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When I open a new text file, I just want it to open with some lines in it
like this which would come from some kind of Microsoft Windows template.

=============================================================================

=============================================================================

=============================================================================

=============================================================================

=============================================================================

=============================================================================

=============================================================================

=============================================================================

=============================================================================

What is the Windows magic that will allow a rightclick context menu
selection of "{rightclick} New | Text Document" to create those lines?

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On 10/15/24 08:47 AM, Wolf Greenblatt wrote:

When I open a new text file, I just want it to open with some lines in it like this which would come from some kind of Microsoft Windows template.

<snip>

What is the Windows magic that will allow a rightclick context menu
selection of "{rightclick} New | Text Document" to create those lines?

Try this link. Go down to the response that's had 75 up votes.

https://superuser.com/questions/34704/how-can-i-add-an-item-to-the-new-context-menu
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Al

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On 15.10.2024 14:47, Wolf Greenblatt wrote:

When I open a new text file, I just want it to open with some lines in it like this which would come from some kind of Microsoft Windows template.

=============================================================================

=============================================================================

=============================================================================

I would use a batch to put the text into the Windows clipboard:

@echo off
(for /l %%i in (1,1,10) do @echo ==============================&echo.)|clip

Then, when editing a text file, just press <CTRL>-V (or <WIN>-V
if you have added more content to the clipboard) to insert the lines
at any position you like. The batch also could ask which one of
a collection of templates it should put into the clipboard.

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On 10/15/2024 8:47 AM, Wolf Greenblatt wrote:

What is the Windows magic that will allow a rightclick context menu
selection of "{rightclick} New | Text Document" to create those lines?

You can add items to the right-click menu fairly easily. I have lots
of them to "Open With" specific programs. In this case, if it were me,
I'd just make a file the way I want it, leave it on the Desktop, then doubleclick that when I want the template, saving it as something
else. I actually do that with Libre Office docs. I have contract templates
and receipt templates for my business. When I write a new one I just
copy the template, rename it to the new file, then use that.

That's also what MSWord does with templates. The only difference
is that it enforces not saving the file as the original because it has
an extension .DOT.

You could do all sorts of things with something like VBScript. But
none of it would be easier than just leaving your template on the Desktop.

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Herbert Kleebauer wrote on Tue, 15 Oct 2024 16:43:37 +0200 :

I would use a batch to put the text into the Windows clipboard:

@echo off
(for /l %%i in (1,1,10) do @echo ==============================&echo.)|clip

Then, when editing a text file, just press <CTRL>-V (or <WIN>-V
if you have added more content to the clipboard) to insert the lines
at any position you like. The batch also could ask which one of
a collection of templates it should put into the clipboard.

That worked! Thanks!

I created C:\batchfiles\cliptext.bat containing the 3 lines below.
@echo off
REM cliptext.bat cliptext.bat seeds clipboard for subsequent paste
(for /l %%i in (1,1,10) do @echo &=============================================================================&echo.)|clip

Clicking on the batch file worked, but to make it a run command I added
this key to the registry to invoke it from the run box.
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\cliptext.exe
Value: C:\batchfiles\cliptext.bat

Subsequently typing "Win+R | cliptext" instantly seeds the clipboard.
Hooray! Thanks!

Oops.
Since I will use it a lot, I also wanted to pin a shortcut to the taskbar.

But when created a shortcut to that batch file, Windows wouldn't allow me
to pin it to the taskbar.

To get Windows to allow me to pin the shortcut pointing to that batch file
to the taskbar, I changed the shortcut target from
C:\batchfiles\cliptext.bat
to
%comspec% /c start "" C:\batchfiles\cliptext.bat
which allowed me to pin that shortcut pointing to that batch file to the Windows taskbar.

But that shortcut also left an orphan command window on the screen every
time it's clicked.

To try to get rid of the orphan command window, I changed the shortcut
target line to
C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe /run /TN "cliptext"
and I changed the shortcut comment line to
%comspec% /c start "" C:\batchfiles\cliptext.bat
and then I added a taskschd.msc system scheduled task of
Create Task
Name: cliptext
Description: cliptext.bat seeds clipboard for subsequent paste.
Actions > New
Action: Start a program
Program/script: %comspec%
Add arguments: /c start "" C:\batchfiles\cliptext.bat

But the shortcut still brought up an extraneous orphan command window.
I'm out of tricks to try to get the orphan command window to disappear.

But the batch file & the run box call to that batch file works fine!
Thanks.

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On Tue, 10/15/2024 8:47 AM, Wolf Greenblatt wrote:

When I open a new text file, I just want it to open with some lines in it like this which would come from some kind of Microsoft Windows template.

============================================================================= 12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567 =============================================================================

=============================================================================

=============================================================================

=============================================================================

=============================================================================

=============================================================================

=============================================================================

=============================================================================

What is the Windows magic that will allow a rightclick context menu
selection of "{rightclick} New | Text Document" to create those lines?

