Question

I’m new to Notepad++. Can someone tell how to pass an argument when I execute NppExec in Notepad++? For instance, I want to run print @ARGV through Notepad++. What parameter should I use so that I can enter my argument when I click F6? I know "$(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)". But it doesn’t seem to work for passing an argument. Thanks!

Answer 1

Here is one way of executing perl scripts with input arguments to the script using NppExec plugin in Notepad++. This will give a message box that asks you to enter arguments to pass to the script.

You can leave out the “echo” line, this is just so you can see what the input to the script is.

Change your current settings under “NppExec -> Execute…” to:

inputbox "Script arguments : "
echo Script input arguments, @ARGV : $(INPUT)
perl "$(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)" $(INPUT)

Hope this helps.