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    • Alan KilbornA
      Alan Kilborn @A Former User
      last edited by

      @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…

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      • Alan KilbornA
        Alan Kilborn @A Former User
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        @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.

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        • ?
          A Former User @Alan Kilborn
          last edited by

          • 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.

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          • Alan KilbornA
            Alan Kilborn @A Former User
            last edited by 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.

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            • ?
              A Former User @Alan Kilborn
              last edited by

              @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.

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              • ?
                A Former User
                last edited by

                https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/9751

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                • Kimpa TammasK
                  Kimpa Tammas
                  last edited by

                  It seems with this last release, the “Default Directory” preference no longer works. I always use the Default Open/Save file directory as “Remember last used directory”, but the location is always the Notepad++ installation folder (In Program Files). I tried to set manually the path, but this method worked only once. On the second test, the location returned to the Notepad++ installation folder.

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                  • Alan KilbornA
                    Alan Kilborn @Kimpa Tammas
                    last edited by Alan Kilborn

                    @Jean-Michel-Coinus said in Notepad++ v7.9.5 released:

                    Default Open/Save file directory as “Remember last used directory

                    but this method worked only once. On the second test, the location returned to the Notepad++ installation folder.

                    I also see this behavior, when I set to “Remember last used directory” (which I don’t normally use).
                    Perhaps opening an issue on it (see FAQ) is the way to proceed?

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                    • Nazar Grynko 0N
                      Nazar Grynko 0
                      last edited by Nazar Grynko 0

                      I have updated to this version and now the documents I have opened including the newly created one being closed and do not reopen on restart.
                      I’m so used to this, I’m kindly asking you, please suggest to me the oldest version where this functionality persists, I’d like to downgrade. Thanks!
                      (edited)
                      Even tho I have <GUIConfig name="RememberLastSession">yes</GUIConfig> in Config.xml

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                      • NippurDeLagashN
                        NippurDeLagash @Nazar Grynko 0
                        last edited by

                        @Nazar-Grynko-0

                        I am using version 7.9.5, and it does remember the last session, with all the previously opened files.

                        Check in “Preferences”, “Backup”, in the panel “Session snapshot and periodic backup”, that the checkbox “Remember current session for next launch” is checked.

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                        • Nazar Grynko 0N
                          Nazar Grynko 0 @NippurDeLagash
                          last edited by

                          @NippurDeLagash Thanks!
                          I have that option checked.
                          I tried unchecking it, restarting the notepad, checking it again, but regardless of whether I have it enabled or not Notepad++ on exit still prompts me do I want to save my files and does not save the session.

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                          • Nazar Grynko 0N
                            Nazar Grynko 0
                            last edited by

                            Update
                            I have reinstalled the app without saving my custom setting on uninstall and it worked.
                            Thanks!

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                            • xagabaX
                              xagaba
                              last edited by

                              I have a weird problem with some Unicode files with Chinese chars not loaded or recognized properly.
                              If I load the file in windows notepad and save it, the Notepad++ shows and recognize perfectly…
                              I leave a little test file in my server for you to test…
                              Test file

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                              • Alan KilbornA
                                Alan Kilborn @xagaba
                                last edited by

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

                                I have a weird problem with some Unicode files with Chinese chars not loaded or recognized properly.

                                Suggest looking at THIS and seeing if that has any impact.

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                                • guy038G
                                  guy038
                                  last edited by guy038

                                  Hello, @xagaba, @alan-kilborn and All,

                                  I downloaded your Test.txt file and, after numerous tests, I’ve got the solution ! I even think that I’m going to create a GitHub issue in order to improve the N++ auto-detection of the right encoding ;-))

                                  But first, to correctly answer you, I need three additional pieces of information :

                                  • When you’ve just opened the Test.txt file, what encoding do you see, in the right part of the status bar ?

                                  • Could your provide the Debug Info... information of your Notepad++ configuration ( Menu option ? > Debug Info... )

                                  • Could you also specifiy what is your current N++ font ?

                                    • In Settings > Style Configurator > Global styles > Global override > Font Style > Font Name ( IF the Enable global font option is tiched )

                                    OR

                                    • In Settings > Style Configurator > Global styles > Default Style > Font Style > Font Name ( IF the Enable global font option is NOT tiched )

                                  TIA

                                  Best Regards,

                                  guy038

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                                  • xagabaX
                                    xagaba @Alan Kilborn
                                    last edited by

                                    @Alan-Kilborn

                                    Sorry, I try it but no luck with that…
                                    Seems to me that it’s not a rendering issue here…
                                    Thanks anyway !

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                                    • xagabaX
                                      xagaba @guy038
                                      last edited by

                                      @guy038 said in Notepad++ v7.9.5 released:

                                      When you’ve just opened the Test.txt file, what encoding do you see, in the right part of the status bar ?

