Notepad++ v8.4.6 Release Candidate 2

Alan Kilborn

As this thread is supposed to be reserved for any CRITICAL PROBLEMS found with the RELEASE CANDIDATE, I have moved your discussion to a NEW THREAD.

donho

@guy038

I noticed, for instance, that the difference between color 1 and color 4 are really tiny

Yes indeed. I have the same feeling about that.
Since it’s also bothering me, I did the modification on the 1st and the 4th color here:

For your feature request, I was thinking about it, but it’s not that easy - you’re always welcome to create the FR on github.

@Alan-Kilborn said in Notepad++ v8.4.6 Release Candidate 2:

As this thread is supposed to be reserved for any CRITICAL PROBLEMS found with the RELEASE CANDIDATE, I have moved your discussion to a NEW THREAD.

I really think it’s OK to talk about new added feature here. For example in this feature the colors are fixed, and I don’t see the way (yet) to make it customizable. Such alert could redirect the new feature - in this case, I will try to make the colors more distinguishable before the release to the public.

guy038

Hi, @don-ho and All,

As requested :

https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/12223

BR

guy038

donho

I will try to make the colors more distinguishable before the release to the public.

Regarding this point, could you guys test the binary here:
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/pull/12224

And please let me know your thoughts.
Thank you

guy038

Hello, @Don-ho,

You said :

Regarding this point, could you guys test the binary here:
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/pull/12224

I personally do not see any reference to a binary file ?

May be I miss something obvious as I’m not very acquainted to GitHub functionalities !

Best Regards,

guy038

Alan Kilborn

@guy038 said in Notepad++ v8.4.6 Release Candidate 2:

do not see any reference to a binary file ?
May be I miss something obvious as I’m not very acquainted to GitHub functionalities !

How to test a PR’s binary is described HERE on the (github) Notepad++ site, and @Yaron gets even more specific about it HERE.

Andi Kiissel

@donho
Colors OK
Kind of weird that tab color is saved in the sessions.xml but not in the MRU history in the config.xml

Alan Kilborn

@Andi-Kiissel said in Notepad++ v8.4.6 Release Candidate 2:

Kind of weird that tab color is not (saved) in the MRU history in the config.xml

What does this mean? You expect that if a tab has been colored and then the tab is closed by the user and reopened, it should restore the previously set color to the tab? If so, then I think that is not a reasonable expectation. If something different, can you elaborate on what you mean?

Andi Kiissel

@Alan-Kilborn said in Notepad++ v8.4.6 Release Candidate 2:

I think that is not a reasonable expectation

I think that is a reasonable expectation. People think differently. Sorry.

Alan Kilborn

@Andi-Kiissel said in Notepad++ v8.4.6 Release Candidate 2:

I think that is a reasonable expectation. People think differently. Sorry.

But it is not the Notepad++ expectation. When a file is closed these things, for example are not remembered as well if the file is reopened:

encoding previously set (not autodetected)
bookmarks
caret position
selection made (if any)
styling (1-5) that had previously been done
mark styling from Mark
etc.

So, remembering tab color for a previously opened but now closed tab is NOT reasonable. You can disagree, but this will never be something done by Notepad++.

guy038

Hi, @don-ho and all,

Thanks Don for finding a nice set of five tab colors ! I would say that this new group of colors does not make their modifications, via the Style configurator, so urgent !

And thanks to @Yaron and @alan-kilborn for providing their GitHub information to me :-))

Now, as @Andi-Kiissel spoke about the MRU history feature ( Ctrl + Tab ) with @alan-kilborn, I noticed a weird behaviour :

Open the View > Document List panel
Then, open the Settings > preferences... > General panel
Tick, then untick the Alternate icons option in the Tab Bar section

=> The icons in the Document List panel change accordingly, as expected !

But, if you use the Ctrl + Tab shortcut, the MRU list always displays the old “floppy” icon ( in blue, red or grey color ) !

Not critical, of course, but I’m personally got used to the alternate icons which are more easy to distinguish and should be the default set, to my mind !

Best Regards,

guy038

P.S. :

So, here is the way I understand the method to test a new build of N++ :

Click on the “https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/pull/Number” link, provided by @don-ho or an other contributor

=> A new GitHub window opens

At right of a line, below, containing the modifications, click on the green check mark ( Not on the last hexadecimal number ! )
On the small windows, which pops up, click on the blue link Details
On a new Appveyor window, click, either, on the job name :
- Environment: compiler=MSC, platform=Win32; Configuration: Debug
- Environment: compiler=MSC, platform=x64; Configuration: Debug
On the new Appveyor window which opens , click on the Artifact tab
Click on the blue link Notepad++.win32.Debug.exe or Notepad++.x64.Debug.exe

=> The corresponding file should be downloaded on your laptop !

Alan Kilborn

@guy038 said in Notepad++ v8.4.6 Release Candidate 2:

the MRU list always displays the old “floppy” icon ( in blue, red or grey color ) !

Not a new feature, and not a regression with 8.4.6RC, so…I think you need to create a new issue about it.

guy038

Hi, @alan-kilborn and All,

As requested :

https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/12242

BR

guy038

donho

Please check Notepad++ v8.4.6 RC3:
https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/23524/notepad-v8-4-6-release-candidate-3