Remember that NP++ is a raw text editor, so the information it will put back into a file will not retain any colour information.

This is different from DOC files (for example) which store colours and font sizes etc.

@guy038 Thank you so much, Guy; I was trying all kinds of things with spell check plugins before. Your instructions were perfect :-)

@patrickdrd
i had a similar issue at a client’s place, it wasn’t a bug in np++ but a faulty network drive conection that comes and goes.

do you have any files open on a network drive opened ?
if yes what happens if you close all remote files, only leaving open files on the local hard drive.

also in that case make sure that none of the np++ settings, backup, or sessions are stored on a remote drive, only locally on an internal drive.

Using the forum built in search function I found this:
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/community/topic/14543/set-word-wrap-column

Does it help when “File status autodetection” is disabled in Settings/Preferences/MISC.?

@Scott-Sumner
Thanks, worked a treat. Also found that if I opened it in Libre Office Writer and saved as *.csv it cleared unwanted blank lines as well.

@Stephanus-Schoeman

you can enable big icon or use the plugin Customize Toolbar, although I’m not sure how it does handle 4K resolution, and you can use your own set of icons by following this way.

Cheers
Claudia

I can’t work in notepad++! Always popup messages for another files, but i don’t want see this! I want to see this messages only for selected(current opened) file!

Need disable ‘RELOAD’ and ‘KEEP’ messages for another files! (For updated files: Silent update. For deleted: keep opened)

Show this messages only for editing file(currently opened)

@Mark-Bratcher

I assume smart highlighting is what you are looking for

Cheers
Claudia

@Dallas-Fischer

npp uses scintilla as its highlighting engine. If you think this is an bug you might open
a request here.
Be sure to check if it hasn’t been already opened.

Cheers
Claudia

OK, thanks.

I don’t know abot the “way too” but it is “slow”.
Was discussed many times. For example here.

Hi, @fernando-conti,

Very easy with regular expressions, indeed !

Open your file, in Notepad++

Move back at the very beginning ( CTRL + Origin )

Open the Find / Replace dialog ( Ctrl + H )

Check the Regular expression search mode

Check, if necessary, the Match case option

In the Find what: zone, type the regex \[.+?\]

In the Replace with: zone, simply type the text that must replace all the [......] zones or leave it empty if you prefer to delete the [......] zones

Click on the Replace All button

Et voilà,

Notes :

As the symbols [ and ] have special meaning in regular expressions, they have to be escaped, both, to be considered as literal characters

The part .+? stands for the smallest range of characters, between the symbols [ and ]

For instance, given the example text, below :

This is a [123] test for searching [abc] all the [.......] zones !

The regex :

SEARCH \[.+?\]

REPLACE Leave EMPTY

modifies the text as below :

This is a test for searching all the zones !

If the regex was \[.+\], it would have select the largest zone between the symbols [ and ], that it to say, the string “[123] test for searching [abc] all the [.......]”, in our example. Certainly not what you’re looking for !

Best Regards,

guy038

Thanks Claudia. I’ll give it a try.

@patrickdrd
yes
you just need to install the nppcrypt plugin
this will allow you to select your desired algorithm and passphrase to encrypt or decrypt any file or any selected text within a file

you can install it by downloading it here: https://github.com/jeanpaulrichter/nppcrypt
or via the plugin manager if you have installed it