@Greg-Teater

Both of your suggestions a) and b) would require some changes to the code base of Notepad++ (will not happen in the near future, if ever).

Thus, my suggestion is to create a desktop shortcut to a script file that changes the config file of your Notepad++ installation before running notepad++.exe. The config file is in XML format, the script has to delete the /NotepadPlus/FileBrowser XML node.

The following is a VBScript solution. Please note: You have to change lines 19 and 20 according to your needs.

The location of the Notepad++ config file depends on the type of installation you are running, a portable one or created by the Npp installer.

Installed by installer: %AppData%\Notepad++\config.xml
Portable: <Npp-Directory>\config.xml

Save the script for example as NppLauncher.vbs and create a desktop shortcut to it. Then open the properties of the shortcut and change its target to the following command:

wscript.exe "<Path-To-The-Script-File>"

The script forwards all received command line arguments to Notepad++.

Option Explicit '------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Variables declarations '------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dim objFSO, objXmlDoc Dim strNppPath, strNppExePath, strConfigPath, strCfgFilePath Dim strNodePath, colNodes, objNode Dim intCnt, strArguments '------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Create base objects '------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set objXmlDoc = CreateObject("MSXml2.DOMDocument.6.0") strNppPath = "<Path-To-Npp-Installation-Directory>" strConfigPath = "<Path-To-Directory-With-Npp-Config-File>" strNppExePath = objFSO.BuildPath(strNppPath, "notepad++.exe") strCfgFilePath = objFSO.BuildPath(strConfigPath, "config.xml") strNodePath = "/NotepadPlus/FileBrowser" '------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Main script '------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Open Npp XML config file objXmlDoc.async = False objXmlDoc.validateOnParse = False objXmlDoc.preserveWhiteSpace = True objXmlDoc.load(strCfgFilePath) 'Delete XML node regarding "Folder as Workspace" feature Set colNodes = objXmlDoc.selectNodes(strNodePath) For Each objNode In colNodes Call objNode.parentNode.removeChild(objNode) Next 'Save Npp XML config file objXmlDoc.save(strCfgFilePath) 'Start Notepad++ with provided command line arguments strArguments = "" For intCnt = 0 To WScript.Arguments.Count - 1 strArguments = strArguments & " " & Quote(WScript.Arguments(intCnt)) Next Call Execute(strNppExePath, strArguments) '=============================================================================== ' Surround a string with double quotes '=============================================================================== Function Quote(ByRef strString) Quote = """" & strString & """" End Function '=============================================================================== ' Run application with provided arguments '=============================================================================== Function Execute(ByRef strApp, ByRef strArgs) Dim objWshShell Set objWshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") Execute = objWshShell.Run(Quote(strNppExePath) & " " & strArguments, _ 1, _ False) End Function

@guest-new, @peterjones and All,

Once again, I would like to underline, like @guest-new, the quality of the answers provided by @peterjones. The overview exposed and the variety of solutions given is simply amazing !

Best Regards,

guy038

Hello @pinuzzu99, @peterjones and All,

@peterjones, you said :

some keyboards (like small laptops or ultra-compact mobile keyboards, like the one shown below) have no HOME or END keys!

I did not know about it ! Personally, I would be very sorry to use such a keyboard. From time to time, I think, on the contrary, of buying myself a big keyboard, for on-line gaming enthusiasts, with a lot of extra function keys , fully configurable ;-))

@@pinuzzu99, finally, thanks to the Shortcut Mapper, you’ve found a work-around ( Alt + Down Arrow ) Nice ;-))

Best Regards,

guy038

Does this dialog not work for you? Or do you just not like it?

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If you don’t like the way it’s implemented, feel free to write the code fixes yourself, and submit a pull request, and see whether it gets incorporated; or, if you don’t have the right coding skillset, then follow the FAQ to make a feature request – that’s the way open source software works.

Whining and complaining in a community forum won’t do you much good (and won’t win you any brownie points with the people who might answer your question(s)).

N++ “has” that. It’s built-in and called the “Function List” (View => Function List). Of course, you’ll need to do a little work to get it to “work”.

