Tips for using notepad ++

Document directory

• Nppexport
• Explorer
• Textfx

As a novice programmer, I have always liked notepad ++ on the Windows platform. It is lightweight, customizable, and easy to use. The following describes some of my experiences when using notepad ++. Shortcut Key

This is relatively basic. You can modify it in Settings> Manage shortcut keys. For example:

1. Move the current row up and down CTRL + Shift + up/down;
2. Copy the current row Ctrl + D;
3. Function parameter prompts Ctrl + Shift + Space
4. Line comment, block comment ....

Because many default shortcut keys have been modified by me, I will not illustrate them here.

It should be noted that many times we find that the shortcut key settings are useless, for example, CTRL + ALT, because it conflicts with other software such as the input method and QQ shortcut keys, at this time, we need to change the shortcut key to a hot key not used by other software.

Automatic completion and character encoding

A friend once switched to another IDE because notepad ++ did not automatically complete the function. But in fact, the small notepad ++ also has this function, as shown in Settings> preferences:

In Web programming, character encoding is very important. Currently, UTF-8 encoding is popular. You can choose the default encoding in Settings> New. If no changes are made, the default value is ANSI encoding.

Environment Variable

Notepad ++ has its own environment variables

Variable name	Description
Full_current_path	File Path Name
Current_directory	File directory
File_name	Full file name
Name_part	File Name
Ext_part	File Extension

With these variables, We can customize many things.

• C language compiler

  You can search for details on the Internet. I will briefly explain my practices. For other languages, you only need to replace the compiler with the appropriate ones:

1. First, you have to install a compiler. For C language, I recommend using gcc, and then add GCC to the system path.
2. Run the following command:

   CMD/C gcc-o $ (current_directory) \ alias (name_part1_.exe $ (full_current_path) & Exit and save the name for compilation (it is best to assign a shortcut key for it for convenience ).

3. Run the following command:

   CMD/C $ (current_directory) \ alias (name_partcmd.exe & pause & Exit, save it as run (assign a shortcut key ).

4. Note: All commands of cmd gcc can be understood. For example, $ (full_current_path) is the usage of notepad ++ environment variables. You can understand it in the preceding table.

• Open a file

  Through the environment variables described above, we can customize the file opening method. For example, I define a shortcut to debug webpages on the local server.

Chrome.exe http://localhost/$(NAME_PART)$(EXT_PART)

In this way, when I press the shortcut key, the webpage points to localhost.

Plug-ins

We recommend several useful plug-ins below

Nppexport

This is the default plug-in installed by notepad ++. With this plug-in, we can easily export the code after coloring, even in word, we can also easily paste the colored code.

Explorer

This plug-in needs to be installed by the user. With this plug-in, we can enable the resource browser function in Notepad ++, as shown in

Textfx

This plug-in can easily define the auto-completion feature of parentheses.

There are also functionlist, jsonview, and other plug-ins that help us analyze code. Here we will not illustrate them one by one.

In short, notepad ++ is a lightweight but powerful editor. After being configured, We can discard any other ide.