notepad-plus-plus / notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus
Request: Add Save selected text to new file
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- Dominant language
- C++
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Description
As user I would like to be able to save highlighted text to a new file from the context menu. Rather than copy text-->create new file-->paste
Potentially I could create multiple files quickly this way if I needed to extract data from a single file source.
I presume the file encoding would also be duplicated by default.
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Research direction
The request concerns a context-menu action for highlighted text that creates a new file and preserves the source encoding. Start by locating the context-menu handling and existing new-file/save flows, then trace how selected text and encoding are represented. Done means the action creates a new file with the selection and the expected encoding, including repeated use for multiple files.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100