@lycan-thrope
As a note, Peter, thanks for that code. I had forgotten an older but not obsolete alternative to function in the dBASE language, namely procedure that is essentially the same as a function’s syntax. It used to be used pre OOP days, and dBASE used to differentiate them, but that disappeared when it went OOP, but it was never removed and maintained to be compatible because the OOP version is still able to run older procedural code and it’s still recognized.

I was able to figure out how to add that in the OR that you had setup, and the first time I ran it, it showed that it was highlighting a different aspect of dBASE, where you can set procedure to a file that has external code and it highlighted the word to and included it in the FunctionList panel, so I was able after learning from guy038 the different way to write regex to (!to) and successfully run it without error. Learning a lot from you guys. :-)

Just feeling good about that…not as good as you guys yet ;), but working on it.

Lee

@josef-eliáš
Download v8.1.9.2 here:
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads/v8.1.9.2/

@artie-finkelstein
The Logitech software has been problematic for years. In SetPoint, the toggle setting to control application specific buttons does not persist during system restarts. It also fails to support all the mouse options so you still need to load the Windows mouse utility for some settings. Their newer Logitech Options utility has made things worse since you still need SetPoint AND Windows Mouse for complete control. You have to wonder what their design strategy might be.

@donho Well it’s too late now, but there’s a link to the github above and on the release notes page, and the discussion included a link to test versions / a server download folder.

@neil-schipper

Wow, Neil, thanks for dealing with THAT, and sparing me. :-)

@Muthuraj-Madasamy

Additional good reference on regular expressions (the technique shown above to solve the problem) is found starting HERE.

My personal preference is like @gstavi 's.

The backup option is not much of a security (it does not save you from file write problems, disk failures or power loss unless you choose ‘Verbose backup’ in the Settings and give a different place for your backups) but makes a copy of the file contents before you save so it is kind of “permanent” undo of your changes before the save. Thus it is useful in very few and specific use-cases.

Looking at different user complains about loss of data it seems to me that for most people backup is kind of misleading. What I mean is that it gives them a ‘false’ feeling of security like it is some magical thing keeping them safe from loosing their information in all cases. And while it provides a very handy functionality it is not meant to be ‘relied on’ as a secure protection against ‘bad’ events. For example people decide that it is not necessary anymore to power down their computers save their session manually or make sure they have their sensitive data protected in other ways (outside of Notepad++ that is).

So maybe it is a good idea (as stated by @artie-finkelstein and others) to slightly change the terminology in the Backup Settings. Maybe change ‘Backup on save’ to ‘Make copy of the file before saving’ (long, I know but more clear IMO).

Periodic backup in the session section is actually quite accurate because it is the ‘real’ backup that might be ON by default as @Resonant-Mind requested. It is the ‘real’ backup because it DOES NOT make unnecessary copy of the original file in the same folder on save BUT periodically saves temporary copy of the UNSAVED file in the chosen directory so if something happens and Notepad++ is closed on its next start and restore of the session the temporary file content is restored thus you don’t loose your unsaved changes. That works great actually in a normal situation (if you close Notepad++ for instance before you save your files) BUT the Windows automatic updates and restart is causing problems and they are not directly related to the current backup approach and default settings BUT to disk caching functionality.

@kracovwolf said in Adding linebreaks below characters:

so i should swap out the asterisks for <b> or style="font-weight: bold;?

You should do that…if that is what you want to obtain.
I think you can do a BIT of your own thinking here.

@alan-kilborn apologies, this forum takes a little getting used to. :(

Pasted here to keep on topic.
Wow, thanks for those picture explanations, Alan, and clueing me into some of Notepa++ functionality I haven’t known about. To be honest, I’m just going beyond using it as a sytax-highlighting general purpose file editor and trying to use it to add a UDL/FunctionList for an old language that hasn’t been done before. That’s why it took so long to respond…I’ve been beating my head trying to learn regex, use the tools this forum recommended, and try and make heads or tails out of the FunctionList structure by looking over the C++ FunctionList…and not getting very far yet. :(

However it was a pleasure to see it laid out simply with pics. I do that a lot myself when trying to explain things to folks so it’s “a thousand words clear” what you are saying. I have never touched the “Run” menu option, so that should give you a hint about how new I am to NPP’s large functional footprint. Thanks again…and if anyone can do the same for the FunctionList explanation of a mixed parser and what needs to go where, it would be greatly appreciated. :)

Lee

@alan-kilborn said in How to set notepad++ 64bit version to open new session as new1_current-date and time.txt:

@loa111

But… I don’t really like “new 1” etc. either.
That’s why I long ago started using the script solution I referenced earlier.
It gives me the ultimate control to do what I like.
Maybe if your needs are very specific, doing something via script is the way to go.
BTW I really can’t follow what your true needs are.

