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Export all regular expression matches in Textpad or Notepad++ as a list

In Textpad or Notepad++ is there an option to export all the matches for a regular expression find, as a single list? In a big text file, I am searching for tags (words enclosed in % %), using regular expression %\< and \>%, and want all the…
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TextPad keeps other windows and apps from being in front or on top

My copy of Textpad on Windows XP has started acting up where it will not let other applications, programs or windows be in front or go on top of it. So if I'm using TextPad and I Alt + Tab to Firefox then TextPad's bar goes dim like it knows its…
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How to add single quote " ' "at beginning and end of an 5 pos integer

I need to add a single quote at the begining and end to a 5 position integer field in TextPad. Ex: 14982 14983 14985 14991 14995 15019 Desired result: '14982', '14983', '14985', '14991', '14995', '15019'
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regex replace with textpad

I need to update a dateformat in a large file I have in textpad. the dateformat is currently mm-dd-yyyy and I need to make it mm/dd/yyyy each line with a date starts with a D. like this: D02-12-2009 I have my regex search portion working fine…
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Can Notepad++ remember line position?

I have TextPad on my home computer, but I can't use that on my work machine. It has an option where it remembers cursor position in certain cases. Here's an example:
  • text one
  • text two is longer
  • Let's say I put my cursor after the…
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    Can i open file in TEXTPAD in same tab instead of a separate instance of textpad

    Ive recently got this computer & have installed textpad. Its going Ok, however i have found a few problems. 1) If im looking at FILE1.txt, I decide i want to open FILE2.txt - it opens in textpad ok, however its in a separate instance of Textpad. Is…
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    Textpad 6.1 opens new blank tab when opening document (Windows XP SP3)

    I have installed Textpad 6 on my machine, and whenever I open a document with textpad, a new blank tab opens by default and cursor points to the blank file. I have to manually point to my document and close the blank tab. I remember in earlier…
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    How to install apps using Built-In SYSTEM account in Win 10 PE Live Rescue Environment?

    I have downloaded a Rescue disk based on Win10 PE x64. It's downloaded from https://www.hirensbootcd.org/download/ I have rebuilt the ISO and have included a new folder with some additional apps like Textpad (and a few more) that I plan to just…
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    TextPad Command Line Argument: Open in Existing TextPad Instance

    What are the command line arguments you can use for TextPad? I've searched for this but TextPad doesn't document this. We have an external application; when the user clicks a button our application will open a document in TextPad using command line…
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    Textpad - Open new files in same instance by default

    I've been a TextPad user for years, and when you install it, it adds an item to the context menu in explorer called "TextPad" that will open any file with textpad, regardless of the extension (whether or not its readable is another matter of…
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    Regular expression to replace in TextPad

    I need to replace this: HSOD,BASE,DFLT,001,06-19-2012,[any string],1,0,0 With this: HSOD,BASE,DFLT,001,06-19-2012,[any string],1,0,N where the [any string] part needs to be a wild card.
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    Regular expression replace in Textpad where search term spans multiple lines

    Is it possible to do a regular expression search and replace in Textpad where the search term spans multiple lines. e.g. document contains: Hello ab_c D_EF 12_3 World I would like to replace everything between "Hello" and "World" with a space. I…
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    Deleting blocks of variable text in TextPad using Regex

    I want to delete chunks of text in a single text file that Start with "Education" and end with "tanks" and have variable data in between. Any suggestions?
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    TextPad Tortoise Merge Tool

    I am trying to create a custom tool in TextPad to call the Tortoise SVN merge tool. If I have two files open in TextPad, I want to diff them with TortoiseMerge by going to Tools -> TortoiseMerge in TextPad. I don't want to have to manually add any…
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    TextPad slow opening files in some cases

    I have been using TextPad 7 for years with no issues but I decided to upgrade to version 9 to get better UTF-16 support. Now both version 9 and version 7 are slow opening files in some cases no matter which I reinstall. At this moment I just have…
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