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  User Defined Language Collection
  • donho  

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  thanks for important information.
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  New enhancement for User Defined Language System
  • donho  

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  Copying the userDefineLangs to %ProgramData% does not work. And installing the whole application to %ProgramData% is a really bad idea security wise and will be blocked by AppLocker anyway.
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  How do you insert <br> or other HTML Tags into the document you're eiting?
  • Tom Sims  

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  @PeterJones said in How do you insert <br> or other HTML Tags into the document you're eiting?: Or easier than writing a script, and without the PythonScript, you could record macros which cut the currently-selected text, type the opening tag, paste the text, and type the closing tag (which, in effect, surrounds the currently-selected text with that chosen tag pair). And, like the script option above, the macros could be assigned to the keyboard shortcuts desired. @Tom-Sims Expanding the fine @PeterJones’ advice, here is an example of a macro that inserts <br>selection<br>, which you can easily adapt to your needs.
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  Original String Order
  • Nicola Vento  

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  @Nicola-Vento said in Original String Order: Alternatively, is there a way to know the string ordering of the original file so that I can put it in the edited file? There is one thing you could do, although that means adding text to the file whilst editing it. You could add the original line number to each line, then move that to the end of each line. Then when ordering it alphabetically the number would not interfere with the new ordering. Once editing is complete you could move that number back to the start of the line, re-order based on the number and then remove the number. This is achieved through the “Column Editor” function. You would have the cursor in the very first position of the file, use the Column editor to add a number, starting at 1, adding 1, no repeat and have the “leading zeros” ticked. Then use a regex (regular expression) to move that number to the end of each line. Continue with your editing. Lastly move the number back to the start of each line using another regex, order by number and then a final regex to remove the number. Terry
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  Deactivate "Are you sure......" dialogue
  • Laurie M  

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  Thanks for clarifying my query and most of all for the solution which I was danged if i could find!
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  NP++'s improved graphics (here, at least!)
  • Anderwriter  

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  @Anderwriter It’s a split. A change was introduced in Notepad++ 7.9.3 that changed how this was handled. Not sure what to call it besides this! For some, well, at least you and me, this change made things better (crisper text). For some others, the change made things worse, some would say Notepad++ is now unusable for them. Given not everyone is happy, I presume the developers will be doing some more work on this. I just hope things move forward to unity, and not backwards to (more, continued) diversity, because I don’t want to return to the land of blurry text yet again.
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  New 7.9.3 (x64 standard e portable) It will not start
  • Claudio Reniè  

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  I wanted to point out that here the new version compatible with notepad ++ 7.9.3 has been released (without the reported error). RESOLVED
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  Pin files
  • Sergio Vidal  

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  @guy038 said in Pin files: Hit the Ctrl and Shift keys and moves up/down the Middle mouse Wheel As I didn’t know this (surprise!), I did some further experimentation to find (some of this I knew, some not): While pointing at tab bar (active tab doesn’t matter), hold Ctrl+Shift, scroll mouse wheel: activates first tab (if scroll wheel up) or last tab (if scroll wheel down) – this one is exactly @guy038’s above, just restating it as part of this list Considering the active tab, while pointing at tab bar, hold Ctrl, scroll mouse wheel: activates tab to the left of the currently-active tab (if scroll wheel up) or activates tab to the right of the currently-active tab (if scroll wheel down) Considering the active tab, while pointing at tab bar, hold Shift, scroll mouse wheel: moves the activate tab one position to its current left (if scroll wheel up) or moves the activate tab one position to its current right (if scroll wheel down) Note that adding the Alt key to the mix does nothing; it is if it is not held during the operation. Note that only the last bullet point action changes the tab ordering; there others are just tab navigation. This is probably in the user manual, but it’s probably ok to reiterate it here as a refresher. (And, biggest point, I hope what I’ve said is accurate!)
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  Notepad Code moving on Managed Hosting
  • Alex Marco  

