@nraygun

I don’t know much about hex editor plugin as it crashes too often for me to be useful, but your problem sounds like it may be one of being in “overwrite” rather than “insert” mode. Press and release the Insert key and see if that changes anything for you.

@p0358

maybe hooking npp and both scintilla message queues and see
if you can find a pattern which could explain that this is/was a find/replace action?

Thank you very much. I missed that plugin!

@Alan-Kilborn

Is the only way to get a single caret back from this situation is by clicking the mouse at a different point?

No, press ESC :-)

@Meta-Chuh
I wanted to tell about the view of the window itself to rename (the saved file), to rename the file it would be better to rename the window (as in the new, not saved tab)

Ask this question to the plugin author. https://github.com/phdesign/NppToolBucket

@Joey-Flaig

if you are already on notepad++ 7.6.6. 32 bit, you can also install the combine plugin using the built in plugins admin, at the menu plugins > plugins admin.

please also note, that the combine plugin is only available for 32 bit versions of notepad++.
if you have installed a 64 bit version of notepad++, we would eventually have to come up with a different alternative.

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@Meta-Chuh
Got it))
I just did not use this option))

@Michael-Vincent

If you’re going to write your own plugin, just handle the clipboard yourself. Make your own history. :)

Use Windows API functions OpenClipboard etal. Easy peasy.

The hardest part (and not all that hard) is the create-a-plugin part.

Maybe a better idea is to approach the author of Multiclipboard plugin and ask for keyboard support to be added. Or ask the Notepad++ development team to add necessary support to the native Clipboard history stuff.

From a first look seems it could be also added to the PluginAdmin list. I will do that.

@Meta-Chuh

Thank you very much for your reply!

My system: Windows 7 64-bit Service Pack 1

Bug 1:
in Notepad++ 7.6.6 (32-bit & 64-bit)
Menu settings - Preferences - MISC. - Minimize to system tray
Though tick this checkbox, the expected trayicon does’t appear when minimized. And I’m sure that “show all tray icons” has been set in Windows.

Before I found it worked well in Notepad++ 64-bit and I just reported for 32-bit. But now I found in both version it didn’t function. So this option is quite unstable.

Bug2:
in Notepad++ 7.6.6 (64-bit only)
When enter some text using Chiinese IME(QQ wubi), often stops responding and I have to kill the process in the task manager. In 32-bit notepad++ it never happened. When and In which condition it will happen, I can’t confirm tempararily because it occurs casually. As there isn’t any error message and just stop responding, so the screenshot just shows the normal status before the problem. If in the future I find any special text that can cause the error, I’ll report again.

About comment format of ini files
I had tried hard to use a user defined language long time ago and I tried yesterday and today. I can get the expected effect for comment, but the section effect lost. In default ini format, contents in square brackets “[]” shows specially only when at the beginnig of a line. And in my user defined language, it shows anywhere. I don’t know how to get the section format like default one.

Best Regards!

Hello, @张锋, and All,

Probably, your text contains NO character with Unicode value over \x{007F} ;-))

Remember that, when the Unicode value of a character is :

Under \x{0080}, the N++ ANSI and UTF-8 encodings are strictly equivalent and use 1 byte to encode the character

Over \x{007F}, the UTF-8 and UTF-8 BOM encodings use from 2 to 4 bytes, whereas the ANSI encoding still use a 1 byte to encode that character !

So, if your text contains only pure ASCII characters ( under \x{0080} ), there no way, for Notepad++, on opening that file, to determine the right encoding, and it chooses, by default, the UTF-8 encoding, ( which does not contain the invisible BOM : Byte Order Mark )

So, to be sure that the ANSI encoding will be kept, just change this default behavior :

Choose the Settings > Preferences > New document option

In the Encoding section, just uncheck the squared box Apply to opened ANSI files

Close the Preferences dialog , by clicking on the Close button

Preferably, stop and re-start Notepad++

Best Regards,

guy038

Hello, @DRSpalding, @peterjones, @meta-chuh and All,

I’ve had a look to the Base-64 encoding/decoding process from this Wikipedia article, below :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64

Seemingly, during the Base 64 encoding process, each range of 3 consecutive characters, of the original text, is encoded into a 4 characters string, according to the Base-64 table, below :

