Notepad++ v8.5.3 Release

Jerald Belleza

@donho sorry couldn’t remember the version prior. But looks like the issue is with OS as I am getting the expected result on Windows Server 2012 using the same N++ version.

This is what I expected with Multi-Instance enabled. Select multiple files, right click and Edit with Notepad++, files will then be opened in a single instance of Notepad++. Select another batch of multiple files, right click and Edit with Notepad++, files will then be opened in another instance of Notepad++.

donho

@Jerald-Belleza said in Notepad++ v8.5.3 Release:

@donho sorry couldn’t remember the version prior. But looks like the issue is with OS as I am getting the expected result on Windows Server 2012 using the same N++ version.

This is what I expected with Multi-Instance enabled. Select multiple files, right click and Edit with Notepad++, files will then be opened in a single instance of Notepad++. Select another batch of multiple files, right click and Edit with Notepad++, files will then be opened in another instance of Notepad++.

Could you create an issue here:
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues

I’ll work on it if the issue can be reproducible.

Jerald Belleza

@donho Done! Many thanks for looking into this!

Howard Grimmer

@donho
I too have the same problem - it was in the previous version - I updated to the next (this one) hoping it had been fixed, but no. Certainly cramps the way I use NP now.

Howard Grimmer

@Howard-Grimmer
Having said that, I’ve just rechecked setting Multi-Instance mode - it now looks like it’s working fine - so perhaps has been a Win11 problem? Great, I can work freely again!

Howard Grimmer

@Howard-Grimmer
Correction - it works fine if using a session file, but not when manually selecting some files, right-clicking, and then ‘Edit with Notepad++’. So at least there’s a work-around…

donho

@Jerald-Belleza said in Notepad++ v8.5.3 Release:

This is what I expected with Multi-Instance enabled. Select multiple files, right click and Edit with Notepad++, files will then be opened in a single instance of Notepad++. Select another batch of multiple files, right click and Edit with Notepad++, files will then be opened in another instance of Notepad++.

Sorry, I misread your message.
If multi-instance is enabled, it’s normal that “Edit with Notepad++” opens several files into several instances. So it’s the expected behaviour to me.

Prior to 8.5.3 whenever I select multiple files (by highlighting) and right click Edit with Notepad++, all of the files are opened on a single instance. Now with 8.5.3, all files are opened separately (new instance).

Could you provide the version please?

donho

@Howard-Grimmer said in Notepad++ v8.5.3 Release:

@donho
I too have the same problem - it was in the previous version - I updated to the next (this one) hoping it had been fixed, but no. Certainly cramps the way I use NP now.

I guess you have also the problem of multi-instance settings with “Edit with Notepad++” problem.
What’s the old version which works to you?
I need to be able to reproduce the different behaviour to know if it’s a regression.

donho

@Jerald-Belleza @Howard-Grimmer
The culprit is NppShell.dll, an issue has been created:
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/nppShell/issues/36

supasillyass

@Mark-Olson said in Notepad++ v8.5.3 Release:

If anyone else is mildly (or severely!) dissatisfied with the fact that non-printing characters and control characters no longer show up by default, here is an issue that I introduced
and here is the script that I created to show non-printing and control characters but not CR and LF:
from Npp import *

notepad.menuCommand(44130) # toggle all non-printing characters
notepad.menuCommand(44131) # toggle all control characters (e.g., BEL, ENQ)

I’ve done something similar, using the Customize Toolbar plugin to create a custom button:

View,Show Symbol,Show Control Characters  Unicode EOL,,*#4080C0:¶,*#4080C0:¶

Note the two spaces between “Show Control Characters” and “Unicode EOL” and no ampersand![^1]

[^1]: I spent a lot of time on this until I realised I could use the string from the Shortcut Mapper.