Notepad++ v7.9.5 released

Alan Kilborn

It took me a bit of time to find the area of Event Viewer that you show.
It might have helped to provide a complete “path” to the area for others that might want to check theirs. Here’s how I “drilled down” to find it:

In the left-hand pane, navigate this tree:

Event Viewer (Local)
Applications and Services Logs
Microsoft
Windows
Application-Experience
Program-Telemetry

And yes, I do see the same thing on Windows 10.
And I see this in Notepad++ as far back as version 6.7.5 (the earliest I had handy to try).

ImSpecial

@mere-human-0

No I do not know exactly when they started showing up, and frankly it would be way to much effort to do so, since even if I did find the exact version of notepad++, would it get fixed? doubtful…

@Alan-Kilborn

My picture if very quite clear actually.

Alan Kilborn

@ImSpecial said in Notepad++ v7.9.5 released:

No I do not know exactly when they started showing up, and frankly it would be way to much effort to do so, since even if I did find the exact version of notepad++, would it get fixed? doubtful…

You’re under the impression that something needs fixing here. Given that apparently a lot of common applications do this as noted above.

My picture if very quite clear actually.

Don’t be daft. It’s only “quite clear” if someone is very familiar with Event Viewer.

donho

I googled with keywords “event viewer compatibility fix applied to” without finding any answer. No idea what it is but it seems not an important issue.

mere-human

The last hope in this “Event Viewer compatibility fix message” issue would be to ask on some Microsoft forums.

ImSpecial

@mere-human

IMO, you’re better off finding out by disabling this “compatibility fix” fixing (probably a Windows Service of similar name) and running notepad++ then, and “hopefully” notice some kind of issue and fix said issue. Then once fixed, maybe this “compatibility fix” won’t happen anymore. (A big if :P)

ImSpecial

There’s also a Group Policy that does just that.

https://gpsearch.azurewebsites.net/#19

donho

FYI:
Notepad++'s Auto-updater has been triggered for updating to v7.9.5.

linpengcheng

In the latest version, the functionlist definition of markdown does not work. Creating a new custom file does not work either.

Notepad++\functionList.xml

add:

      <association id="Markdown_Monokai" userDefinedLangName="Markdown_Monokai"/>
      <association id="Markdown_Monokai" ext=".md"/>
      <association id="Markdown_Monokai" ext=".markdown"/>

Notepad++\functionList\Markdown_Monokai.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<!-- ==========================================\
| To learn how to make your own language parser, 
| please check the following link:
| https://npp-user-manual.org/docs/function-list/
\============================================= -->
<NotepadPlus>
	<functionList>
		<!-- ==== [ Markdown_Monokai ] -->
      <parser
        displayName="Markdown_Monokai"
        id         ="Markdown_Monokai"
        commentExpr=""
      >
        <function
          mainExpr="(?x)((?:^|\n)\s*[#]+\s+(.*?)(\r*|\n*)$)
                       |((?:^|\n)\s*[\r\n]+\s*[-]{3,}\s*[\r\n]+\s*(\r*|\n*)$)"
        />
      </parser>
	</functionList>
</NotepadPlus>

