Enter key duplicated in macros

László Botka

In version 8.9 (32 bit, installed or portable) using an old macro, every Enter is executing two times. 8.8.8 and 8.8.9 works fine.
In case of new macros the macro playback or a freshly saved recorded macro works fine in the same session.
After restarting the npp, the newly created macros do not work properly.

Commenting out plugins folder doesn’t help.

datatraveller1

I can confirm the issue with version 8.9 (64bit) and an old macro,
-> Should probably be noted here: https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/27327/notepad-release-8-9/24

xomx

@László-Botka
It’s due to this v8.9 commit (I reported it to the author):
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/commit/b9df41ad3354c0657ab7762a4a5b5a0991a6d1d8

datatraveller1

@xomx
With my macro, the result with v.8.8.9 used to be correctly with CRLF:

With v8.9, now LF is used with one superfluous preceding each line:

xomx

@datatraveller1 said in Enter key duplicated in macros:

With v8.9, now LF is used with one superfluous preceding each line

Yes, we know. For further details you can see discussion below this post:
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/pull/17233#issuecomment-3707224810

In N++ v8.9 has started (without specific N++ release announcement) long awaited replacement of the old obsolete tinyxml library. Now there is a completely new N++ xml layer code allowing also transparent xml-libraries switching independence (in the future, if needed, pugixml lib has been already tested). Benefits are many, here you can check e.g. the xml-handling code speed-up and memory saving (compare tinyxml vs tinyxml-2 there): https://pugixml.org/benchmark.html

That transition is not even complete yet. And given the amount of new relevant code, it’s no wonder that there is at least one such xml-regression.

xomx

@datatraveller1
@László-Botka

There is a fix PR Notepad++.exe binary you can test (for me, it works ok):
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/actions/runs/20680668193/artifacts/5014383401

datatraveller1

@xomx For me, the fix does not work yet (same result as before with v8.9).
BTW, not sure if needed, but here is the is interesting part of the old macro in shortcuts.xml:

xomx

@datatraveller1

As for the doubling of the 2170 messages:
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/pull/17233#issuecomment-3707329328

Could you please post here your shortcuts.xml testing macro to I can debug your case?

László Botka

@xomx
No change using the downloaded exe. Here is my test macro c1 :

        </Macro>
        <Macro name="c1" Ctrl="no" Alt="no" Shift="no" Key="0">
            <Action type="0" message="2345" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam=""/>
            <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="
"/>
            <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="
"/>
        </Macro>

László Botka

@xomx Here is the image for showing eols

20260104 075009-D__Soft_Notepad++P_shortcuts.xml - Notepad++.jpg

datatraveller1

@xomx It is difficult to post here, because the EOL characters aren’t depicted correctly, but I think you can simply reproduce the issue: Record a new macro with v8.8.9 and type the following three lines pressing ENTER after each line:

line1
line2
line3

Then save the macro as “testcrlf”.

Result when executing the macro with v8.8.9:

Result when executing the macro with v8.9 (original and patched exe):

BTW, strangely this time the superfluous LF are trailing (instead preceding with my old macro).

xomx

@datatraveller1 @László-Botka

Thanks for the tests.
I currently cannot check it myself but the PR fix author @ozone10 found the culprit (tinyxml-2 xml standard EOL normalization), so it will need more for a fix.
See: https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/pull/17357#issuecomment-3707930342

datatraveller1

What does seem to work now only with the new patched exe:
Freshly created macros with this version are also compatible with earlier Notepad++ versions.

Hex values (xDxA) seem to be used now correctly for CRLF.

However, the old macros get converted to two LF (“&#xA”):

datatraveller1

So with installation of a new notepad 8.9 version, these settings in shortcuts.xml should be updated (maybe automatically with installation):

from:

to:

I’m only a user so I don’t know the details, but maybe simply CR could be changed to  and CRLF to 
 (and if existent LF to 
)?