# NAME Win32::Mechanize::NotepadPlusPlus - Automate the Windows application Notepad++ # SYNOPSIS use Win32::Mechanize::NotepadPlusPlus ':main'; my $npp = notepad(); # main application # DESCRIPTION Automate the Windows application [Notepad++](https://notepad-plus-plus.org/). This is inspired by the Notepad++ plugin PythonScript, but I decided to automate the application from the outside, rather than from inside a Notepad++ plugin. But this module uses similar naming conventions and interface to the PythonScript plugin. # LIMITATIONS This is the first public release of the module. In general, it works. As with all first releases, there is room for improvement; I welcome feedback. The first known limitation is that none of the hooks for Scintilla or Notepad++ callbacks have been enabled. That may come sometime in the future. All the testing and development was done with a US-English installation of Notepad++, and all the file encodings have been ANSI or UTF-8. I [know](https://github.com/pryrt/Win32-Mechanize-NotepadPlusPlus/issues/2) that I need to include better tests for encoding, and any help you can provide with that is appreciated. Notepad++ is a Windows application, so that's the intended platform for this module. However, I know Notepad++ can be made to run in Wine and similar environments in Linux, so it may be possible to make this module drive Notepad++ in such an environment. Feedback on this process is welcome. # INSTALLATION To install this module, use your favorite CPAN client. For a manual install, type the following: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install (On Windows machines, you may need to use "dmake" or "gmake" instead of "make", depending on your setup.) # AUTHOR Peter C. Jones `` Please report any bugs or feature requests thru the repository's interface at [https://github.com/pryrt/Win32-Mechanize-NotepadPlusPlus/issues](https://github.com/pryrt/Win32-Mechanize-NotepadPlusPlus/issues), or by emailing `` or thru the web interface at [http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Win32-Mechanize-NotepadPlusPlus](http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Win32-Mechanize-NotepadPlusPlus).
# COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2019,2020 Peter C. Jones # LICENSE This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License. See [http://dev.perl.org/licenses/](http://dev.perl.org/licenses/) for more information.