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  With the “WordPress hosting” link the OP provided, my first thought about it was that this was purely a spam posting.
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  File size problem - File is too big to be opened by Notepad++
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  @Pavel-P , I have opened files that big or bigger in Notepad++, so Notepad++ can open a 388MB file. If you have a problem, you need to describe the circumstances of the problem with more detail than that. Please see https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/15739/faq-desk-request-for-help-without-sufficient-information-to-help-you, then come back and give us something to work with.
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  Python Syntax Highlighting
  • pbuncs_00  

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  Okay, I found the problem. Thank you for the responses.
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  install notepad++ plugin without admin rights
  • Soumitra Chakraborty  

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  @Soumitra-Chakraborty yes
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  Notepad no longer sorts tabs?
  • Joan Strahler  

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  @gstavi OP said: I have a few hundred text files I open in notepad… We hear this A LOT! We always ask how practical it is, and no one ever explains it. Wouldn’t it be simpler for you to manage the opened files with: Window -> Windows … In my answer I inferred that OP was already using Window > Window… menu in order to sort tabs, because how else could you do it? Activate the tab you want with double click or Enter. OP is wanting auto-selection of a “reasonable” tab after closing one – clearly if OP wanted to click on a tab they would just do it (and wouldn’t have posted a question). BUT… your information is good for other readers that may come here in the future looking for answers (and don’t know about Window > Window… menu).
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  Format my JSON
  • Chuck Herrick  

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  Download and install this plugin JSToolNpp ，Then perform operations like this Plugins | JSTool | JSFormat. If you don’t want to install plugins, you can perform JSON beautification operations on JSON Formatter
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  Dark Mode for Notepad++
  • DVP Rao  

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  Hello,@DVP-Rao please follow these steps, On how to enable dark mode in Notepad++. Step 1: Open your Notepad++, and select “Settings” on the menu bar, and choose “Style configurator”. Step 2: Select theme “Obsidian” (you can choose other dark themes) Step 3: Go to “Global Styles” -> “Global override”, click the “background-color” Step 4: Click “more colors”, and use: “red: 43, blue: 43, green: 43”. Step 5: Check the “Enable global background-color” option. I hope this information will be useful to you. Thank you.
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  Notepad++ changes file extension when filename have dots
  • Понькин Михаил  

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  <Holy Hand Grenade> All users should immediately disable Microsoft’s foolish “Extensions shouldn’t mean anything but still do so let’s just hide them” feature! </Holy Hand Grenade> ;-)
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  remove hyperlink
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  Step 1: - Open Notepad++ and go to Settings. Step 2: - Select Preferences. Step 3: - After opening preferences window, Click on ‘Cloud & Link’ tab. Step 4: - Click under the ‘Clickable Link Settings’ section in uncheck the ‘Enable’ checkbox.
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  Is this possible with NP++ & Regex ?
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  Thanks Peter , I am sorry to report that today I am that guy “abuse this forum as your personal regex writing service like some users try” . I am working on a “KidSafeBrowser” in ‘Electron js’ and another one as a chrome extension for my grandkids . link text A friend asked me to do this Regex stuff . As usual , Thank You for all your work on this . I created a desktop Folder , and named it ‘Regex Peter Jones’ and put you work in there . I do plan to learn Regex , just can’t now . Thanks , Vern
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  External lexers - VirtualStore - and plugins config files in general
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  @gstavi Nothing from Npp, probably as I’m using portable version always. Program Files: Oracle (virutalbox) and ImageMagick Program Files (x86): THQ, Steinberg, Power Tab, PDFCreator, Motorola, MetzUpdater, Cypheros, avicohh
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  Writing from right to left
  • Heidi Holappa  

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  @Ekopalypse said in Writing from right to left: from Npp import editor, SCINTILLANOTIFICATION def on_char_added(args): if DO_REVERSE_TYPING: editor.gotoPos(editor.getCurrentPos()-1) try: DO_REVERSE_TYPING = not DO_REVERSE_TYPING except NameError: editor.callbackSync(on_char_added, [SCINTILLANOTIFICATION.CHARADDED]) DO_REVERSE_TYPING = True Thank you SO much Ekopalypse, this is perfect for my needs at the moment! Does exactly what I was looking for. Also, thank you all for the very kind and warm replies. This was my first post here and this experience gave a very welcoming feel of the NotePad++ - community.