Is there a way in notepad++ to save a text, like a copyright comment
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!--
I did write this one day, it's my work
-->
and later (even after closing notepad++), insert it in a file ?
Somehow, just like a macro, but I don't want to start recording a macro, then (carefully) type my text and save that macro.
(may be already answered, but I don't very see what keywords to use)
Edited (exact scenario)
I have a lot of XML files with:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<localization xml:lang="en">
<!-- Some XML nodes -->
</localization>
One file for each language, one set of all languages for each project.
In one of these file (en.xml
), I've wrote a comment about how these files work:
<!--
Use loc: namespace for each localization entry.
Nodes without this "loc:" namespace should be containers
and should contain "loc:" nodes or other containers.
@todo Check every entry for typing mismistakes
@todo Assign the XSD
-->
Now, I want to "save" this text in notepad++ (like a macro, but I don't want to start recording the macro and retype the text). Then, later, I open fr.xml
, and tell notepad++ to paste the saved text at the beginning of the file. Then, I copy nodes from fr.xml
, paste them somewhere, and mess with Ctrl+C Ctrl+V inside/outside my fr.xml
(usual stuff). Now, I copy a node from fr.xml
(like <loc:foo/>
) and paste it in de.xml
. And I want to still be able to "paste" the saved text, aka the comment <!-- Use loc:...
, inside de.xml
even if I did copy/paste before (so I cannot Ctrl+C the comment because it would erase/be erased by the copy of <loc:foo/>
).
Currently, the only way I have to do this is:
- start recording a macro
retype the textI don't want to do this step: I have verbose comments to "record"- stop recording
- save the macro (with a shortcut).
Retyping the text (some are much longer) while recording the macro is a pain.
Is there a way to create the macro without retyping the text?
If not, is there a way to "save" a text and insert it later in other files (without Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V
)?