Hi, @peterjones and All,

Like you, Peter, I decided to do some research regarding the Auto-completion feature with normal text !

In Settings > Preferences... > Auto-completion > Auto-Copletion , my settings are :

Box Enable auto-completion on each input is checked

Box Function parameters hint on input is checked

Box Ignore numbers is unchecked

From 1 th character

For the tests, below, I will use :

First, the Function completion option

Secondly, the Function and word completion option

Now, I’ll use the following XML file for normal text, when the ignoreCase attribute is yes

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <NotepadPlus> <AutoComplete language="Normal"> <Environment ignoreCase="yes" additionalWordChar="-"/> <KeyWord name="-PQR" /> <KeyWord name="-pqr" /> <KeyWord name="12FGH" /> <KeyWord name="12fgh" /> <KeyWord name="AB-C" /> <KeyWord name="ab-c" /> <KeyWord name="ABC" /> <KeyWord name="abc" /> <KeyWord name="ABC-DEF" /> <KeyWord name="abc-def" /> <KeyWord name="ABCDEF" /> <KeyWord name="abcdef" /> <KeyWord name="X-YZ" /> <KeyWord name="x-yz" /> <KeyWord name="XYZ" /> <KeyWord name="xyz" /> <KeyWord name="_DEF" /> <KeyWord name="_def" /> </AutoComplete> </NotepadPlus>

Which sort all the KeyWord lines, ignoring the case

And I’ll use the XML file for normal text, below, when the ignoreCase attribute is no :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <NotepadPlus> <AutoComplete language="Normal"> <Environment ignoreCase="no" additionalWordChar="-"/> <KeyWord name="-PQR" /> <KeyWord name="-pqr" /> <KeyWord name="12FGH" /> <KeyWord name="12fgh" /> <KeyWord name="AB-C" /> <KeyWord name="ABC" /> <KeyWord name="ABC-DEF" /> <KeyWord name="ABCDEF" /> <KeyWord name="X-YZ" /> <KeyWord name="XYZ" /> <KeyWord name="_DEF" /> <KeyWord name="_def" /> <KeyWord name="ab-c" /> <KeyWord name="abc" /> <KeyWord name="abc-def" /> <KeyWord name="abcdef" /> <KeyWord name="x-yz" /> <KeyWord name="xyz" /> </AutoComplete> </NotepadPlus>

Which sort all the KeyWord lines, according to their case

Remark :

During the tests, I’ll also use two simplified versions of the Normal.xml file :

One containing only the upper KeyWords : ignoreCase = "yes" ignoreCase = "no" <KeyWord name="-PQR" /> <KeyWord name="-PQR" /> <KeyWord name="12FGH" /> <KeyWord name="12FGH" /> <KeyWord name="AB-C" /> <KeyWord name="AB-C" /> <KeyWord name="ABC" /> <KeyWord name="ABC" /> <KeyWord name="ABC-DEF" /> <KeyWord name="ABC-DEF" /> <KeyWord name="ABCDEF" /> <KeyWord name="ABCDEF" /> <KeyWord name="X-YZ" /> <KeyWord name="X-YZ" /> <KeyWord name="XYZ" /> <KeyWord name="XYZ" /> <KeyWord name="_DEF" /> <KeyWord name="_DEF" /> One containing only the lower KeyWords : ignoreCase = "yes" ignoreCase = "no" <KeyWord name="-pqr" /> <KeyWord name="-pqr" /> <KeyWord name="12fgh" /> <KeyWord name="12fgh" /> <KeyWord name="ab-c" /> <KeyWord name="_def" /> <KeyWord name="abc" /> <KeyWord name="ab-c" /> <KeyWord name="abc-def" /> <KeyWord name="abc" /> <KeyWord name="abcdef" /> <KeyWord name="abc-def" /> <KeyWord name="x-yz" /> <KeyWord name="abcdef" /> <KeyWord name="xyz" /> <KeyWord name="x-yz" /> <KeyWord name="_def" /> <KeyWord name="xyz" />

So, I’m going to test these four statements :

Function completion and ignoreCase=“yes” Function completion and ignoreCase=“no” Function and word completion and ignoreCase=“yes” Fuunction and word completion and ignoreCase=“no”

with the three type of keywords :

Upper keywords Lower keywords All keywords

Thus, 12 possibilities, enumerated below

Notes :

As I’ll use a new tab for the tests, no word completion should occur, anyway !

