stash/Out-Notepad.ps1
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function Out-Notepad { <# .SYNOPSIS Redirect string data to the Notepad. .DESCRIPTION `Out-Notepad` is useful when you want to edit the contents of a file without changing the original. But be warned, if the Notepad has been removed or replaced with an alternative text processor, an exception will occur. Some alternative text processor, such as Vim, have the feature of insertion from a pipeline, for example: echo test string | vim - .INPUTS System.String[] .OUTPUTS None .EXAMPLE Out-Notepad 'test', 'string' .EXAMPLE Get-Content .\file.txt | Out-Notepad .EXAMPLE Get-Content .\file.txt -Raw | Out-Notepad Same that above. .NOTES MIT .LINK None #> [CmdletBinding()] param( [Parameter(Mandatory, ValueFromPipeline)] [AllowEmptyString()] [String[]]$Text ) begin { New-Delegate user32 { ptr FindWindowExW([ptr, ptr, buf, buf]) int SendMessageW([ptr, uint, ptr, buf]) } } # process {} end { $notepad = Start-Process notepad -PassThru [void]$notepad.WaitForInputIdle() [void]$user32.SendMessageW.Invoke( $user32.FindWindowExW.Invoke( $notepad.MainWindowHandle, [IntPtr]::Zero, [buf].Uni('Edit'), $null ), 0xC, 0, [buf].Uni(( ($Text, $input)[[Int32]$MyInvocation.ExpectingInput] -join "`n" )) ) $notepad.Dispose() } } |