More news. After getting 24 32-bit Plug-ins working on Windows 7, I renamed the Program Files>Notepad++ folder on XP to “Notepad++ Org”, copied the whole Program Files>Notepad++ folder tree structure to XP from my Windows 7 box, and got 21 of the 24 Plug-ins to work on XP. The only problem is now, that I do not have a “Plug-in Manager” or “Plug-in Admin” that works on XP with Notepad++ V7.6.4. I can technically only install “Plug-in Manager” on XP, whereas I cannot even install “Plug-in Admin” on XP. However even if I install “Plug-in Manager”, “Plug-in Manager” cannot manager the Plug-ins running under Notepad++ V7.6.4, since V7.6.4 uses a different installation configuration. So my option now is to install the 32-bit Plug-ins on the Windows 7 box and then copy same to the XP box, and if they work then great, if not then bad luck hey? All you have to do, if the 32-bit Plug-ins do not work on XP, is to answer yes when asked if you wish to remove for compatibility reasons, or delete the incompatible Plug-in name folder under the Program Files/notepad++\plugins folder, e.g. C:\Program Files\Notepad++\plugins\csvquery to remove the 32-bit “csvquery” Plug-in. I hope that what I have learned is of some help to someone. Cheers from Aussie mate and happy Notepad++ing hey? :-)

Hi guys

Thanks to the investigation & implementation of @xomx , we have identified a plugin which could cause this issue eventually: “SaveAsAdmin”.
ref: https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/14990#issuecomment-2053828749

While browsing this very long discussion of the issue, I found no Debug Info regarding files corrupted NUL characters issue.

So for people who have encountered NUL characters content problem, could you confirm (or deny) that you have had SaveAsAdmin plugin installed?

For those being directed here by other links from the forum, @Ekopalypse has a newer version available at his github, here.

@guy038 ,

Thank you. Now, I will have to look at your code, but while I was signed out, I had another one of those epiphany things. :-)

Figured it out with the reduced complexity by allowing everything after the this and stopping before the \) with the lookahead, by using this regex:
\Kthis\.\K(.+)(?=\)) By doing this I was able to remove the longer more complex one that only went 3 levels deep, and reducing my or construct by one or level. This is what I can get now:
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I think I have a problem with overthinking things. :-) I was looking for the one you showed up there, and I might still be able to use it, somewhere else, so thanks.

Lee

The CSV Lint plug-in was updated to v0.4.6.8. Just missed the Notepad++ 8.7.8 update, but that’s no problem it’ll automatically be available in the next update. It’s a small update anyway, as I don’t really have the time to work on the plug-in at the moment due to work related stuff. So for now I just wanted to get some minor updates out the door, hopefully more updates in the near future.

Sort Data, enumeration columns now sort according to code index Metadata scripts, now includes sort examples SQL scripts, placeholders for column comments Settings button on docked window

@Alan-Kilborn Yes, this is a fact, it’s hard to argue.

^([A-Z])([a-z]+)\R(?i:\1)\2$

@Bruno-Bonaspetti ,

Have a little patience. You already asked that question yesterday here. This is not paid support that is guaranteed to get a reply in 5 minutes or your money back; this is a Community of fellow users of Notepad++, and as such, any who read here regularly and answer questions do so solely on their free time, and they might not always have time to answer a specific question – especially one that might take more knowledge of a specific sub-tool of Notepad++.

Furthermore, this topic, “Little Dialog-wrapper for PythonScript” is focused on the Dialog Wrapper library for the PythonScript plugin; it briefly mentioned a script that was using that wrapper to help with the user interface, but the translation is not the focus of this discussion.

Your original question was in the right place. This question was not. I will try to give a brief answer in the other topic.

@PeterJones said in Support for Plugins Admin & NppPluginList:

Let me know if that procedure […] is able to work for debugging.

Yes, it works. Thank you.

I didn’t bother to examine the code to find out how it works, but apparently using a debug version of Notepad++ automatically uses the .json plugin list instead of the .dll, so the test proceeds just fine. Just to be sure, I tried changing my plugin’s hash value in the list and it flagged the mismatch, so it is validating the hash.

I don’t think that’s an unreasonably difficult procedure for plugin authors to follow (relative to the work to actually write and debug a plugin!). It’s not a big deal if updating those fixed-URL debug builds is inconvenient. It would just be good to have the procedure documented, either in the manual or in the plugin list readme (to which the manual could refer — personally, I think it makes more sense in the plug list readme).

@Ekopalypse thanks for the answer. 🤔 Adding listeners for the BufferActivated event and manually setting the style each time the user switches to a different tab adds a lot of code and possibilities for bugs, for something that the user typically only does once…

Honestly I think I’ll undo the new code and go back to just asking the user to restart Notepad++ after they change the default color set.

@Coises said in [New plugin] Columns++:

@Pete-Run said in [New plugin] Columns++:

So my request would be an option to “Elastically Ignore” lines with no tabs.

Columns++ | Profile… | Do not allow text following the last tab on a line to span columns. should not be checked for the example given.

AhHa, I am not sure that I understand “Do not allow text following the last tab on a line to span columns” but that works niceley, thanks.

I still don’t quite understand your use case. What is it you are trying to do that would be easier if elastic tabstop positions were shown only for selected lines?

I only occasionally use NPP for NPP shortcuts.xml, some Lua, AHK etc. I was brought up on IBM mainframe early Text editors and JCL etc, so I am at home with text editors so am happy to use it for text manipulation, especially when Ms Word macros are lacking.

My main gripe with tabs in textual situations is that they can “mess up/misalign” when copied between applications, hence my desire to sometimes use monospace fonts with spaces rather than tabs and of course in tables a word processor, but many situations do not afford tables.

So, thanks again for your Columns++ and Elastic Tabs which helps keep my text aligned in different scenarios.

Version 4.1.1.21 has been released and will be included in the next Notepad++ update. Below are the key changes and improvements:

Header Column Menu: Right-click on the header to toggle columns like Find count, Replace count, Comments, and Delete.

Comments Column: Add custom comments to entries via the new optional Comments column. Existing list files remain fully compatible.

Column Locking: Lock the width of columns (Find, Replace, Comments) with a double-click on the header divider. A lock icon shows the status.

New Variables: Two new variables have been added for “Use Variables” option: FNAME: Represents the filename or window title for new, unsaved files. FPATH: Represents the full path including the filename, or is empty for new, unsaved files. Multilanguage Support: The plugin now supports Danish. Configuration Options: Manage settings via the INI file located at
C:\Users\<Username>\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\plugins\Config\MultiReplace.ini: DoubleClickEdits: To disable direct editing on double-click, set DoubleClickEdits=0 (default: enabled). Tooltips: To disable tooltips, set Tooltips=0 (default: enabled). AlertNotFound: To disable notifications for unsuccessful searches, set AlertNotFound=0 (default: enabled).

Here is a visual take on the changes:
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@Coises,

How do you go about testing the ARM64 version? I’ve left that out of all my plugin work so far, because I haven’t a clue how to verify that it works at all.

I don’t. I’m following the time-honored tradition of releasing software untested, and hoping that any users will find edge cases for me. :-)

Given that it works as 32b and 64b on Intel processors, and I’m not doing anything that is out-of-the-ordinary, I am hoping that there aren’t any ARM64-specific bugs