How to format an .XML file?
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@Jon-Oliver Thank you for your reply.
I have downloaded a program which contains .XML files. In win 7 the file has the usual neat and easily readable XML format but now in Win10 as I said before the text is one long line. I tried using Word Wrap but that breaks the line to the size of the window, it does break it into nice neat paragraphs.
I am afraid I cannot go back to Win 7 since all my PC’s now run Win 10. I have done nothing to the file, simply copied it from inside the program and dragged it to the NotePad++ window.
I think I have found a way round the problem. I have my .XML files stored on a USB stick; on another Win10 PC I have copied the file to the desktop and dragged it into the Notepad++ window - it opens in the usual neat format. So I will do my editing on that PC and then copy the file into the required program via a USB stick.
My suspicion is there is a setting somewhere in the program which can be used to switch the text format from line to paragraph. Unfortunately I do not know enough to be even slightly dangerous so I will use the “2PC route”.
I appreciate your hep and reply.
Thank you,
Clive Drake
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Hi Clive,
I don’t know whether this will solve your problem, but you could try the “XML Tools” plugin, where you can select the option “Pretty print”.
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If you have a tenable workaround – great. Something about the scenario does not make sense to me. Can you give me a “problem file” for me to look at? I have Win7 and Win10 installs and could maybe see what the difference is, as well as really see what whitespace is in the file.
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Thank you for the offer, much appreciated. How can I send the files to you? This forum does not seem to allow attachments.
Clive
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Just email it to me: My email address is g-r-i-n-d-e-r prefixed to a 2-1-1-2, but without any dashes, and at a popular google-based email service.
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Thank you for your interest and apologies for the delay in replying. A friend has told me I should use the setting in the Languages tab to select .XML and it is sorted.
At present the PC which has the XML file which I want to edit is in pieces so I cannot see if this works. I will tell you if this is the answer as soon as I can.
Thank you,
Clive
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Fair enough.
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Hi, I have also had this problem, and while the “Pretty Print” workaround works, it is slightly painful to have to do this for every XML file I open…
This happened to me both on my old Win 7 and now my Win 10 - so my suspicion is it was related to an update to Notepad++ rather than OS?
The fix @Clive-Drake mentioned regarding changing the language does not make a difference to layout.
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@Todd-Milne
if the file doesn’t contain proper end of line chars (windows uses “carriage return” + “line feed”) it is
displayed as a single line in npp.
Click on show all symbols to verify.Cheers
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if the file doesn’t contain proper end of line chars (windows uses “carriage return” + “line feed”) it is
displayed as a single line in npp.NPP happily handles Windows (CR+LF), Linux (LF) and classic Mac (CR) line endings even in mixed form. Maybe some plugin does odd stuff here?
