Notepad++ 7.9.1 RC

donho

Please check the following link for 7.9.1 Release Candidate:
http://download.notepad-plus-plus.org/repository/7.x/7.9.1.RC/

Notepad++ v7.9.1 new features & bug-fixes:

Fix NUL file-corruption bug after Windows shutdown brutally (Fix #6133).
Fix inaccurate URL detection by replacing a new URL parser (Fix #3912, #3353, #4643, #5029, #6155, #7791, #8634)
Fix RegEx look behind operations and \A and and \b and \z (Fix #713, #1870, #2216, #2360, #9004, #4855).
Split functionList.xml into multifile in “functionList” Folder (Implement #4896).
Make tray icon work again in administrator mode (Fix #8528).
Fix dialogs & floating dockable panels don’t minimize to system tray issue (Fix #9044, #8928).
Add alternative icon set for tab bar (Implement #8068).
Add ability to remove any duplicate lines in a document, keeping the first occurrence (Fix #8965).
Fix incorrect icon for monitoring status in Document list panel and in Document switcher (Fix #8783).
Add copy marked text & styled text to clipboard commands to menu (Implement #8943, #6095).
Fix find-all-open-docs not finding all matches in ANSI files (Fix #8901).
Display long lines better in Find-result panel by increasing its max length to 2048 (Fix #7723).
Fix double clicking on find result line not working (Fix #9009, #8525).
Fix Find-result rclick-Copy incomplete data bug (Fix #8801).
Add case insensitive lines sorting (Implement #4479).
Add “Open Containing Folder as Workspace” command in main menu and in context menu of tabs (Implement #3028).
Enhance Sel info of status bar (Fix #8524).
Add new option for save type of normal text files in Save dialog (Fix #8866).
Fix file path truncated issue in save confirmation dialog (Fix #8812).
Fix auto-Indent not working for PowerShell (Fix #9049).
Allow setting of background color for bookmark margin (Fix #8833).
Fix smart-highlighting not applying to cloned view (Fix #7910).
Fix smart highlight issue related to EOF (Fix #8908).
Fix closing file in 2nd view not removed from Doc Switcher (Fix #8800).
Add Delete keystroke to remove selected root from Folder as Workspace (Fix #8960).
Add TAB keystroke in Function List to switch between search field and list (Fix 8665).
Add ESC keystroke in Function List to switch to edit window (Fix #8886).
Add ESC keystroke to close Search Results Window (Implement #2946).
Fix data-prefixed attributes are not recognized in HTML (Fix #6200).

guy038

Hello, @Don-Ho, and All,

Waouuuu ! What an avalanche of fixes, improvements and new functionalities ! I have not yet downloaded N++ v7.9.1 RC and I don’t know the version number policy but I think this version could have been called v8.0 !

Oh, I also noticed the time of your announcement : You’re very early ( around 5:30 am ), aren’t you ? Thanks you for your constant involvement with our beloved text editor !

Best Regards,

guy038

Ekopalypse

I can confirm that the behavior of saving files has been changed
FlushBuffersFile is used

