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    • donhoD
      donho
      last edited by donho

      Please check Notepad++ 7.6.5 Release Candidate here:
      https://notepad-plus-plus.org/repository/7.x/rc/

      If everything is fine then the official release will be available in a couple of day.

      Thank you.

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      • Meta ChuhM
        Meta Chuh moderator @donho
        last edited by Meta Chuh

        thank you very much @donho.
        the list of fixes and enhancements is huge šŸ‘šŸ’šā¤ļø.


        i only found two small things, which could be quickly improved before release, if you like any of them:

        • all portable versions (except minimalist) contain an old config.xml from 2018.12.25.
          this overrides newer default settings, like Use new style dialog.
          config.xml could be removed completely from the zip/7z releases, as it will be created on startup, using the new defaults.

        • a possibly user relevant entry is missing at the change.log:
          15. Fix UDL language marker bullet position, if UDL Name exceeds 14 characters, extend UDL names to max 64 characters.


        now to the good stuff:

        • autodetect character encoding:
          autodetection is working great again.
          i’ve re-tested a few of the open issues at the tracker with success and posted the ones verified to be closed at your commit, in case you like to empty the tracker a bit.
          (i did that as a little compensation for being so insisting šŸ˜‰)

        • new file status auto-detection enhancement:
          your gui change for the new file status autodetection is perfect and intuitive.
          (it would have driven me crazy as well, to have to deselect one option, before i can select the other option)
          reader’s note: this enhancement function is for all users, that usually have a ton of opened file tabs. it enables to only check the foreground tab for external file modification, avoiding multiple file change dialogues when changing focus to another application and back to notepad++.
          Imgur

        • open in browser enhancement:
          the new, temper safe, view current file in browser, including edge, is very nice:
          Imgur

        • udl names fix and enhancement:
          longer udl names, including Markdown (Default) are now shown correctly as selected.
          Imgur

        • undo enhancement:
          it is now possible to undo changes, even after a user reloads a file manually, or if it get’s changed from the outside.

        and much, much more good stuff.

        ps @SinghRajenM : once more šŸ‘ā¤ļø + community group hug and a beer šŸ˜‰

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        • Alan KilbornA
          Alan Kilborn @Meta Chuh
          last edited by

          @Meta-Chuh said:

          the list of fixes and enhancements is huge

          What am I missing? Where is this ā€œlistā€?

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          • andrecool-68A
            andrecool-68
            last edited by

            I asked you to separate the run command files and macros …and this is not)

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            • PeterJonesP
              PeterJones
              last edited by

              @Alan-Kilborn said:

              What am I missing? Where is this ā€œlistā€?

              If you grab one of the zips from Don’s link (or presumably the installer) and dig into the change.log that’s included, you can find said ā€œlistā€.

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              • andrecool-68A
                andrecool-68 @Alan Kilborn
                last edited by

                @Alan-Kilborn

                What am I missing? Where is this ā€œlistā€?

                In aure)

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                • Alan KilbornA
                  Alan Kilborn @PeterJones
                  last edited by

                  @PeterJones said:

                  If you grab one of the zips

                  Ah, okay…I’m used to software where you can quickly view the changes BEFORE bothering to grab it (if you don’t want it based on said list contents!)

                  :)

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                  • Alan KilbornA
                    Alan Kilborn @andrecool-68
                    last edited by

                    @andrecool-68 said:

                    I asked you to separate the run command files and macros

                    We have to be glad for what we DID get, and not make glib remarks about what we didn’t. :)

                    Unless you go to the Boycott / F*ck Notepad++ area. :)

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                    • PeterJonesP
                      PeterJones
                      last edited by

                      @Alan-Kilborn said:

                      view the changes BEFORE bothering to grab it

                      Well, yes. But this is a release candidate, not a final release.

                      I’m actually quite happy that Don took the RC route; hopefully, that will mean the experienced users will be able to help find problems before the general public starts asking us all sorts of repeated questions here. :-)

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                      • andrecool-68A
                        andrecool-68 @Alan Kilborn
                        last edited by

                        @Alan-Kilborn
                        I don’t need falsification …I need a solution)

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                        • Alan KilbornA
                          Alan Kilborn @andrecool-68
                          last edited by

                          @andrecool-68

                          ā€œfalsificationā€ ?

                          And perhaps it is time for the eternal refresher: Notepad++ is free software.

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                          • andrecool-68A
                            andrecool-68 @Alan Kilborn
                            last edited by

                            @Alan-KilbornI
                            have no desire to include insult here …I asked the author to make changes …and if I’m not mistaken you are not the author of the program)

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                            • Meta ChuhM
                              Meta Chuh moderator @andrecool-68
                              last edited by Meta Chuh

                              to all:

                              guys, please don’t over-post this topic !!!

                              let’s only focus on thorough testing, reporting eventual bugs, or showing new features.
                              otherwise this release candidate attempt will fail.

                              btw: i expect that everyone who just posted here, has already downloaded, installed and tested the 7.6.5 release candidate.

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                              • Alan KilbornA
                                Alan Kilborn @Meta Chuh
                                last edited by

                                @Meta-Chuh said:

                                guys, please don’t over-post this topic

                                Good point, sorry.

                                I noticed that the RC refers to itself as ā€œ7.6.5ā€. In the about box. This is kinda bad as if it isn’t the final release then what does one do when reporting/evaluating-reported bugs? Always have to pay attention/ask-for version AND build time ?? We don’t want to be chasing down bugs because someone is accidentally using a RC (later down the line) and keeps insisting something isn’t working in 7.6.5 (when it is working in the real 7.6.5, just not the RC). Does this make sense to people??

                                Or if 7.6.5 RC fails, does that mean there is no real 7.6.5 release and we go to 7.6.6 RC, etc.?

                                Just wanna understand what the RC scheme plan is, if there is one…

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                                • donhoD
                                  donho
                                  last edited by donho

                                  @Alan-Kilborn
                                  There’s no special scheme plan.
                                  If RC is good, then the same binaries will be published as official release. Otherwise the regression is fixed then the same version number with RC2, etc…
                                  The RC is not supposed to be out of community, so I think it’s OK. In the worst case, we have the build time to compare with.

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