Notepad++ v8.4.4 - Happy Users' Edition

[donho]

@Not-Saying

Thank you for providing the step by step instruction. However, I can’t still reproduce it by following your instructions:

@Yaron
Can you reproduce it in your PC?

[donho]

@Yaron @SeagramFR
Under Windows 11, it works fine.
I’ll check the code.

[Yaron]

@donho & @Not-Saying,

https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/11995

@donho & @SeagramFR,

https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/11996

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Not being able to edit posts here is slightly inconvenient.
I’ve preferred opening new issues on GitHub.

[Ray Parker]

For some reason my plugin, NPPTextFX, disappeared. It still exists as a folder and DLL in the plugins folder but does not appear as an installation option. Has this plugin been superseded?

[Alan Kilborn]

@Ray-Parker

Possibly see HERE.

[Paul Harouff]

Sometimes I use Notepad++ to edit long plain text files (not code) and I need a way to mark where the page breaks are. How hard would it be to add the capability to highlight line numbers (e.g., put a dot next to 64, 128, 192, etc.)? Or is there a plugin that already adds this capability?

Thanks.

[Alan Kilborn]

@Paul-Harouff said in Notepad++ v8.4.4 - Happy Users' Edition:

Sometimes I use Notepad++ to edit long plain text files (not code) and I need a way to mark where the page breaks are. How hard would it be to add the capability to highlight line numbers (e.g., put a dot next to 64, 128, 192, etc.)? Or is there a plugin that already adds this capability?

The thread you posted this in is intended to be reserved for critical problems with the titular release, not “general questions” like you asked; please create a new thread and repeat your question there.

[Eric Schmenk]

Greetings.

I have stopped working with code years ago, but still use N++ as my normal text editor. I don’t edit text files much, though.

A few weeks ago I attempted an auto-update. Afterwards, N++ would immediately crash upon attempting to use it. I finally got around to debugging the issue.

Long story short, the crash is triggered by the presence of toolbarIcons.xml in the %appdata%\Notepad++ directory. The date on the file is March 28, 2006. Evidently this file is from a very old version of Notepad++. I can recall some issue with tool bar icons many years ago but don’t remember any details. Anyway, the presence of the file causes all versions of N++ starting with 8.4.2 to crash.

I will copy the beginning of the file below. The directory referenced does not exist on my computer.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252" ?>
<NotepadPlus>
    <ToolBarIcons>
	    <!-- the value pathPrefix should be the path where you can find all icons -->
		<Theme name = "Crystal++" pathPrefix = "D:\Program Files\Accessories\Notepad++\NppCrystalToolbarIcons\Icons\">
			<Icon name = "new" id = "0">
				<normal>new_normal.ico</normal>
				<hover>new_hover.ico</hover>
			</Icon>
			<Icon name = "open" id = "1">
				<normal>fileopen_normal.ico</normal>
				<hover>fileopen_hover.ico</hover>
			</Icon>

[rdipardo]

@Eric-Schmenk,

The directory referenced does not exist

Unfortunately N++ doesn’t know any better than to try accessing the non-existent icons. A null pointer dereference would explain the crash.

Stale or invalid config files are a pretty consistent source of crashes; some recent examples:

• NPP crashes on opening Style Configurator if stylers do not exist
• NPP crashes on opening a session file
• Application does not start (severe bug)
• . . .

[donho]

@rdipardo said in Notepad++ v8.4.4 - Happy Users' Edition:

Stale or invalid config files are a pretty consistent source of crashes; some recent examples:

NPP crashes on opening Style Configurator if stylers do not exist
NPP crashes on opening a session file
Application does not start (severe bug)

The 3 above issues are fixed to me. If not, please comment on the issue by providing the instructions for reproduce the bugs.

Otherwise, please stop misleading users with your ambiguous comments.

[donho]

@Eric-Schmenk
Could you report the issue on https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues please?

[Joel Doyle-Tremblay]

I have changed some of the settings to make the window cleaner, but since the last update it looks like this:

Before it was like this:

[Alan Kilborn]

@Joel-Doyle-Tremblay

I’d suppose THIS is your problem.

[Lawrence S]

I have experienced 2 issues after upgrading to v8.4.4:

1. Find functionality: The Find dialog doesn’t work as well because now it always searches up or down and cannot search the entire document up/down using the find next button. The workaround is to use the “Find All in Current Document” button.
2. This issue seems to be tied to the add-in “3P - Progress Programmers Pal”
   Auto-completion text seems to terribly bog down the CPU on my computer, even though it is a relatively powerful computer (Dell for Engineering Design). This only started after upgrading to v8.4.4.

I don’t remember the exact version that I was using prior but highly likely to be the last stable version as I update every time the dialog appears.

Debug Info:
Notepad++ v8.4.4 (64-bit)
Build time : Jul 15 2022 - 17:54:42
Path : C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
Command Line : “C:\Users\lhs\Downloads_Username.txt”
Admin mode : OFF
Local Conf mode : OFF
Cloud Config : C:\Users\lhs\OneDrive - HydraForce Inc\Documents\Notepad++ customizations
OS Name : Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
OS Version : 21H2
OS Build : 19044.1889
Current ANSI codepage : 1252
Plugins :
3P (1.8.8)
ComparePlugin (2.0.2)
Explorer (1.9.5)
mimeTools (2.8)
NppConverter (4.4)
NppExport (0.4)

[Alan Kilborn]

@Lawrence-S said in Notepad++ v8.4.4 - Happy Users' Edition:

Find functionality: The Find dialog doesn’t work as well because now it always searches up or down and cannot search the entire document up/down using the find next button

So I’m trying to decipher what this is saying…with zero success.
Can you elaborate and clarify?
If a specific example with real text helps, by all means present that.

[donho]

@Lawrence-S said in Notepad++ v8.4.4 - Happy Users' Edition:

Find functionality: The Find dialog doesn’t work as well because now it always searches up or down and cannot search the entire document up/down using the find next button. The workaround is to use the “Find All in Current Document” button.

Make sure you’ve checked Wrap arround:

[Lawrence S]

@donho Thanks! This actually was this issue. I don’t know how this was changed unless the default changed with an update…

[Lawrence S]

@Alan-Kilborn As for the CPU usage issue, I tested again and am not able to reproduce the issue. If it comes back will try to lock down what is happening better and if necessary repost.
Thanks, Lawrence

[Alan Kilborn]

@Lawrence-S said in Notepad++ v8.4.4 - Happy Users' Edition:

I don’t know how this was changed unless the default changed with an update…

No “default changed with an update”.

I know how it happened: You clicked on Wrap around and it became unticked. Next time, please analyze what you are doing before posting a complaint.

Kudos to donho for figuring out what your complaint actually was (I certainly couldn’t, from your description).