Notepad++ v8.4.5 RC2:
https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/23439/notepad-v8-4-5-release-candidate-2

@Lawrence-S said in Notepad++ v8.4.4 - Happy Users' Edition:

I don’t know how this was changed unless the default changed with an update…

No “default changed with an update”.

I know how it happened: You clicked on Wrap around and it became unticked. Next time, please analyze what you are doing before posting a complaint.

Kudos to donho for figuring out what your complaint actually was (I certainly couldn’t, from your description).

@donho DON’T STAND UP FOR UKRAINE. Ukraine is by far the worst corrupt country in the world and is in the process of being thoroughly purged by Russia. Don’t interfere in the process. Kill corruption, child-trafficking and money-laundering.

@Graham-Norris said in Notepad++ v8.4.3 - Unhappy Users' Edition:

these extra icons/buttons are basically useless clutter.

Welcome to the Unhappy Users’ Club. The page to request a refund is found here.

@donho said in Notepad++ v8.4.3 Release Candidate:

Add an option which allows to show only 1 entry per found line in search result. (Fix #2481, #1499, #5547, #2987, #4525, #3224)

awesome, thanks! what’s about #11459?

@Dennis-Lüdemann said in Notepad++ v8.4.2 release:

if this is the wrong place, I am sorry!

Definitely the wrong place. This thread is for new and critical issues to 8.4.2.

The rightklick function to switch selected text to UPPERCASE or lowercase does not work with ß (nor ẞ --> which is uppercase of ß)

It apparently is a complicated topic that Notepad++ itself can do nothing about. Some more reading is HERE.

@donho

Just to clarify, since I didn’t say it before, for me, on Windows 7 x64 with the portable version, PluginsAdmin works as expected.

@fazhan-nur-rezza-fauzi,
the problem with v8.4.1 (and v8.4) is the Scintilla API version it uses. Scintilla 5.1.5 changed the return value of its APIs to not count the terminating NULL in the total length of the string. Obviously TextFx was programmed to expect a string length + 1.

@rdipardo said in Notepad++ v8.4.2 Release Candidate:

Has anyone else found that “Plugin’s Admin” is missing from the toolbar menu even when nppPluginList.dll is in the right place?
It seems both the portable and fully installed versions are affected: https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/11742

Thank you for reporting. RC 2 fixed this issue:
https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/23046/notepad-v8-4-2-release-candidate-2

Without information to the contrary, I assume that all is well.
v8.4.1 release will come out in few hours.

Thank you for people who have tested this RC.

Notepad++ v8.4 Release Candidate 2 is available here:
https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/22876/notepad-v8-4-release-candidate-2

@vitalii-dovgan said in Notepad++ v8.3.2 release - Declare variables, not war:

Hmm, I tried to reproduce it today with different scenarios - and could not. Though it was stably reproducible yesterday.

Now I’m having a strong confidence that the issue was connected to improper invocation of Notepad++ from my side. Sorry for the previous misleading.

Anyway, as the result I’ve created a batch script that can be used to add a context menu item “Edit with Notepad++” for a single file and “Open in Notepad++” for a folder, using either a portable or an installed version of Notepad++. If interested, you can place this file directly into the Notepad++ folder and run it there.

The content of “npp_context_menu.cmd” :

@echo off echo Initialization... set EXEDIR=%~dp0 set "EXE=%EXEDIR:\=\\%notepad++.exe" set REGFILE=npp_context_menu.reg if exist "%REGFILE%" del "%REGFILE%" echo Writing "%REGFILE%"... 1>>"%REGFILE%" echo Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 1>>"%REGFILE%" echo. 1>>"%REGFILE%" echo [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell] 1>>"%REGFILE%" echo. 1>>"%REGFILE%" echo [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\notepadpp_edit_file] 1>>"%REGFILE%" echo @="Edit with &Notepad++" 1>>"%REGFILE%" echo "Icon"="\"%EXE%\",0" 1>>"%REGFILE%" echo. 1>>"%REGFILE%" echo [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\notepadpp_edit_file\command] 1>>"%REGFILE%" echo @="\"%EXE%\" -nosession \"%%1\"" 1>>"%REGFILE%" echo. 1>>"%REGFILE%" echo [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell] 1>>"%REGFILE%" echo. 1>>"%REGFILE%" echo [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\notepadpp_edit_folder] 1>>"%REGFILE%" echo @="Open in &Notepad++" 1>>"%REGFILE%" echo "Icon"="\"%EXE%\",0" 1>>"%REGFILE%" echo. 1>>"%REGFILE%" echo [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\notepadpp_edit_folder\command] 1>>"%REGFILE%" echo @="\"%EXE%\" -multiInst -nosession -openFoldersAsWorkspace \"%%1\"" 1>>"%REGFILE%" echo. REM Converting to UCS-2 LE (not mandatory) if exist "%~dp0..\sfk\sfk.exe" set PATH=%PATH%;%~dp0..\sfk sfk atow "%REGFILE%" -tofile "%REGFILE%" if not exist "%REGFILE%" goto ErrorNoRegFile echo Registering "%REGFILE%"... start "Registering %REGFILE%" "%REGFILE%" goto Done :ErrorNoRegFile echo ERROR: "%REGFILE%" does not exist! pause goto Done :Done

This invokes Notepad++ using its -nosession command line argument to not affect the opened file history (this is especially useful when opening a folder).

Cursor movement not visible while I am holding Right or Left arrow key

I had 32 bit version.
Installed ver 8.3.3 64 bit.

Now I can not see cursor movement while I am holding Right or Left arrow key (opened 8Mb XML file https://github.com/msavli/SloKJV/blob/master/SloKJV_sword.xml).
So I can not see my cursor position. But between holding Right or Left arrow key some cursor occurrences can be visible for a very short moment.

If I uninstalled XML Tools plugin 3.1.1.12 it is much better. Cursor is again visible when holding Right or Left arrow key. But cursor is not visible at all in a first 5 lines between holding Right or Left arrow key.

In 32 bit version I also had installed XML Tools.
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19044.1586]

@michael-vincent said in Notepad++ v8.3.3 Release Candidate:

known limitation

@rddim

See https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/11087

Cheers.

@albrecht-hilker said in Notepad++ v8.3 release:

So why dont you release it marked as a beta version ?

Because this is the sequence that the developer usually follows:

Develop updates Submit as Release Candidate (RC) version Wait for feedback from those users who are willing to download a RC version Iterate 1-2 until no “critical regressions” are reported Release as official version Wait for feedback from those users who are willing to download the released version without waiting for auto-update to be triggered (much larger number of people) Do a faster loop back to step 1 if critical regressions found after #4 If no critical regressions found in #5, then trigger auto-update

The goal is for critical regressions to be found in #2 (the equivalent of “beta”), but not enough users download the RC/beta versions, so sometimes critical regressions are not found until #5. This happened to be one of those cases. Since the developer likes a fast-paced release cycle anyway, he feels that the current process works reasonably well – and the delay between #4 and #7 prevents “too many” people from downloading the release if a critical regression is found within a week or two of release.

@donho

I don’t find what I said uncordial.
What is being asked for IS dumb, especially given the high number of regressions in Notepad++ new releases over the last so many months.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the poster did go there and read it, and realize, “Yes, what I asked for truly is dumb”. It really doesn’t have to do with being asked repeatedly.

@xomx ,

I tried it once I got home: yes, it’s working correctly now: the Comment definition correctly displays, and if I make a change in one of the other boxes and exit, they all get saved, and the Comment definition stays intact.

Thanks for the fix!