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    • guy038G
      guy038
      last edited by guy038

      There’s something that I don’t like regarding the new behaviour of the Show Symbol feature !


      To explain my annoyance, follow these simple steps :

      • First, ensure that NO line is checked when selecting the View > Show Symbol menu

      • In a new UTF-8 tab, add the following line, which ends with a line-break

      abc    def	ghi jklmno
pqr
      

      This line contains the string abc, then four Space chars, the string def, a Tab char, the string ghi, the Narrow Non Breaking Space char, the string jkl, the ETX char, the string mno, the LS char, the string pqr and ends with the usual \r\n line-break

      Note that, as no Show Symbol option is set, at this time, the 3 chars between the strings jkl, mno and pqr cannot be seen in N++ and the Spaces and Tabs are only visible as blank chars ( Logical )


      Now, successively, click on :

      • The View > Show Symbol > Show Space and Tab option

      => The Space characters between abc and def, as well as the tab character between def and ghi should be seen

      • The View > Show Symbol > Show End of Line option

      => The \r\n ( or \n ) characters should be seen

      • The View > Show Symbol > Show Non-Printing Characters option

      => The Narrow Non Breaking Space character should be seen

      • The View > Show Symbol > Show Control Characters & Unicode EOL option

      => The two characters ETX and LS should be seen

      So far, everything seems logical !

      However, you’ll note that the Show All Characters option was automatically checked, when we previously check the Show Control Characters & Unicode EOL option


      Now, click a first time on the ¶ button ( standing for the Show All Characters option ) of the Tools bar => No visible change as all the options of the Show Symbol menu are checked ( Normal )

      Then, click a second time on the ¶ button => At once, all the symbols disappeared ! Of course, it has always been the behaviour of this option. However, regarding all the new options added to the Show Symbol menu, I was expecting that :

      • The View > Show Symbol > Show Space and Tab option would be still checked

      • The View > Show Symbol > Show Non-Printing Characters option would be still checked

      • The View > Show Symbol > Show Control Characters & Unicode EOL option would be sill checked

      Presently, after this second click on the ¶ button, we, unfortunately, have to redo all the process to be able to see most of these special characters, again !


      What is your feelings regarding my proposition ? So, in other words :

      • The ¶ button would check the Show All Characters option, if presently not checked

      • The ¶ button would uncheck the Show End of Line option only, if presently checked

      Best Regards,

      guy038

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      • datatraveller1D
        datatraveller1
        last edited by

        @guy038 It seems I commented nearly the same here: https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/13734#issuecomment-1575470110

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        • TragenT
          Tragen @PeterJones
          last edited by

          @PeterJones

          I had the problem that the XML parsers from Microsoft ignoring CRLF in Text and always returning only LF. I don’t know if that’s in the spec but this is what happens if you read the XML.
          So you will never get the real CRLF until you encode it somehow or use CDATA sections.

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          • PeterJonesP
            PeterJones @Tragen
            last edited by

            @Tragen said in Notepad++ v8.5.3 Release:

            @PeterJones

            I had the problem that the XML parsers from Microsoft ignoring CRLF in Text and always returning only LF. I don’t know if that’s in the spec but this is what happens if you read the XML.
            So you will never get the real CRLF until you encode it somehow or use CDATA sections.

            And the workaround that works for v8.5.3 is in the FAQ

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            • Ahmed HakimA
              Ahmed Hakim
              last edited by

              I think you should create a version for MacOS as users like me also would benefit from the use of this app. Hopefully this is added in the next update.

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              • Terry RT
                Terry R @Ahmed Hakim
                last edited by

                @Ahmed-Hakim said in Notepad++ v8.5.3 Release:

                Hopefully this is added in the next update

                Very unlikely to happen for any future version. Notepad++ is built on libraries that only work in the Windows environment.

                There have been a few posts asking for a Mac version but thus far there has been no reference for any future release on the Mac.

                See also this post.

                Terry

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                • volker001V
                  volker001
                  last edited by

                  This Version doesn’t work on Windows Server 2008:

                  Error:
                  Image 601.png

                  Is it possible to fix this?

                  I revert to 7.9.5.
                  Witch Version is the latest for Server 2008?

                  Please add in the download section always a compatibility list for the OS.

                  PS:
                  And the Plugin: compareplus does also not work on Server2008.

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                  • donhoD
                    donho @volker001
                    last edited by

                    @volker001 said in Notepad++ v8.5.3 Release:

                    Witch Version is the latest for Server 2008?

                    https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/blob/master/SUPPORTED_SYSTEM.md

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                    • Jerald BellezaJ
                      Jerald Belleza @donho
                      last edited by

                      @donho sorry couldn’t remember the version prior. But looks like the issue is with OS as I am getting the expected result on Windows Server 2012 using the same N++ version.

