I also vote for Method 3. Method 2 has too much text changing from use to use. For me, the only advantage to Method 1 is being a bit easier to automate with AutoHotkey.

Thanks a lot @guy038 for running the whole thing again, this time it didn’t finish in seconds ;-) Nice to see the results panel still usable with almost 10 million hits, even the jump to line 690 in that DLL at the very end. Interesting that walking the whole drive for those 130 PDFs takes almost the entire run, 5m45 of 5m48 for MultiReplace, and it’s the same picture with the other tools. The 4 “not decodable” are most likely UTF-16 files with an odd number of bytes. N++ simply drops the last byte there, the next MultiReplace build will do the same in Find in Files (Replace leaves them alone, writing them back would lose that byte). Speed is next on my list.

@donho Typo: “7 Fix Netork Path Warning dialog usability problem.” --> Network

@PeterJones Thank YOU so much I copy Your overrideMap & udl_markdown in my folder and problem is solved. I wish program by default have this option. Thank you again dear Peter

@PeterJones Oh!! Understood!! thank you!!!

I said: In case anyone else is interested, you can try previewing plain-text wireloom files with this development build of Preview HTML. This feature has now been merged, with additional support for offline Markdown previews that will render wireloom code blocks: [image: 1790348955006-wireloomx898.gif] All rendering is done by client-side JavaScript modules, so MS Edge is still required. @Keith-Collyer said: What would be really good would be if the developers of these re-merged their plugins! Don’t look now, but no fewer than three new Markdown plugins have appeared in the past two weeks — and they all depend on the WebView2 runtime (i.e. Edge).

@peterjones Installed Notepad++ v8.9.8.1, and this problem went away [image: 1790343129511-%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BC%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9.png] p.s. And I don’t need to unblock files received from the Internet, because after a clean install of any Windows, I will block this option through the registry.

@Jason-Wright said: @donho none of these are my issue; now remove the find in files feature. its a waste of time. The feature is not a waste of time. I have used that feature for more than a decade. It would be a waste of time to spend time to remove it (and be a huge annoyance to people to have relied on it for more than a decade). Now, if you mean, you don’t care about that feature, that’s fine. But why would you want it removed? If you mean, you are having difficulty using it, and would like help, then @donho pointed you to my post, which list a few debugging techniques which would help us help you. I will reiterate them: Try with all plugins disabled, to make sure it’s not a plugin issue share ?-menu’s Debug Info share your FIND WHAT (use ` before and after your search, like `my.*search` , so that the Forum doesn’t “eat” your search characters as post-formatting) share all the options in the Find in Files dialog (Filters, Directory, Search Mode, other checkboxes – a screenshot would be easiest) does your directory contain *.lnk to files or other directories? or windows junctions or symlinks or hardlinks? So if you’d like help with it, feel free to provide actual information. If you don’t want help, that’s fine. also why the !@$!#@$ does your website need a clout system??? The reputation system prevents spammers from flooding this forum with links to their ad farms. The minimum reputation to upvote or downvote will keep spammers from creating multple accounts to be able to upvote themselves, so that they can get around the posting limits for users with low reputation. [image of “You need 5 reputation to downvote”] Also, there is irony in someone complaining about a reputation system because they didn’t have enough reputation to use the reputation system to dowvote. this site sounds like it was designed by an @#$@#$#@$ tiktok kid oh my god Notepad++ moved to a NodeBB-based forum in 2015. TikTok was created in 2016. But don’t let facts get in the way of a good rant. why the @#$@@#$ isnt @$@#$@ funny site sounds like it was designed by an @#$#@$# tiktok kid There’s a whole section devoted to those who just want to whine and curse, and not actively discuss and/or seek help. If you actually want help, and meaningful discussion, feel free to reply here. If all you want to do is curse and whine, create a topic in that section, or go find something more productive to do with your time.

Here are the latest binaries of SmartMath. This is a fully-working unofficial build that is going to be added to the official git repository… unless more improvements are suggested :) What’s new: the archive structure corresponds to the expectations of the Plugins Admin; the plugin searches for its documentation file near the SmartMath.dll, as well as in the “plugins\doc” folder; the plugin shows a warning when it does not find its syntax files in the expected locations under the “userDefineLangs” and “autoCompletion” folders of Notepad++. 64-bit version: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pTS_cBdU_Q0vkG03cubqWZ9TDdYiSsXW/view?usp=drive_link 32-bit version: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qsI5Hsx4XmyRlhVeGsplAoTX391WEnOv/view?usp=drive_link

Feature request created: https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/18429 Put the several possibilities given my lack of knowing how the backend works and the feedback I’d gotten on this thread of possible feasibilities. I do stuff on both a Work computer using IT’s selected version of Notepad++ as well as home use, so even if I could get AutoIt working on my personal computer, I probably can’t get it running on my Work computer (permissions) I’ll try to train myself to alt+d

@Alan-Kilborn said: @deleelee 9 is single digit and 12/14/22 are each two digits. Thank you, that’s exactly what it was.

