Re: Need Program to add > marks to text

On Sun, 16 Jun 2024 09:00:04 +0200, "B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Sat, 15 Jun 2024 15:33:38 -0500, [email protected] wrote:
>
>> I want to be able to copy/paste a text file and have the program place
>> a > (Greater-than-sign) quote mark before each line of text.
>> 
>> I must also be able to control line length.
>> 
>> My Message Cleaner program will not work on my Windows 7 machine. It
>> does this function fine on my XP comp.
>> 
>> Yes, I know that my newsreader does this job automatically on a Reply.
>
>I'd use a Notepad++ macro for such a task. The following example pasts
>the clipboard content to the current Notepad++ editor tab. (Should be
>empty; else current unselected text will be included in the results.)
>Then it selects all, does a couple of RegEx replacements, adds a last
>CRLF, selects everything again and moves the text to the clipboard.
>(The Notepad++ editor tab will be empty, again, afterwards. Therefore,
>it will be ready to receive the next text for reformatting.)
>
>Adjust parameters (line length,...) to your needs. Assign a shortcut to 
>the macro or add it to the icon bar for quick access.
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
><Macro name="ReWrap80_&amp;_Quote" Ctrl="no" Alt="no" Shift="no" Key="0">
>            <Action type="0" message="2179" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
>            <Action type="0" message="2013" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
>            <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
>            <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="[^\r\n]+\K\R(?!\R)" />
>            <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="2" sParam="" />
>            <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam=" " />
>            <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="512" sParam="" />
>            <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" />
>            <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
>            <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="^(?=.{80,})(.{1,79})\s" />
>            <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="2" sParam="" />
>            <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="$1\r\n" />
>            <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="512" sParam="" />
>            <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" />
>            <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
>            <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="^(.*)$" />
>            <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="2" sParam="" />
>            <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&gt; \1" />
>            <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="512" sParam="" />
>            <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" />
>            <Action type="0" message="2318" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
>            <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&#x0D;" />
>            <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&#x0A;" />
>            <Action type="0" message="2013" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
>            <Action type="0" message="2177" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
>        </Macro>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Please note, that the script inserts "> " (= with trailing space) and
>does /not/ honor potential current quotation when re-wrapping. Therefore,
>the script only works with unquoted text. Use the internal editor of your 
>Newsreader or adjust the macro, if you need more flexibility.
>
>HTH.
>BeAr

You just gave me a headache with all that.