                      This is what I expected with Multi-Instance enabled. Select multiple files, right click and Edit with Notepad++, files will then be opened in a single instance of Notepad++. Select another batch of multiple files, right click and Edit with Notepad++, files will then be opened in another instance of Notepad++.

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                      • donhoD
                        donho @Jerald Belleza
                        last edited by

                        @Jerald-Belleza said in Notepad++ v8.5.3 Release:

                        @donho sorry couldn’t remember the version prior. But looks like the issue is with OS as I am getting the expected result on Windows Server 2012 using the same N++ version.

                        This is what I expected with Multi-Instance enabled. Select multiple files, right click and Edit with Notepad++, files will then be opened in a single instance of Notepad++. Select another batch of multiple files, right click and Edit with Notepad++, files will then be opened in another instance of Notepad++.

                        Could you create an issue here:
                        https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues

                        I’ll work on it if the issue can be reproducible.

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                        • Jerald BellezaJ
                          Jerald Belleza @donho
                          last edited by

                          @donho Done! Many thanks for looking into this!

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                          • Howard GrimmerH
                            Howard Grimmer @donho
                            last edited by

                            @donho
                            I too have the same problem - it was in the previous version - I updated to the next (this one) hoping it had been fixed, but no. Certainly cramps the way I use NP now.

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                            • Howard GrimmerH
                              Howard Grimmer @Howard Grimmer
                              last edited by

                              @Howard-Grimmer
                              Having said that, I’ve just rechecked setting Multi-Instance mode - it now looks like it’s working fine - so perhaps has been a Win11 problem? Great, I can work freely again!

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                              • Howard GrimmerH
                                Howard Grimmer @Howard Grimmer
                                last edited by

                                @Howard-Grimmer
                                Correction - it works fine if using a session file, but not when manually selecting some files, right-clicking, and then ‘Edit with Notepad++’. So at least there’s a work-around…

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                                • donhoD
                                  donho @Jerald Belleza
                                  last edited by donho

                                  @Jerald-Belleza said in Notepad++ v8.5.3 Release:

                                  This is what I expected with Multi-Instance enabled. Select multiple files, right click and Edit with Notepad++, files will then be opened in a single instance of Notepad++. Select another batch of multiple files, right click and Edit with Notepad++, files will then be opened in another instance of Notepad++.

                                  Sorry, I misread your message.
                                  If multi-instance is enabled, it’s normal that “Edit with Notepad++” opens several files into several instances. So it’s the expected behaviour to me.

                                  Prior to 8.5.3 whenever I select multiple files (by highlighting) and right click Edit with Notepad++, all of the files are opened on a single instance. Now with 8.5.3, all files are opened separately (new instance).

                                  Could you provide the version please?

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                                  • donhoD
                                    donho @Howard Grimmer
                                    last edited by

                                    @Howard-Grimmer said in Notepad++ v8.5.3 Release:

                                    @donho
                                    I too have the same problem - it was in the previous version - I updated to the next (this one) hoping it had been fixed, but no. Certainly cramps the way I use NP now.

                                    I guess you have also the problem of multi-instance settings with “Edit with Notepad++” problem.
                                    What’s the old version which works to you?
                                    I need to be able to reproduce the different behaviour to know if it’s a regression.

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                                    • donhoD
                                      donho @donho
                                      last edited by

                                      @Jerald-Belleza @Howard-Grimmer
                                      The culprit is NppShell.dll, an issue has been created:
                                      https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/nppShell/issues/36

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                                      • supasillyassS
                                        supasillyass @Mark Olson
                                        last edited by

                                        @Mark-Olson said in Notepad++ v8.5.3 Release:

                                        If anyone else is mildly (or severely!) dissatisfied with the fact that non-printing characters and control characters no longer show up by default, here is an issue that I introduced
                                        and here is the script that I created to show non-printing and control characters but not CR and LF:

                                        from Npp import *
                                        
                                        notepad.menuCommand(44130) # toggle all non-printing characters
                                        notepad.menuCommand(44131) # toggle all control characters (e.g., BEL, ENQ)
                                        

                                        I’ve done something similar, using the Customize Toolbar plugin to create a custom button:

                                        View,Show Symbol,Show Control Characters  Unicode EOL,,*#4080C0:¶,*#4080C0:¶
                                        

                                        Note the two spaces between “Show Control Characters” and “Unicode EOL” and no ampersand![^1]

                                        custom_button.png

                                        [^1]: I spent a lot of time on this until I realised I could use the string from the Shortcut Mapper.

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