How about a prompt to save on exit when established files are changed?
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The backup feature is great. I love being able to make temp notes without having to explicitly save them supplying a file name and location. However, I would greatly appreciate a prompt to save on exit regarding those files that are already established with a file name (not the temp ones which I haven’t explicitly saved). An icon indicating whether an established file has unsaved changes would also be helpful.
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I now see that files with unsaved changes are marked with a red disc while saved ones are blue. Maybe there is a more intuitive way visualizing this? How about using a *, like for instance Visual Studio?
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An icon indicating whether an established file has unsaved changes would also be helpful.
I now see that files with unsaved changes are marked with a red disc while saved ones are blue.
There you have it. Good enough for me.
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Being color-blind, I find the blue/red icon colors to be very difficult to see. A character such as an asterisk (*) would be much better IMHO. Otherwise, is there a way to customize the colors?
Rich
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From the user manual:
When you edit a file, Notepad++ will mark the file as edited, allowing you to save it if you wish to store these changes. To indicate a file is edited, the icon in the tab bar will turn red and an asterisk (*) will be displayed in the title bar before the filename if that file is active.
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However, I would greatly appreciate a prompt to save on exit regarding those files that are already established with a file name (not the temp ones which I haven’t explicitly saved).
Settings / Preferences / Backup
Uncheck “Remember current session for next launch”. This will ask you to save it before close.
I know this defeats the purpose. But all unsaved documents are restored from backup if checked. -
Maybe it is possible by writing a little python script which checks on application
shutdown if files, which are modified and have been saved already, exists.
Maybe - because I didn’t try it so I’m not sure if the script can really do it.
Let us know if you want to go this way.Cheers
Claudia