Make np++ work like text/word processor?
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Hi, new poster here. My setup/debugging is at the bottom. I’m very impressed by Notepad++ and have used it for several years and more than one versoin, but one problem is always there… I’m using the original settings and I just use it as a word processors to write text. And I can never tell where the insertion point will be. I press enter and it breaks a line in two, or it writes at the end of the line instead of the beginning. I would like my typing to work “normally”, like my email client, or like this very page does.
Much to NP++'s credit, it has loads of settings, for every purpose.
Is there a setting that does what I want? TIA.
Notepad++ v8.5.4 (64-bit)
Build time : Jun 17 2023 - 20:42:45
Path : C:\Programs\NotepadPP\notepad++.exe
Command Line :
Admin mode : OFF
Local Conf mode : ON
Cloud Config : OFF
OS Name : Windows 10 Home (64-bit)
OS Version : 22H2
OS Build : 19045.5247
Current ANSI codepage : 1252
Plugins :
mimeTools (2.9)
NppConverter (4.5)
NppExport (0.4) -
@Gordon-Gordonplex said in Make np++ work like text/word processor?:
And I can never tell where the insertion point will be
Hmm, just like a word processor, there’s what’s known as a “caret” which shows you where the insertion point is…
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Notepad++ is a text editor, not a word processor
However, I think that your problem is that you are not seeing the caret indicator (text insertion point). Notepad++, by default, shows that caret, so you must have changed your settings at some point.
Check Settings > Preferences > Editing 1 > Caret Settings
Maybe you had accidentally (or intentionally) set it to Width=0 instead of Width=1, or similar.
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@PeterJones said:
accidentally (or intentionally) set it to Width=0
I was not (consciously) aware that it could be set to 0.
Are there users that would intentionally do this?
I think if I were writing that functionality for Notepad++, I would have set the lower limit to “1”.I would also think that if someone accidentally set this to 0, they’d immediately see the error of their ways, and change it back to something non-zero, not suffer with it for a long period of time as it seems the OP has.