You did not say how many lines you wanted.

Where is the interface going to be, to select the line count ?

*******

I could easily do that with Gawk.exe .

BEGIN {
{ for (j=1; j<=9; j++) {
for (i=1; i<=77; i++) printf("=")
printf("\n\n")
}
}
}

gawk.exe -f lines.awk > output.txt

*******

[Picture]

https://i.postimg.cc/Nf58KPSb/gawk-lines-awk.gif

Paul

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On 15.10.2024 19:04, Wolf Greenblatt wrote:

I created C:\batchfiles\cliptext.bat containing the 3 lines below.
@echo off
REM cliptext.bat cliptext.bat seeds clipboard for subsequent paste
(for /l %%i in (1,1,10) do @echo &=============================================================================&echo.)|clip

Clicking on the batch file worked, but to make it a run command I added
this key to the registry to invoke it from the run box.
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\cliptext.exe

But when created a shortcut to that batch file, Windows wouldn't allow me
to pin it to the taskbar.

Instead of messing around with shortcuts and the registry, I would
use a small exe to start the batch. Execute the batch at the
end of the posting to generate runbat.exe. If you execute
runbat.exe a batch file with the same name in the same directory
is executed.

In your case, rename runbat.exe to cliptext.exe and your batch
file to cliptext.exe.bat and store both files in the same directory.
Now you can drag&drop cliptext.exe to the taskbar. If you click
on it, cliptext.exe.bat is executed.

The source code:

winmain::
jsr.l (GetCommandLine)

eor.l r1,r1 ; not within "" flag
move.l r0,r5
move.l #name,r6
_20: cmp.b #0,(r5)
beq.b _10
cmp.b #'"',(r5)
bne.b _30
not.l r1
inc.l r5
br.b _20
_30: or.l r1,r1
bne.b _40
cmp.b #' ',(r5)
beq.b _10
_40: move.b (r5)+-,(r6)+-{s1}
cmp.l #name_end,r6
blo.b _20
eor.l r0,r0
br.b _100

_10: move.l #'tab.',(r6)
move.b #0,4.b(r6)

moveq.l #1,-(sp) ; nShowCmd: 1 SW_SHOWNORMAL
moveq.l #0,-(sp) ; lpDirectory
moveq.l #0,-(sp) ; lpParameters
move.l #name,-(sp) ; lpFile
move.l #op,-(sp) ; lpOperation
moveq.l #0,-(sp) ; hwnd
jsr.l (ShellExecuteA)

_100: move.l r0,-(sp)
jsr.l (ExitProcess)

op: dc.b "open",0
name: blk.b 2000
name_end:blk.b 10




The binary:


@echo off
certutil -f -decode %~f0 runbat.exe>nul
goto :eof

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- TVpgAQEAAAAEAAAA//8AAGABAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAoAAAAA4fug4AtAnNIbgBTM0hTmljZSB0byBtZWV0IHNvbWVi b2R5IHdobyBpcyBzdGlsbCB1c2luZyBET1MsDQpidXQgdGhpcyBwcm9ncmFtIHJl cXVpcmVzIFdpbjMyLg0KJFBFAABMAQEAUHmlNgAAAAAAAAAA4AAPAQsBBQwAAgAA AAAAAAAAAACuEAAAABAAAAAgAAAAAEAAABAAAAACAAAFAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAA ACAAAAACAAAAAAAAAgAAAAAAEAAAEAAAAAAQAAAQAAAAAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA FBAAADwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAUAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALnRleHQAAADqCAAAABAAAAACAAAAAgAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIAAA4AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABkEAAAAAAAAI4QAACgEAAA AAAAAFwQAAAAAAAAAAAAAFAQAAAAEAAAghAAAAAAAAAAAAAAdBAAAAgQAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAFNoZWxsMzIuZGxsAGQQAAAAAAAAAABTaGVsbEV4ZWN1 dGVBAEtFUk5FTDMyLmRsbAAAjhAAAKAQAAAAAAAAAABHZXRDb21tYW5kTGluZUEA AABFeGl0UHJvY2VzcwD/FQgQQAAx0onGvxARQACAPgB0IIA+InUF99JG6/EJ0nUF gD4gdA2kgf/gGEAAct8xwOsixwcuYmF0xkcEAGoBagBqAGgQEUAAaAsRQABqAP8V ABBAAFD/FQwQQABvcGVuAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==
-----END CERTIFICATE-----

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On 16.10.2024 00:44, Herbert Kleebauer wrote:

On 15.10.2024 19:04, Wolf Greenblatt wrote:

I created C:\batchfiles\cliptext.bat containing the 3 lines below.
@echo off
REM cliptext.bat cliptext.bat seeds clipboard for subsequent paste
(for /l %%i in (1,1,10) do @echo &=============================================================================&echo.)|clip

Clicking on the batch file worked, but to make it a run command I added
this key to the registry to invoke it from the run box.
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\cliptext.exe

But when created a shortcut to that batch file, Windows wouldn't allow me
to pin it to the taskbar.

