Notepad++ v8.6.6 Release Candidate

[donho]

Notepad++ v8.6.6 Release Candidate 2:
http://download.notepad-plus-plus.org/repository/8.x/8.6.6.RC2/

The RC2 has fixed the regression to open the same file with different sensitive case of path 2 times.

All the changes from the RC to the RC2 are in red.

Change log:

1. Update to scintilla 5.5.0 & Lexilla 5.3.2. (Merge #15042 )
2. Fix crash when crossing the 2GB file size threshold. (Fix #14944 , #14981 )
3. Fix a performance issue due to URL recognition. (Fix #13916 )
4. Update to nlohman json 3.11.3. (Merge #15041 )
5. Fix multi-edit resists escape after typing issue. (Fix #14649 )
6. Make F3 & Shift-F3 work in Find Replace dialog. (Fix #2138 )
7. Allow Ctrl-TAB to switch tabs in FindReplace, PluginAdmin and UDL dialogs. (Fix #7932 , #14975 )
8. Add programming language support for Go & Raku(Perl 6). (Fix #8090 , #4465 )
9. Fix user defined auto-insert not working issue. (Fix #3171 , #8063 , #12547 , #14831 )
10. Enhance GUI: resize checkboxes/radio buttons as text length needs. (Fix #15006 )
11. Enhance GUI: make sizing arrows more coherent in Find dialog. (Fix #15099 )
    11. Fix issue with opening case sensitive files with the same name. (Fix #14724 )
12. Fix URL enclosed in apostrophes or backtick not working issue. (Fix #14978 , #14323 , #14212 )
13. Fix wrong dropped file view issue. (Fix #14951 )
14. Fix Korean(한)/English(영) key not working regression. (Fix #14400 , #14973 )
15. Fix the tab labels of some dialogs being cut in Dark mode. (Fix #11012 )
16. Fix close button disappeared issue in Find Replace dialog. (Fix #14940 )
17. Apply dark theme to checkbox buttons on Windows 11. (Fix #14929 )
18. Fix menu bar cluttered in Dark Mode issue. (Fix #10130 )
19. Fix Debug Info minor display regression. (Fix #14921 )
20. Enhance Lua language syntax highlighting. (Fix #7615 , #15081 )
21. Improve the function list support for Ada. (Fix #14908 , #14687 , #14498 )

If no critical issue found, the release will be available in about 10 days.

[Mark Olson]

@donho
You have a typo in the first line: 8.6.5 should be 8.6.6

[mkupper]

@donho said in Notepad++ v8.6.6 Release Candidate:

Fix issue with opening case sensitive files with the same name

There seems to be a regression related to this. Notepad v8.6.6 thinks these are different files and opens them as separate tabs:

• c:\tmp\test.txt
• C:\tmp\test.txt

Using portable versions v8.6.5 opens one tab and v8.6.6 opens two:

• c:\npp\865\notepad++.exe -multiInst c:\tmp\test.txt C:\tmp\test.txt
• c:\npp\866\notepad++.exe -multiInst c:\tmp\test.txt C:\tmp\test.txt

I am not using the Windows case-sensitive file names feature.

[donho]

@mkupper
Well caught! Fixed in https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/commit/3609a21258cfda79e9891502168b2963ec5cc67c .
and in RC2.

[donho]

FYI, RC2 binaries are available now.
Please recheck https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/25742/notepad-v8-6-6-release-candidate

[Xuân-Thơ HOÀNG]

@donho said in Notepad++ v8.6.6 Release Candidate:

Update to scintilla 5.5.0 & Lexilla 5.3.2. (Merge #15042 )

Thanks!!
This release fixes the long-standing issue with COBOL comments :
COBOL Comment lines are not displaying correctly if there is a character in Column 6