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:

1. Fix macro recording regression on Unicode character. (Fix #13757 )
2. Fix regression of defective detection for file read-only attribute removal via Explorer. (Fix #13742 )
3. Fix opening multi-files on multi-instance mode regression. (Fix #36 , #13778 )
4. Update: Scintilla 5.3.5 Lexilla 5.2.5. (Implement #13729 )
5. Fix Notepad++ hanging issue running macro to EOF. (Fix #13342 )
6. Fix EOL symbol color/appearence being reset issue while changing encoding. (Fix #13728 )
7. Enable code folding in Assembly source files. (Fix #13758 , #9888 )
8. Fix document language not remembered through sessions issue. (Fix #13743 )
9. Add SHA-1 hash features. (Fix #13791 )
10. Add “open new blank document in addition on startup” ability. (Fix #11134 , #9535 , #5527 )
11. Fix lexer plugin is sorted unconventionally in language menu issue (Fix #9516 )
12. Add message NPPM_DARKMODESUBCLASSANDTHEME to allow plugin to use generic dark mode. (Fix #13574 )
13. Add the ability to close multiple files without saving in Document list. (Fix #13768 , #13178 )
14. Several GUI Enhancements. (Fix #13764 , #10349 , #8109 , #13703 , #13701 , #13686 , #13665 , #13657 , #13676 , #13667 , #13624 , #13622 )
15. Fix error message on uninstallation. (Implement #13653 )
16. 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).

[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.