Notepad++ v8.4.7 Release

[Mike7O]

v8.4.7 this happens / worked in 8.4.6
trying to open/edit multiple files …didn’t find any solution for it, however a lot of old reports showing the same errors

[PeterJones]

@Mike7O ,

Windows ShellExecute is limited in the number of characters it will accept; this was true in v8.4.6 and is still true in v8.4.7, because it’s part of the Microsoft Windows win32-api definition for maximum command length.

You might consider not opening so many files from the same right-click from Explorer; then you can select the second half, and unless you have done something like telling Notepad++ to always open files in multisession, it will add the files to the existing Notepad++ window. Or just open the folder as a workspace from inside Notepad++.

[Mike7O]

@PeterJones nice, haven’t explored that many features so anything that makes my work easier is appreciated 🤩

[Mike7O]

@Mike7O
still I was able to do it in previous versions … well now I know alternative ways …
googled and this was the solution

https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/10945/shellexecute-failed-2-is-this-command-correct-fix

so run as admin which some settings-changes required I will only do when I need 😎

[DomOBU]

Some times I find that the source is badly managed by notepad++.
As now I know that this can happen, when I find that the program has an inadequate behavior I delete the line and I retype it.
Example in the attached file, tittle should be in blue like the other keywords. I had to delete the line and reenter it.
This problem is unfortunately not reproducible.

[PeterJones]

@DomOBU ,

<tittle> is not an HTML tag, so it will not be styled as an HTML tag. The correct tag <title> would be properly styled.

If you want to make it more obvious that you’ve got an error in your HTML, you can go to Settings > Style Configurator > HTML > TAGUNKNOWN and change the foreground colour from black to red

This is not a regresion in Notepad++: it has always been like this. This is not a bug in Notepad++: it was intended to style invalid/unknown HTML tags differently than valid/known tags. This is intended behavior.

[DomOBU]

@PeterJones said in Notepad++ v8.4.7 Release:

Style Configurato

Thank you for your answer. You are right.

I didn’t know this “Style Configurator” feature which is very useful.

[DomOBU]

It seems that the word “download” is not recognized in the HTML files.
Is this an oversight?

[PeterJones]

@DomOBU ,

<DOWNLOAD> isn’t an HTML tag that I’m aware of. download might be a keyword in one of the web scripting languages (javascript, ASP, or similar), but I don’t know for sure.

But it’s not a regression in v8.4.7, and that’s the focus of this topic. If you have generic Notepad++ questions that aren’t specific to breaking-changes in v8.4.7, please create a new topic in “Help Wanted”

[DomOBU]

@PeterJones
Thank you for your reply.
I have tried in “Help wanted” but my post is considered as spam.

The context is as follows:
<a href=“the URL of the file to download”
download=“the name you want to give to the downloaded file”>
</a>

[PeterJones]

@DomOBU ,

You should be able to post elsewhere… probably just too high a percentage of your post was HTML without being inside the ``` markdown (using the </> button on the toolbar) so the forum thought you were trying to build HTML to spam us.

But to simply answer your question: edit %AppData%\Notepad++\langs.xml, find the <Language name="html" section. In the <Keywords name="instre1"> element (which has href in the text), put download between dl draggable (so that it’s in alphabetical order) => dl download draggable, save, and reload Notepad++.

From there on out, your copy of Notepad++ will know the download attribute for HTML files.

Further discussion on this should be in a separate topic.

[DomOBU]

Thanks again.
It’s a great tool.

[donho]

@DomOBU

This thread is for the regression or critical bugs for the new release.
For the bug report please do it in “General Discussion” or “Help wanted”.

[Alan Kilborn]

@donho said in Notepad++ v8.4.7 Release:

For the bug report please do it in “General Discussion” or “Help wanted”.

If it is a REAL bug report, report it HERE.
If you want to discuss it first before filing an actual report, then yes, “General Discussion” or “Help wanted” is fine.