Notepad++\userDefineLangs\Markdown_Monokai.xml


<NotepadPlus>
    <UserLang name="Markdown_Monokai" ext="md markdown" udlVersion="2.1">
        <Settings>
            <Global caseIgnored="yes" allowFoldOfComments="no" foldCompact="no" forcePureLC="0" decimalSeparator="0" />
            <Prefix Keywords1="yes" Keywords2="yes" Keywords3="no" Keywords4="no" Keywords5="no" Keywords6="no" Keywords7="no" Keywords8="no" />
        </Settings>
        <KeywordLists>
            <Keywords name="Comments">00# 01 02 03&lt;!-- 04--&gt;</Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Numbers, prefix1"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Numbers, prefix2"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Numbers, extras1"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Numbers, extras2"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Numbers, suffix1"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Numbers, suffix2"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Numbers, range"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Operators1"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Operators2"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Folders in code1, open"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Folders in code1, middle"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Folders in code1, close"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Folders in code2, open"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Folders in code2, middle"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Folders in code2, close"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Folders in comment, open"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Folders in comment, middle"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Folders in comment, close"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Keywords1">http:// https://</Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Keywords2">==== ----</Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Keywords3"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Keywords4"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Keywords5"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Keywords6"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Keywords7"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Keywords8"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Delimiters">00[ 01 02] 03` 04 05` 06** 07 08** 09* 10 11* 12_ 13 14_ 15( 16 17) 18 19 20 21 22 23</Keywords>
        </KeywordLists>
        <Styles>
            <WordsStyle name="DEFAULT" fgColor="DCDCCC" bgColor="272822" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="COMMENTS" fgColor="7F9F7F" bgColor="272822" fontName="" fontStyle="1" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="LINE COMMENTS" fgColor="FF8040" bgColor="272822" fontName="" fontStyle="1" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="NUMBERS" fgColor="8CD0D3" bgColor="272822" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="KEYWORDS1" fgColor="408080" bgColor="272822" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="KEYWORDS2" fgColor="FF8040" bgColor="272822" fontName="" fontStyle="1" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="KEYWORDS3" fgColor="DCDCCC" bgColor="272822" fontName="" fontStyle="1" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="KEYWORDS4" fgColor="CC9393" bgColor="272822" fontName="" fontStyle="2" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="KEYWORDS5" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="KEYWORDS6" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="KEYWORDS7" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="KEYWORDS8" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="OPERATORS" fgColor="DFC47D" bgColor="272822" fontName="" fontStyle="1" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="FOLDER IN CODE1" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="FOLDER IN CODE2" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="FOLDER IN COMMENT" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="DELIMITERS1" fgColor="408080" bgColor="272822" fontName="" fontStyle="2" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="DELIMITERS2" fgColor="CEDF99" bgColor="272822" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="DELIMITERS3" fgColor="CC9393" bgColor="272822" fontName="" fontStyle="1" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="DELIMITERS4" fgColor="CC9393" bgColor="272822" fontName="" fontStyle="2" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="DELIMITERS5" fgColor="CC9393" bgColor="272822" fontName="" fontStyle="2" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="DELIMITERS6" fgColor="408080" bgColor="272822" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="DELIMITERS7" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="DELIMITERS8" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
        </Styles>
    </UserLang>
</NotepadPlus>

Alan Kilborn

@linpengcheng said in Notepad++ v7.9.5 released:

Notepad++\functionList.xml

I’m away from my PC right now, but isn’t the file you want here named something like “override_map”?

PeterJones

@linpengcheng said in Notepad++ v7.9.5 released:

In the latest version, the functionlist definition of markdown does not work

Yes it does. As @Alan-Kilborn said, the <association> tags don’t go in notepad++\functionList.xml anymore: the behavior was changed in v7.9.1. As is documented in the function list overview and config files: function list pages of the npp-user-manual.org, it goes in notepad++\functionList\overrideMap.xml .

It’s also documented there that the <association> tags no longer require/support the ext="..." attribute.

If you do a search of the forum for “function list”, and you will find at least two very recent threads with examples of the exact steps necessary to get function list working with your UDL.

linpengcheng

@Alan-Kilborn @PeterJones Thanks, I added the following line in “Notepad++\functionList\overrideMap.xml” and it can be displayed correctly.

<association id="Markdown_Monokai.xml" userDefinedLangName="Markdown_Monokai"/>

A Former User

I noticed an issue with the “style token” feature. The problem is that styling is not applied consistently within words.

We have line 1: “training” and line 2: “train”.