Instead of messing around with shortcuts and the registry, I would
use a small exe to start the batch.

It is even much simpler. Just rename cliptext.bat to cliptext.exe,
then you can drag&drop it to the taskbar. Then rename it back to
cliptext.bat and right-click in the taskbar and change the link in
properties also to cliptext.bat.

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On Wed, 16 Oct 2024 01:49:56 +0200, Herbert Kleebauer wrote:

But when created a shortcut to that batch file, Windows wouldn't allow me >>> to pin it to the taskbar.

Instead of messing around with shortcuts and the registry, I would
use a small exe to start the batch.

It is even much simpler. Just rename cliptext.bat to cliptext.exe,
then you can drag&drop it to the taskbar. Then rename it back to cliptext.bat and right-click in the taskbar and change the link in
properties also to cliptext.bat.

That worked! Thanks! You're full of Windows tricks.
How do you learn them all!

Your suggestion above is a really neat trick because Windows can pin a shortcut to an exe to the taskbar but not a shortcut to a batch file, so, with your trick, the bat is temporarily renamed as an exe whose shortcut gets pinned first to the taskbar and then it's a matter of tidying up the automatic
changes to the target to get the now-pinned shortcut to point to the batch file!

It worked like a charm. Now I can seed the "New | Text Document" by either "Win+R | cliptext" or clicking on the "cliptext.lnk" pinned to the taskbar.

However - only after it worked did I realize there's an *EVEN SIMPLER WAY!*

All I had to do was pin a link to *any* existing executable file,
and edit that link's target line to point to C:\batchfiles\cliptext.bat

Arbitrarily I picked to make a shortcut to Notepad++ on the taskbar
and then I changed that shortcut's target to C:\batchfiles\cliptext.bat

I could have made a link to anything actually, but I was already using Notepad++ so I used that link (plus the icon is ok as it w/o changing it).

It's this simple:

1. Pin *any* executable shortcut to the taskbar (for example, Notepad++)
2. Change the shortcut target to C:\batchfiles\cliptext.bat

That's it!

This is the current content of C:\batchfiles\cliptext.bat

@echo off
REM cliptext.bat seeds the clipboard for subsequent pastes
(for /l %%i in (1,1,10) do @echo &=============================================================================&echo.)|clip

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On 16.10.2024 05:12, Wolf Greenblatt wrote:

It's this simple:

1. Pin *any* executable shortcut to the taskbar (for example, Notepad++)

But if you pin an exe (or a shortcut to an exe), which already has
an icon, to the taskbar, you can't later change the icon in the taskbar.
If you pin an exe without an icon, for example the renamed batch file (cliptext.bat -> cliptext.exe) to the taskbar, you can later add an
icon (for example the standard icon with 4 horizontal lines) .

2. Change the shortcut target to C:\batchfiles\cliptext.bat

And change the icon to anything you like (but you can do this only
once).

That's it!

This is the current content of C:\batchfiles\cliptext.bat

@echo off
REM cliptext.bat seeds the clipboard for subsequent pastes
(for /l %%i in (1,1,10) do @echo &=============================================================================&echo.)|clip

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On 10/15/2024 11:12 PM, Wolf Greenblatt wrote:

I could have made a link to anything actually, but I was already using Notepad++ so I used that link (plus the icon is ok as it w/o changing it).

It's this simple:

1. Pin *any* executable shortcut to the taskbar (for example, Notepad++)
2. Change the shortcut target to C:\batchfiles\cliptext.bat

That's it!

It's even simpler. Dump the pinning nonsense and use a Quick
Launch toolbar, which then acts normally. Though this is cross-posted
to Win10/11. I've heard that QL is broken on Win11.

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On Wed, 16 Oct 2024 09:44:38 +0200, Herbert Kleebauer wrote:

It's this simple:

1. Pin *any* executable shortcut to the taskbar (for example, Notepad++)

But if you pin an exe (or a shortcut to an exe), which already has
an icon, to the taskbar, you can't later change the icon in the taskbar.

Slowly I'm finding that out. You're way ahead of me!
It's clear you've done this before so you know the gotchas that I don't.

If you pin an exe without an icon, for example the renamed batch file (cliptext.bat -> cliptext.exe) to the taskbar, you can later add an
icon (for example the standard icon with 4 horizontal lines).

In hindsight, I agree with you. I should probably keep a dummy exe around
so that I don't have to bother changing names though - but same thing.

I have to pin an exe without an icon & then change the icon once,
once that icon is pinned to the taskbar. Otherwise it screws up.

2. Change the shortcut target to C:\batchfiles\cliptext.bat

And change the icon to anything you like (but you can do this only
once).

Thanks for those caveats, where I think I'll name it clipseed.
Or, maybe "seedclip" as it's seeding the clipboard with text.

Thank you very much for your wonderful batch file to seed the clipboard.

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