                                      Unix (LF) ANSI

                                      Could your provide the Debug Info… information of your Notepad++ configuration ( Menu option ? > Debug Info… )

                                      Notepad++ v7.9.5 (64-bit)
                                      Build time : Mar 21 2021 - 02:13:17
                                      Path : C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
                                      Admin mode : OFF
                                      Local Conf mode : OFF
                                      OS Name : Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
                                      OS Version : 2009
                                      OS Build : 19042.928
                                      Current ANSI codepage : 1252
                                      Plugins : DSpellCheck.dll mimeTools.dll NppConverter.dll NppExport.dll

                                      Could you also specifiy what is your current N++ font ?

                                      2d1dd923-f277-4cde-9510-62513ccddd62-imatge.png

                                      e68901a9-b0e6-43df-a5aa-bd951913fcac-imatge.png

                                      Let me know if you need anything else…

                                      Regards !

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                                      • guy038G
                                        guy038
                                        last edited by guy038

                                        Hi, @xagaba, @alan-kilborn and All,

                                        Thanks ! No, I don’t need anything else. I just wanted to know your current font and your default ANSI codepage :-)

                                        After downloading your file, I realized that it contains some parts with 1 null byte, EVERY 2 bytes. So, I supposed that it was, initially, a Windows Unicode encoded file !

                                        However, in that case, looking at its contents, with an hexadecimal editor, an invisible Byte Order Mark ( the two bytes FF and FE ) should had been at its very beginning ! As these two bytes are absent, just follow this quick method to get the things right :

                                        • Open your file Test.txt in Notepad++ ( 174 bytes )

                                        • Move to the very beginning of the file ( Ctrl + Home )

                                        • Hold down the ALT key and hit, successively, the 0, 2, 5 and 5 keys of the numeric keypad

                                        • Release the Alt key

                                        => The ÿ character, of ANSI code \xFF, should have been inserted at the very beginning

                                        Again :

                                        • Hold down the ALT key and hit, successively, the 0, 2, 5 and 4 keys of the numeric keypad

                                        • Release the Alt key

                                        => The þ character, of ANSI code \xFE, should have been inserted, right after the ÿ character

                                        • Save the modifications of the Test.txt file ( Ctrl + S )

                                        As specified above, the insertion of the ÿþ string at the very beginning of file, so the two bytes \xFF\xFE, represents the Byte Order Mark ( BOM ) of an UCS-2 LE BOM / UTF-16 LE encoded file, named Unicode in the Microsoft terminology !

                                        • Reload your Test.txt file ( Ctrl + R )

                                        Et voilà, done ;-))


                                        This time, the ÿþ string, added at the very beginning of your file is correctly detected as the invisible BOM.So, Notepad++ re-opens this file with the right encoding, displayed at the bottom of the status bar ( UCS-2 LE BOM )

                                        Note that all the characters and, specifically, all the Chinese characters, are normally displayed, if you’re using, for instance, a current monospaced font, like Courier New, Consolas or Lucida Console !

                                        Note also that your file has Unix line-endings ( LF = \x0a)

                                        Best regards,

                                        guy038

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                                        • guy038G
                                          guy038
                                          last edited by guy038

                                          Hi, @xagaba, @alan-kilborn and All,

                                          Below, a view of your file, with the correct appearance !

                                          May be, it’s worth to add that I installed, on my old XP SP3 laptop, since a long time, some services to see Far Eastern languages !

                                          17e00967-0e7d-48da-ae3c-61f903ce5aad-image.png


                                          Here is the English/American translation of this French windows, after using Start > Parameters > Regional and language options entry :

                                          Title : Regional and language options
                                          
                                          TABS : Regional options | Languages | Advanced Options
                                          
                                          Text services and input languages
                                          
                                          To view or change the languages and methods you can use to enter text, click on Details
                                                                                                                                            | Details |
                                          
                                          Support for additional languages
                                          
                                          Most languages are installed by default. To install additional languages select the corresponding options below.
                                          
                                            | |   Install files for languages with complex scripts and writing from right to left (this includes Thai)
                                          
                                            |x|   Install the files for the Far Eastern languages
                                          

                                          So, may be you’ll correctly see the #./Localization/Description and #./Localization/Name headers but you won’t be able to get the correct displaying of all the Chinese characters : !?

                                          BR

                                          guy038

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                                          • xagabaX
                                            xagaba
                                            last edited by

                                            Thanks for the explanation.
                                            When the BOM it’s present I can see the Chinese chars correctly.

                                            My problem was that windows notepad loads the file fine (also without the BOM) and notepad++ doesn’t.

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