equivalent)
>   1702 -> run replace all
>   1701 -> end

UPDATE:

Drat. The original depended on 1700/1625/1701 around each replace.
So I removed the redundancy. When I tested it, only some characters worked.

But for characters like degree, copyright, trademark, registered, etc., Notepad++ apparently must have the reset (1700), clear (1625) and end (1701) lines around the replace (1702) because otherwise, AFAICT, the Find/Replace engine apparently doesn't execute. 

So we're stuck with the redundancy for Notepad++ to replace each character.
 Hyphens: - - - - - -
 Quotes: ' ' " " 'backtick'
 Ellipsis: ...
 Bullets: *
 Zero-widtha: ''' (these may look invisible)
 Spaces:      
 Symbols: 90deg (C) (TM) (R)
 Arrowa: ->
 Literals: - &amp;#151;
 Diacritics: g s e a
 SOH: [U+0001 here]
 etc.


Here is the latest working version which I tested against the above characters.

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
 <!-- Notepad++ shortcuts.xml version 1p1 20251211 -->
 <!-- Use model: ctrl+A (select all), ctrl=B (convert) -->
 <!--  -->
 <!-- 1700 start search -->
 <!-- 1601 set search string (funky character) -->
 <!-- 1625 clear replace buffer -->
 <!-- 1602 set replacement string (ASCII equivalent) -->
 <!-- 1702 run replace all -->
 <!-- 1701 end -->
 <!--  -->
 
 <NotepadPlus>
   <InternalCommands>
     <Shortcut id="43009" Ctrl="no" Alt="no" Shift="no" Key="0" />
   </InternalCommands>
 
   <Macros>
     <Macro name="ASCII" Ctrl="yes" Alt="no" Shift="no" Key="66">
 
       <!-- U+2010 HYPHEN ? "-" -->
       <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&#x2010;" />
       <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="-" />
       <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="768" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" />
 
       <!-- U+2011 NON-BREAKING HYPHEN ? "-" -->
       <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&#x2011;" />
       <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="-" />
       <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="768" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" />
 
       <!-- U+2012 FIGURE DASH ? "-" -->
       <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&#x2012;" />
       <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="-" />
       <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="768" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" />
 
       <!-- U+2013 EN DASH ? "-" -->
       <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&#x2013;" />
       <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="-" />
       <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="768" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" />
 
       <!-- U+2014 EM DASH ? "-" -->
       <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&#x2014;" />
       <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="-" />
       <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="768" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" />
 
       <!-- U+2212 MINUS SIGN ? "-" -->
       <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&#x2212;" />
       <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="-" />
       <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="768" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" />
 
       <!-- U+2018 LEFT SINGLE QUOTE ? "'" -->
       <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&#x2018;" />
       <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&apos;" />
       <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="768" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" />
 
       <!-- U+2019 RIGHT SINGLE QUOTE ? "'" -->
       <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&#x2019;" />
       <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&apos;" />
       <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="768" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" />
 
       <!-- U+201C LEFT DOUBLE QUOTE ? "\"" -->
       <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&#x201C;" />
       <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&quot;" />
       <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="768" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" />
 
       <!-- U+201D RIGHT DOUBLE QUOTE ? "\"" -->
       <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&#x201D;" />
       <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&quot;" />
       <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="768" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" />
 
       <!-- U+2026 HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS ? "..." -->
       <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&#x2026;" />
       <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="..." />
       <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="768" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" />
 
       <!-- U+2022 BULLET ? "*" -->
       <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&#x2022;" />
       <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="*" />
       <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="768" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" />
 
       <!-- U+200B ZERO WIDTH SPACE ? "" -->
       <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&#x200B;" />
       <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="768" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" />
 
       <!-- U+200C ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER ? "'" -->
       <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&#x200C;" />
       <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&apos;" />
       <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="768" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" />
 
       <!-- U+200D ZERO WIDTH JOINER ? "'" -->
       <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&#x200D;" />
       <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&apos;" />
       <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="768" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" />
 
       <!-- U+2060 WORD JOINER ? "'" -->
       <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&#x2060;" />
       <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&apos;" />
       <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="768" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" />
 
       <!-- U+FEFF BOM ? "" -->
       <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&#xFEFF;" />
       <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="768" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" />
 
       <!-- U+00A0 NO-BREAK SPACE ? " " -->
       <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&#x00A0;" />
       <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam=" " />
       <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="768" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" />
 
       <!-- U+2007 FIGURE SPACE ? " " -->
       <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&#x2007;" />
       <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam=" " />
       <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="768" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" />
 
       <!-- U+202F NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE ? " " -->
       <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&#x202F;" />
       <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam=" " />
       <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="768" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" />
 
       <!-- U+00B0 DEGREE SIGN ? "deg" -->
       <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&#x00B0;" />
       <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="deg" />
       <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="768" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" />
 
       <!-- U+00A9 COPYRIGHT SIGN ? "(C)" -->
       <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&#x00A9;" />
       <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="(C)" />
       <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="768" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" />
 
       <!-- U+2122 TRADE MARK SIGN ? "(TM)" -->
       <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&#x2122;" />
       <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="(TM)" />
       <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="768" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" />
 
       <!-- U+00AE REGISTERED SIGN ? "(R)" -->
       <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&#x00AE;" />
       <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="(R)" />
       <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="768" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" />
 
       <!-- U+2192 RIGHT ARROW ? "->" -->
       <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&#x2192;" />
       <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="->" />
       <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="768" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" />
 
       <!-- BACKTICK ? "'" -->
       <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="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&apos;" />
       <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="768" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" />
 
       <!-- Literal &zwnj; ? "-" -->
       <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&zwnj;" />
       <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="-" />
       <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="768" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" />
 
       <!-- Literal &amp;#151; ? "&" -->
       <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&amp;#151;" />
       <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&amp;" />
       <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="768" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" />
 
       <!-- U+011F LATIN SMALL LETTER G WITH BREVE ? "g" -->
       <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&#x011F;" />
       <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="g" />
       <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="768" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" />
 
       <!-- U+0161 LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH CARON ? "s" -->
       <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&#x0161;" />
       <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="s" />
       <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="768" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" />
 
       <!-- U+011B LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH CARON ? "e" -->
       <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&#x011B;" />
       <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="e" />
       <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="768" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" />
 
       <!-- U+00E1 LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH ACUTE ? "a" -->
       <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&#x00E1;" />
       <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="a" />
       <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="768" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" />
 
       <!-- U+0001 SOH ? "" -->
       <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&#x0001;" />
       <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="768" sParam="" />
       <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" />
 
     </Macro>
   </Macros>
 
   <UserDefinedCommands>
     <Command name="Get PHP help" Ctrl="no" Alt="yes" Shift="no" Key="112">https://www.php.net/$(CURRENT_WORD)</Command>
     <Command name="Wikipedia Search" Ctrl="no" Alt="yes" Shift="no" Key="114">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=$(CURRENT_WORD)</Command>
     <Command name="Open file in another instance" Ctrl="no" Alt="yes" Shift="no" Key="117">$(NPP_FULL_FILE_PATH) $(CURRENT_WORD) -nosession -multiInst</Command>
   </UserDefinedCommands>
 
   <PluginCommands />
   <ScintillaKeys />
 </NotepadPlus>
 
 
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