Notepad++ v8.5.4 Release

donho

Notepad++ v8.5.4 Release is available here:
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v854-released/

Notepad++ v8.5.4 Release change log:

Fix macro recording regression on Unicode character. (Fix #13757)
Fix regression of defective detection for file read-only attribute removal via Explorer. (Fix #13742)
Fix opening multi-files on multi-instance mode regression. (Fix #36, #13778)
Update: Scintilla 5.3.5 Lexilla 5.2.5. (Implement #13729)
Fix Notepad++ hanging issue running macro to EOF. (Fix #13342)
Fix EOL symbol color/appearence being reset issue while changing encoding. (Fix #13728)
Enable code folding in Assembly source files. (Fix #13758, #9888)
Fix document language not remembered through sessions issue. (Fix #13743)
Add SHA-1 hash features. (Fix #13791)
Add “open new blank document in addition on startup” ability. (Fix #11134, #9535, #5527)
Fix lexer plugin is sorted unconventionally in language menu issue (Fix #9516)
Add message NPPM_DARKMODESUBCLASSANDTHEME to allow plugin to use generic dark mode. (Fix #13574)
Add the ability to close multiple files without saving in Document list. (Fix #13768, #13178)
Several GUI Enhancements. (Fix #13764, #10349, #8109, #13703, #13701, #13686, #13665, #13657, #13676, #13667, #13624, #13622)
Fix error message on uninstallation. (Implement #13653)
Fix tabContextMenu_example.xml not being deleted while uninstallation. (Fix #13670)

Michael Vincent

@donho

Not a regression, but perhaps a bug with the new SHA-1 feature:

https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/13797

Cheers.

donho

@Michael-Vincent
Thank you for your heads up and your instructions to reproduce it.
Fixed now in:
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/commit/5b5238610e6ca57ee779d04aa19db9e8df568241

Luper

I’m encountering an error since v8.5 release during a sysprep phase

error:
Package NotepadPlusPlus_1.0.0.0_Neutral_7njy0v32s6xk6 was installed for a user but not provisioned for all. this package will not function properly in the sysprep image
Failed to remove apps for the current user: 0x80073cf2
Exit code of RemoveAllApps thread was 0x3cf2
ActionPlatform::LaunchModule: Failure occured while executing “SysprepGeneralizeValidate”

seems the problem comes from the contextual menu plugin

wallobit

@donho
Comments in batch files with colons are no longer correctly formatted across the entire line

Alan Kilborn

@wallobit said in Notepad++ v8.5.4 Release:

Comments in batch files with colons are no longer correctly formatted across the entire line

Hmm, probably because that isn’t a “comment”; it’s a “label”. Comments in batch start with rem but a pseudo comment can start with ::. But a line starting with : is simply a label, even though the rest of the line (after the label) is ignored.

Likely what happened is that the Scintilla lexer for batch “tightened up” the definition of what a label is, and that resulted in the behavior change you’re seeing.

donho

@Luper
This message can be ignored safely.
See: https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/nppShell/issues/29

Michael Sousa

The ability to “column select” using the Begin/End Select no longer works. “Column Select” still works when holding down ALT + selection, but the method using Begin/End Select (right click > Begin/End Select > (highlight a least 2 rows to initiate “Column Select”) > right click > Begin/End Select) no longer works with the latest updates.

Alan Kilborn

@Michael-Sousa

The ability to “column select” using the Begin/End Select no longer works.

There’s a relatively new command for this, in the main menus:

In the right-click context menu:

rdipardo

@wallobit said in Notepad++ v8.5.4 Release:

Comments in batch files with colons are no longer correctly formatted across the entire line

Hmm, probably because that isn’t a “comment”; it’s a “label”. Comments in batch start with rem but a pseudo comment can start with ::. But a line starting with : is simply a label, even though the rest of the line (after the label) is ignored.

Likely what happened is that the Scintilla lexer for batch “tightened up” the definition of what a label is, and that resulted in the behavior change you’re seeing.

@Alan-Kilborn, that’s exactly what happened.

The former way of styling labels was reported as a bug and changed in Lexilla 5.2.5, which added a new style class for the rest of the line after the first word of the label.

Of course none of the themes have been updated with the new SCE_BAT_AFTER_LABEL style (id 8). In fact, the only way to replicate the former style would be to copy and paste the existing label style, adding the attribute styleId="8", in every theme’s XML descriptor. That’s really a design choice, and there’s no chance that every theme maintainer will universally adopt it.

So, basically, what you see is how Batch labels are going to look from now on.

