@Rowan-Sylvester-Bradley ,

This sounds like another instance of this, though that questioner never came back and reported results; and maybe also this that was posted at about the same time as yours.

Based on your and @Oz-M 's reports, I think that the update to Windows 10 ver 20H2 changed the permissions in the C:\Program Files hierarchy, meaning that your normal user account doesn’t have write permission to that directory hierarchy anymore.

Could you follow my advice from that post:

Make sure that you have proper write-permissions in the C:\Program Files\Notepad++\ and C:\Program Files\Notepad++\functionList\ directories. You might have to run the installer in Run as Administrator mode to get Windows to give you those permissions, or use Windows Explorer’s right click Properties > Security > Edit (or Advanced) to give your normal user permission on those directories.

Also, make sure that when you run the installer, you don’t have another instance of Notepad++ running, and that no other application has c.xml open. (To make sure this is true, you may want to reboot before running the installer.)

@PeterJones - Understand completely. I did not say your follow-up suggestion did not or could not work; just responding to your suggestion, “It would be so much easier if you provided before and after data.” so I provided the graphics to complete the picture.

In any event, I am proceeding with your suggestions and thank you.

@PaKaL600Qualis ,

Notepad++ correctly adds the extension if you don’t provide one. Since Notepad++ version 8.0, it has even provided a checkbox in the Save As dialog so you can make sure you know whether or not it will automatically add the extension. If you are using an older version than v8.0, there were options elsewhere that would affect it, but in general, even older Notepad++ versions correctly add the extension under normal default circumstances.

If you still believe your version is having problems:

go to the https://www.notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads/ official download site and download a portable edition of the most recent version listed (right now, v8.1.4, but soon to be v8.1.5) and unzip to a writeable directory. Close all instances of Notepad++ and run the notepad++.exe that’s in the unzipped portable, and confirm that it works correctly on the newer version. If it does, then install the newest version in your normal Notepad++ location. if that doesn’t work, share the ?-menu’s Debug Info in the forum (for both the portable and for your installed), and give screenshots of things like the Save As dialog and the settings > preferences pages (especially MISC and Default Directory, which were the older preference locations for the checkbox that is now in the Save As dialog)

official reference on the Save As extension: https://npp-user-manual.org/docs/preferences/#preference-toggles-in-other-dialogs

@Moisey-Oysgelt said in Verbose backup improvement:

Is possible to use python 3.10 or higher

Python Script only goes to Python 3.9.6 as of now.

Cheers.

That works! Thanks.

@Terry-R said in DSpell not recommending corrections for misspellings:

I’m trying to locate that post now.

This is the post

So it appears that “real” TXT files only are working correctly. So if your file isn’t a “temporary” file or a real TXT file consider making it a TXT file temporarily to see if that resolves your problem.

Terry

@Alan-Kilborn said in Adding a key to "Edit/Insert/Date Time (short)" using "Settings/Shortcut Mapper...":

So Notepad++ has become sort of a joke since it keeps losing developers that can code thoroughly when they add new features.
…
C’mon guys, when you add a new feature, support it fully.

This feature is coding by me and other devs.

Notepad++ devs (including me) code this project with their own time, to provide you a code editor with no charge. You can choose another editor if you’re not happy. Or you can do the PR to fix it instead of whining. We don’t ask your gratitude. Behave yourself as a civilized person here is the last thing you can do.

Actually in my case I found a solution instead of searching for selected text. In the Mark option you can bookmark the line and in a macro you can use the F2 to jump to selected text, make instructions and then use the CTRL-F2 to delete the bookmark. Doing that way a certain type of conditional instructions can be performed without having to use scripts.
Thank you all,
bye.

@Alan-Kilborn The bookmark menu worked. It’s exactly what I wanted, thanks…

Here’s some related good information: https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/256

@PeterJones
Thanks for checking, Mine is working today as well, not sure when it started working again, but it’s still on 8.1.4 🤷‍♂️

I swear it was broken for more than a few days before I reported the issue 😅

Hard to say, but maybe OP wants something like the “ruler” feature that the ColumnTools plugin provides?:

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There are already open issues about virtual desktops on the github issue tracker. Suggest looking them up before you create something new.

Much later followup-

The minimal Chromium version (93.0.4549.0) required to display offline MHTML copies of NodeBB based web pages, which includes the Notepad++ Community, has made into the current Chrome and Vivaldi (4.2.2406.44) releases.

[I’m taking the fork out, so the rest of this carcass can now fade away.]

@Joe-Sytniak

Please see here for information about bugs and feature requests.

@Monospace-V said in Enhancement to portable app:

How and where do I open a feature request?

I should have pointed you HERE before.

Be aware that there are a limited number of developers on Notepad++, and such a feature IMO might not get a lot of traction when compared to other text-editing related feature requests. There’s some sophisticated-user expectation when the portable version is used.

Hello, @rob-mcdonell and All,

You could use the @Peterjones’s Python script, provided in this post :

https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/44448

Each time this Python script is called, it displays, in the leftmost zone of the status bar, the character currently at the right of the caret/cursor, of the current file, even in case of a selection, as well as its Unicode code-point, both in hexadecimal and decimal values !

It works with any Unicode character, even for those with code-point over the BMP ( Basic Multilingual Plane )

To get the default language name again, just switch to an other tab and switch back

You may prefer my version with a slightly different layout, here :

https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/44514

Or this other version, of @alan-kilborn, with a possible replacement of the aimed character :

https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/56576

Best Regards,

guy038

Many thanks guys.
Dave

@Alan-Kilborn said in How many colors on HTML code:

That’s not a question about Notepad++.
This is a forum to discuss Notepad++ features, quirks, how-to’s, etc.
Please find a more appropriate forum on which to ask your question.

sorry, wrong number!!