Notepad++ 8.8.9 release candidate

[Murray Sobol 1]

@donho
First, I re-installed 8.8.8 , here is a screenshot of the installed files:

Notepad+++V8.8.8 runs correctly.
Then I installed 8.8.9, FYI both installs were run as administrator, which my account has.
Here is a screenshot of the installed files:

At this point I cannot launch Notepad++ nor can I find it in Task Manager.
Is there an installation log file showing the files changed or new??

Murray

[Murray Sobol 1]

@Murray-Sobol-1
I produced a video showing the actions of Notepad++ starting and the disappearing in Task Manager.

When I try to upload the video, I get this message:
You do not have enough privileges for this action.

WTF???
How can I show you the results I am getting if I can not upload a video showing them??

[donho]

@Murray-Sobol-1
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Could you show me the content of folder plugins?
Also, could you provide the config.xml, stylers.xml & langs.xml in %APPDATA%\Notepad++\ ?

[Murray Sobol 1]

@donho
Plugins Folder contains this:

Folder: %APPDATA%\Notepad++\ config.xml
This page contains the following errors:
error on line 115 at column 44: xmlParseCharRef: invalid xmlChar value 56320
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[Murray Sobol 1]

@Murray-Sobol-1
stylers.xml
This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.
<NotepadPlus>
<LexerStyles>
<LexerType name=“actionscript” desc=“ActionScript” ext=“”>
<WordsStyle name=“DEFAULT” styleID=“11” fgColor=“000000” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“0” fontSize=“”/>
<WordsStyle name=“FUNCTION” styleID=“20” fgColor=“95004A” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“0” fontSize=“” keywordClass=“type2”/>
<WordsStyle name=“PREPROCESSOR” styleID=“9” fgColor=“804000” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“0” fontSize=“”/>
<WordsStyle name=“INSTRUCTION WORD” styleID=“5” fgColor=“0000FF” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“1” fontSize=“” keywordClass=“instre1”/>
<WordsStyle name=“TYPE WORD” styleID=“16” fgColor=“8000FF” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“0” fontSize=“” keywordClass=“type1”/>
<WordsStyle name=“NUMBER” styleID=“4” fgColor=“FF8000” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“0” fontSize=“”/>
<WordsStyle name=“STRING” styleID=“6” fgColor=“808080” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“0” fontSize=“”/>
<WordsStyle name=“CHARACTER” styleID=“7” fgColor=“808080” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“0” fontSize=“”/>
<WordsStyle name=“OPERATOR” styleID=“10” fgColor=“000080” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“1” fontSize=“”/>
<WordsStyle name=“VERBATIM” styleID=“13” fgColor=“808080” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“1” fontSize=“”/>
<WordsStyle name=“REGEX” styleID=“14” fgColor=“000000” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“1” fontSize=“”/>
<WordsStyle name=“COMMENT” styleID=“1” fgColor=“008000” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“0” fontSize=“”/>
<WordsStyle name=“COMMENT LINE” styleID=“2” fgColor=“008000” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“0” fontSize=“”/>
<WordsStyle name=“COMMENT DOC” styleID=“3” fgColor=“008080” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“0” fontSize=“”/>
<WordsStyle name=“COMMENT LINE DOC” styleID=“15” fgColor=“008080” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“0” fontSize=“”/>
<WordsStyle name=“COMMENT DOC KEYWORD” styleID=“17” fgColor=“008080” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“1” fontSize=“”/>
<WordsStyle name=“COMMENT DOC KEYWORD ERROR” styleID=“18” fgColor=“008080” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“0” fontSize=“”/>
<WordsStyle name=“PREPROCESSOR COMMENT” styleID=“23” fgColor=“008000” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“0” fontSize=“”/>
<WordsStyle name=“PREPROCESSOR COMMENT DOC” styleID=“24” fgColor=“008080” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“0” fontSize=“”/>
</LexerType>
<LexerType name=“ada” desc=“ADA” ext=“”>
<WordsStyle name=“DEFAULT” styleID=“0” fgColor=“000000” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“0” fontSize=“”/>
<WordsStyle name=“INSTRUCTION WORD” styleID=“1” fgColor=“0000FF” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“1” fontSize=“” keywordClass=“instre1”/>
<WordsStyle name=“IDENTIFIER” styleID=“2” fgColor=“000000” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“0” fontSize=“”/>
<WordsStyle name=“NUMBER” styleID=“3” fgColor=“FF8000” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“0” fontSize=“”/>
<WordsStyle name=“DELIMITER” styleID=“4” fgColor=“FF8080” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“1” fontSize=“”/>
<WordsStyle name=“CHARACTER” styleID=“5” fgColor=“808080” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“0” fontSize=“”/>
<WordsStyle name=“STRING” styleID=“7” fgColor=“808080” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“0” fontSize=“”/>
<WordsStyle name=“LABEL” styleID=“9” fgColor=“804000” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“1” fontSize=“”/>
<WordsStyle name=“COMMENT LINE” styleID=“10” fgColor=“008000” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“0” fontSize=“”/>
<WordsStyle name=“ILLEGAL” styleID=“11” fgColor=“FF0000” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“0” fontSize=“”/>
</LexerType>
<LexerType name=“asn1” desc=“ASN.1” ext=“”>
<WordsStyle name=“DEFAULT” styleID=“0” fgColor=“000000” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“0” fontSize=“”/>
<WordsStyle name=“COMMENT” styleID=“1” fgColor=“007F00” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“0” fontSize=“”/>
<WordsStyle name=“IDENTIFIERS” styleID=“2” fgColor=“000000” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“1” fontSize=“”/>
<WordsStyle name=“DOUBLE QUOTED STRING” styleID=“3” fgColor=“7F007F” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“0” fontSize=“”/>
<WordsStyle name=“NUMERIC OID DEFINITION” styleID=“4” fgColor=“007F7F” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“1” fontSize=“”/>
<WordsStyle name=“NON OID NUMBERS” styleID=“5” fgColor=“7F0000” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“0” fontSize=“”/>
<WordsStyle name=“KEYWORDS” styleID=“6” fgColor=“00007F” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“0” fontSize=“” keywordClass=“instre1”/>
<WordsStyle name=“ATTRIBUTES” styleID=“7” fgColor=“F07800” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“0” fontSize=“” keywordClass=“instre2”/>
<WordsStyle name=“DESCRIPTORS” styleID=“8” fgColor=“00007F” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“0” fontSize=“” keywordClass=“type1”/>
<WordsStyle name=“TYPES” styleID=“9” fgColor=“00007F” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“0” fontSize=“” keywordClass=“type2”/>
<WordsStyle name=“OPERATORS” styleID=“10” fgColor=“222222” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“0” fontSize=“”/>
</LexerType>
<LexerType name=“asp” desc=“asp” ext=“asp”>
<WordsStyle name=“DEFAULT” styleID=“81” fgColor=“8000FF” bgColor=“C4F9FD” fontName=“” fontStyle=“0” fontSize=“”/>
<WordsStyle name=“COMMENT LINE” styleID=“82” fgColor=“008000” bgColor=“C4F9FD” fontName=“” fontStyle=“0” fontSize=“”/>
<WordsStyle name=“NUMBER” styleID=“83” fgColor=“FF0000” bgColor=“C4F9FD” fontName=“” fontStyle=“0” fontSize=“”/>
<WordsStyle name=“WORD” styleID=“84” fgColor=“000080” bgColor=“C4F9FD” fontName=“” fontStyle=“1” fontSize=“” keywordClass=“instre1”/>
<WordsStyle name=“STRING” styleID=“85” fgColor=“808080” bgColor=“C4F9FD” fontName=“” fontStyle=“0” fontSize=“”/>
<WordsStyle name=“IDENTIFIER” styleID=“86” fgColor=“000000” bgColor=“C4F9FD” fontName=“” fontStyle=“0” fontSize=“”/>
<WordsStyle name=“ASP SYMBOL” styleID=“15” fgColor=“000000” bgColor=“FFFF00” fontName=“” fontStyle=“1” fontSize=“”/>
<WordsStyle name=“SCRIPT TYPE” styleID=“16” fgColor=“000000” bgColor=“FFC000” fontName=“” fontStyle=“0” fontSize=“”/>
</LexerType>
<LexerType name=“asm” desc=“Assembly” ext=“”>
<WordsStyle name=“DEFAULT” styleID=“0” fgColor=“000000” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“0” fontSize=“”/>
<WordsStyle name=“COMMENT” styleID=“1” fgColor=“008000” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“0” fontSize=“”/>
<WordsStyle name=“NUMBER” styleID=“2” fgColor=“FF8000” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“0” fontSize=“”/>
<WordsStyle name=“STRING” styleID=“3” fgColor=“808080” bgColor=“FFFFFF” fontName=“” fontStyle=“0” fontSize=“”/>

