Notepad++ v7.8.6 Release Candidate
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@Alan-Kilborn said in Notepad++ v7.8.6 Release Candidate:
Isn’t a Multi-line mode specification with a SINGLE number in the box the exact same thing?:
Not sure how it’s implemented in this Notepad++ version, but they are different things in Scintilla:
Cheers.
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@Michael-Vincent said in Notepad++ v7.8.6 Release Candidate:
they are different things in Scintilla
Very true, but at a “user level” in Notepad++, no one cares about implementation details.
My argument is Why not streamline the Notepad++ user interface? Get rid of the first
Line modebutton, get rid of theNumber of columns :and its funky changeable value field, make Background mode and Multi-line mode BOTH use the edit box data – in the case of Background mode it only uses the first number present. If that is “obscure” another tool-tip could be added. -
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@Alan-Kilborn said in Notepad++ v7.8.6 Release Candidate:
Also missing is the ability to set different colors for the different vertical edges
Good point. That setting you show is the “Default”, but maybe on the settings dialogue for vertical edges where you give a list of column numbers, you could also somehow indicate color for each? I think the ExtSettings plugin (for example) does it that way.
Cheers.
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@Artur-Harison said in Notepad++ v7.8.6 Release Candidate:
The edge continues to be displayed, even after the flag is turned off.
Does not matter, Background or Line.Thank you for finding out this bug! It’s so obvious that I’m wondering why I didn’t see it.
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@Artur-Harison said in Notepad++ v7.8.6 Release Candidate:
Second bug.
When macro recording is enabled.
The text cursor is displayed as normal (arrow).I have never noticed such behavour. After checking on several old versions and get the same behaviour, it seems to me it’s an intentional behaviour of Scintilla on macro recording.
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@Alan-Kilborn said in Notepad++ v7.8.6 Release Candidate:
Why not streamline the Notepad++ user interface? Get rid of the first Line mode button, get rid of the Number of columns : and its funky changeable value field, make Background mode and Multi-line mode BOTH use the edit box data – in the case of Background mode it only uses the first number present. If that is “obscure” another tool-tip could be added.
It’s a brilliant idea. I’ll enhance it - if the enhancement is not in 7.8.6, then will be in the next release.
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@Michael-Vincent said in Notepad++ v7.8.6 Release Candidate:
on the settings dialogue for vertical edges where you give a list of column numbers, you could also somehow indicate color for each
This would kill the compartmentalization of color as an attribute belonging solely to the Style Configurator.
But it makes some sense as if it is in the Configurator then how many do you put there? 3? 4? -
It’s a brilliant idea. I’ll enhance it - if the enhancement is not in 7.8.6, then will be in the next release.
Very nice solution, but I think there is a need to have a checkbox to enable/disable the vertical edge. Why? If I have a couple of lines and I want to print the document without these lines, the only solution for now is to delete all the numbers, and then type it again if I want to use them back.
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@rddim said in Notepad++ v7.8.6 Release Candidate:
I think there is a need to have a checkbox to enable/disable the vertical edge.
There already is one, unless I’m missing something.
The suggestion I made earlier would only:
- eliminate the Line mode radiobutton
- eliminate the Number of columns text and actionable control
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@Alan-Kilborn said in Notepad++ v7.8.6 Release Candidate:
There already is one, unless I’m missing something.
In the appveyor build 7.8.3921 it is released as:
I’ve missed to point that, sorry. Or I should comment that on the next RC…
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@rddim said in Notepad++ v7.8.6 Release Candidate:
in the appveyor build 7.8.3921 it is released
Well, it appears to have gotten streamlined beyond my suggestion. :-(
BTW, you really are on top of latest development!!
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@rddim said in Notepad++ v7.8.6 Release Candidate:
the only solution for now is to delete all the numbers, and then type it again if I want to use them back
You could leave “all the numbers” in place, and set this to the document background color before printing, and then change it back later:
That’s sort of a “just kidding”, but it might work.
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@Alan-Kilborn said in Notepad++ v7.8.6 Release Candidate:
Well, it appears to have gotten streamlined beyond my suggestion. :-(
Yes, now that I understood what you were asking - a single number would set SCI_SETEDGEMODE, multiple would set SCI_MULTIEDGEADDLINE. But agree a checkbox to “enable / disable” altogether would be helpful instead of having to delete all the entries.
Cheers.
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