@guy038 said in Change of the selection mode:

Open the search dialog ( Ctrl + F )

I just tried that. Then I tried doing just a Ctrl+A to select all the text more simply, and the Alt+Shift+UpArrow trick still worked to turn that stream into a zero-width column. That’s actually useful, as I often like getting a column at the beginning of the line. (It’s useful for going the other way – using the column editor to insert the line numbering.)

But be warned: if the final line of the file doesn’t have a newline, then my method will end up selecting a rectangle from the end of the last line to the beginning of the first line:
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The regex version avoids that by making sure it only selects lines that end with a newline.

This usually won’t be a problem for me, since I usually have a newline at the end of my file. I’ve just created a macro of the Ctrl+A then Alt+Shift+UpArrow sequence, and assigned a shortcut. It might just enter my standard workflow. So thanks, @guy038.

Actually, I just found another difference. @guy038’s regex vesion will only select a “paragraph” worth, since it will stop at the first blank line. So if you have

If your cursor is on intro or the line after, the regex will select the list. But if you’re on line 1. blah, then it will only select 2 and 10. And if you’re on the last line of the list, then it will actually select the ending paragraph.

So it depends on what quirks you want, and whether you want “paragraph” or “whole document”, whether you should record the macro with my Ctrl+A or @guy038’s regex, or a slightly modified regex to match your most common use case(s). Since macros record searches, any of those could be made into a macro for a single-keystroke for what you want.

@TG-King:

In addition to @PeterJones’ suggestions, also be sure you haven’t accidentally zoomed out (for example, by using the mouse wheel with the Ctrl key down): View | Zoom | Restore Default Zoom will set zoom back to normal.

I’ve added this case to the Manual!
https://d0vgan.github.io/nppexec/?q=4.6.20

https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v886-released/

@Mark-Olson I updated all the plugins because, as you suggested, they were too outdated
thanks a lot

Thanks for the replies both.

@Coises that seems to have solved it! - all is good again after switching to Direct Write - many thanks!

I haven’t updated video drivers, but Win10 installed a couple of updates at some point today (KB5065429 and KB5065957) - maybe there was a related change there somewhere.

@PeterJones,

As I see it you can only add actual files from the disk to the projects in Project Panel. In VirtualFolders “files” can be just buffers you created in Notepad++. They don’t have to be saved. Most of my buffers are not saved . They are just notes.

Also you are right new files (saved or unsaved) automatically added in this panel. When you close it, it is automatically removed. Just like in Document List.

@PeterJones said in easy way to move a file tab in the open file list:

I am assuming you are talking about the sub-window/panel toggled using View > Document List

Ah, now the original question makes sense. I wasn’t familiar with that feature until now, so without the “>”, I figured that “View Document List” from the post and “open file list” from the title were both referring to the list of files that you see in the File menu, and that they hadn’t noticed that this list is different from the active set of tabs.

FWIW, I’m a bit surprised that you can’t reorder files from within the View > Document List feature via click-and-drag. I can understand why some people would prefer this vertical layout over the horizontal layout of the tabs; it’s certainly more intuitive than the layout that you get when you check the Vertical option in the Tab Bar section of Settings > Preferences, so perhaps there needs to be a “stacked” sub-option for this layout.

@Justin-Brown said in Please recommend encryption plug-in:

@PeterJones I know this is an old thread, but it is precisely what I was looking for. But I am curious if you are concerned about the ability to “undelete” the temp file when you use your script. Does rm fully remove the file, including overwriting bits? Or has Windows improved it’s undelete such that it is no longer a concern?

I hadn’t noticed I used rm. That’s an old win32 port of the gnu linux rm command (from the gnuwin32 bundle; hasn’t been updated in years). I have never looked into the source code, so I don’t know for sure if it overwrites first, but it’s doubtful.

I also no nothing about the advanced features of windows del or the powershell equivalent. However, I don’t know whether microsoft has made those secure deletes, either. (A Notepad++ forum isn’t the best place to research about windows features, especially the more esoteric aspects.)

If research in appropriate places doesn’t give you the answers you want or hope for with regard to windows file deletion, you might look into installing a secure command-line-based file deleter; it would very much surprise me if such a utility didn’t exist, but I have never gone looking for it, so I have no specific recommendations. But if you find such a utility that you trust, then use it (with its appropriate command-line options) in place of the rm -rf that I used in the script

@donho,
Or, as in my case, have been busy with IRL work and projects and haven’t had the time yet to torture test the release. Trying to beat the weather for outdoor projects to get finished, so testing hasn’t been a priority lately, sorry. :-)

@rdipardo

This is the perfect option!

@Wester said in Alt key interferes with work:

Same problem here – I’m studying the software and taking notes in Notepad in both Russian and English, and every time this stupid layout pops up and blocks input.

As @Michael-Vincent said 3 years ago, hitting Alt is used as an accelerator to keyboard-access menu bars in almost every win32-api-based Windows application. Include Microsoft’s own notepad.exe.

