@PeterJones Many thanks!

Hi @guy038 ,
I have reproduced all your tests successfullly. Thank you very much!

As Peter pointed out, all these different descriptions and own experiences may help to understand the issue better.

@PeterJones Sorry I didn’t respond earlier. My mother has been in the hospital for several weeks and I had to tend to her.

Even though the adjustment hasn’t met the compromise I laid out, I’m glad that at least something was done about the length of time to edit a post.

@Bill-Artemik

default font is WAY too small for my aging eyes

Adjust this for a permanent change:

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Also, as a temporary measure, you can do:

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this should be an easy task

Well, sometimes with “powerful” programs, the flexibility built into them makes “easy” things a bit more involved. :-)

User manual REFERENCE.

@Sandro-Rosa ,

Search > Select All Between Matching Braces (Ctrl+Alt+B default keystroke)

@Kapil-Patel said in Option to Move all documents to another view & Compare Plugin issue:

It would be better if option to move all documents to another view is provided. Currently we have to move the documents one by one to another view.

An ISSUE was opened about this.

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@PeterJones Thank you!! Much appreciated!!!

@FDWojo ,

No, there isn’t.

In general, it is expected that you will only have one installed copy of Notepad++. Any other copy is expected to be a portable copy, so that they will not interfere with each other.

The point of installation is to tell the OS that “this is the one true location for the application”, and to use that one-true-copy when you do an “open with Notepad++” or equivalent. If you have two true locations, then you are confusing the OS.

Even with portable (unzipped) versions of Notepad++, if you want them to share the same %AppData%\Notepad++ configuration folder with the installed copy (so that your settings are the same in the 32bit and 64bit, in your case), then just delete doLocalConf.xml from the portable folder.

@Terry-R ths)

@dinkumoil

Thank your for the quick reply. I do recall seeing those vertical lines before, but I had thought that they were simply shown/not shown based on whether or not SHOW ALL CHARACTERS was turned on.

And, since I’m not a programmer, they are unnecessary for me.

Thanks again!

@PeterJones said in Tooltips of the toolbar buttons:

@deleelee & @Hairy-Chameleon ,

Sorry, I was mistaken a few weeks ago when I said that Customize Toolbar provided a mechanism for changing the tooltip. It just so happened that the default tooltip for all the buttons I have added with that plugin were the tooltip I wanted. Sorry for the misinformation.

No worries, Peter, we all make mistakes every now and then :-D It would be great if there was an option to change the tooltips, though.

@PeterJones

Thanks Peter, I’ve just sourced some icons elsewhere and created my own set.

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

@Christopher-Underberg-Goode said in Error - Program Won't Run:

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!

Terry

@Adro-R said in Find/Replace window position (multiple monitors):

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.

@Ronald-Dupas said in Making Notepad++ the default editor in Microsoft Edge:

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.

Add the folder of notepad++.exe to the PATH environment variable, or specify the complete path to notepad++.exe on the command line.