trying my first extension

I want a "delete line" function which copies the deleted line to clipboard, so I can paste it elsewhere using Ctrl-V.

I tried copying Serge Balance's "del_end_best" script, and changing it to my requirements, which I'll show below... I created a JScript directory under pspad/scripts, and copied my script there, but it does not seem to be attached to Ctrl-K as it should be.

Obviously I'm missing a key step in this process; any guidance (including pointers to a relevant doc for doing this) are welcome!

My new script/extension:

// JavaScript Document
//*****************************************************************************
// filename : clip_line.js
// description: Delete line to clipboard
// created : 10/01/14 14:35:44
// author : Daniel D Miller
//
// You may distribute this script freely, but please keep this header intact.
//*****************************************************************************
var MODULE_NAME = "clip line";
var MODULE_VER = "0.1";
var MODULE_TITLE = "Delete line to clipboard";
function Init() {
menuName = "&" + MODULE_NAME;
subMenu = "&" + "Edit";
addMenuItem(menuName, subMenu, "main", "CTRL+K");
}

function main() {
var ed = neweditor();
ed.assignActiveEditor();
ed.command('ecLineStart');
ed.command('aCopyLine');
ed.command('ecDeleteLine');
}


Gorlash:

I want a "delete line" function which copies the deleted line to clipboard, so I can paste it elsewhere using Ctrl-V.

I tried copying Serge Balance's "del_end_best" script, and changing it to my requirements, which I'll show below... I created a JScript directory under pspad/scripts, and copied my script there, but it does not seem to be attached to Ctrl-K as it should be.

Obviously I'm missing a key step in this process; any guidance (including pointers to a relevant doc for doing this) are welcome!

My new script/extension:

// JavaScript Document
//*****************************************************************************
// filename : clip_line.js
// description: Delete line to clipboard
// created : 10/01/14 14:35:44
// author : Daniel D Miller
//
// You may distribute this script freely, but please keep this header intact.
//*****************************************************************************
var MODULE_NAME = "clip line";
var MODULE_VER = "0.1";
var MODULE_TITLE = "Delete line to clipboard";
function Init() {
menuName = "&" + MODULE_NAME;
subMenu = "&" + "Edit";
addMenuItem(menuName, subMenu, "main", "CTRL+K");
}

function main() {
var ed = neweditor();
ed.assignActiveEditor();
ed.command('ecLineStart');
ed.command('aCopyLine');
ed.command('ecDeleteLine');
}


Hi,
there are several problem areas to look into:
I believe, MODULE_NAME and MODULE_VER should be all lowercase now (maybe there were some differences in older versions).

neweditor() should be newEditor()

I am not sure, whether prepending the ampersand like "&" + "Edit" ... has any effect, scripts are probably designed to be accessed via menu shortcuts rather than menu accelerators, but I may be wrong.

Only commands starting with "ec..." can be called as Editor Commands
ed.command('ecLineStart');
those with "a..." are aplication wide commands of PSPad and are run using the global function:
runPSPadAction('aCopyLine')

howewer, in this case it won't work as intended - "copy line" is a function which duplicates the current line directly in the editor and doesn't use the clipboard.

The shortcut keys should be tested for possible collisions with some already assigned functions - this part is rather tricky - generally, if your script works ok, if you call it from the menu, but not if using the shortcut - there is most likely some colliding functionality with the same shortcut.
There are several places to look - windows-wide shortcuts (like F1), program shortcuts (these can be seen in the menus and in the setting: key map), clip definition files (like Ctrl+I) in HTML clip (the currently active file format is relevant) and finally the scripts themselves which assign the shortcuts in the Init() function.

Furthermore, it is generally useful to check for a cornercase, when the script is called with no editor windows open (ed.assignActiveEditor() will cause an error in this case).

I ended up with the following basic code, which might satisfy your requirements (there are possible differences in handling the trailing newline - this version doesn't include it in the selection, but deletes it afterwards (of course it can be tweaked for a different way and special-case the last line of the text):

Quote:

var module_name = "test_js_3";
var module_ver = "0.1";

function cut_line(){
if (editorsCount()<1){return;} // quit if no text window is open
var actEd = newEditor();
actEd.assignActiveEditor();
actEd.command('ecLineStart');
actEd.command('ecLineStart'); //repeated call in case smart "Home" feature ist active (disregarding starting whitespace)
actEd.command('ecSelLineEnd'); // select the line including the line ending
actEd.command('ecCut');
actEd.command('ecDeleteChar');//delete the immediately following line ending (if present)
}

function Init(){
addMenuItem("cut current line to clipboard", "", "cut_line", "Ctrl+Alt+A");// labels and shortcuts can be modified
}

hth,
vbr

Gorlash:

I want a "delete line" function which copies the deleted line to clipboard, so I can paste it elsewhere using Ctrl-V.

This function is already built-in.

Go to Program Settings... -> Editor (part 1) and activate 'Extended Cut and Copy'.

Now you can run the function with 'ctrl x'. Works with the line the cursor is in.

Oh My Gosh!!! Thank you, Andreas!!! That does exactly what I want, for both Cut and Copy ...

Okay, now I'll do what I should have done in the first place, which is go through all the Editor options and look at the tooltips...

ITM, I think I'll test vbr's script and see how it works, in case I want to write other scripts in the future.