•-------•------•-------•------•-------•------•-------•------• | Index | Char | Index | Char | Index | Char | Index | Char | •-------•------•-------•------•-------•------•-------•------• | 0 | A | 16 | Q | 32 | g | 48 | w | | 1 | B | 17 | R | 33 | h | 49 | x | | 2 | C | 18 | S | 34 | i | 50 | y | | 3 | D | 19 | T | 35 | j | 51 | z | | 4 | E | 20 | U | 36 | k | 52 | 0 | | 5 | F | 21 | V | 37 | l | 53 | 1 | | 6 | G | 22 | W | 38 | m | 54 | 2 | | 7 | H | 23 | X | 39 | n | 55 | 3 | | 8 | I | 24 | Y | 40 | o | 56 | 4 | | 9 | J | 25 | Z | 41 | p | 57 | 5 | | 10 | K | 26 | a | 42 | q | 58 | 6 | | 11 | L | 27 | b | 43 | r | 59 | 7 | | 12 | M | 28 | c | 44 | s | 60 | 8 | | 13 | N | 29 | d | 45 | t | 61 | 9 | | 14 | O | 30 | e | 46 | u | 62 | + | | 15 | P | 31 | f | 47 | v | 63 | / | •-------•------•-------•------•-------•------•-------•------•

Now, if your original text is not a multiple of 3 chars, it may contain, either :

2 last additional characters, which are Base-64 encoded as a 3 chars string, followed with one = sign

1 last additional character, which is Base-64 encoded as a 2 chars string, followed with two = signs

So, in all cases , the encoded Base-64 text is a string whose length is a multiple of 4 !

Note that the Base-64 encoding process take account of any char, included spaces and any kind of line-break !

So, if we consider the original ASCII quote, given in the Wikipedia article, you must delete the two line-breaks, in order to get the one line text, below :

Man is distinguished, not only by his reason, but by this singular passion from other animals, which is a lust of the mind, that by a perseverance of delight in the continued and indefatigable generation of knowledge, exceeds the short vehemence of any carnal pleasure.

And after selecting all text, without the last line-break, and using the Plugins > MINE tools > Base 64 Encode option, we do get the same encoded text, than in the Wikipedia article :

TWFuIGlzIGRpc3Rpbmd1aXNoZWQsIG5vdCBvbmx5IGJ5IGhpcyByZWFzb24sIGJ1dCBieSB0aGlzIHNpbmd1bGFyIHBhc3Npb24gZnJvbSBvdGhlciBhbmltYWxzLCB3aGljaCBpcyBhIGx1c3Qgb2YgdGhlIG1pbmQsIHRoYXQgYnkgYSBwZXJzZXZlcmFuY2Ugb2YgZGVsaWdodCBpbiB0aGUgY29udGludWVkIGFuZCBpbmRlZmF0aWdhYmxlIGdlbmVyYXRpb24gb2Yga25vd2xlZGdlLCBleGNlZWRzIHRoZSBzaG9ydCB2ZWhlbWVuY2Ugb2YgYW55IGNhcm5hbCBwbGVhc3VyZS4=

If we have kept the line-breaks, of the original text , the encoded Base-64 string would have been quite different !

Now, regarding the Base-64 decoding process, it is said in Wikipedia :

(newlines and whitespaces may be present anywhere but are to be ignored on decoding)

I personally verified that, even if a Base-64 encoded text is split, at any location, with line-break(s), it does not matter and the decoding process give your original text back, as expected ;-))

For instance, these 4 Base-64 encoded examples, of 8 characters long :

TWFuIGlz ~~~~~~~~~~ TW FuIGl z ~~~~~~~~~~ T WFu IGlz ~~~~~~~~~~ TWFuIG lz

give, for all, after running the Plugins > MINE tools > Base 64 Decode option, the text “Man is”  with one space between !

