DirectWrite enabled by default since v8.6
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Though the change notes don’t mention it, DirectWrite has been enabled by default for new installations since Notepad++ v8.6: 20th-Year Anniversary
I recall the new default was mentioned somewhere on the forums though now I can’t recall nor find where that was.
The manual still has “This is not on by default, because it may cause performance issues.” Normally I’d update the manual via github but have not thought of a clean way to word that the option that may cause performance issues is now the default…
Related to that is that DirectWrite is mentioned in the manual on https://npp-user-manual.org/docs/views/ though with a space as in
Direct Write. That manual section may need to be tweaked as the default setting changed.If you had used a version of Notepad++ from v7.8.8 (when DirectWrite was introduced) to v8.5.8 (the last version prior to v8.6 with the new default, then your config.xml had defaulted to DirectWrite being turned off and it will remain off when installing v8.6 or later.
Also posted to github at https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/npp-usermanual/issues/668
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@PeterJones said in DirectWrite enabled by default since v8.6:
@mkupper ,
but have not thought of a clean way to word that the option that may cause performance issues is now the default…
Here’s my stab at it, in PR#669
How about the first line being “This is checkmarked by default for new installations of Notepad++ starting with v8.6. Prior to v8.6. Notepad++ defaulted to DirectWrite not being checkmarked when first installed. When upgrading or reinstalling Notepad++ it defaults to the setting used by the previous installation.”
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@mkupper ,
by default for new installations of Notepad++
That is what “default” means in the User Manual. I am not going to change every single mention of the word “default” to give the caveat, because there are a lot [citation needed] of default settings in the Manual.