@PeterJones Thanx very much for your help

@PeterJones said in "Word wrap" option is reset from time to time:

Thanks for that brutally harsh assessment of my writing

I can see why you interpreted my general statement this way, and I apologize for any disrespect you felt as a result of that misunderstanding. However, I was not trying to imply anything negative about your general capabilities as a writer, or suggest that this particular piece of writing was unacceptable; I was just trying to make a point about the flaws/limitations of AK’s preceding comment.

FWIW, AK’s argument actually made me think of the various instructors I had in undergrad: despite their in-depth knowledge of the course material, many of them lacked the technical communication skills to provide effective lessons.

FWIW, I generally find your explanations on this forum exceptionally clear and easy to read, so I was surprised that this particular excerpt was a bit hard to follow on the first couple of run-throughs.

@PeterJones said in "Word wrap" option is reset from time to time:

you need to understand that (…) you do not get the final say into what’s accepted into the User Manual

Of course - that’s why I literally offered the adjustments as suggestions. However, I think it’s worth pointing out that someone else independently offered very similar suggestions (albeit for a potentially different piece of writing). The fact that two independent sources are suggesting the use of the same argument structure is a strong indication that the structure is worth following.

BTW, based on your multiple references to professional editors, you seem to be under the impression that I lack the experience required to give advice on writing structure. Given that you don’t know me personally, I’m not sure why you would make such an assumption; based on your other interactions on this forum, this seems out of character for you.

Either way, it’s worth pointing out that part of my current job is reviewing the content of user manuals, and I’ve had plenty of similar experience long before I took on this job. So, I’m much more qualified to offer advice on matters like this than you seem to think.

@Graz-Font I solved it. I edited the Windows registry to add a “MultipleInvokePromptMinimum” entry. Thanks to all for the suggestions, but it wasn’t a character length issue.

@Real-Cat

There is another post similar in request to yours which might help.

See this post.

Terry

@Maxim-Fox ,

config.xml for the settings, and stylers.xml for the default theme (other themes are in the themes subdirectory, and should be obvious based on which theme you use)

see User Manual > Config Files
https://npp-user-manual.org/docs/config-files/

Hello, @sabry-farg, @thomas-knoefel, @terry-r, @lycan-thrope and All,

Oh…, @lycan-thrope, you’re perfectly right about it ! It’s a typo !

So, @sabry-farg, I apologize for my mistabke !

The correct regex is, indeed :

FIND \|

REPLACE \r\n

BR

guy038

The behaviour of the Alt key is weird and varies in different applications. I did the following experiments.

Basic setup: Have some programs open so that they are displayed in the task bar

Go to an application, i.e. have it as the “active” one Press the Alt key Point with the mouse to another application in the task bar and click. The application becomes the active one. Release the Alt key

What I see is:

If the target app is Mozilla Firefox or Thunderbird or VLC, the menu is reliably activated upon releasing Alt. If the target app is MS Excel, menu is never activated. Excel activates the menu (displays shortcuts) a second after pressing Alt, i.e. not upon releasing it. If the target app is NP++ or LibreOffice the behaviour after releasing Alt is unpredictable. Sometimes the menu is activated, sometimes it’s not.

As I wrote, I remedy the situation by changing the key to one without Alt.

This appears to be a JSON5 file. Probably it has the .json file extension, so it is highlighted with the JSON syntax highlighter, which treats unquoted keys as a syntax error. More recent versions of Notepad++ have a JSON5 syntax highlighter, available under Language->J->JSON5 from the Notepad++ main menu. If the JSON5 syntax highlighter isn’t available, you can just change the language preference to None (Normal Text).

EDIT: even in the most recent version of Notepad++, the JSON5 syntax highlighter still doesn’t properly parse unquoted keys in objects, so you should just change your Language to None (Normal Text).

You may also find the JsonTools plugin useful for working with JSON or JSON5. If you pretty-print a JSON5 file with JsonTools, it will convert it to JSON, and then the syntax highlighting will work correctly (but you won’t have unquoted keys anymore).

@guy038 said:

did you forgot of your excellent Python script

I didn’t exactly forget… :-)

But some of the earlier comments in this topic have made me decide that it might be best to just not try to remember any previous styling. I’m even doubting remembering bookmarks now too. :-)

@PeterJones Thanks much for the infos.

@pockytu

Go to Plugin Admin, type fold into the Search box and keep clicking Next until you see Folding Line Hider. Check the checkbox and click the Install button. After Notepad++ restart, it should be active at hiding the fold lines.