However, if you add some space characters in a legal Base-64 sequence, in order to get a new total, being a multiple of 4, it does NOT give the same original text and, most of the time, forces Notepad++ to crash :-((

Finally, Peter, I don’t think that an equal sign have to be added at the end of each block of 76 characters ! Indeed, the one or two = signs is added, during the Base-64 encoding process, in order to get a legal sequence, which should be a multiple of 4 ;-))

So, assuming the Base-64 encoded one-line string below :

TWFuIGlzIGRpc3Rpbmd1aXNoZWQsIG5vdCBvbmx5IGJ5IGhpcyByZWFzb24sIGJ1dCBieSB0aGlzIHNpbmd1bGFyIHBhc3Npb24gZnJvbSBvdGhlciBhbmltYWxzLCB3aGljaCBpcyBhIGx1c3Qgb2YgdGhlIG1pbmQsIHRoYXQgYnkgYSBwZXJzZXZlcmFuY2Ugb2YgZGVsaWdodCBpbiB0aGUgY29udGludWVkIGFuZCBpbmRlZmF0aWdhYmxlIGdlbmVyYXRpb24gb2Yga25vd2xlZGdlLCBleGNlZWRzIHRoZSBzaG9ydCB2ZWhlbWVuY2Ugb2YgYW55IGNhcm5hbCBwbGVhc3VyZS4=

You may split it in blocks of any length ( N ) , with the regex S/R :

SEARCH (?-s).{N}

REPLACE $0\r\n ( or $0\n for Unix/Linux files )

So, with N = 76 , it gives :

TWFuIGlzIGRpc3Rpbmd1aXNoZWQsIG5vdCBvbmx5IGJ5IGhpcyByZWFzb24sIGJ1dCBieSB0aGlz IHNpbmd1bGFyIHBhc3Npb24gZnJvbSBvdGhlciBhbmltYWxzLCB3aGljaCBpcyBhIGx1c3Qgb2Yg dGhlIG1pbmQsIHRoYXQgYnkgYSBwZXJzZXZlcmFuY2Ugb2YgZGVsaWdodCBpbiB0aGUgY29udGlu dWVkIGFuZCBpbmRlZmF0aWdhYmxlIGdlbmVyYXRpb24gb2Yga25vd2xlZGdlLCBleGNlZWRzIHRo ZSBzaG9ydCB2ZWhlbWVuY2Ugb2YgYW55IGNhcm5hbCBwbGVhc3VyZS4=

With N = 37 , you would obtain :

TWFuIGlzIGRpc3Rpbmd1aXNoZWQsIG5vdCBvb mx5IGJ5IGhpcyByZWFzb24sIGJ1dCBieSB0aG lzIHNpbmd1bGFyIHBhc3Npb24gZnJvbSBvdGh lciBhbmltYWxzLCB3aGljaCBpcyBhIGx1c3Qg b2YgdGhlIG1pbmQsIHRoYXQgYnkgYSBwZXJzZ XZlcmFuY2Ugb2YgZGVsaWdodCBpbiB0aGUgY2 9udGludWVkIGFuZCBpbmRlZmF0aWdhYmxlIGd lbmVyYXRpb24gb2Yga25vd2xlZGdlLCBleGNl ZWRzIHRoZSBzaG9ydCB2ZWhlbWVuY2Ugb2YgY W55IGNhcm5hbCBwbGVhc3VyZS4=

And with N = 160 , we’ll get the Base-64 encoded text :

TWFuIGlzIGRpc3Rpbmd1aXNoZWQsIG5vdCBvbmx5IGJ5IGhpcyByZWFzb24sIGJ1dCBieSB0aGlzIHNpbmd1bGFyIHBhc3Npb24gZnJvbSBvdGhlciBhbmltYWxzLCB3aGljaCBpcyBhIGx1c3Qgb2YgdGhlIG1p bmQsIHRoYXQgYnkgYSBwZXJzZXZlcmFuY2Ugb2YgZGVsaWdodCBpbiB0aGUgY29udGludWVkIGFuZCBpbmRlZmF0aWdhYmxlIGdlbmVyYXRpb24gb2Yga25vd2xlZGdlLCBleGNlZWRzIHRoZSBzaG9ydCB2ZWhl bWVuY2Ugb2YgYW55IGNhcm5hbCBwbGVhc3VyZS4=

Now, if you decode these 3 examples above, without selecting the last line-break, with the option Plugins > MINE tools > Base 64 Decode, they all end up with the same original text, below :

Man is distinguished, not only by his reason, but by this singular passion from other animals, which is a lust of the mind, that by a perseverance of delight in the continued and indefatigable generation of knowledge, exceeds the short vehemence of any carnal pleasure.

Best Regards,

guy038

@Anderwriter

Oops, sorry, LOL—I forgot I’d switched to a different text editor.

lol, made my day 😂👍