[Murray Sobol 1]

@Murray-Sobol-1
I am unable to post ALL of styles.xml since it is more than 16k characters.

[Murray Sobol 1]

@Murray-Sobol-1
Langs.xml:
This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.
<NotepadPlus>
<!-- The key words of the supported languages, don’t touch them! -->
<Languages>
<Language name=“normal” ext=“txt”/>
<Language name=“actionscript” ext=“as mx” commentLine=“//” commentStart=“/" commentEnd="/”>
<Keywords name=“instre1”>add for lt tellTarget and function ne this break ge new typeof continue gt not var delete if on void do ifFrameLoaded onClipEvent while else in or with eq le return instanceof case default switch</Keywords>
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</Language>
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</Language>
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[Murray Sobol 1]

@Murray-Sobol-1
Once again, I am unable to post ALL of langs.xml due to the 16k character limit.

[donho]

@Murray-Sobol-1
If you have GitHub account, could you upload un zip file (with the 3 files I mentioned above) here:
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/commit/c64b81e3a37d044ee1136b3b9e0f9e19dff3a885#commitcomment-172114452

Or please email the zip file to me (don[.]h[@]free[.]fr)

[rddim]

@PeterJones and @donho

It turns out that I was using an old version of the langs.xml file. The last update was in 2022 or earlier. I also found that version 8.4.1 is the last one that causes the current problem. So my langs.xml is from version 8.4.1 or older. There is no problem with version 8.4.2+.

