@pilaGit The Notepad++ sorting seems to align with the Scintilla library sorting that Notepad++ uses for the autocomplete.

PythonScript example to test:

def main(): def check_order(): order = editor.autoCGetOrder() if order != 1: print('autoCGetOrder:', order) # Scintilla to do the sort order. editor.autoCSetOrder(1) order = editor.autoCGetOrder() print('autoCGetOrder:', order) text = editor.getText() words = text.split() itemList = ' '.join(words) print("py_sorted:", sorted(words, key=str.upper))) print("words:", words) print("itemList:", itemList) check_order() print('autoCShow') editor.autoCShow(0, itemList) main()

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Image of 1st run showing the autocomplete:

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Scintilla internally sorted the autocomplete list instead of Notepad++ in this test.

This is not focusing about how the sort is done that I mention. It’s about the current sort is aligned between the Notepad++ sort and the Scintilla sort. If not aligned then unpredictable bad working behavior occurs with the autocomplete.

For how the sort is done, the change of sort algorithm would require change in both Notepad++ and the Scintilla library to remain aligned for good working behavior. There is a custom sort SC_ORDER_CUSTOM though means extra work to create an index … and extra processing is usually avoided if possible to prevent excessive lag with the editor.

@Terry-R Excellent!! Thank you!

I assumed the X12 EDI extension is .x12. The HiddenLexers.py download has been updated to enable the X12 lexer for all files ending in .x12.

Since I know nothing about X12, I just found the example file used here (so I used the same .x12 file that Lexilla uses when testing their LexX12.cxx for the library that Notepad++ uses).

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I even was able to enable the folding (which is something I hadn’t tried in HiddenLexers to date).

You can now follow the FAQ instructions for installing the plugin and running the script.

If you don’t like the colors I chose (understandable), you can go to the line starting at editor.styleSetFore(self.SCE_X12_DEFAULT , and change the RGB triples for the foreground and/or the background. (If you change the colors: if you use the STARTUP version, you can exit notepad++ and rerun to get it to use the new colors; if you manually ran the script instead, you can just run the script twice more – the first will clear the old settings and the second will re-enable HiddenLexers using the new colors)

@guy038 Oui, merci beaucoup!

@IronWalkers ,

Language > I > INI file

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Though if you have any = in the “textlines under the [name]”, the = will be red and the text to the left will be blue italics (in the default styerls.xml theme; your selected/customized theme may use different colors):
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If you don’t like the = behavior , then you could define a simple UDL instead of using the built-in INI language: in Language > User Defined Language > Define your language, create a new language (named AI Music or something); leave most as the default settings, but on the Operators & Delimiters page, for Delimiter 1 style, set Open = [ and Close = ], and set the Styler to your preferred color (bold and purple to match INI, or whatever you want).

IMO the name of that variable could have been better

The reason toggle_rotating_direction isn’t good IMO is because, every time the code runs a toggle happens, and not just when toggle_rotating_direction is true.

what would be your choice?

Hmm, for this one, since it is a boolean, I might go with next_rotate_is_to_the_right.

With something like that, true/false makes sense.

Of course, this is all up to individual taste.

I’m constantly struggling to name things.

Yes, it is hard sometimes. Often what I do is to name something zz or zzz and just barrel ahead coding with that. Later, like when I’ve completed the local block of code, a good name surfaces and a rename fixes things.

I find that if I spend the time up front to come up with a great name, the code to be written changes the meaning somewhat and the great name is no longer great. So I end up taking the time to come up with 2 good names instead of just 1. Naming after the fact seems a viable technique, at least for me.

Of course I don’t do this 100% of the time, just when a suitable name doesn’t immediately come to mind.

@Joel-Bridgham said in Copy MS Word endnote text to Notepad++:

Is there a way to do this?

You need to understand that the endnote function in MS Word has no parallel in Notepad++. It acts in a similar fashion to a hyperlink. So as the endnote text doesn’t actually appear alongside the words you are copying you will not be able to copy in a single step all that you want.

I did a few basic tests with endnotes including saving the Word file as “plain text”. Unfortunately it still didn’t place the reference alongside the text that referred to it. So you will need to identify yourself what might work as obviously what you have currently tried will not work. You might even consider creating a Word macro to find each reference link, then copy that endnote and pasting alongside the text that referenced it. Essentially you will be removing the endnotes by moving that endnote to it’s rightful place. As this would be a destructive process I’d say work on a copy of the file.

Notepad++ is a text editor so obviously works in a completely different way to Word which is a word processor.

