Outfile not recognized when -r is specified (box removal)
pidgeon777 opened this issue · 6 comments
This is what I actually do into Notepad++ to generate a box around a text selection, according to the docs:
boxes.exe -d stone -s 80 -ac "$(ascfile)" "$(tempfile)"
By doing so, it works.
But, if I want to remove the box through:
boxes.exe -r -d stone "$(ascfile)" "$(tempfile)"
then the resulting output is sent to the stdout (shown in NppExec console), and not to the $(tempfile) file, thus the originally selected text is replaced with an empty string.
I'm using boxes version 1.2.
Good catch! While this is being fixed, you can use the following workaround:
cmd /c boxes -r -d stone "$(ascfile)" > "$(tempfile)"
The NppExec manual actually says one should do it like this, but according to the boxes docs, what you did should have worked, too.
I updated the docs to avoid further confusion.
Fixing this in the code will take much longer, but we should be good for now. 😉
Thank you for the prompt reply, your proposed solution is actually working good. I also think it can be considered a good workaround until a solution to the bug will be found.
Fixed in master. This will go out with the next release, but be patient as that may take some time.
No problem, I will wait, then.
Released as 1.3