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    • donhoD
      donho
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      Notepad++ v8.6 Release:

      https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v86-20thyearanniversary/

      Notepad++ v8.6 Change log:

      1. Multi-edit is fully supported in Notepad++. (Fix #14266, #8203)
      2. Make multi-select background & caret colours customizable. (Fix #14302)
      3. Make session inaccessible files remembered (empty & read-only document as placeholder). (Fix #12079, #12744, #13696)
      4. Fix missing session invalid error for user session & enhance API NPPM_GETNBSESSIONFILES. (Fix #14228)
      5. Fix network shared files saving regression. (Fix #14300)
      6. Update Scintilla to v5.3.8 & Lexilla to v5.2.8. (Fix #13442, #14188, #14288)
      7. Fix docking panel crash due to messing up config.xml. (Fix bug report
      8. Fix invalid styler.xml making Notepad++ crash issue. (Fix #12101)
      9. Fix tab-closing crash by middle mouse button (unexpected mouse position). (Fix #14328)
      10. Fix 2 performance issues in Style Configurator. (Fix #14321)
      11. Add 3 line operation (delete, copy & cut) shortcuts. (Fix #14296)
      12. Display extra info in the status bar of Find/Replace dialog to avoid PEBKAC. (Fix #14307)
      13. Fix “Hide lines” command hiding unselected lines issue. (Fix #14166)
      14. Fix silent installer mode when Notepad++ is running issue. (Fix #10189, #10277, #22514, #14236, fix partially #8514)
      15. Fix Updater’s vulnerability (update cURL in WinGUp for fixing CVE-2023-38545). (Fix WinGUp issue #50)
      16. Fix incoherent behaviour of “Duplicate Current Line” menu command. (Fix #5298)
      17. Fix JSON5 not using JSON keywords. (Fix #14205)
      18. Fix empty message showing while cancelling session file saving dialog. (Fix #14235)

      On this special occasion of the 20th-Year Anniversary, I want to thank the people in the community: Notepad++ wouldn’t be what it is without you, and I enjoy every moment of working with you.

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      • Alan KilbornA
        Alan Kilborn
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        Hardly a showstopper issue, but this link in the help currently goes nowhere:

        a79b514b-fd93-4eb3-bf19-382a369b23c6-image.png

        Looking closer, the link is to https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v86-20thYearAnniversary, which differs from the working one only by capitalization??

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        • donhoD
          donho @Alan Kilborn
          last edited by donho

          @Alan-Kilborn

          Looking closer, the link is to https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v86-20thYearAnniversary, which differs from the working one only by capitalization??

          You were (very) fast to download one of withdrawn binaries :)
          I discovered the problem just after updating the website’s new page. I then removed all the published binaries immediately and redid them.
          You can check the new binaries and the problem is fixed.

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          • Alan KilbornA
            Alan Kilborn @donho
            last edited by

            @donho said in Notepad++ v8.6 Release: 20th-Year Anniversary:

            You were (very) fast to download one of withdrawn binaries

            Ah…OK…sorry to be so fast. :-)

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            • PGomersallP
              PGomersall
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              FYI - On Github 5.5.8 is still showing as latest.

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              • donhoD
                donho @PGomersall
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                @PGomersall
                It should be better now :)

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                • Laze JanevL
                  Laze Janev @donho
                  last edited by

                  @donho What an amazing achievement! There are people here who are younger than that (not me) and use your product every day. Keep on rocking, as this is still the GO-TO tool for everyone who daily works on a computer. So, mostly everyone! I wouldn’t be surprised if this is installed on 500 M of computers.

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                  • Alan KilbornA
                    Alan Kilborn
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                    There’s a visual glitch with the new multi-caret pasting modes new to 8.6. I have created an ISSUE concerning it.

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                    • Tim JacobT
                      Tim Jacob
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                      Love your product, been using it for years.

                      I updated to 8.6 on Friday. For some reason, since then the search results window does not pop up - either when I do a search or when I press F7.

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                      • Alan KilbornA
                        Alan Kilborn @Tim Jacob
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                        @Tim-Jacob said in Notepad++ v8.6 Release: 20th-Year Anniversary:

                        the search results window does not pop up - either when I do a search or when I press F7.

                        Please create a new thread to discuss this, as “release” threads are “reserved” for critical issue discussion about the release (and yours is not that).

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                        • donhoD
                          donho @donho
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                          Auto-updater is just triggered for v8.6.

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                          • rdipardoR
                            rdipardo
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                            Félicitations on being featured in The Register!

                            Veteran editors Notepad++ and Geany hit milestone versions

                            https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/06/veteran_editors_notepad_and_geany

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                            • Alan KilbornA
                              Alan Kilborn
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                              A notable (in my opinion) change was left off the list of changes at the top of this thread:

                              Pre 8.6, using Paste on the Edit menu would change ALL lines in the active tab to have the line-ending type per the status bar (i.e., something outside the paste point would change, perhaps unexpectedly); with 8.6 this behavior no longer occurs.

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                              • Seongjin YunS
                                Seongjin Yun
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                                This latest version has a problem when saving files in Korean Windows. I think it’s probably a problem related to the Korean file name.

                                I think this problem has been around since 8.5.5, so I’m still using 8.5.4.

                                To tell you the exact symptoms, if you create a new file with the latest version of Notepad++ in a Korean window environment and try to save it as a file, it will not be saved.

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                                • donhoD
                                  donho @Seongjin Yun
                                  last edited by

                                  @Seongjin-Yun said in Notepad++ v8.6 Release: 20th-Year Anniversary:

                                  I think this problem has been around since 8.5.5, so I’m still using 8.5.4.

                                  If it’s a regression from v8.5.5, please create an issue on GitHub:
                                  https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues

                                  Please follow the template and provide full description to reproduce your issue.

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                                  • Alan KilbornA
                                    Alan Kilborn
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                                    It might have been nice to see a line item in the list of changes about the Direct Write setting now being defaulted to on for new installs.

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