@Paul-Adamczyk said: Still much to learn. Useful References: Notepad++ Online User Manual: Searching/Regex FAQ: Where to find other regular expressions (regex) documentation

@PeterJones said: [IANAL, and I don’t know the legal term for a non-registered trademark] An unregistered trademark, sometimes informally called a common law trademark, is an enforceable mark created by a business or individual to signify or distinguish a product or service. –For future reference. The stronger case needs to be made as you mention to differentiate what could be called a trademark name versus a generically descriptive name. Such as the difference between Borax as a chemical and Borax as a trademarked product name. I am not a lawyer [IANAL], either, but I have done legal research from time to time, on these types of subjects as well, in the past.

@PeterJones Thank you now as for my other questions …

@guy038 , I have also noticed that, recently, the username filter in the advanced search page doesn’t populate usernames. I had thought it might have just been me. I know that @barisusakli from NodeBB occasionally logs in, and they recently updated the forum software for us… maybe that version had a bug, because the admin panel says there’s another version available since they last updated us. Until then, once you make your search, you can edit the URL to set &by=PeterJones to search for my posts (right now, the URL probably has &by= with no value). It’s not as convenient as the drop-down, but it is a workaround.

Hello, @Roberts-Rozis, @Peterjones, @dennis-bulgrien, @coises and All, @Coises, I did some tests with my D USB key and with your Search++ plugin and the following generic regexes solve the problem nicely : So, @Roberts-Rozis and @dennis-bulgrien : Select The Plugins > Search++ > Search in Files... option Select your média (C, D, … ) on the left and don’t forget to check the Subfolders option and, possibly, the Hidden files option Select the Reg. exp. option for the Filter : type In the filter box : • For a search of any file, even WITHOUT extension, between level N minimum and M maximum, enter : ^(?:[^\\]+\\){N,M}[^\\]+ • For a search of any file, WITH an extension, between level N minimum and M maximum, enter : ^(?:[^\\]+\\){N,M}[^\\]+\..+ • For a search of any file with the EXACT extension 'txt' or 'log' or 'ini', between level N minimum and M maximum, enter : ^(?:[^\\]+\\){N,M}[^\\]+\.(?:txt|log|ini)$ You may also add a size and/or a date condition Of course, check your desired search options Finally, click on the Find in Files button IMPORTANT : Replace the letters N and M by true digits, with the condition N <= M. The M value may be missing ! The syntax of these regexes are specific to the Search++ These regexes allow any search in an arborescence, from level N minimum to level M maximum. However : You may search from level 0, if necessary You can go through all the structure with the 0, or the N, syntaxes Note that you can simulate the Search++ filtering mode by using one of the regexes below, directly in Notepad++ ^(?:[^\\\r\n]+\\){2,4}[^\\\r\n]+$ ^(?:[^\\\r\n]+\\){2,4}[^\\\r\n]+\..+ ^(?:[^\\\r\n]+\\){2,4}[^\\\r\n]+\.(?:txt|log|ini)$ Against the text below, that you’ll paste in a new tab : 987.txt abc\123.txt abc\def\456.txt abc\def\ghi\789.txt abc\def\ghi\jkl\012.txt abc\def\ghi\jkl\mno\pqr\stu\vwx\yz\999.txt 987.txt abc\123.txt abc\def\456.txt abc\def\ghi\789.ini abc\def\ghi\jkl\012.log abc\def\ghi\jkl\mno\pqr\stu\vwx\yz\999.txt LICENSE abc\LICENSE abc\def\LICENSE abc\def\ghi\LICENSE abc\def\ghi\jkl\LICENSE abc\def\ghi\jkl\mno\pqr\stu\vwx\yz\LICENSE You may also try, for example, the cases {0,3} or {0,} or even {4,}. Enjoy ! Best Regards, guy038

