Notepad++ v8.3.2 Release Candidate

[donho]

Notepad++ v8.3.2 Release Candidate:
http://download.notepad-plus-plus.org/repository/8.x/8.3.2.RC/

Notepad++ v8.3.2 regression-fixes, bug-fixes and enhancement:
(The critical bug-fixes are in highlight)

1. Fix incorrect message while double clicking on search result regression. (Fix #11215 , #11106 )
2. Fix regression: file can't be saved if it's set to other charset before. (Fix #11238 )
3. Fix UDL dialog crash issue on over 30 created UDL. (Fix #11257 )
4. Add sorting document tab order commands by name, path, type and size under “Window” Menu. (Fix #10393 )
5. Add API NPPM_GETCURRENTLINESTR and variable $(CURRENT_LINESTR) for RunDlg. (Fix #11216 )
6. Support better 2GB+ file (cmdline & session file adaptation). (Fix #11213 )
7. Fix auto-completion sort order problem due to fx icon. (Fix #11233 )
8. Refine auto-saving session on exit behaviour. (Fix #11249 )
9. Enhance performance on exit with certain settings. (Fix #11219 )
10. Fix auto-complete case insensitive not working issue. (Fix #11187 )
11. Fix saving problem (regression) with “Sysnative” alias in x86 binary. (Fix #11196 )

Thank you in advance for checking this RC!

[PeterJones]

@donho ,

FYI: the v8.3.1 regression mentioned in MaDill’s issue #11239 and @who-what’s report in the v8.3.1 announcement thread (which I confirmed) seems to have been half-fixed (or at least behaves differently at first), but it’s still not working like it did in v8.3 and earlier.

In v8.3.2 RC, I get the right comment highlighting, which is an improvement over v8.3.1 where it didn’t correctly highlight:

However, if I look at Comment Line Style, which was defined in the original UDL XML file as <Keywords name="Comments">00# 01 02((EOL)) 03 04</Keywords> (see my post in the v8.3.1 thread for the full UDL file), the entry field is blank, even though the XML still is defined correctly:

Now I make a simple change: I add PRE1 to PREFIX 1 and PRE2 to PREFIX 2 in the Number Style section.

Then I exit out of Notepad++ and reload. The Comment & Number page looks the same as it did before I exited. And the UDL’s renpy.xml properly updated Numbers, prefix1 and Numbers, prefix2 settings. But it’s cleared out the Comments values.

And now, if I go back to my example tab with the renpy language active, the highlighting is incorrect – it has lost the comment-line-style highlighting, as the XML change implies.

The UDL Comment regression still exists in v8.3.2, just like it did in v8.3.1.

Notepad++ v8.3.2   (64-bit)
Build time : Feb 24 2022 - 16:15:43
Path : C:\usr\local\apps\npp\npp.8.3.2-RC1.portable.x64\notepad++.exe
Command Line : 
Admin mode : OFF
Local Conf mode : ON
Cloud Config : OFF
OS Name : Windows 10 Enterprise (64-bit) 
OS Version : 2009
OS Build : 19042.1526
Current ANSI codepage : 1252
Plugins : mimeTools.dll NppConverter.dll NppExport.dll 

[PeterJones]

@donho ,

On (5) I have confirmed $(CURRENT_LINESTR) works. And all the people who have been asking for tab sorting should love (4), which I also confirmed meets my expectations.

So far, other than what I just mentioned, v8.3.2 RC is looking good to me, and it seems to do what the update-list implies.

Thanks for all your effort.

[donho]

@peterjones said in Notepad++ v8.3.2 Release Candidate:

FYI: the v8.3.1 regression mentioned in MaDill’s issue #11239 and @who-what’s report in the v8.3.1 announcement thread (which I confirmed) seems to have been half-fixed (or at least behaves differently at first), but it’s still not working like it did in v8.3 and earlier.

Well I have checked this issue but cannot identify the source of problem.
@xomx Maybe you have any idea about the source of bug?

[xomx]

@donho said in Notepad++ v8.3.2 Release Candidate:

Maybe you have any idea about the source of bug?

Yes, I think I have found the culprit.

Doing some more testing just now. If ok, I will proceed to PR.
The fix should also solve the #11239 .

[xomx]

@peterjones

Your pics (especially the ones with the “<Keywords name=“Comments”>…” lines visible) helped me to understand & find that bug, thanks.

Could you please test the same with the patched N++:
https://ci.appveyor.com/project/donho/notepad-plus-plus/builds/42708412

[PeterJones]

@xomx said in Notepad++ v8.3.2 Release Candidate:

Could you please test the same with the patched N++:

I’m willing, but it will have to be after work (it’s still early in my workday), as I.T. blocks me from downloading appveyor artifacts.

[PeterJones]

@xomx ,

I tried it once I got home: yes, it’s working correctly now: the Comment definition correctly displays, and if I make a change in one of the other boxes and exit, they all get saved, and the Comment definition stays intact.

Thanks for the fix!