Notepad++ v8.4.4 - Happy Users' Edition

donho

Notepad++ v8.4.4 Release (Happy Users’ Edition) is available:
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v844-happy-users-edition/

Notepad++ v8.4.4 crash/regression-fixes & new enhancement:

Fix Find in Files crash & syntax highlighting regression. (Fix #11910, #11883 & #11920)
Add shortcuts toward the settings of preferences dialog into Styler Configurator. (Implement #11890)

Notepad++ v8.4.3 crash/regression-fixes, bug-fixes, new features & new enhancement:

Add an option which allows to show only 1 entry per found line in search result. (Fix #2481, #1499, #5547, #2987, #4525, #3224)
Make EOL (CRLF) display customizable (via Editing section of Preferences dialog). (Fix #11413)
Add 2 more shortcuts “plus” (new file) and “arrow” (drop down list of opened files) buttons on menu bar. (Fix #11229)
Update Lexilla to 5.1.7 & Scintilla to 5.2.3 and use new API for large files. (Implement #11734)
Fix Find in files performance regression since updating Scintilla 5. (Fix #11814)
Add dark mode support for plugins - support dark mode for plugins with docking GUI. (Fix #11710, implement #11767)
Fix a crash issue due to opening an empty .NFO file. (Fix #11820)
Fix language fonts regression in Style Configurator (make font definition possible again). (Fix #11786)
Add NPPM_CREATELEXER message for plugins to instantiate lexers. (Fix #11789)
Enhance dark mode (edge colors). (Fix #11207, #11376)
Fix “CMD Here” command open Explorer issue. (Fix #11818)
Fix crash issue of “Style Configurator…” command if “stylers.xml” is absent. (Fix #11812)
Fix Selected text changes color issue when editor window loses focus. (Fix #11743)
Skip save all warning dialog if only current editing file is dirty. (Fix #10995)
Fix a small regression in DebugInfo dialog. (Fix #11752)

As usual, auto-update will be triggered in 1 week.

Enjoy Notepad++ v8.4.4 and don’t forget to get your money double back!

donho

FYI:
It seems v8.4.4 is quite stable. The auto-updating of v8.4.4 will be triggered in few hours.

Not Saying

At least since 8.4.2, Find in Files highlighting and folding has been broken.

It will stop highlighting mid file result and not detect following files, lumping all following files into the current files fold.

That said, double clicking on a line still opens the correct file.

So if it were supposed to look like:

Instead it looks like:

donho

@Not-Saying said in Notepad++ v8.4.4 - Happy Users' Edition:

At least since 8.4.2, Find in Files highlighting and folding has been broken.

It will stop highlighting mid file result and not detect following files, lumping all following files into the current files fold.

This issue has been fixed in v8.4.4 - it’s not the case for you?

Werner Warweg

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Not Saying

@donho Correct, still happens with 8.4.4 but I haven’t seen it crash.

I have seen the fold icons disappear in the search results panel as well. They appear/disappear depending on selection.

P.S. Some of the line highlighting color choices in the themes make it impossible to read the text (low contrast difference between highlight color and text color). One way to attack this (other than make more user defined color options) is to add a fuzzy “text-shadow” around the text. But that probably would require a changes to Scintilla.

donho

@Not-Saying

Could you provide your Debug Info (via menu ?->Debug Info...)?

donho

@Not-Saying

Thank you for your debug info (via the private message).
However, I cannot reproduce the bug at all.
Could you provide the step by step instructions please?

Richard Bradley

Unfortunately, since installing this version, notepad++ has crashed continuously. Typing almost anything recreates this issue. Some examples of which are:
rem Pinging (I get as far as rem P and the word ping appears in a list of autocomplete options, then trying to select one and continuing to type causes the crash)
random letters and a space - really doesn’t matter what the letters are.
Immediately after installing the update I couldn’t even get that far as notepad++ crashed the moment it started, but I was typing a report here and tried again that stopped happening. Now though, this is not going away. No other applications are experiencing this on my machine.
I have restarted the computer, with no improvement.
I’m using Windows 10.
I’m guessing this isn’t commonly being experienced or it would be all over this page.

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 :
Admin mode : OFF
Local Conf mode : OFF
Cloud Config : OFF
OS Name : Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
OS Version : 21H2
OS Build : 19044.1826
Current ANSI codepage : 1252
Plugins :
ColumnTools (1.4.3.1)
ComparePlugin (2.0.2)
DSpellCheck (1.4.23)
HexEditor (0.9.12)
HTMLTag (1.2.1)
ImgTag (2.0.1)
mimeTools (2.8)
NppConverter (4.4)
NppExport (0.4)
NPPJSONViewer (1.40)

Alan Kilborn

@Richard-Bradley

Firstly, see HERE.

