Unable to call scite.StripShow() function

[Byron Hawkins]

I'm trying to create a simple function in my Startup.lua script that will
allow me to choose among multiple recently copied text strings. The
copy&paste stack is working fine, but when I try to use the strip for
choosing an item in the copy history, I get an error:

/home/b/.scite/Startup.lua:101: attempt to call field 'StripShow' (a nil

value)

Here is my script (just a simple stub to get started):

function chooseBuffer()

if choosingBuffer then
scite.StripShow("")
else
scite.StripShow("!'Choose Buffer:'[bufferIndex](OK)(Cancel)")
end
end

and here is my command in .SciTEUser.properties:

command.name.5.*=Choose Buffer

command.5.*=dostring chooseBuffer()
command.subsystem.5.*=3
command.save.before.5.*=2
command.shortcut.5.*=Alt+Shift+V

I see other references to scite.StripShow here in the group, so it seems to
be working for people. Can someone please help me figure out why it is
completely missing from my environment? Thanks for your help.

Byron

[Nicolas Chachereau]

Do you have the latest version? From your script's path, I guess you're
probably using Linux: SciTE in the repositories for Debian or Ubuntu is
out of date, could be out of date on other distros as well.

I'd build from source, it's not that complicated. (See the README)

However, if your version is up-to-date, somebody else will have to step
in, as I have no idea how to help you.

Regards,
Nicolas

Post by Byron Hawkins
I'm trying to create a simple function in my Startup.lua script that
will allow me to choose among multiple recently copied text strings.
The copy&paste stack is working fine, but when I try to use the strip
/home/b/.scite/Startup.lua:101: attempt to call field 'StripShow'
(a nil value)
function chooseBuffer()
if choosingBuffer then
scite.StripShow("")
else
scite.StripShow("!'Choose Buffer:'[bufferIndex](OK)(Cancel)")
end
end
command.name.5.*=Choose Buffer
command.5.*=dostring chooseBuffer()
command.subsystem.5.*=3
command.save.before.5.*=2
command.shortcut.5.*=Alt+Shift+V
I see other references to scite.StripShow here in the group, so it
seems to be working for people. Can someone please help me figure out
why it is completely missing from my environment? Thanks for your help.
Byron
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[Byron Hawkins]

Thanks Nicolas, I built the latest code and now the strip works as
expected.

Byron

Post by Nicolas Chachereau
Do you have the latest version? From your script's path, I guess you're
probably using Linux: SciTE in the repositories for Debian or Ubuntu is
out of date, could be out of date on other distros as well.
I'd build from source, it's not that complicated. (See the README)
However, if your version is up-to-date, somebody else will have to step
in, as I have no idea how to help you.
Regards,
Nicolas

Post by Byron Hawkins
I'm trying to create a simple function in my Startup.lua script that
will allow me to choose among multiple recently copied text strings.
The copy&paste stack is working fine, but when I try to use the strip
/home/b/.scite/Startup.lua:101: attempt to call field 'StripShow'
(a nil value)
function chooseBuffer()
if choosingBuffer then
scite.StripShow("")
else
scite.StripShow("!'Choose Buffer:'[bufferIndex](OK)(Cancel)")
end
end
command.name.5.*=Choose Buffer
command.5.*=dostring chooseBuffer()
command.subsystem.5.*=3
command.save.before.5.*=2
command.shortcut.5.*=Alt+Shift+V
I see other references to scite.StripShow here in the group, so it
seems to be working for people. Can someone please help me figure out
why it is completely missing from my environment? Thanks for your help.
Byron
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