Recording Macro including URL Encode (RFC1738)

[blueicehaller]

Hi,
I’m trying to create a Macro which does the following, when the cursor is placed before https://.
Unfortunately URL Encode (RFC1738) has not been executed.

1. Select the text from https:// to </table>
2. Ctrl+C: Copy the text to the clipboard
3. Move the cursor down after “URL encode start”
4. Ctrl+V: Paste the text from the clipboard
5. Select the pasted text
6. Ctrl+H: Use search and replace all occurrences in selection, extended, replace \r\n / CR LF by nothing/delete
7. Ctrl+H: Use search and replace all occurrences in selection, extended, replace \t / TAB by nothing/delete
8. Alt+i Plugins → MIME Tools → URL Encode (RFC1738) → This has not been executed
9. Ctrl+S

Thank you in advance.

Notepad++ v8.9.6.4 (64-bit)
Windows 11

[PeterJones]

@blueicehaller ,

Plugin commands, like Plugins > MIME Tools > URL Encode cannot be recorded in a macro.

However, we have a sub-FAQ: “Using Plugin, Run-menu and Macro Commands in Macros” which explains how you can manually edit a recorded macro to include such a command (noting that caveat that if you add or remove plugins, you might have to update your macro to refer to the new menuCmdID for the plugin command).