Richard Bradley

@Alan-Kilborn
Thanks for that but it was an update triggered automatically from with notepad++ so not an unofficial version.
As I have now restarted with a fresh install, after reading your link, installed the plugins I previously had one by one and now have the same set. I can’t state that none were updated since I installed them so that may indeed be the cause, possibly.
So, the only thing that’s different for certain now is that I had somehow - and I was sadly not taking notes before and can’t recall how I achieved this - I ticked the don’t use Appdata option. Now this is greyed out and can’t be selected so Appdata is being used again, sadly.
So just to be clear - uninstalling and re-installing has fixed the issue but I’m using appdata again now which is different.
I’m not saying that caused it but it’s the only thing I’ve done differently other than re-installing the same (although possibly different versions) plugins.
Also, I don’t want to use appdata and would ideally like that to not be excluded as an option which it currently appears to be for some reason.

Alan Kilborn

@Richard-Bradley said:

I can’t state that none were updated since I installed them

Can’t you get Debug Info again and compare the version numbers it reports on the plugins against the list you posted above?

But, I suppose it doesn’t really matter, if your crash problem is solved. You just want to “get back to work”.

I don’t want to use appdata

Well, if possible, create a file called doLocalConf.xml in the folder where notepad++.exe lives. This will cause “appdata” to not be used.

(Note that I have never ever “installed” Notepad++ on my machine, as I don’t see the need. I simply use the portable version. So… although I like to help out here on this forum, my giving advice related to the installer may not be the best)

PeterJones

@Richard-Bradley said,

I can’t state that none were updated since I installed them so that may indeed be the cause, possibly.

@Alan-Kilborn said,

Can’t you get Debug Info again and compare the version numbers it reports on the plugins against the list you posted above?
But, I suppose it doesn’t really matter, if your crash problem is solved. You just want to “get back to work”.

As Alan said, it probably doesn’t matter. But looking at Plugins Admin, Column Tools is now at 1.4.4.1 (compared to1.4.3.1 in the Debug Info above), DSpellCheck is now at 1.4.24 (compared to 1.4.23), and HTMLTag is now at 1.2.3 (compared to 1.2.1); any or all of those upgrades may have been necessary to stop the crashing.

Craig Slawson

A plugin that worked in 8.4.2 no longer works with 8.4.4. TextFX Characters: https://sourceforge.net/projects/npp-plugins/files/TextFX/ which appears to have been last updated in 2009. If it’s the plugin that needs updating I’ll miss it going forward for its version of Find/Replace.

PeterJones

@Craig-Slawson ,

See the TextFX Replacement FAQ.

Alan Kilborn

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

I’ll miss it going forward for its version of Find/Replace.

Sorry to pollute this thread, but I think this issue is important: What makes TextFX’s Find/Replace interface so wonderful that you’d miss it?

Jorge Arturo Roque Cardenas

Im unhappy´user.
two last version quit unexpected after open file with name with multiple dot in example

mYfile.cs.txt
myfile.js.txt
myfile.php.txt

Nombre de la aplicación con errores: notepad++.exe, versión: 8.4.4.0, marca de tiempo: 0x62d18e06
Nombre del módulo con errores: notepad++.exe, versión: 8.4.4.0, marca de tiempo: 0x62d18e06
Código de excepción: 0xc000041d
Desplazamiento de errores: 0x00000000001f15d8
Identificador del proceso con errores: 0x5278
Hora de inicio de la aplicación con errores: 0x01d8a1d674fa2b59
Ruta de acceso de la aplicación con errores: C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
Ruta de acceso del módulo con errores: C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
Identificador del informe: 702a3578-17c4-44fa-ab2b-8f51de29f2cd
Nombre completo del paquete con errores:

PeterJones

@Jorge-Arturo-Roque-Cardenas

two last version quit unexpected after open file with name with multiple dot in example

My initial guess is that you have a plugin that needs to be updated. Please see our FAQ which gives the steps necessary to verify whether or not it is a plugin, and narrow it down to which plugin.

Jorge Arturo Roque Cardenas

@PeterJones hi @PeterJones .
thank for your answer.

i remove and reinstall all plugns and do not resolve the issue.
after reinstall continue .
reviewing the config.xml file in the section

<GUIConfig name=“DockingManager”

i change the attribute isVisible for every PluginDlg nodes from isVisible=“Yes” to isVisible=“no”

changing one after one
from
<PluginDlg pluginName=“xxx” id=“n” curr=“n” prev=“n” isVisible=“yes” />
to
<PluginDlg pluginName=“xxx” id=“n” curr=“n” prev=“n” isVisible=“no” />

appears this resolve the unexpected quit.

SeagramFR

@donho said in Notepad++ v8.4.4 - Happy Users' Edition:
Fiddling with the new EOL display customizable feature, I found out a very small unnoticeable bug in Styler Configurator (I guess probably no one cares about):

In Styler Configurator, the selected color is NOT the one of the current entry, but the last one that was clicked in a former entry.