Michael Vincent

@rdipardo said in Notepad++ v8.5.4 Release:

Of course none of the themes have been updated with the new SCE_BAT_AFTER_LABEL style (id 8). In fact, the only way to replicate the former style would be to copy and paste the existing label style, adding the attribute styleId=“8”, in every theme’s XML descriptor.

Thanks - verified that works:

Relevant section of my styler file:

        <LexerType name="batch" desc="Batch" ext="">
            <WordsStyle name="DEFAULT" styleID="0" fgColor="E0E2E4" bgColor="202020" fontName="" fontStyle="0" fontSize="" />
            <WordsStyle name="COMMENT" styleID="1" fgColor="66747B" bgColor="202020" fontName="" fontStyle="0" fontSize="" />
            <WordsStyle name="KEYWORDS" styleID="2" fgColor="93C763" bgColor="202020" fontName="" fontStyle="1" fontSize="" keywordClass="instre1">ENABLEEXTENSIONS ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION</WordsStyle>
            <WordsStyle name="LABEL" styleID="3" fgColor="A082BD" bgColor="202020" fontName="" fontStyle="1" fontSize="" />
            <WordsStyle name="HIDE SYMBOL" styleID="4" fgColor="D3DA50" bgColor="202020" fontName="" fontStyle="0" fontSize="" />
            <WordsStyle name="COMMAND" styleID="5" fgColor="FFCD22" bgColor="202020" fontName="" fontStyle="0" fontSize="" />
            <WordsStyle name="VARIABLE" styleID="6" fgColor="678CB1" bgColor="202020" fontName="" fontStyle="1" fontSize="" />
            <WordsStyle name="OPERATOR" styleID="7" fgColor="E8E2B7" bgColor="202020" fontName="" fontStyle="1" fontSize="" />
            <WordsStyle name="AFTER LABEL" styleID="8" fgColor="66747B" bgColor="202020" fontName="" fontStyle="1" fontSize="" />
        </LexerType>

Cheers.

donho

FYI
Auto-update of v8.5.4 has been triggered.

Luper

@donho Hi

I know it but the triggered error is seriously painful to manage.
I’m deploying several hundreds of windows with a syspreped image and if I told my users to manually install the software, they will seriously have a bit of anger toward me…

can’t have the powershell command add-appxprovisionned package working to transform the user-defined package to a computer-defined package
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/dism/add-appxprovisionedpackage?view=windowsserver2022-ps

maybe it can be used during the building of the plugin?

XanKyBpaT

I update my notepad++ to 8.5.4. Now i have 2 menus with the same name SHA-256. They do 2 different things - one generate sha256 and the other generate sha1. See printscreen. Maybe localization is broken.

Sorry for my bad english (i am native bulgarian).

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PeterJones

@XanKyBpaT said in Notepad++ v8.5.4 Release:

I update my notepad++ to 8.5.4. Now i have 2 menus with the same name SHA-256. They do 2 different things - one generate sha256 and the other generate sha1. See printscreen. Maybe localization is broken.

That’s exactly the same thing that @Michael-Vincent pointed out in his very first reply in this topic ten days ago. It will be fixed in the next version of Notepad++.

XanKyBpaT

@PeterJones
I am stupid. Thank you!

Michael Sousa

@Alan-Kilborn Thanks for the response Alan. I did not notice that and happy to see there’s a shortcut for it as well.

Kirill Shalygin

Hello,
first of all - thank you all for your work! I like npp so much :)
And it is quite pity that my first message here is a complain :(
Seems I update npp too rarely… Today I’ve updated it from 8.4.7 up to current version. So much changes, maybe very useful - but I am very frustrated… There is no bash/shell syntax suport here? There is neither syntax choice (unser 'S, as earlier) not file extantion to save. Is it an error or feature? I had to rollback to good old 8.4.7 even if it costed me all my custom settings :(
WBR
Kirill

PeterJones

@Kirill-Shalygin said in Notepad++ v8.5.4 Release:

There is no bash/shell syntax suport here?

It may be confusing because it’s called “Shell” in the Language menu but “Bash” in the Style Configurator.

mpheath

@Kirill-Shalygin said in Notepad++ v8.5.4 Release:

…
There is neither syntax choice (unser 'S, as earlier) not file extantion to save.
…

As for the Save as type, look for Unix script file

Unix script file (*.bash;*.sh;*.bsh;*.csh;*.bash_profile;*.bashrc;*.profile; *.*.*.)

which can append the extension if the checkbox is checked

new 1.bash

Tip: Focus the Save as type combobox and type the letter u and it will select the Unix script file item which can be quicker than viewing the long drop down list to find the item to select.