@Charles-Billow said: I see how to change fonts etc. for the document I am working on, but how do I change the default font/size/ and zoom level as the default for all new documents? The way you phrased that makes me think you might not understand what a text editor is. Text files are stored as the raw text: no individual text file / text-based-document has any concept of its own font or font-size. It is just text, and it is up to the text editor to decide what font or size to use. If you set Notepad++ to use a specific font or font-size, using the dialog that @markusbodensee shared with you, that will affect how Notepad++ displays it, but MS notepad.exe or VS Code or gvim will all use their own font and size, because it’s up to the app, not the file, what font and size to display text in. If you’ve changed the font and size that’s used “in the current document” in Notepad++, you’ve changed the font and size for all documents, new or old, in Notepad++. As far as Zoom level goes: Notepad++ remembers your previous zoom when you exit. But if you’ve set a reasonable font size as your default, then zoom should normally be at 100% (which is the default if you haven’t zoomed in or out yet). If you’re to the point that you start thinking you want to have the default zoom bigger or smaller than 100%, then think to yourself: do you really mean that you should change the font size bigger or smaller, instead? (Then again, some people are still killing trees from their text editor, so if you’re printing to paper, maybe you have one of the few use cases where it makes sense to use a smaller font but larger zoom, or vice versa.)

Hello, @francisco, @gerdb42 and All, There are plenty of solutions ! The following one will ensure that the . matches newline option will not be used even it’s checked and that the Match case option is enabled even it’s not checked ! FIND (?-si)_.+(?=\.txt) REPLACE Leave EMPTY Best Regards, guy038

@guy038 said: @coises, I wrote all the interesting sequences to use, with a French keyboard, in the Main_Compose.txt file. You can download this file, just for information, from my Google Drive account : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_twecFVI_hkIPSg86_aNDE5NPE18fqyE/view?usp=sharing Thanks for checking this out. I’m glad you’re finding it useful! Looking at your chart, it seems like the French keyboard might be a case where it would be worth redefining some of the implicit accent sequences, so you don’t have to use AltGr to get the circumflex, grave accent and tilde. You have to replace the entire set to replace any part of it, so to work from scratch you’d first need to find compose-default.jsonc in the plugins\Compose directory. You’d copy the entire block starting with "implicit combining rules" : { and extending to the matching }, then paste that after the opening { in a new user definitions file. You could replace the circumflex, grave accent and tilde with the base letters (since none of them are used in existing combinations), so your user definitions file would look like this (I think — I can’t really test without a French keyboard): { "implicit combining rules" : { "'" : ["\u0301", "\u030B", true , "\u0317"], // acute accent | double | same as plain | acute accent below ")" : ["\u0306", false , true , "\u032E"], // breve | - | same as plain | breve below ">" : ["\u030C", false , true , "\u032C"], // caron/hacek | - | same as plain | caron/hacek below "," : ["\u0327", false , "\u0313", "\u0326"], // cedilla | - | comma above | comma below "ç" : ["\u0302", false , true , "\u032D"], // circumflex | - | same as plain | circumflex below "\"": ["\u0308", false , true , "\u0324"], // diaeresis | - | same as plain | diaeresis below "." : ["\u0307", false , true , "\u0323"], // dot above | - | same as plain | dot below "è" : ["\u0300", "\u030F", true , "\u0316"], // grave accent | double | same as plain | grave accent below "?" : ["\u0309", false , true , false ], // hook above | - | same as plain | - "+" : ["\u031B", false , true , false ], // horn | - | same as plain | - "-" : ["\u0304", false , true , "\u0331"], // macron | - | same as plain | macron below ";" : ["\u0328", false , "\u1DCE", true ], // ogonek | - | ogonnek above | same as plain "*" : ["\u030A", false , true , "\u0325"], // ring above | - | same as plain | ring below "é" : ["\u0303", false , true , "\u0330"], // tilde | - | same as plain | tilde below "_" : ["\u0332", "\u0333", "\u0305", true ] // underline | double | overline | same as plain } } Then you could just use ç, è and é instead of having to use AltGr with them. Then again, maybe AltGr is so natural to people who use a French keyboard that it really doesn’t make it any more awkward to use it. I am a little confused by why you are showing sequences like [AltGr] [é2~] [SP] [Letter] with the space in them; I would expect the space to break the sequence and show the accent as a separate, non-combining mark. Does it not work that way for you? Edit to add: I’m sorry. I see: the grave accent and the tilde are dead keys (and the circumflex on the ç key is the ASCII circumflex, but there is also another one that is a dead key). So you probably rarely need to use those combinations anyway, since the dead key would create the character you need in most circumstances. If there are times when the dead keys don’t work, though, so that sometimes you still want the Compose combinations, the override suggested above would avoid the need for the space as well as the AltGr.