[Enhancement] Prevent NppExec console from appending the '=== READY ===' info about nppexec

[d0vgan]

This change is already in https://github.com/d0vgan/nppexec/tree/develop , please feel free to check.

[d0vgan]

The added feature is this one:
the message "==== READY ====" is optional now (npe_console p-)

[d0vgan]

Currently it's not possible (i.e. the message "=== READY ===" can not be turned off).
At the level of the source code, there are 2 places responsible for this message to appear at the end of NppExec's script. Search for "================ READY ================" in the source file "NppExecCommandExecutor.cpp". Some condition can be introduced to turn it on/off. For example, it could be something similar to

if ( pNppExec->GetOptions().GetBool(OPTB_CONSOLE_MSGREADY) )
{
    pNppExec->GetConsole().PrintMessage( _T("================ READY ================"), false );
}

where OPTB_CONSOLE_MSGREADY needs to be added to the enum EPluginOptions (in NppExec.h) and the corresponding array item to be added to the CStaticOptionsManager::OPT_ITEM optArray (in NppExec.cpp).

[pidgeon777]

Thanks for the prompt reply. In my opinion, it would be interesting to add an option to disable the printing in the console of that string.
If someone would want to insert a marker indicating the end of an operation, he could manually add a final print to the script (e.g. echo).
What do you think about it?

[pidgeon777]

Or, another possibility, could be to pass the option as an argument of npe_console.

E.g.:

npe_console -r =>disable ready status message
npe_console +r =>enable ready status message

[pidgeon777]

Wow, impressive. You've been really fast!

Unfortunately, Visual Studio is not installed in my system, so I have not a chance to build and test it...

[pidgeon777]

Ok, I've been able to build it. I'll test it right now.

[pidgeon777]

I did some tests. The console had some text:

AAA
BBB -> This line was highlighted in the console due to the cursor placed here
CCC

and after having executed this script:

npp_console disable
npe_console a+ --
npe_console p- --

npp_menucommand Plugins||NppExecSearch||Toggle ConsoleSearch
npp_menucommand Plugins||NppExecSearch||Go to next error

then the console cursor went to the last row of the console.

Is there a way to prevent this behaviour, so that the cursor position in the console is not touched after executing a script?

[d0vgan]

To achieve that, I'd have to make a lot of changes - such as verifying whether something was printed to the Console or not inside each internal command. Well, maybe it could be solved in some less complicated way, but anyway there's no ready-to-use mechanism for this, and a noticeable effort would be needed to create one.

[pidgeon777]

Ok thanks for the detailed analysis. Maybe something like this could be more achievable?:

#17

This is what I was trying to implement in my 'Console error browsing' script.

[d0vgan]

The latest NppExec.dll built from the development branch (i.e. a work-in-progress version, not a final release!) is available here:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/npp-plugins/files/NppExec/NppExec%20Plugin%20v0.6%20RC3-RC4%20%28dev%29/

[pidgeon777]

Hello, what feature was added in the release you mentioned above? I'm not sure if it is related to the one I described in this topic or not.