The highlighted word of the provided list is marked with a red color

The order of the items of the auto-completion list may be different from the order of the keywords in the Normal auto-completion file !

Function completion , ignoreCase = yes , Upper Keywords : Hit on A

-PQR
12FGH
AB-C
ABC
ABC-DEF
ABCDEF
X-YZ
XYZ
_DEF

Hit on a

-PQR
12FGH
AB-C
ABC
ABC-DEF
ABCDEF
X-YZ
XYZ
_DEF

Hit on X

-PQR
12FGH
AB-C
ABC
ABC-DEF
ABCDEF
X-YZ
XYZ
_DEF

Hit on x

-PQR
12FGH
AB-C
ABC
ABC-DEF
ABCDEF
X-YZ
XYZ
_DEF

Hit on 1

-PQR
12FGH
AB-C
ABC
ABC-DEF
ABCDEF
X-YZ
XYZ
_DEF

Hit on _

-PQR
12FGH
AB-C
ABC
ABC-DEF
ABCDEF
X-YZ
XYZ
_DEF

Hit on -

NO list

Function completion , ignoreCase = yes , lower Keywords : Hit on A

-pqr
12fgh
_def
ab-c
abc
abc-def
abcdef
x-yz
xyz

Hit on a

-pqr
12fgh
_def
ab-c
abc
abc-def
abcdef
x-yz
xyz

Hit on X

-pqr
12fgh
_def
ab-c
abc
abc-def
abcdef
x-yz
xyz

Hit on x

-pqr
12fgh
_def
ab-c
abc
abc-def
abcdef
x-yz
xyz

Hit on 1

-pqr
12fgh
_def
ab-c
abc
abc-def
abcdef
x-yz
xyz

Hit on _

NO list

Hit on -

NO list

Function completion , ignoreCase = yes , All Keywords : Hit on A

-PQR
-pqr
12FGH
12fgh
AB-C
ABC
ABC-DEF
ABCDEF
X-YZ
XYZ
_DEF
_def
ab-c
abc
abc-def
abcdef
x-yz
xyz

Hit on a

-PQR
-pqr
12FGH
12fgh
AB-C
ABC
ABC-DEF
ABCDEF
X-YZ
XYZ
_DEF
_def
ab-c
abc
abc-def
abcdef
x-yz
xyz

Hit on X

-PQR
-pqr
12FGH
12fgh
AB-C
ABC
ABC-DEF
ABCDEF
X-YZ
XYZ
_DEF
_def
ab-c
abc
abc-def
abcdef
x-yz
xyz

Hit on x

-PQR
-pqr
12FGH
12fgh
AB-C
ABC
ABC-DEF
ABCDEF
X-YZ
XYZ
_DEF
_def
ab-c
abc
abc-def
abcdef
x-yz
xyz

Hit on 1

-PQR
-pqr
12FGH
12fgh
AB-C
ABC
ABC-DEF
ABCDEF
X-YZ
XYZ
_DEF
_def
ab-c
abc
abc-def
abcdef
x-yz
xyz