Date & Time           Process Name     Operation            Path
27.10.2020 12:10:11   notepad++.exe    CreateFile           D:\tests\npp\791\x64\backup\test_flush_buffers.txt@2020-10-27_121011
27.10.2020 12:10:11   notepad++.exe    CreateFile           D:\tests\npp\791\x64\backup\test_flush_buffers.txt@2020-10-27_121011
27.10.2020 12:10:11   notepad++.exe    WriteFile            D:\tests\npp\791\x64\backup\test_flush_buffers.txt@2020-10-27_121011
27.10.2020 12:10:11   notepad++.exe    FlushBuffersFile     D:\tests\npp\791\x64\backup\test_flush_buffers.txt@2020-10-27_121011
27.10.2020 12:10:11   notepad++.exe    WriteFile            D:\tests\npp\791\x64\backup\test_flush_buffers.txt@2020-10-27_121011
27.10.2020 12:10:11   notepad++.exe    CloseFile            D:\tests\npp\791\x64\backup\test_flush_buffers.txt@2020-10-27_121011
27.10.2020 12:10:11   notepad++.exe    CreateFile           D:\tests\npp\791\x64\session.xml                                   
27.10.2020 12:10:11   notepad++.exe    WriteFile            D:\tests\npp\791\x64\session.xml                                   
27.10.2020 12:10:11   notepad++.exe    FlushBuffersFile     D:\tests\npp\791\x64\session.xml                                   
27.10.2020 12:10:11   notepad++.exe    WriteFile            D:\tests\npp\791\x64\session.xml                                   
27.10.2020 12:10:11   notepad++.exe    CloseFile            D:\tests\npp\791\x64\session.xml                                   
27.10.2020 12:10:18   notepad++.exe    CreateFile           D:\tests\npp\791\x64\backup\test_flush_buffers.txt@2020-10-27_121011
27.10.2020 12:10:18   notepad++.exe    WriteFile            D:\tests\npp\791\x64\backup\test_flush_buffers.txt@2020-10-27_121011
27.10.2020 12:10:18   notepad++.exe    FlushBuffersFile     D:\tests\npp\791\x64\backup\test_flush_buffers.txt@2020-10-27_121011
27.10.2020 12:10:18   notepad++.exe    WriteFile            D:\tests\npp\791\x64\backup\test_flush_buffers.txt@2020-10-27_121011
27.10.2020 12:10:18   notepad++.exe    CloseFile            D:\tests\npp\791\x64\backup\test_flush_buffers.txt@2020-10-27_121011
27.10.2020 12:10:25   notepad++.exe    CreateFile           D:\tests\npp\791\x64\backup\test_flush_buffers.txt@2020-10-27_121011
27.10.2020 12:10:25   notepad++.exe    WriteFile            D:\tests\npp\791\x64\backup\test_flush_buffers.txt@2020-10-27_121011
27.10.2020 12:10:25   notepad++.exe    FlushBuffersFile     D:\tests\npp\791\x64\backup\test_flush_buffers.txt@2020-10-27_121011
27.10.2020 12:10:25   notepad++.exe    WriteFile            D:\tests\npp\791\x64\backup\test_flush_buffers.txt@2020-10-27_121011
27.10.2020 12:10:25   notepad++.exe    CloseFile            D:\tests\npp\791\x64\backup\test_flush_buffers.txt@2020-10-27_121011
27.10.2020 12:10:34   notepad++.exe    CreateFile           D:\test_flush_buffers.txt                                          
27.10.2020 12:10:34   notepad++.exe    WriteFile            D:\test_flush_buffers.txt                                          
27.10.2020 12:10:34   notepad++.exe    FlushBuffersFile     D:\test_flush_buffers.txt                                          
27.10.2020 12:10:34   notepad++.exe    WriteFile            D:\test_flush_buffers.txt                                          
27.10.2020 12:10:34   notepad++.exe    CloseFile            D:\test_flush_buffers.txt                                          
27.10.2020 12:10:34   notepad++.exe    CreateFile           D:\tests\npp\791\x64\backup\test_flush_buffers.txt@2020-10-27_121011
27.10.2020 12:10:34   notepad++.exe    CloseFile            D:\tests\npp\791\x64\backup\test_flush_buffers.txt@2020-10-27_121011

Thank you @donho and @pnedev for fixing this.

Ekopalypse

#8833 seems to break all existing themes

In addition, I cannot see how to set the margin background color from within the dialog.

Alan Kilborn

@Ekopalypse said in Notepad++ 7.9.1 RC:

seems to break all existing themes

I guess there needs to be “theme maintainers” like there are “localization” maintainers.

I cannot see how to set the margin background color from within the dialog.

Not a problem for me:

Ekopalypse

@Alan-Kilborn

How could it be that I don’t have it?

Ekopalypse

it is in stylers.xml

        <WidgetStyle name="Bookmark margin" styleID="0" bgColor="E0E0E0" />

but why isn’t it loaded in the dialog??

Ekopalypse

another one is

<WidgetStyle name="Fold active" styleID="0" fgColor="FF0000" />

Michael Vincent

@Ekopalypse said in Notepad++ 7.9.1 RC:

but why isn’t it loaded in the dialog??

If you’re using Obsidian as your previous picture seemed to indicate, you’ll need to add that Bookmark Margin to the Obsidian.xml them.

@Alan-Kilborn

I guess there needs to be “theme maintainers” like there are “localization” maintainers.

Yes, I thought that myself too. I’ve made available my Obsidian theme - please note there are some changes to the default “global styles” in my version. I also added languages that were not originally in it and updated all the other languages to match the “WordStyle” changes reflected in the stylers.model.xml (as of a few months ago).

Cheers.

Ekopalypse

@michael-vincent - the first one to demonstrate the issue, yes, obsidian.
But the second pics are with default theme.

Ekopalypse

I’ve downloaded a fresh x64 portable and there I did see the two missing entries. Then I compared the previous one with the new one and haven’t
found any differences, so I restarted the old one and now it appears there as well. Hmmm … strange.

deus ex

@donho
@pnedev

Huge thanks for adding case insensitive lines sorting (Implement #4479). I ran several tests, the results were always as expected. Finally, this allows me to migrate to the 64-bit version of Notepad++ since I do not depend on the 32-bit plugin NppTextFX for case insensitive line sorting anymore.

donho

@Ekopalypse

I can confirm that the behavior of saving files has been changed

FlushBuffersFile is used

Thank @pnedev , he found the solution. Not me :)

#8833 seems to break all existing themes

Nice catch.
It’s fixed in 7.9.1 RC2:
https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/20228/notepad-7-9-1-rc2

@deus-ex

Huge thanks for adding case insensitive lines sorting (Implement #4479).

Thank @SCOTT SUMNER - it’s his implementation.

@guy038

You’re very early ( around 5:30 am ), aren’t you ?

Rather very “late” :)