Discussion
Solution

Summary below:
In your functionList.xml in the N++ install directory, in the “<associationMap>” section at the top, add:

<association id="markdown" userDefinedLangName="Markdown"/> <association id="markdown" ext=".md"/>

And then at the bottom, in the <parsers> section, add:

<!-- ==================================================== [ Markdown ] --> <parser displayName="Markdown" id ="markdown" commentExpr="(?x) # free-spacing (see `RegEx - Pattern Modifiers`) (?ms: # Code block ^ # ...at start-of-line a (?'BLOCK'\x7E{3}(?!\x7E)|\x60{3}(?!\x60)) # block-start indicator \w*\h*$ # .*? # ...whatever, ^\x20{0,3} # ...optional indentation for a \k'BLOCK' # block-end indicator \h*$ # with trailing white-space only ) " > <function mainExpr="(?x) # free-spacing (see `RegEx - Pattern Modifiers`) (?m-s) # ^ and $ match at line-breaks, dot does not ^ # at start-of-line (?'NOCODE_INDENT' \x20{0,3}(?!\x20) # indent of 3 spaces max, otherwise it's code ) (?: # ATX-style heading (?'LEVEL'\x23{1,6}(?!\x23)) # nr. of hashes indicate level \h* # whitespace? ( use '+' instead of '*' for at least one white-space) \K # discard text matched so far (?: [^\r\n\x5C] | \x5C. # backslash escape sequence )+ (?: # closing sequence \h+ # ...starts w/ at least one white-space \x23+ # ...contains only hashes, amount arbitrary )? # ...is optional \h*$ # trailing white-space up till line-break | # Setext-style heading \K # discard text matched so far [^\r\n]+ # whatever, (?= # ...up till \h*(?:\r?\n|\n?\r) # ...any trailing white-space and a line-break, (?&amp;NOCODE_INDENT) # ...indent for header indicator (?:={3,}|-{3,}) # ...H1- or H2-header indicator resp., \h*$ # ...trailing white-space up till line-break ) ) " > <functionName> <nameExpr expr="(?x) (?| (?:\h+\x23+\h*$) [^\r\n]+ (?= \h+\x23 ) | .* ) " /> </functionName> </function> </parser>

Cheers.

thanks you so much, again! cheers

I usually start working by right-clicking on a file in explorer and choosing to open with notepad++. Regardless though, I tested your suggestion, and it did not change things. Yes I got back the same files I
opened after I closed/re-started Notepad++ with last remember current session enabled, but that didn’t really change anything in terms of default/current file location. The first save went to my documents folder, but subsequent ones went right back to system32. Likewise with opening files, which always defaulted to the Notpead++program directory.

Either way, I still believe that Notepad++ should be able to remember my last directory between sessions whether or not the remember last session option is turned on. First because since they are separate options in separate areas of the preferences. Second, because that is the standard usage in most every windows app.

Likewise, I still think the specific directory option should be a default for start of the session only, not for all saves. Within a session the saves and opens should default to the last used directory. At least optionally.

BTW, In case it matters I am using the 64-bit version, and just updated to 7.8.3 before testing the suggested solution.

@dinkumoil

Thank alot!

@Shane-Goodman said in Remember file type:

The asterisks in my original post seems to have changed some words to italic. This forum is a bit buggy.

No, putting something inside a pair of asterisks means to italicize everything between. You seem to understand that in your second posting, where you italicized the word option. :-)

…have the option to remember my setting. Productivity is important for me.

That makes sense…but Notepad++ can’t do it in its current form. The proper method for asking for a feature is described here if you choose to pursue it.

thank you very much. I’ll probably take the lazy way out. But this is a relief that the new save procedure is a feature that changed that I did not pick up on.

@Andrei-Iliushin

Notepad++ doesn’t try to be a great searcher. Yes it provides some functionality, but if you really want advanced functionality, you should turn to other tools. Not the answer you wanted, I’m sure.

And even with accurate info, you are going to have to tell us more about your situation, because, as I said, there is no performance difference between installed and unzipped versions.

Questions to think about: is Notepad++.exe on same drive as word.exe? Do you have a file in your MRU list in Notepad++ that is on a network drive, or a separate HDD/SSD? Does your admin have a process watcher that is scanning or throttling unapproved apps? Etc

I suppose the much simpler search for (?-s)^. and replace with \L$0 also works fine…

@Niente0000
You can add an option to the context menu, but when adding “Folder as workspace”, notepad ++ should be closed.
Look at this link, maybe this will help you:
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/7741#issuecomment-569251698

Not sure I understand what you are trying to say.
Anyway, if this is a feature request about compare plugin
then you might open an issue here.
If it is a question about compare plugin,
then you might need to explain it in more detail.

I know that you know, but for others reading this thread, @Hans-van-Gelderen already figured out where to make the feature request, and posted the issue number in the other thread about this topic.

It is customary, if you start a discussion here, and then turn it into a real issue on github, that you return here and …

Ok. 👌🏻

@Anandkumar-Prajapati

First to read and then maybe this one.