Notepad++ v7.4 released

Alan Kilborn

I can see why a big file would be a problem for this new “preview” feature. Also, the preview itself is REALLY SMALL, so small that one has to question its usefulness!

donho

@Daniel-McGurk @Daniel-McGurk
A new official release 7.4.1 will come out in about 8 hours.

Daniel McGurk

@donho Many thanks!

Christian Grafe

Thank you for the fast response!

Petter Österlund

@donho

Yes, it works now. Thanks!

Daniel McGurk

Any news on when 7.4.1 will be released? I downloaded the latest binary on the off chance that it was released without any revision to the version number, however, the hash is exactly the same as the previous. Thanks!

Николай Долбня

This version shows messagebox with text “The file cannot be save and it may be protected…” when I try to save a new created file although native Windows notepad does it without problems. Then when I switch to another program and switch back to the motepad++ a see a messagebox with “This file has been modified by another program…” but it has not

donho

The Document Peeker for large files performance issue has been fixed in this binary (x64) :
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/temp/npp.zip

@Boris-Uskov Couloud you check it and confirm me if the fix works for you?

donho

@Daniel-McGurk Due to the new bug discovered (Peeker performance issue), the new release is not done last night.
I’ll try it tonight, otherwise it’ll be available in this weekend for sure.

Rapidgame7

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Daniel McGurk

Thanks for the hard work! New version downloaded.

Dino Nuhagic

@donho Thanks for the quick fix. Sorry for not seeing that you replied as the thread notification was not sent to the email.
Came here after seeing the changelog.
Appreciated, confirmed.

Boris Uskov

Salut, @donho! The issue with hungin npp on large files preview is successfully fixed in the Notepad++ 7.4.1. Thanks!