Case 1: If I select “train” on line 2 and style that then only “train” on line 2 is styled.

https://i.imgur.com/D18IOEx.png

Case 2: If I select “train” on line 1 and style that then “train” on lines 1 and 2 are styled.

https://i.imgur.com/QbbT21R.png

I tried older versions of Notepad++, through 7.8, and deleted my %appdata%\notepad++ folder between tests, but the older versions have the same behavior. It must be a coincidence I noticed this now.

I’m accustomed to case 2 where “train” is always styled: even within words. Somehow, that is the way styling worked out in the past.

Alan Kilborn

@Michael-Mientus-0 said in Notepad++ v7.9.5 released:

noticed an issue with the “style token” feature. The problem is that styling is not applied consistently within words.

It really is a bit, well, awkward, isn’t it?
Here’s how it works:

If you select some text, if that text is a full “word”, then N++ will check the Match whole word only setting in the Find dialog to decide what to do. If that is ticked, it will only do the selected word occurrences and NOT the occurrences where that word is part of a larger word. For all other input conditions it will also do whole words and parts of longer words.

That description might be hard to understand; it is even harder to remember.

A Former User

@Alan-Kilborn said in Notepad++ v7.9.5 released:

the Match whole word only setting in the Find dialog

In my mind, the dialog box is modal. Also, I don’t have that option selected.

So how should I change the mode?

Alan Kilborn

@Michael-Mientus-0

Hmm, actually my earlier description was something I had documented for how it worked, but my notes are quite old and maybe something in the software has changed (or my notes were wrong). I’ll try to work with it and figure it out…

Alan Kilborn

@Michael-Mientus-0

Continued experimentation shows me that it works as I described, with one addition: If you have no selection but your caret is sitting in the middle of a word when you invoke the style command, it acts like I said earlier when I said “If you select some text, if that text is a full “word””.

But otherwise, I cannot duplicate your result from:

Case 1: If I select “train” on line 2 and style that then only “train” on line 2 is styled.

with the caveat of:

I don’t have that option (match whole word) selected

Also:

In my mind, the (Find) dialog box is modal.

Well, it’s not.
And, even if it were, how is that relevant to the current discussion?

So how should I change the mode?

No idea, sorry.

A Former User

Close and open Notepad++.
Type my test: “training” on line 1 and “train” on line 2.
With nothing selected, right-click on “train” on line 2 > Style token > Using 1st Style.

Under these conditions, only “train” on line 2 is styled.

Close and open Notepad++.
Type my test: “training” on line 1 and “train” on line 2.
Open the Find dialog.
Clear ‘Match whole word only’.
With nothing selected, right-click on “train” on line 2 > Style token > Using 1st Style.

Under these conditions, “train” on lines 1 and 2 are styled: The token will be styled within words.

You could not reproduce my issue because Style Token will continue to match within words after opening the Find dialog once. This might also explain why I haven’t seen this issue before. I must have always used the Find dialog at least once before styling tokens.

With regard to the user interface, I’m saying there is no logical connection between the Find dialog box and Style Token. I suggest decoupling Style Token from the Find dialog. If people still want to toggle the behavior then create a new preference.

Alan Kilborn

@Michael-Mientus-0 said in Notepad++ v7.9.5 released:

You could not reproduce my issue because Style Token will continue to match within words after opening the Find dialog once.

There is a similar open issue regarding Match case.
See Applying Style Tokens is case sensitive until search is done.

With regard to the user interface, I’m saying there is no logical connection between the Find dialog box and Style Token. I suggest decoupling Style Token from the Find dialog. If people still want to toggle the behavior then create a new preference.

As I hinted earlier, I agree this isn’t the best design.
But we’re not the developers here, just a user community to discuss things and help each other out.

A Former User

@Alan-Kilborn said in Notepad++ v7.9.5 released:

There is a similar open issue regarding Match case.
See Applying Style Tokens is case sensitive until search is done.

I found that thread earlier but did not recognize it at the time. It seems similar.