Tools

Small collection of local tools to speed up code navigation and safe code editing.

Contents

• openInNotepad.py
  GUI helper to open many files at once in Notepad++.
• pythonInsert.py
  GUI helper to insert a code block between two existing blocks in a file, with whitespace‑tolerant matching.
• path_blocks_combined.xlsx
  Excel workbook that generates “fetch” and “give” text blocks for a list of file paths.

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Requirements

• Windows

• Python 3.x (with Tkinter, usually included in standard Python installs)

• Notepad++ (for openInNotepad.py), installed at:

  C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
  
  
  
  
  

Below is a concise README for the GUI-based path‑scanner script you requested. It is general-purpose and does not reference any of your private paths. It also reflects the behavior and filtering logic shown in your earlier scripts .

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Path Scanner Tool

A small utility script that scans any selected project folder and produces a clean, filtered list of all paths (folders + files). It automatically ignores useless or heavy directories such as node_modules, .git, venv, etc., making it suitable for many kinds of codebases.

The script launches a simple GUI dialog to let you pick the folder and choose where to save the output file.

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Features

• Choose the project folder via GUI (no command-line arguments needed).
• Recursively scans all subfolders.
• Filters out unwanted directories and system files.
• Outputs a clean list of relative paths, with the base path written on the first line.
• Works for any project structure (frontend, backend, Python, Node.js, etc.).

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Excluded folders

These directories are ignored during the scan:

.git
.hg
.svn
node_modules
env
.venv
venv
__pycache__
dist
build
coverage
.next
.turbo
.storybook
storybook-static
.idea
.vscode
test-results
test-output

Excluded files:

.DS_Store

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How to Use

1. Install Python 3

Make sure you have Python 3.7 or later installed.

2. Save the script

Save the Python file (e.g. scan_paths_gui.py) anywhere on your system.

3. Run it

Double‑click it, or run from terminal:

python scan_paths_gui.py

4. Choose the folder to scan

A folder selection dialog appears. Pick the project you want to analyze.

5. Choose the output file

Select where to save the generated paths.txt.

6. Done

The file will contain:

• Line 1 → the absolute base path
• Lines 2+ → all project paths relative to that base, one per line, filtered and sorted.

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Output Example

/Users/you/projects/my-app
src
src/index.js
src/components/App.jsx
public
public/index.html
package.json

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License

Free for personal and commercial use.

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If you want, I can add installation instructions, screenshots, or turn this into a PyInstaller one‑file executable.