Notepad++ 7.7 Release

cipher-1024

@donho , Thank you for scintilla update. It can’t have been easy, fun, or glamorous, but I appreciate the work.

borynet llc

I upgraded from 7.5.9 to 7.7 (32-bit) and:

I lost Explorer plugin
If I install Explorer 1.8.5 plugin using Plugins Admin, I get an error about hash mismatch and plugin is not installed.
The Plugin Manager doesn’t work anymore but still shows up among my plugins
If I attempt to remove Plugin Manager using Plugin Admin it just does nothing
After reinstalling my previous version 7.5.9, the notepad is no longer functional

It seems that release v7.7 is very unstable and has some major issues.

Alan Kilborn

Please take these issues to a separate thread; it is meant to keep this thread clean for real 7.7 issues. [Your issue isn’t related to 7.7 but rather the coming of Plugins Admin (N++ 7.6+) and the deprecating of Plugin Manager (used in 7.5.9 and earlier)].

donho

The Plugin Manager doesn’t work anymore but still shows up among my plugins

@chcg Could Plugin Manager be removed from the list ? Since it stops working for a while.

dinkumoil

@donho said:

Could Plugin Manager be removed from the list ?

It’s already done, see >>> this commit <<<. The problem is: at most users systems it is already present and of course they migrate it to the new plugins directory structure like they do with their other plugins.

PeterJones

@dinkumoil said:

@donho said,

Could Plugin Manager be removed from the list ?

It’s already done, see >>> this commit <<<. The problem is: at most users systems it is already present and of course they migrate it to the new plugins directory structure like they do with their other plugins.

Could it be treated like “unstable plugins” are (or were?) – ie, moved to a disabled\ subdirectory? I know that through 7.5.9, when I would upgrade Notepad++ (either through the auto-update, or by downloading the new install package and installing over top the old copy), it would identify PreviewHTML as an “unstable” plugin, in move it to the disabled subdir, so I always had to go move it back into the main plugins directory so that I could use it. Is that feature still there, or could it be added back in for the old PluginManager?

dinkumoil

@PeterJones said:

it would identify PreviewHTML as an “unstable” plugin, in move it to the disabled subdir

There was >>> this commit <<< that removed the “disabling routine” from Notepad++'s installer, it has been part of v7.6.2.

Why would you like to “save” the old PluginManager? @chcg stated somewhere that he wants to keep it alive to the end of 2019. When the plugin list servers will be taken offline it will be useless. The plugin admin system at bruderste.in already lacks a valid SSL certificate and it seems like plugin updates are not applied to the plugin list anymore.

EDIT: @PeterJones Forget what I wrote above, I’ve missed your point.

borynet llc

What about Explorer plugin? Why is explicitly disabled and why the new does not installs?

Alan Kilborn

@borynet-llc

I guess my earlier post was TL;DR

borynet llc

I don’t know which post you are talking about. Seems you are being a bit defensive instead helping.

dinkumoil

@borynet-llc said:

What about Explorer plugin?

This problem isn’t Notepad++ related. It seems the author of the Explorer plugin has deleted the released version whose download link is part of the currently official plugin list. Some days ago there has been a similar question where I was able to provide a solution, see >>> here <<<.

Meta Chuh

@donho

@chcg Could Plugin Manager be removed from the list ? Since it stops working for a while.

we’ve already removed plugin manager from the plugins list about six weeks ago, but we have not implemented a forced deletion in unitTest.

my apologies, i thought it was not necessary to force disable plugin manager anymore, as it is no longer visible when upgrading from 7.5.9 to 7.6.x and above, due to the folder structure changes.

note: even if we would implement an installer deletion, it will not help, if a user installs plugin manager manually after upgrading, or if he migrates his old plugins.

donho

FYI: Auto-updating for v7.7 is just triggered.