Terry

PS a quick Google search found this website (a MSoffice forum no less). See here. I will leave it up to you to read, decipher and consider if it is what you want to try. As it’s not about Notepad++, further discussions on this Word function isn’t permitted here. Good luck.

@CptTwinkie, @rwblues

The flickering probably means that DirectWrite rendering is not enabled:

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SciTE is another Scintilla editor with the same issue when DirectWrite is off (meaning, the technology option is 0).

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@Atheriol

Sorry you feel that way. I said my response was intended as constructive. Notepad++ is full of lots of options and as I said, in order to understand and use them you need to have the basics sorted. You admit to not realising the difference between overtype and insert options. That is a basic premise of computer work.

I wish you well.

Terry

I had forgotten that some else has the same fat fingers that I do, and thus shared my pain; it’s a bit of a rant, but some good reading: https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/15480

@ErolB1 said in POLL: Remove 'Show close button on each tab' option:

I want a close button on each tab. I use that feature all the time.

The poll was about removing the option, not the feature.
The idea was, the option could be removed (reducing UI “clutter”) if users always wanted to have the close button appear on each tab.
Removing the option would no longer give users the choice to not have the close buttons – they would always have them.

In the time since the poll was published here, I believe the author of Notepad++ has sensed that enough users want the option to turn the feature on and off, so the option will remain.

But I also believe there have been some changes to how the feature works, e.g. not showing the close button on inactive tabs unless they are pointed to with the mouse.

@ahopsu said in Bug? "Find All.." does very often not work anymore:

To me, with 8.6.7 (32-bit) version, the search results window came back, after I changed this “curr” value from “5” to “3” for the “InternalFunction”

Thanks for the report. I know about such N++ Docking Manager problems (it can happen in some specific steps) but currently I do not have a simple fix for it.

Did you undock that Search results panel to the floating state before?

@HEPBHbIU_KAPJICOH said in Translate plugin:

Is it possible to add Ukrainian language?

Looks like it already does include Ukrainian: https://sourceforge.net/p/npptranslate/code/HEAD/tree/nppTranslateCS/MyMemoryTranslateEngine.cs#l102

There’s also a slightly updated 64-bit version on GitHub with all the same languages: https://github.com/databird/npptranslate64/releases

@Jigar-Patel said in Bug: Cntrl+End is not recorded in the macro:

When Cntrl+End key is used to go to the end of the file, it’s not recorded in the macro

Macro’s are saved in the shortcuts.xml file. This is normally located in the folder %appdata%\notepad++. If you open it in Notepad++, be aware that Notepad++ will write to that file when closing if any configuration setting within that file need updating, so don’t edit the file unless it is the only thing you do in a Notepad++ session.

As you are using macro’s it might be a good idea to read the online manual on macros’ here.

I created the same macro as you were trying to record and got the following in my shortcuts.xml file. Note the last entry has a message value of 2318. Since this is a type 0, it means it’s a Scintilla command. Scintilla is what Notepad++ uses under the hood, so a lot of the commands are directed to the Scintilla process for completing.

<Macro name="reload-goto-end" Ctrl="no" Alt="no" Shift="no" Key="0"> <Action type="0" message="2422" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" /> <Action type="0" message="2325" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" /> <Action type="0" message="2422" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" /> <Action type="0" message="2325" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" /> <Action type="2" message="0" wParam="41014" lParam="0" sParam="" /> <Action type="0" message="2318" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" /> </Macro>

The Goto-End command is this one, 2318. See this image of the relevant Scintilla code.

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So, obviously from the code I just presented above, the macro works exactly as expected, the Ctrl-End shortcut was recorded. You should first check what your macro actually saved, is it the same as I show above?

What happens when you use the Ctrl-End keystrokes manually, does the caret move to the end of the document? If so, then the macro should have that as the last entry as did mine.

I would also suggest reading the FAQ post called “Notepad++ Crashes/Freezes/Unresponsive after Update”. It may not seem relevant, but part of the post refers to running Notepad++ without any plugins running. See if that changes the outcome.

When you come back with more information, please include the debug info. It’s available from the “?” menu, copy and paste that in your post so we might get a better idea of your setup. That may provide a clue to the problem.

Terry

@Terry-R okay. I’ll check that page and request it on GitHub. Again thank you for the help here.

@Pierre-le-Lidgeu

Some more information about which version of NPP you are using (and what plugins you have installed) will be essential. There are also things you can try such as disabling plugins to see if the issue resolves itself. Please read this FAQ post and follow as many of the steps as possible. Take note of step #4, third bullet point in regards “Debug Info”.

It would seem that you are also running NPP as administrator, is that what you normally do?

Terry