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Subject: Re: How to edit HTML source file on Windows in one step (not two)?
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 16:00:08 -0500
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On 1/15/2025 3:03 PM, Marion wrote:

> For those on comp.editors, a huge advantage of Notepad++ shortcuts.xml 
> macro conversion is that it can convert non-printable characters also!
> 
> <!-- comment text -->
> <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="" />
> <!-- comment text -->
> 
> I have about a dozen of those Notepad++ macros which convert non-printable
> (or inconsistent) characters to printable (or to consistent) characters 
> after I've cut and pasted from an HTML page.
> 
    Sorry, but I lost you. You're assuming people know that
macro code and how it works.

> Well, how do you convert this template set into something useful?
> <A HREF=https://www.amazon.com/s?k=foo+bar>amazon foo bar</A><P> <A 
> HREF=https://www.amazon.com/vine/vine-items?search=foo%20bar>vine foo 
> bar</A>
> 
> If I want to convert that template to, oh, say, "laptop computer", I run:
> ma                         ===> mark a
> mb                         ===> mark b
> <esc>:'a,'bs/foo/laptop/g  ===> from a to b globally replace foo with 
> laptop <esc>:'a,'bs/bar/pc/g  ===> from a to b globally replace bar with pc
> 

    Again, you lost me. I don't see a template. Weren't
we talking about editing HTML?

> What I'd REALLY WANT is the ability to add items to the bookmarks file.
> 
     Yes. That seems to be the confusion. You're not looking to
edit HTML. You're looking to autmoate specific text editing
I use VBScript for things like that. BAT files are limited. I
actually keep a lot of VBS files on my Desktop, to do things
like  Copy folderA to folderB if files in folderA do not exist in
folderB. Decode base64. Convert unix returns to Windows
returns. Convert a returnlss CSS block to clear lines with
returns. Clean all temp folders. Convert an encoded URL to
a clean one by doing things like replacing %3A%2F%2F to
://. Collect all domains referenced in an HTML file and present
them in a window with an option to add them to HOSTS. Etc.

   All of that is fairly simple with VBScript of javascript files running
under Windows Script Host. (And of course, a specialized editor for
VBS is also handy. :)