Hit on _

NO list

Hit on -

NO list

Function completion , ignoreCase = no , Upper Keywords : Hit on A

-PQR
12FGH
AB-C
ABC
ABC-DEF
ABCDEF
X-YZ
XYZ
_DEF

Hit on a

NO list

Hit on X

-PQR
12FGH
AB-C
ABC
ABC-DEF
ABCDEF
X-YZ
XYZ
_DEF

Hit on x

NO list

Hit on 1

-PQR
12FGH
AB-C
ABC
ABC-DEF
ABCDEF
X-YZ
XYZ
_DEF

Hit on _

-PQR
12FGH
AB-C
ABC
ABC-DEF
ABCDEF
X-YZ
XYZ
_DEF

Hit on -

NO list

Function completion , ignoreCase = no , lower Keywords : Hit on A

NO list

Hit on a

-pqr
12fgh
_def
ab-c
abc
abc-def
abcdef
x-yz
xyz

Hit on X

NO list

Hit on x

-pqr
12fgh
_def
ab-c
abc
abc-def
abcdef
x-yz
xyz

Hit on 1

-pqr
12fgh
_def
ab-c
abc
abc-def
abcdef
x-yz
xyz

Hit on _

-pqr
12fgh
_def
ab-c
abc
abc-def
abcdef
x-yz
xyz

Hit on -

NO list

Function completion , ignoreCase = no , All Keywords : Hit on A

-PQR
-pqr
12FGH
12fgh
AB-C
ABC
ABC-DEF
ABCDEF
X-YZ
XYZ
_DEF
_def
ab-c
abc
abc-def
abcdef
x-yz
xyz

Hit on a

-PQR
-pqr
12FGH
12fgh
AB-C
ABC
ABC-DEF
ABCDEF
X-YZ
XYZ
_DEF
_def
ab-c
abc
abc-def
abcdef
x-yz
xyz

Hit on X

-PQR
-pqr
12FGH
12fgh
AB-C
ABC
ABC-DEF
ABCDEF
X-YZ
XYZ
_DEF
_def
ab-c
abc
abc-def
abcdef
x-yz
xyz

Hit on x

-PQR
-pqr
12FGH
12fgh
AB-C
ABC
ABC-DEF
ABCDEF
X-YZ
XYZ
_DEF
_def
ab-c
abc
abc-def
abcdef
x-yz
xyz

Hit on 1

-PQR
-pqr
12FGH
12fgh
AB-C
ABC
ABC-DEF
ABCDEF
X-YZ
XYZ
_DEF
_def
ab-c
abc
abc-def
abcdef
x-yz
xyz

Hit on _

-PQR
-pqr
12FGH
12fgh
AB-C
ABC
ABC-DEF
ABCDEF
X-YZ
XYZ
_DEF
_def
ab-c
abc
abc-def
abcdef
x-yz
xyz

Hit on -

NO list

Function and word completion , ignoreCase = yes , Upper Keywords : Hit on A

AB-C
ABC
ABC-DEF
ABCDEF

Hit on a

AB-C
ABC
ABC-DEF
ABCDEF

Hit on X

X-YZ
XYZ

Hit on x

X-YZ
XYZ

Hit on 1

12FGH

Hit on _

_DEF

Hit on -

NO list

Function and word completion , ignoreCase = yes , lower Keywords : Hit on A

ab-c
abc
abc-def
abcdef

Hit on a

ab-c
abc
abc-def
abcdef

Hit on X

x-yz
xyz

Hit on x

x-yz
xyz

Hit on 1

12fgh

Hit on _

_def

Hit on -

NO list

Function and word completion , ignoreCase = yes , All Keywords : Hit on A

AB-C
ABC
ABC-DEF
ABCDEF
ab-c
abc
abc-def
abcdef

Hit on a

AB-C
ABC
ABC-DEF
ABCDEF
ab-c
abc
abc-def
abcdef

Hit on X

X-YZ
XYZ
x-yz
xyz

Hit on x

X-YZ
XYZ
x-yz
xyz

Hit on 1

12FGH
12fgh

Hit on _

_DEF
_def

Hit on -

NO list

Function and word completion , ignoreCase = no , Upper Keywords : Hit on A

AB-C
ABC
ABC-DEF
ABCDEF

Hit on a

NO list

Hit on X

X-YZ
XYZ

Hit on x

NO list

Hit on 1

12FGH

Hit on _

_DEF

Hit on -

NO list

Function and word completion , ignoreCase = no , lower Keywords : Hit on A

NO list

Hit on a

ab-c
abc
abc-def
abcdef

Hit on X

NO list

Hit on x

x-yz
xyz

Hit on 1

12fgh

Hit on _

_def

Hit on -

NO list

Function and word completion , ignoreCase = no , All Keywords : Hit on A

AB-C
ABC
ABC-DEF
ABCDEF

Hit on a

ab-c
abc
abc-def
abcdef

Hit on X

X-YZ
XYZ

Hit on x

x-yz
xyz

Hit on 1

12FGH
12fgh

Hit on _

_DEF
_def

Hit on -

NO list

Remark :

If , from the initial Normal.xml file, we omit the 6 lines :

