@Gonda-Wireless

In addition to the fine information provided by @PeterJones and in case you are not aware of this, there is a subforum on the official AutoHotkey website dedicated to everything related to Notepad++.

In particular, I suggest you check out this post, which explains how to run a script or selection from Notepad++.

Have fun

@Ankit-Dixit-0

Sorry, but this forum is for Notepad++ specific questions.
See here.

Just a note: C does not have a new keyword like Java has, as it is not an object-oriented programming language.

Dear Sir

Thank you for your illustrative example. After fresh update of Dspellcheck, it is working fine as demonstrated. Now please suggest why the newly added words are not populated in Autocomplete word windows, while typing. Currently, the standard dictionary words are auto-populated with start of specific alphabet in running order, by selecting the desired word with “TAB” key.

Please guide.

Appreciate your sustained support on the subject.

Regards

@T-Almroth

My guess it is just a name for the folder that some code was put into when Notepad++ was first created. Someone developing needed a folder, “hmm, what should I name it? PowerEditor!”. That’s my guess but it would be interesting to know if there is some different reason for it. Probably only @donho knows.

@Michael-Simpson

If you want to do this from the command line, why don’t you just use jq? There is a Windows version for it.

Cheers.

@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.]