My true needs are everything that TakeNotes plugin is offering, the only thing that is left is that the default firstly created file is  replaced with the new file in notepad++ created by the takenotes plugin.
I will explain a few cases.
I would like when I start notepad++ that first empty txt file should be created by takenotes plugin instead of default notepad++ new1.txt
After the first new1 file, each new file or tab  will be opened by the takenotes plugin. I can press eater on the tab with the double click or in the menu/file/new and because the takenotes plugin replaced the function, a new file will be opened by the takenotes plugin.

My need is that the default for the firstly created new file is created by the takenotes plugin and not by the default new1. Nothing more.

@neil-schipper said in deleting specific lines that don't meet a criteria:

I figured the main contributor to slowness was promiscuous backtracking on lines that don’t meet the mark condition

That could be. Actually, I wasn’t that absorbed with this issue, so the slowness may well NOT involve the bookmarking action. I just thought I’d point it out for general awareness that there is some sort of performance issue with some bookmarking actions.

@massimo-mula said in Balloon popup with button hint?:

I also got NPP Portable from PortableApps.com, which is v. 1.8.9 too

Do not do anything with portableapps.com, as that is not a recognized or supported provider of Notepad++. The official portable version of Notepad++ is on Notepad++'s own web site.

@marlon-dana ,

As far as I know, files that begin with RIFF and then binary data are Resource Interchange File Format, which are the “container” format used for WAV music files and similar binary data.

Like I said, it looks like the CFG file at that name has been overwritten with data that isn’t normally in a .cfg. I cannot see how opening it in Notepad++ could have caused that. And if you open it with Windows Notepad (notepad.exe, that came with your OS), I am sure you will see the RIFF and some of the other plaintext, and not be able to see the original CFG data.

@deleelee said in Toolbar displaying all buttons:

Plugins : (most listings deleted) _CustomizeToolbar.dll

I’m going to guess that Customize Toolbar “lost” it’s configuration file (your_plugins_path)\Config\CustomizeToolbar.dat and it is no longer suppressing the display of some toolbar icons. The .dat file may need to be recreated if it exists but is corrupted. I suggest using the most recent version of the plugin (5.3) as I’ve found it to be much more stable when changing the active Notepad++ executable within the same installation.

@ludamo-0 said in Remove extra NP++ description from "Open with..." menu!:

@ten2120 Well again the details are a little hazy but there are a number of programs which have this value. The simplest would be wordpad.exe seeing it is built in to windows, or wmplayer.exe. Also common programs like vlc and irfanview have it (originally I think). I may have used procmon from SysInternals to see what keys are referenced when R-clicking in explorer.

Thanks. Big help, I would check it out (SysInternals). 👍

@brendan-ford said in Column Sort plugin; NppColumnSort-1.0.0.2:

error that says cant run a 32 bit plugin.

You can’t on 64-bit. Download the correct plugin version:

https://github.com/blumu/NppColumnSort/releases/tag/1.0.0.2-64bits

Cheers.

@peterjones said in How to search 1000+ lines, same syntax and words in hundreds of TXT files:

If you are still interested in the Notepad++ with PythonScript plugin solution, let us know, the next time Alan logs in, he may be able to offer more advice on how to get that working.

I thought some more about this, and I don’t think it is on-topic enough for Notepad++ in order to pursue it here. While a PythonScript could be written to do this, it is really unrelated to Notepad++ and is just plain Python, making it a better topic for some other forum.

@alan-kilborn Thank you. This is what I was anticipating after searching around a bit. I’ll take some time to familiarize myself with this and see if I can get it to work.

@peterjones Many thanks. You are pro user (of NP++) and I know nothing about “NP++”!

I always have checked all “Enable global xxx…” on. I unchecked them and changed “Default Style” (in Style Config) to my specific font and it fixed that :) . The missing characters are shown with that specific font and style.

Thanks again… It was my headache for a long time.

@arthur-schwarez said in Matching Phone Numbers:

I don’t know if notepad++ is suitable for this purpose.

In this case I’d say it is suitable.

We have people asking in this forum for a solution so it makes sense to provide that within the context of using Notepad++, if possible. Certainly sometimes there are applications elsewhere which may do the task just as well, sometimes even better. However it would likely mean the person asking will need to learn yet another thing, something they may not need to ever use again. At least a Notepad++ based solution offers the person asking, some ideas on how Notepad++ may help them with ever increasing complex issues.

So whilst we try to keep to the Notepad++ theme, solution providers here will sometimes suggest an alternative, especially where Notepad++ is definitely not the best platform.

Terry