Community
    • Login

    Notepad++ v8.4.3 - Unhappy Users' Edition

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Announcements
    35 Posts 19 Posters 14.5k Views
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • Tianming ZhuangT
      Tianming Zhuang
      last edited by

      Thanks for making a great editor. It makes my time on windows machines bearable :')

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 4
      • Твинк ТвинковичТ
        Твинк Твинкович
        last edited by

        Thank you))) Very nice editor!!!)

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
        • axiom41A
          axiom41
          last edited by

          Hello.
          It seems that TextFX plugin does not work anymore with this release.
          Would it be possible to make it work again?

          Thanks!

          PeterJonesP 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote -1
          • PeterJonesP
            PeterJones @axiom41
            last edited by

            @axiom41 ,

            I already replied to your other thread with a post to the FAQ.

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • Paul BenjaminP
              Paul Benjamin
              last edited by

              Yeah the F’ing h3ll is all this fr33 sh1t? You see, if it weren’t for CAPATALASAM everyone who wants to sit around and do free sh1t for free all the time would rule the world and all the pinko commies would blow us all up so gimme my FREEDUM FREE isn’t FREE unless I get to blow some sh1t up. YEHAW FROSTY MUG.

              OK maybe Notepad++ is OK thanks
              (commie)

              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • freeduckF
                freeduck
                last edited by

                Could you make a proper GNU/Linux version, please

                PeterJonesP 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • PeterJonesP
                  PeterJones @freeduck
                  last edited by

                  @freeduck said in Notepad++ v8.4.3 - Unhappy Users' Edition:

                  Could you make a proper GNU/Linux version, please

                  see this note from the developer

                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • D66 NUTSD
                    D66 NUTS
                    last edited by

                    Items in Project panels, “Folder as workspace” panel, “Functions list” panel remain highlighted when mouse pointer is moved away if a dark theme is selected in dark mode.

                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • leion247L
                      leion247
                      last edited by

                      There has been a regression. This line before the 0 would appear as blue, which is the correct thing to do in my yml files. Been that way for years and is very helpful. However, the version after 8.1.5 caused this to no longer be the case, and has negatively impacted my work. I’m currently staying in 8.1.5 until this issue is resolved.
                      Untitled.png

                      rdipardoR 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • rdipardoR
                        rdipardo @leion247
                        last edited by rdipardo

                        @leion247,

                        The YAML lexer was changed in Lexilla 5.1.0: “In YAML, treat a:b (without space) as text, not key-value pair”

                        The first Notepad++ version to use Lexilla was 8.4.

                        So:

                        • the “regression” is not unique to 8.4.3
                        • any version of Notepad++ before 8.4 will lex YAML in the former way

                        If you think the YAML lexer is wrong, you can open an issue against Lexilla: https://github.com/ScintillaOrg/lexilla/issues

                        leion247L 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 5
                        • guy038G
                          guy038
                          last edited by

                          Hello, @don-ho and All,

                          Don, I’ve just noticed that the menu option ? > Notepad++ Online User Manual cannot be found in Settings > Shortcut Mapper` :-(

                          And I’m afraid that it has been the case since Peter starts the new N++ documentation, on September 2019

                          To my mind, the possibility of create a shortcut for the N++'s documentation ( let’s say Shift + F1 ) should probably be useful ;-))

                          Notepad++ v8.4.3   (64-bit)
                          Build time : Jul  7 2022 - 10:55:58
                          Path : E:\843_x64\notepad++.exe
                          Command Line : 
                          Admin mode : OFF
                          Local Conf mode : ON
                          Cloud Config : OFF
                          OS Name : Windows 10 Pro (64-bit) 
                          OS Version : 21H2
                          OS Build : 19044.1766
                          Current ANSI codepage : 1252
                          Plugins : 
                              mimeTools (2.8)
                              NppConverter (4.4)
                              NppExport (0.4)
                          

                          Best Regards,

                          guy038

                          Alan KilbornA donhoD 2 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 1
                          • Alan KilbornA
                            Alan Kilborn @guy038
                            last edited by

                            @guy038 said in Notepad++ v8.4.3 - Unhappy Users' Edition:

                            To my mind, the possibility of create a shortcut for the N++'s documentation ( let’s say Shift + F1 ) should probably be useful

                            Or, just make it shortcuttable, without assigning a default shortcut.

                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 2
                            • donhoD
                              donho @guy038
                              last edited by

                              @guy038 @Alan-Kilborn
                              Done in
                              https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/commit/57bb83846b9f243ae43b186306037ebd8c5f2cfa

                              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 4
                              • rdipardoR
                                rdipardo
                                last edited by

                                FYI, v8.4.3 did not fully resolve the issue of unwanted backgrounds in print selections. It needs this recent patch, which only Scintilla 5.2.4 currently has.

                                donhoD 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                                • donhoD
                                  donho @rdipardo
                                  last edited by

                                  @rdipardo said in Notepad++ v8.4.3 - Unhappy Users' Edition:

                                  FYI, v8.4.3 did not fully resolve the issue of unwanted backgrounds in print selections. It needs this recent patch, which only Scintilla 5.2.4 currently has.