Who even came up with this?

A small company called Microsoft has been using that feature in their operating system for decades. I am sorry this bothers you.

The devs of a program whose only purpose is text input didn’t consider that pressing Alt would ruin typing when switching languages? Or did no one think that there are not only Americans but also people who actually use multiple keyboard layouts? And what are all these weirdos even writing here?

And then you switch to full on insult mode, being rude to people who had nothing to do with that design decision that happened decades ago. Brilliant, and well argued. (That last sentence was sarcasm, in case you couldn’t tell.)

@DoktorDemento said in notepad++ store version for windows 11?:

but is there any chance of a Microsoft Store listing for N++?

Essentially 0% chance. The developer does not want to go through the hoops required for the MS store, regardless of whether they now allow EXE installers or not. He has rejected the suggestion multiple times.

@PeterJones
Again, thanks a lot and good luck/success for your further work.
Ps. Do you know perhaps an old program “VEDIT”? I worked with it for some decennies ;-) , but …

@Coises
Thanks, but I am pretty sure that I have tried that without success,
Perhaps the reason it didn’t work is that I probably had the ‘Use Unicode UTF-8 for worldwide language support’ checked, which according to @Peter Jones would invalidate the solution.

Thanks a lot to both of you for valuable and knowledgeable support!

@Pulp-Sendo
Already fixed for the upcoming N++ v8.8.6.

@John-HUANG-0 said in Looking for Scintilla examples for a Notepad++ plugin:

I want to write a Notepad++ plugin that can change the font color and background color of certain specific text.

Depending on your needs, the first thing you should consider is whether you really need a plugin, or whether a User Defined Language could do what you want.

However, using a method like this:

SendMessage(hSci, SCI_STYLESETFORE, SCE_USER1, RGB(255, 0, 0));

is not very efficient, especially when dealing with very large files.

When making many calls to Scintilla, it is best to use Direct Access. Even better, if you are writing in C++, is to use the ScintillaCall interface. Annoyingly, that interface does not seem to be documented anywhere. You can read the relevant section in the help for my Visual Studio template and, if it makes sense, either use that template or look at the code (start here) to see how it’s done.

I asked ChatGPT about this, and it suggested that using Lexilla could be much more efficient. I found the Lexilla source code here:
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/tree/master/scintilla

I have never attempted to write a lexer, so I can’t give advice there, except to say that unless you are trying to implement full syntax highlighting for a computer language that doesn’t already have a lexer, it’s probably not the way to go. The efficiency problem can be solved by using the direct access interface or ScintillaCall.

Since you typed this message in Spanish, I guess you speak primarily Spanish.

Since you did not get proper letters with accents or tildes in your message, I guess you are using a computer that was set up for English. What to do depends on whether this is your computer or whether you are using a computer that belongs to someone else.

If you are using a computer that belongs to someone else, or that is controlled by your school or your employer, then you should explain your problem to them and ask for assistance.

If it is your own computer, then you should change the language settings to use a Spanish keyboard. You should be able to find instructions by searching for something like how to install Spanish keyboard on Windows. Unfortunately, this is not the right forum for a detailed discussion of that, since it is really a Windows problem, not a Notepad++ problem. The problem can be fixed; you will get better answers by searching than anything I could just paste in here.

Traducido del inglés con Google Translate:

Como escribiste este mensaje en español, supongo que hablas principalmente español.

Como no se ven las letras con acentos ni tildes correctas en tu mensaje, supongo que estás usando una computadora configurada para inglés. La solución depende de si es tuya o de si usas una computadora de otra persona.

Si usas una computadora de otra persona, o que está controlada por tu escuela o tu empleador, deberías explicarles tu problema y pedir ayuda.

Si es tu propia computadora, deberías cambiar la configuración de idioma para usar un teclado en español. Deberías encontrar instrucciones buscando algo como cómo instalar un teclado en español en Windows. Lamentablemente, este no es el foro adecuado para una discusión detallada sobre esto, ya que es un problema de Windows, no de Notepad++. El problema se puede solucionar; obtendrás mejores respuestas buscando que cualquier cosa que yo pueda simplemente publicar aquí.

@samsung-s6-Lite said in Help REPLACING content with incremental order (by +1):

using your method I managed to work out how to do it PARTIALLY using this.

Find what: SnapRestSeconds = \d+
Replace with: SnapRestSeconds = (?=match)
Search mode: Regular expression

This starts them at number at ‘2’ I need it to start at 30 please, can you help?

If it started at 2, then you did one sequential Replace with the same replace expression first. That’s OK — just be aware that replacing “continues from where you left off” if the expression hasn’t changed. After you close and reopen the Replace in indicated region dialog, change the expression, do a Replace All or select Clear History from the drop-down menu beside Replace All, counting will start again from 1.

The expression you want is (?=match+29). (Since match will start from one, add 29 to match to start from 30.)