Zoilo Lagos Lopez

I have updated to version 7.7 and Notepad ++ is broken to the third document that I open.
I have returned to version 7.6

Info:
Notepad++ v7.6.6 (32-bit)
Build time : Apr 3 2019 - 23:49:50
Path : C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
Admin mode : OFF
Local Conf mode : OFF
OS : Windows 10 (64-bit)
Plugins : ComparePlugin.dll DSpellCheck.dll Explorer.dll HexEditor.dll linesort.dll LUSquirrel.dll mimeTools.dll MultiClipboard.dll NppColumnSort.dll NppConverter.dll NppExport.dll NppFTP.dll NPPJSONViewer.dll NppTextFX.dll PluginManager.dll XMLTools.dll _CustomizeToolbar.dll

Meta Chuh

@Zoilo-Lagos-Lopez

can you specify “Notepad ++ is broken to the third document that I open” ?

does this mean, that the third document you try to open does not open, when opening either via file > open menu, or via opening 3 files at once from windows explorer ?

can you give us detailed steps to reproduce ?

many thanks and best regards.

ofcgk9

I searched the GitHub bug reports for my problem and I found, among other posts, this post:

https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/1786

The GitHub posts that I found either make no reference to operating system or reference Windows 10, but the problem is not limited to Windows 10.

I have Notepad++ installed on a Dell E6520 with 64 bit Windows 7 Pro with i5 processor, 8 GB RAM. Here is the “debug” info:

Notepad++ v7.7 (64-bit)
Build time : May 19 2019 - 13:05:35
Path : C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
Admin mode : ON
Local Conf mode : OFF
OS : Windows 7 (64-bit)
Plugins : mimeTools.dll NppConverter.dll

I have 2 problems and I believe problem 2 is related to problem 1:

I cannot set Notepad++ as the default .txt application. Here is what I have tried:

a. Right click on .txt file, click on Open With, then on “Choose default program.”. NP++ not displayed, even in other programs. Browse to NP++ .exe file, selection does not work, even with “Always use the selected program to open this kind of file”

b. Control Panel/Set your default programs. NP++ not displayed, not selectable

c. Control Panel/Associate a file type . . . NP++ change program selection does not work

Note: right click on .txt file and “Edit with Notepad++” works

Recently opened files not displayed when right click on NP++ icon on Task Bar (even after changing the number of files to be displayed). Recently opened files ARE displayed when File in menu is clicked on.

This bug report, now over 3 years old, is still open. I am not a programmer, so I can’t help fix it, but I definitely would like to see it fixed and an update to NP++ released, since I am not comfortable with editing the Registry.

Is there any schedule for this problem to be fixed? For a program update with fix to be released?

Meta Chuh

@ofcgk9

file association has already been integrated into notepad++.

guide to set .txt or other file associations for notepad++:

close notepad++ if it is open
right click on your notepad++ icon and choose “run as administrator”
(make sure you see [Administrator] at the top bar of your notepad++ window (see screenshot)
go to settings > preferences > file association and make sure your needed extensions, like .txt are visible at the registered extensions panel (last panel on the right) as seen on this screenshot:

Imgur

hit close and exit notepad++
now reopen notepad++ normally, and go to settings > preferences > file association again, and make sure your needed extensions are also visible for the standard user account.
then exit notepad++ again
right click on e.g. any .txt file and choose open with > choose other app and select notepad++ from this list.
select always use this app to open .txt filesand hit ok.
close notepad++ again and retry opening your .txt file by double clicking on it.

if you encounter any hurdles, or if you have further questions, please open a new, separate topic at help wanted or general discussion.

best regards.

Marek Jindra

I am having an issue with typing some Czech accented characters in ANSI encoding.

If I open an ANSI file, I cannot type all characters on my keyboard (“ěčřůďťň ĚČŘŮĎŤŇ” appears as “ecrudtn ECRUDTN”).

If I open an ANSI file which contains them, it shows fine, but I cannot write any more of those accented letters.

On my Czech Windows system, ANSI encoding should be equal to Windows-1250 encoding.

If I first convert the file to UTF-8, it works better. However I need to save the file as Windows-1250, not UTF-8.

Meta Chuh

@Marek-Jindra

please have a look at this similar ansi issue for 7.7:
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/5671

for testing purposes, please replace your SciLexer.dll with one from here:
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/temp/
(rename the 32 or 64 bit version you need to SciLexer.dll)

after that, either post your experiences at the issue mentioned above, or create a new topic at general discussion here at the community.

best regards.

Marek Jindra

@Meta-Chuh After replacing the SciLexer.dll with the one you provided (SciLexer32.signed.dll 27-May-2019 22:00), everything works fine. The issue is gone.