Notepad++ v8.2 Release

[donho]

Notepad++ v8.2 Release is available here:
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v82-released/

Notepad++ v8.2 new features and bug-fixes:

1. Add exclude folder(s) ability in Find in Files (mouse hover on “Filters” label for getting the example on tool-tip). (Fix #2433, #8350)
2. Fix UTF-8 detected wrongly as TIS-620 encoding issue. (Fix #10916, #940, #8755, #3588, #3188, #4932, #3172, #10492)
3. Add auto save loaded session on exit feature (while “Open session in a new instance” is set in Multi-instance settings). (Fix #1646, #3241, #3574, #4228)
4. A comprehensive fix for dockable panels losing background color when switching back Notepad++. (Fix #2202, #2937, #5980, #8980, #9905, #10091)
5. Fix memory leak while toggling between Dark/Lite Mode. (Fix #10957)
6. Fix caret left-right inverse moving in RTL mode issue. (Fix #8553, #7678, #9730)
7. Fix Document List icons unchanged issue after switching to dark mode or changing to alternative icons. (Fix #10740)
8. Fix incorrect folding behaviour in C, C++, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript and Objective-C. (Fix #4560)
9. Update boost regexp from v1.76 to v1.78. (Implement #10912)
10. “Rename tab” name field enlargement (from 20 to 63 char!). (Fix #10961, #9849)
11. Apply “crontab” file to the syntax highlighting of bash. (Fix #3377)

Please let me know if any critical bug or regression is found.
Auto-updater will be triggered in 2 weeks if there’s no critical issue found.

Happy coding!

[PeterJones]

Depending on which side of the line we live on, we either got one last version in 2021, or a brand new version for 2022.

Either way, thank you, Don.

Happy New Year, everyone.

[Stefan Pendl]

@donho, thanks for the new release.
One thing capacity is an amount, ability is a new feature.
May be you can remember this ;-)

[Alan Kilborn]

@stefan-pendl said in Notepad++ v8.2 Release:

One thing capacity is an amount, ability is a new feature.

Probably the best word for point 1 would have been “capability”.
And I’m not even a 100% native English speaker.

May be you can remember this

Doubtful. But Don is not a native English speaker, and given that, I think he does a pretty damn good job with expressing himself in the language.

But really, those in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones, unless they want to get picked apart. Hint: Your “may be” should have been “maybe”.

And… your “one thing capacity…” should have been, possibly, “But one thing, capacity…”

The grammar police are on high alert.

Sure, you put in a :-) , but I don’t see the humor.

[donho]

@stefan-pendl

Just checked the definition of capacity in English - indeed, it’s about amount. it is fixed in this announce and will be fixed in the website. Too late for the change log come with the released packages though.

@Alan-Kilborn

I wouldn’t use “grammar police” such serious accusation… rather “semantic nazi” :)

[Andrea Ferollo]

Since dark mode was introduced, there is a setting in the config.xml file at <NotepadPlus> -> <GUIConfigs> -> stylerTheme that has the path for the DarkModeDefault.xml file.
This parameter has the full path for the file, but in a portable installation it makes no sense (it is not portable this way).

[Tragen]

@andrea-ferollo

This is a know bug since a long time and I hope it will be fixed sometime.
Also if you have a session where all open files are saved in the backup folder of the N++ installation, the path is absolute.

[Kristjan Lillepruun]

@tragen

[Mário da Silva Gusmão]

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[Laurent Montgomer]

After editing any text document, created .bak file automatically

[Michael Vincent]

@laurent-montgomer said in Notepad++ v8.2 Release:

After editing any text document, created .bak file automatically

We know - new default - ugh. Change with:

Settings => Preferences…

[Graham Norris]

@laurent-montgomer
New install or update? We were promised this would not happen to existing installs.

[Lycan Thrope]

@graham-norris ,
As far as I know it hasn’t been. Mine wasn’t set before the update, when I updated through the update system, it wasn’t changed, and I had to turn it on myself. Of course, I haven’t updated to the 8.2 because it’s not released for GUP to update it yet, so.

[WinterSilence]

Bug v8.1.x don’t find new version: No update is available

[Alan Kilborn]

@wintersilence said in Notepad++ v8.2 Release:

Bug v8.1.x don’t find new version: No update is available

No bug. Finding the update this way has to be enabled by the N++ author, when he decides that such an update is “ready”. Apparently he hasn’t decided that yet.

[WinterSilence]

@alan-kilborn hm-m… this release available on Download page. I thought this stuff generates automatically base on github releases.

[Lycan Thrope]

@wintersilence
Nope, that’s where folks who might want to test it, can download the latest and greatest from, but when it’s out of “quarantine” by the author, it will signal the application to generate an update at the application that is checked, I believe it’s every 15 days(?) and then the application can dowload the update.

[donho]

FYI:
Due to a quite critical regression of v8.2, the auto-updater will not be trigger by this release.
The regression has been fixed in v8.2.1.

[Lycan Thrope]

@donho ,
Thank you, I stand corrected. :)

Lee

[Benjamin Miller]

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