                                  Could you provide the way to reproduce it?
                                  I tried to print the selection, but it seems to me fine (with the grey colour).

                                  rdipardoR 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                  • rdipardoR
                                    rdipardo @donho
                                    last edited by

                                    @donho,

                                    Could you provide the way to reproduce it?

                                    At least two users confirm that 8.4.3 prints a grey background even when black on white mode is selected: https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/11826#issuecomment-1177862984

                                    The root of the problem is the new selection style API and the limitations of legacy GDI (*1). Before Scintilla 5.x, there was just one style for selected text, and the API only knew about 24-bit RGB colors. Now there are distinct, separate styles for active (focused) text selections and inactive (unfocused) ones, and the API assumes every color to be in 32-bit ARGB format.

                                    v8.4.3 got the first patch, but that only made the active selection style transparent. To do the job properly, the second patch makes the alpha channel transparent for every selection style: “additional, secondary, and inactive”:

                                    --- a/src/EditView.cxx
                                    +++ b/src/EditView.cxx
                                    @@ -2696,8 +2696,12 @@
                                     	// Don't show the selection when printing
                                     	vsPrint.elementColours.clear();
                                     	vsPrint.elementBaseColours.clear();
                                    -	// Transparent:
                                    -	vsPrint.elementBaseColours[Element::SelectionBack] = ColourRGBA(0xc0, 0xc0, 0xc0, 0x0);
                                    +	// Set all selection background colours to be transparent.
                                    +	constexpr ColourRGBA transparent(0xc0, 0xc0, 0xc0, 0x0);
                                    +	vsPrint.elementBaseColours[Element::SelectionBack] = transparent;
                                    +	vsPrint.elementBaseColours[Element::SelectionAdditionalBack] = transparent;
                                    +	vsPrint.elementBaseColours[Element::SelectionSecondaryBack] = transparent;
                                    +	vsPrint.elementBaseColours[Element::SelectionInactiveBack] = transparent;
                                     	vsPrint.caretLine.alwaysShow = false;
                                     	// Don't highlight matching braces using indicators
                                     	vsPrint.braceHighlightIndicatorSet = false;
                                    

                                    (*1)

                                    • https://groups.google.com/g/scintilla-interest/c/PkWOjC89avU
                                    • #11743
                                    • #11829
                                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 2
                                    • ImSpecialI
                                      ImSpecial
                                      last edited by

                                      About the two new shortcuts added to the menu bar, can this be hidden in any way? I’m not really understanding the point of this addition when they already can be achieved many other ways;

                                      https://i.imgur.com/dr6XaqO.png

                                      Not to mention you can also just double-click the tab bar to make new, or middle-click to delete them.

                                      All-in-all it just adds clutter IMO.

                                      Perhaps have them only appear if you have the menu bar/tool bar set as hidden? But it’s probably better and just easier to have them their own setting to just hide the shortcuts all together.

                                      Alan KilbornA donhoD 2 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                      • Alan KilbornA
                                        Alan Kilborn @ImSpecial
                                        last edited by Alan Kilborn

                                        @ImSpecial

                                        Direct embedding of your image:

                                        1bc530b7-eae4-4cb0-ba5f-b39ca2bd4705-image.png

                                        I’m not really understanding the point of this addition when they already can be achieved many other ways

                                        Perhaps it is about convenience or intuitiveness. Double-clicking an empty spot on the tab bar works, but as there are no visual cues, it is largely unknown to users. Hovering over a toolbar button to make sure you have the correct one before pressing is time-consuming, as is navigating the drop-down main menu.

                                        can this be hidden in any way?

                                        No, nor does it need to be; if you don’t want to use it, just ignore it. As to the clutter argument, it is minimal, just using space that was there but unused before. (Note that the “close” button, which you point to with a purple arrow, has always been there; only the other 2 are new)

                                        All in all, IMO this is a nice addition, which I may occasionally use. Heaps of praise on the Notepad++ developers.

                                        Graham NorrisG 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                                        • donhoD
                                          donho @ImSpecial
                                          last edited by donho

                                          @ImSpecial
                                          Each user has his/her own way to get job done in Notepad++, so I do believe these shortcut buttons could be helpful for other users, even they might be full of clutter to you.

                                          I will see if the requests for hiding them comes often in the future. If yes, I will consider to add an option for hiding them.

                                          ImSpecialI 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                                          • Graham NorrisG
                                            Graham Norris @Alan Kilborn
                                            last edited by

                                            @Alan-Kilborn I’m still waiting for automatic update, so I don’t have these buttons to try, but they look counter-intuitive to me.

                                            They look as though they would add a file, or hide the one being shown. However, from the preceding discussion, they appear to work on the icons on the menu bar.

                                            PeterJonesP 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                            • First post
                                              Last post
                                            The Community of users of the Notepad++ text editor.
                                            Powered by NodeBB | Contributors