@mpheath said in /D=%ProgramData%\Notepad++ not working:

I do not see how you got C:\TEMP for the 1st messagebox

I described the sequence of the $INSTDIR assignment in my patch Notes too: ; - before .onInit is executed, $INSTDIR has been preset by the InstallDir attribute ; - then if the value defined by a possible InstallDirRegKey attribute is valid, it overrides original InstallDir ; - finally, if the user used "/D=..." at runtime (at installer cmdline), $INSTDIR has been changed to that parameter before .onInit

@peterjones said in Weird editor behaviour:

Maybe someone who can see your video will be able to give insight.

I could not see the video yesterday, though today I could.

The highlighted text dances with a shifting move of 2 characters, every couple of seconds. It is like an inline selection rather than a block/column selection.

@savornicesei

I cannot reproduce, though perhaps I may not have the same version. Can you post your debug info from the ? -> Debug Info... menu option.

What I would try is to run Notepad++.exe -noPlugin command and see if the issue can be reproduced. If not, then a misbehaving plugin might be the issue.

You could download and try a portable version and try to reproduce the problem.

These ideas might help to narrow down the cause.

Thank you for the tip. Appreciated and now fixed.

It might work better if you prefix every extension with a dot (and get rid of the free-standing dot):

<Keywords name="Operators1">.txt .asc .bin</Keywords>

That seems to force an exact match:

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@andres-garzon said in Replace strings with specific lines content:

is there any way to put all these steps into a macro?

IMO it would be insane to try to record that as a macro, or to even hand-edit a macro to try to do it.

I wouldn’t have written to just say that though. I wanted to point out a specific thing as I look over the list of what Guy gave you.

I see:

Click on the Copy Marked Text button

I’ve noticed that this button on the Mark window isn’t macro-recordable. :-(

But… happily, this is the equivalent command and it IS macro-recordable:

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As to the rest…good luck with the macroizing!

@kiyn ,

The function list has one level for classes with a sub-level of functions below it, and functions not in classes go at the top level. You cannot go any deeper than that. The top-level filename root node is unchangeable.

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UserManual Function List description: https://npp-user-manual.org/docs/function-list/ Community FAQ: Function List Basics: https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/19480/faq-desk-function-list-basics

@tiago-jorge

… and for the records: I guess XML Tools plugin’s option Apply to all open files (available via the plugin’s menu entry) has caused this issue.

Hello, @dennis-bareis, @peterjones and All,

Dennis, in order to open various text files with their default program ( Notepad for Windows OS ) you may also use the built-in N++ option File > Open in Default Viewer

Once opened in N++, I could even opened a PDF file and an 7z archive by this means !

The PDF file correctly opened, in my Microsoft Edge software, thanks to its built-in PDF viewer function

The 7z archive correctly opened in my 7zFM Manager program

However, the File > Open in Default Viewer option is greyed out if you try to open any picture ! Luckily, with the @peterjones method, it correctly opens the pictures in the default picture viewer : Photos !

Best Regards,

guy038

@nicholas-piazza said in Version 8.2.1 problem with typing aide:

I could then just hit ENTER to complete the word. Now, when it displays the word, if I hit ENTER, the word is not filled in. Instead, a new line is created. It seems like something was broken in the update.

If one read the release notes with every upgrade, instead of ignoring/closing that tab that shows every time you upgrade, one might have noticed this feature was changing.

It was a design choice, because many users were complaining that when they hit enter, instead of creating a newline like would be naturally assumed, it would autocomplete to some word they didn’t want.

The problem was that the original design defined both TAB and ENTER as the auto-completion selection key, and some people got used to one key, and some to the other – and both were annoyed that the other key was also consumed.

In v8.2.1, they decided to make it configurable, … but default it to only accept TAB (and you could add back in or change to ENTER via the config box)

… but that just confused people who were used to the ENTER key for ending auto-complete. So in the next version (8.3.x or 8.4, whatever it will be called), it will go back to default of having both of those checked on, and those of us who only want one key to end autocomplete instead of two will have to go make the config change.

Please reply to this question to nickajp@comcast.net as I do not normally monitor my Google email address.

Nope. We reply in the forum. When you signed up, if you enabled notifications, the notificatinos will go to whatever you set up in the settings. But if you want to read the response, you have to read it in the forum.

@guy038

I made a change to @guy038 regex formula, as to modify something else.

So, If someone wants to convert the first letter of the first word at the beginning of <title> tag, from lowercase to a capital letter:

Use this regex:

FIND: (<title>)(.\W*)
REPLACE BY: \1\U$2

I updated a script method for doing this HERE.

This probably should be a new topic, but…

Thinking about the user dictionary. Some time ago one could open it with MS Notepad and delete the lines that had the typos… BUT you had to make sure for every line you deleted, you deducted one from the total line count. Save the file and exit Notepad, then open NP++ and you were set. For the life of me, I cannot remember which file it was. That editing was possible 2(?) years ago. Is it still possible?

@daniel-duarte ,

Yes, the Notepad++ developers have no control over what atrocities that particular site impose on the product, and I make no guarantee as to whether that monstrosity will function or be safe.

Fortunately, the official download site already has a portable version, so there is absolutely no reason to download their mutation.

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I may have allowed personal opinion to affect this post. My opinion is my own, and is not meant to be understood as the opinion of the Notepad++ developers or this Community Forum. While this opinion applies to that aforementioned site, and what they do to software, especially Notepad++, I have not formed or expressed an opinion on the person or people responsible for that site.

@oddmlan,
if you’re still using HTMLTag (or just curious to try it again), there’s finally a new version that addresses this issue: https://bitbucket.org/rdipardo/htmltag/downloads

@PeterJones
Follow current directory is part of “be careful with your cases”. It seems to work, probably since Windows open file dialog fixes it. Not sure exactly what will happen over SAMBA share if there are actually case conflicts.

RightClick > Current Dir Path to Clipboard - doesn’t work. If a file was opened as described, from Find-in-Files with bad path case, Notepad++ just copies the wrong-case path it registered for the file.

The problem is solved! Thanks!
in the plugin NppCalc - removed activation “Active Calc”

@powerbananas ,

The Compare plugin knows nothing about nicknames. So I’m not sure what you think currently works and what you are hoping it would do that it doesn’t seem to.

Could you show some example data, and a screenshot of how the Compare currently functions, then describe how you’d like it to actually function?

@peterjones Thanks for all that great information!

@gstavi said in Can't save the file after change the Encoding from "Characters Sets" to UTF-8:

I objected to someone who said “UTF8 without BOM is stupid”. It is not!

I had either misremembered or misread that original anecdote. Sorry for misrepresenting what had been said previously.

And still the right solution is for Notepad++ to rework its Encoding selection and let the user have more control. The default should be something like “always assume a file is UTF8 unless it violates UTF8 rules, only then autodetect”.

👍💯👏

@alan-kilborn
Yes, I browsed this code a few months ago and thought it was only for the snapshot part of the ‘if’. But now I tested and I saw I get it as well. Wonder where it saves the temporary file. I hope it get deleted afterward.