Notepad++ v8.3.1 Release Candidate

[donho]

Notepad++ v8.3.1 Release Candidate:
http://download.notepad-plus-plus.org/repository/8.x/8.3.1.RC/

Notepad++ v8.3.1 regression-fixes, bug-fixes and enhancement:
(The critical bug-fixes are in highlight)

1. Fix XML tag adding or mark deletion crash issue. (Fix #11128 )
2. Fix wrong cursor position on opened file & cmdline '-n' param not working regression. (Fix #11131 )
3. Revert “Enable backup on save (simple) feature by default”.
4. Restore auto-completion insert selection default behaviour (now with both ENTER & TAB as expected). (Fix #11178 )
5. Fix Path Completion not working regression. (Fix #11147 )
6. Fix target directory parameter (/D=) ignored by x64 installer regression. (Fix #11072 )
7. Add icons on function items of auto-completion to distinguish from word items. (Implement #11087 )
8. Fix file dialog “Append extension” checkbox not working on empty folder. (Fix #10436 )
9. Fix link part of Dark Mode Customized tone not persistent issue. (Fix #11095 )
10. Fix NPPM_RELOADFILE not working with converted 8.3 DOS file name (from long file name) bug. (Fix #11106 )

The release will be available in a couple of days.
Thank you in advance for your help.

[Rosemarije Venema]

@donho fix 4 enter is not working for auto-complete…

[Michael Vincent]

@rosemarije-venema said in Notepad++ v8.3.1 Release Candidate:

fix 4 enter is not working for auto-complete…

I suspect if you use the installer it will work. Otherwise, you’ll need to go into the settings and change it manually like we did in this version.

Cheers.

[PeterJones]

@michael-vincent said in Notepad++ v8.3.1 Release Candidate:

I suspect if you use the installer it will work.

More specifically, if you already had v8.2.1 or 8.3(.0) installed, that setting will have been written to your configuration file already. The updated “default” in v8.3.1 will not overwrite a setting that’s already saved in your configuration file. If you want “defaults” to take effect, you have to delete your old config file and re-run.

This is explained in the upcoming version of the user manual – it’s not live on the website yet, but it is viewable in the github repo at https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/npp-usermanual/blob/master/content/docs/auto-completion.md#completion-key , including this relevant paragraph:

Note: as with other configuration file settings, upgrades will not overwrite a setting in an existing config.xml, so your choices in v8.2.1 [editor’s note: or 8.3] will remain active through future upgrades; the defaults listed will only apply on new installations, or if there is no setting for insertSelectedItemUseENTER or insertSelectedItemUseTAB in the config.xml, or if the config.xml file has been deleted and needs to be regenerated.

… and the Configuration Files during Upgrads section is being expanded into the version shown here: https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/npp-usermanual/blob/master/content/docs/config-files.md#configuration-files-during-upgrades:

For the config.xml (which contains the settings from the GUI’s Settings > Preferences dialog), if Notepad++ has a setting that it doesn’t find defined in your current config.xml, it will apply the default value compiled in the program, and the next time it writes config.xml it will write that default value in config.xml. Once it gets written, future changes to that default value will not override the value already in your file, even when you upgrade Notepad++. config.xml will only get a default value for a setting in three situations: 1) on a new installation [editor’s note: that is, when there is currently no installation and no config files on the machine]; 2) when you run Notepad++, and there is no config.xml, so it writes a complete config.xml with all default values; 3) when your config.xml is missing the attribute/value pair for a given setting.

[donho]

@michael-vincent said in Notepad++ v8.3.1 Release Candidate:

I suspect if you use the installer it will work. Otherwise, you’ll need to go into the settings and change it manually like we did in this version.

Use installer to upgrade old version of Notepad++ won’t make the set value restored to default value, because config.xml won’t be erased by Installer. Change this option manually via Preference dialog is the only way to (re)set this value.