Default for C++ language

[queenidog1]

I only use NPP for editing (printing) C++ programs but I have to choose that language everytime I paste a C++ program into NPP.

Is there a way to KEEP it as the DEFAULT? i’m sure it worked that way before (before computer crashes, upgrades to win11, new NPP version, etc).

I would have thought it would be in Preferences

[PeterJones]

@queenidog1 ,

Settings > Preferences > New Document > Default Language = C++

Reference

• https://npp-user-manual.org/docs/preferences/#new-document

[Trevor W]

I would like the same.

The following link may solve your problem @queenigog1, but not mine.

https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/11687/change-default-language

Using this method, the filename extension has to match the language to stay that language each time the files are opened.

However, my CAD software expects a different file extension (.px) to the language used (.pas)

I would like to suggest making the default language the last language used.

Therefore, since most people switch languages infrequently, this should suit all.

Maybe with a switch in setting if people do or don’t want the option.

I’m not a coder in C++ so I can’t do this myself.

[PeterJones]

@trevor-w ,

However, my CAD software expects a different file extension (.px) to the language used (.pas)

Then use the Style Configurator to set px as an extra extension for Pascal.

… because the Default Language only applies to new files, not to opening existing files. If you want a given non-standard extension to always be interpreted as a particular language, you have to tell Notepad++ that.

[Trevor W]

Thanks Peter, that worked.

& this should be the solution to @queenidog1 problem too.

Ta

[PeterJones]

@trevor-w said in Default for C++ language:

that worked.

Glad it worked for you.

this should be the solution to @queenidog1 problem too.

Doubtful. As explicitly stated, the original post was about pasting text into a new document (that is, what you get when you open Notepad++ with no previous session open, or what you get from a File>New), whereas your question was how to treat an already-existing file that you open with File>Open or equivalent. Those are two separate things, and the answer I gave to each is the right way of handling those two separate situations.