Description of the plugin:

This Notepad++ plugin can hide the unsightly folding lines, and for convenience, you can fold and unfold the current level using the Alt + Left/Right keys.
Author: leonardchai@gmail.com
Homepage: https://github.com/leonardchai/FoldingLineHider

@Max-Alekseyev

The captions on those buttons are controlled by Windows instelf, not Notepad++.

@peter-vasil

The install directory is handled similar with the installer whether Don't use %AppData% is checked or unchecked. The main difference is the doLocalConf.xml existence which impacts how notepad++.exe saves to the xml files. When notepad++.exe saves to the install directory, then a risk exists when using the installer to upgrade which can overwrite customized xml files.

Information from install logs:

Files Install Upgrade Minimalist doLocalConf.xml extract extract extract autoCompletion\*.xml extract skip functionList\*.xml extract extract overrideMap.xml extract skip gup.xml extract extract contextMenu.xml extract skip skip tabContextMenu_example.xml extract skip skip toolbarButtonsConf_example.xml extract skip skip toolbarIcons.xml extract skip skip langs.model.xml extract extract extract stylers.model.xml extract extract extract shortcuts.xml extract skip skip nppLogNulContentCorruptionIssue.xml extract skip skip markdown._preinstalled.udl.xml extract extract extract markdown._preinstalled_DM.udl.xml extract extract extract DarkModeDefault.xml extract extract extract themes\*.xml extract extract

Theme modifications in the install directory can be overwritten by the upgrade as that is what extract does.

If Don't use %AppData% is checked:

The default Custom type of upgrade install will extract many xml files so to keep customizations, may need to backup before install and merge after install.

The Minimalist type of upgrade install will extract the least amount of xml files so is probably the safest to keep customized xml files.

If Don't use %AppData% is unchecked:

Modified xml files are saved to %AppData% so are safe.

@PeterJones I just tried it and it works perfectly. Thanks again so much for the help.

@PeterJones thank you so much for the help!!

@josiah-cohran said in need help to download notepad++:

im on my school computer trying to do something with not pad

Even for students, clarity of communication is important. “not pad” is not the same thing as “Notepad++”

and it is bringing me the github page

Assuming you mean that it took you to https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/ , then you should see a section on the right of the main page like:
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Click on the “Latest” to go to the most recent release (currently, https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/releases/tag/v8.7.8) , and from there, click on the npp.8.7.8.Installer.x64.exe (future readers: the number will change to match the most recent version) if you are on a normal 64-bit windows machine (most are 64-bit nowadays)
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The other way of getting Notepad++, instead of going through GitHub, is to go to the application’s official website and the “Downloads” page: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads/

From there, you can either go to the top link (which is currently v8.7.8), or if you are more conservative, scroll down to the one that says “stable”):
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From one of those pages, click on the topmost “Installer” link to download the installer for the 64-bit Notepad++ (which again is most likely what you need).

@Terry-R I know this kindness is above and beyond.
I have been looking, trying to help myself.

This will save much time and effort.

Thanx for your patience.

@Andrej730 said in Notepad++ font with emoji support / Segoe UI Emoji slows down notepad++:

Hi! I was looking for a way to show emojis in notepad (similarly to https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/20642/) and I’ve found it, it requires enabling DirectWrite in preferences (it seems nay DirectWrite option works for it) but it also requires a special font that supports emojis.

There are lots of fonts that support emojis

The font I’ve found for it Segoe UI Emoji - which works but the problem is that using this font slows down notepad++.

The font itself, combined with the DirectWrite settings, might be the culprit. When I tried the experiment with DirectWrite (default) and Segoe UI Emoji, I also saw a slowdown… But if I switch to GDI (most compatible) (and restart), then I don’t think I see the slowdown… not 100% sure. But I don’t know if that mode will show all the emojis you want, even with that font.

However, Segoe UI Emoji doesn’t appear to be a monospaced font, and Notepad++ works best with monospace.

Any suggestions for getting emojis in notepad++ by some other way or solving this problem with Segoe UI Emoji font?

Try without directwrite. Try a different font.

When I do DirectWrite (default) and my old normal DejaVu Sans Mono or my new normal FiraCode, I am able to see many emoji (even ones that those specific fonts don’t support, because of the “composite font” capability of Windows that DirectWrite enables). It’s possible that combination isn’t sufficient for you, but it’s something worth trying. I have never noticed a font-related slowdown when using those settings and fonts.

@Mark-Olson Thank you for the warning

@TG-King said in Blue icons:

but the icons were blue, and I think they were round.

Sounds like you used a set of custom icons, as per the User Manual > Config Files > Toolbar Icon Customization

That section has a link to a zip file with various icon sets, so maybe you used one of those; or maybe you found icons elsewhere, but we cannot tell you where you found them.