I ran a few tests and here are the results:
Note: I use the minimalist versions for this purpose, as they contain everything I need. I do cloud storage on a local drive.

Test 1:

1. Unzip version npp.8.4.1.portable.minimalist.x64.7z and launch notepad++.exe from it
2. Close N++ without doing anything else - langs.xml and stylers.xml are automatically created here
3. Update to the current 8.8.9 RC (I take the files from npp.8.8.9.portable.minimalist.x64.7z and replace them in the npp.8.4.1.portable.minimalist.x64 folder).
4. Start notepad++.exe from it

Results: notepad++.exe does not start

Test 2:

1. In the created langs.xml, I replace <NotepadPlus> with <NotepadPlus modelDate="20251203">
2. Start N++ from the folder

Results: notepad++.exe starts successfully, but the content of langs.xml is not updated with that from langs.model.xml

Test 3:

1. Delete the folder npp.8.4.1.portable.minimalist.x64
2. Unzip version npp.8.4.1.portable.minimalist.x64.7z
3. In the folder npp.8.4.1.portable.minimalist.x64, create a new folder cloud_settings.
4. Start notepad++.exe from npp.8.4.1.portable.minimalist.x64.
5. From the settings, set cloud storage in the folder cloud_settings.
6. Close N++
7. Update to the current 8.8.9 RC (take the files from npp.8.8.9.portable.minimalist.x64.7z and replace them in npp.8.4.1.portable.minimalist.x64)
8. Start notepad++.exe from it

Results: notepad++.exe does not start

Test 4:

1. In the created npp.8.4.1.portable.minimalist.x64\cloud_settings\langs.xml, replace <NotepadPlus> with <NotepadPlus modelDate="20251203">
2. Start N++ from the folder

Results: notepad++.exe starts successfully, but the contents of langs.xml are not updated with those from langs.model.xml

Test 5:

1. Unzip version npp.8.8.9.portable.minimalist.x64.7z
2. From npp.8.4.1.portable.minimalist.x64.7z, take langs.model.xml and stylers.model.xml and replace them in the folder npp.8.8.9.portable.minimalist.x64
3. Start notepad++.exe from it

Results: notepad++.exe starts successfully. In the automatically created langs.xml and stylers.xml, <NotepadPlus> is not updated to <NotepadPlus modelDate="20251203">

The result is identical with cloud storage enabled.

With the same tests, but with version 8.4.2, N++ starts successfully every time and langs.xml and stylers.xml are updated.

Edit: The difference in the stylers.model.xml langs.model.xml files between versions 8.4.1 and 8.4.2 is from line 168 to line 173.

[PeterJones]

@rddim ,

Thanks. I can confirm that if I use 841 langs.xml and 841 stylers.xml, that 889 will crash.

But oddly, despite you pointing out the difference in the stylers.xml, if I use 889 langs.xml and 841 stylers.xml, then 889 will not crash. But if I use 841 langs.xml and 889 stylers.xml, then 889 will crash. So the problem is in langs.xml, not stylers.xml.

Now that I can repeat that problem, I will try to debug to see what’s causing that crash, and if I can protect against it.

---

update: when looking at the 8.4.1 and 8.4.2 langs.model.xml, I can see the difference is on those lines, so I think you just typed the wrong filename in your writeup.

[donho]

@PeterJones said in Notepad++ 8.8.9 release candidate:

Now that I can repeat that problem, I will try to debug to see what’s causing that crash, and if I can protect against it.

While doing the fix, please use :

if (modelKeywordsName.empty())
	continue;

instead of

if (!modelKeywordsName.length())
	continue;

ref: https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/commit/c64b81e3a37d044ee1136b3b9e0f9e19dff3a885#diff-3908832391e0c264ec9734b9594d266bef64fb355e92b96662c4ad655a366931R2116

[PeterJones]

@rddim,

I have created PR #17281, which fixes the crash for me, when I start with the v8.4.1 langs.xml, this properly handles the gui4cli empty-keywords

Could you please check the artifact from the PR Build, and see if that fixes your crash, and let us know ASAP?

@Murray-Sobol-1 , could you try running the exe from that build as well, to see if it fixes your problem?

Instructions:

1. Go to https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/actions/runs/19992591588?pr=17281#artifacts
2. Click the download link for Notepad++.MSVC.x64.Release
3. Extract the exe from that download
4. Right click on the exe, Properties. In the “security” paragraph at the bottom of the dialog, checkmark Unblock, then click apply, if it’s there.
5. Replace your v8.8.9 executable with the exe from that downloaded zipfile, and run using that new exe
6. verify it fixes your problem

Thank you.

@donho, this PR is currently a draft, waiting for feedback from @rddim and/or @Murray-Sobol-1 . The PR includes changing all my instances of if (!XYZ.length()) to if (XYZ.empty()), per your comment.

[rddim]

@PeterJones
It works!