<KeyWord name="-PQR" /> <KeyWord name="-pqr" /> <KeyWord name="12FGH" /> <KeyWord name="12fgh" /> <KeyWord name="_DEF" /> <KeyWord name="_def" />

Then, there are some differences regarding the specific case below :

Function completion , ignoreCase = yes , All Keywords : Hit on A

AB-C
ABC
ABC-DEF
ABCDEF
X-YZ
XYZ
ab-c
abc
abc-def
abcdef
x-yz
xyz

Hit on a

AB-C
ABC
ABC-DEF
ABCDEF
X-YZ
XYZ
ab-c
abc
abc-def
abcdef
x-yz
xyz

Hit on X

AB-C
ABC
ABC-DEF
ABCDEF
X-YZ
XYZ
ab-c
abc
abc-def
abcdef
x-yz
xyz

Hit on x

AB-C
ABC
ABC-DEF
ABCDEF
X-YZ
XYZ
ab-c
abc
abc-def
abcdef
x-yz
xyz

Pheew !!! From all the tests above, some questions :

Why the list of proposed words is different between the Function completion and the Function and word completion, although I start with a new document ?

Why no list is proposed when I hit the - char first, although it should be seen as a word char ? ( It seems that only true alphabetic or word chars are presently concerned by the auto-completion list ! )

In addtion, regarding the specific case of the Function completion option in Settings and the ignoreCase="yes" value in Normal.xml with all kind of keywords :

Why, sometimes, no list occurs when hitting the _ char, although it’s a word char ?

Why, in the last test, the suppression of keywords, beginning with -, _ and digits, change the highlighted word from the upper word to the lower corresponding word ?

Best Regards,

guy038

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I found that 8.8.4 is not a ARM

There is no 8.8.4. I think you need to slow down. Follow my instruction re finding which version of Windows you have. Then download the appropriate one for that version of Windows.

Simple!

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I don’t know how to do this, but it would be helpful if I could open a search window on that monitor where NP ++ is currently open :)

If you press Ctrl+F a second time, it will move the window over to the center of your Notepad++ window.

I know this question is a bit old, so maybe you already found the answer, but this is the first one that comes up for me on Google so I wanted to share as you didn’t receive an answer to your question.

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Trying to get an answer from Microsoft hasn’t been productive.

A quick read of Microsoft Editor, which is the editor in Edge, it seems that it is an “extension”. That means it operates through a predefined connection method to integrate into Edge. Much the same as the plugins integrate into Notepad++.

I’d say the chances of getting your wish are probably fairly much zero. The Notepad++ developer would have to read up on how that integration works and then design (code) Notepad++ to work that way.

But read the FAQ posts for “feature request or bug report”. It wouldn’t hurt to ask the question, but I feel it will be shutdown fairly quickly.

Terry

@Кирилл-Фролов said in How did developers set environment variables??:

Why when i run notepad++ from win+r menu it opens, but not when run from command line

Because they use 2 different mechanisms for locating the program.

I can’t find anything in my PATH variable that contains notepad

Which explains why it can’t be found when running from the command line.

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@guy038

The regex you provided works great. Many thanks for your assistance. ChEEr!!!

Best Regards

Thanks for the lucid explanation, Guy!

In case anyone is interested, we’re using this in a project to add embedded audio players to the pages at the Web site here.

The regular expression helps us find the pages which still need to be updated.

@Leandro-Casal said in Show document list panel option missing:

Well, that info didnt help at all

Hmm, well it has clearly helped @Peter-Brawley and everyone else who has happened to read this thread for over a year.

Maybe @PeterJones 's answer was TL;DR for some limited set of folks and a picture illustrates better:

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oh yes, work great.

thank you so much

@Reo-Chatwin ,

The macro recorder will store the actions you take when recording the macro: since you recorded hitting Paste (or equivalently the action Edit > Paste), that is the action that will be recorded. If you want the macro to type text, then you will have to type the text instead of pasting it… then the macro will type the exact text that you typed.

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Your superb effort is much appreciated. Many thanks.

@Chris-P

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Match case wouldn’t matter here. Match whole word only would matter; from the user manual:

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So, even though the OP was very light on detail, this behavior was what he was a victim of.

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@Alan-Kilborn Thank you.