@Coises said in Can't print with notepad++:

I’d say No Background as the default,

Congratulations. That’s the default already.

And, as you say, the warnings probably aren’t worth the effort.

have a separate theme for printing which doesn’t change when you change the display theme

Ick. As I said above, that breaks the expectation set up by literally every other application I can think of having printed from in the last decade or two. If the visual area has color inherent to the display, the general expectation, in my experience, is that it will print in that color… not some other set of colors which I have to pick or set somewhere other than my primary color choices.

Printing of text files to dead trees should be rare enough that most people don’t care; printing to PDF, you want the color to match exactly. Since Notepad++ cannot tell which you are doing (it’s the OS, not the app, that knows what printer you send to), there’s another reason to not have a separate printing theme or other such workaround.

People getting colors the same between screen and print should be the default; anything else breaks reasonable expectation. (Even “no background” being default breaks that expectation, IMO.)

@PeterJones ,
Good point. Luckily, it’s still one of a handful of functionList files…at least until you figure out how to mass produce those. :-)

@webforpcnet seen similar issues before, also with other tools. Thing is accessing network drives (and even external plugged drives) triggers security and caching tools such as anti-virus, status utilities such as TortoiseGit, etc.

A separate check needs to be done using another crawler, such as a simple script dumping the file contents. Paste something like the following in cmd.exe:

@echo off rem Position in the target base directory pushd \\NAS\shared\code\ rem Iterate through all files in the subtree, assume all files, "*.*" for /R %i in (*.*) do ( echo Dumping '%i' rem Force reading file contents (but don't output them!), same as Notepad++ would type "%i" >nul ) popd

(I’m assuming the \ special character sequence got escaped in the report.)
If the speed is substantially better than Notepad++ then it might mean there’s a problem (this quick/dirty check cannot assess for any whitelisting or heuristics in the environment).

@Rich said in XML - insert rows without nesting:

I was missing a single “/”

I hate being bit by something so small but dangerous. :-)

If you don’t already have it, XML Tools plugin can help with XML syntax check: it can be automatic or on-demand. (If you are using XML>10Mb, you might not want to automatically do the syntax and validation checks; you can turn on/off those options in the XML Tools menu). But I think it might have helped you find that problem.

Thanks for help!

Glad to help.

@TBugReporter

Sounds like the bug I fixed for the v8.7.5, so try to update to any N++ v8.7.5+ (ideally to the latest, as of now v8.8.5)

@Mark-Boonie

It looks to me like Notepad++ can’t load the font you’ve chosen, and it has fallen back to a default system font. I might be missing something, but the font of your text looks to me to be the same as the font that shows the filename in the tab and the title bar.

Can you verify that if you select a really common, system-supplied monospaced font, like Courier New, you get what you would expect?

What is the font you’re trying to use? If appropriate, could you tell us where you got it?

@PeterJones said in How to open documents in different windows?:

Settings > Preferences > Multi-Instance and Date > ☑ Always in multi-instance mode – every time you use Windows Explorer to double-click on a file (or similar) to open it with Notepad++, it will go in a new instance. (This will not change the behavior of File > Open inside Notepad++, which always opens in a new tab, not a new instance.)

Thanks for the answer.
Everything works.
Issue resolved.
Notepad++ is my favorite text editor.

Special thanks to you for the clarification about the publication of posts and for additional information on the topic of the question.

@Artem-Repko
@PeterJones correctly pointed to the D&ump selected text as JSON string(s) and Dump JSON string(s) as ra&w text commands in JsonTools. I just wanted to add this comment because I just added new documentation for both of those commands.

@Charles-Billow said in Start NP++ with a blank document:

If I just close NP++ regardless of any open files, how do I then open NP++ with nothing but a clean new document?

At Settings | Preferences… | Backup remove the check mark labeled Remember current session for next launch.

@shodanx2:

Take a look at the documentation for Columns++ and see if it will work for you.

One of my goals when I wrote it was to never have to open a spreadsheet program again. (I hate them with a passion.)

It won’t draw the table lines as in your examples; instead, it depends on using tabs to separate columns. The Elastic tabstops option makes tabs adjust to the width of the column content.

You can do various column-oriented operations, such as sorting, searching, aligning left, right or numeric, and creating new columns based on calculations from other columns.

You can install Columns++ from Plugins Admin.

@kilson69
Notepad++ does not normally need internet to function, so this is probably due to a plugin or an unusual installation.

I would recommend that you share your debug info (?->Debug Info... from the main menu) and hopefully a forum regular will be able to use that information to give you more informed guidance.

I’m interested in having sticky tabs, ie, tabs that will stay on screen, regardless of how right or left you scroll in your tab bar. I could use multi-line tabs, but that takes up vertical space. This is kind of like freezing columns in Excel.

Hello everyone!

There were a few annoying bugs in the latest release, I’ve fixed them in a Pull Request.

In case my PR is not accepted, I’ve made a v2.7.rc.3 release available in the forked repository. I hope this helps others too!
https://github.com/Krazal/WebEdit/releases/tag/v2.7.rc.3

Hello,

Thanks a lot for your great and swift answer

A new version of MultiReplace (v4.5.0.30) is ready and will be available with the next Notepad++ release. It can be dowloaded here.

The focus of this release is on expanding the search functionality and giving you more flexibility.

Implemented updates:

Find All: This is a new feature that lets you find all matches and see them in the search results window. It’s not limited to the current file – you can also search across all open documents or in entire folders.

GroupResults: To go with “Find All,” this new INI option lets you choose how your results are displayed. You can see them all mixed together in document order (the default), or neatly grouped by each list entry, which is great for getting a clear overview of complex searches.

lcmd: A new command for the “Use Variables” feature. It allows you to load your own custom helper functions from external files, which opens up a lot of possibilities for complex and reusable logic.

AllFromCursor: Another new INI setting that gives you more control. You can now choose to start “Find All”, “Replace All” and “Mark” operations from your current cursor position instead of from the top of the file.

Here is a visual take on the changes:
MultiReplace45.png

@Steven-Young_ivanti said in Unattended install not actually executing from a PowerShell script:

The script line I’m using is fairly straight forward:

But opens questions, for me.

C:\Install\npp_setup.exe

What is this npp_setup.exe? Where did you get it? Is it a renamed copy of the official installer, or some repackaged installer?

/S ALLUSERS=TRUE

/S is a valid installer option on the official installer, to enable silent installation; but from anything I’ve ever heard, and searching the repo for ALLUSERS, the option ALLUSERS=TRUE is not understood by the official installer, AFAICT.

It’s going to be hard for anyone here to help you if you’re starting from some random unknown installer or trying to use options that don’t exist. You might need to give a bit more information.

The developer doesn’t support unofficial installers, and unless one of the regulars has happened to have heard of / used it, it’s not likely any regulars will be able to help you in the forum, either.

@PeterJones Thank you so much!! 💙