missing config.xml file?
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Re: Notepad++ release 8.9.4
I just updated to 8.9.4 using the portable (zip) file (npp.8.9.4.portable.x64.zip) found here: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads/v8.9.4/.Previous updates always included config.xml in the zip file which I compare with the installed version to see if anything needs to be cherry-picked.
The update seems to have gone OK, but I thought it was very strange there was no config.xml in the zip file. Was this intentional?
Please advise. Thank you.
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@ModelsRUs said in missing config.xml file?:
I thought it was very strange there was no config.xml in the zip file. Was this intentional?
Portable users often complained that unzipping the new portable overtop the existing portable directory would then overwrite their
config.xmlwith all their settings, so they would lose their settings. By not including aconfig.xmlin the zipfile (which isn’t needed, anyway), unzipping the portable no longer deletes their existing settings, and this is deemed A Very Good Thing.Previous updates always included config.xml in the zip file which I compare with the installed version to see if anything needs to be cherry-picked.
Notepad++ always has the full template for
config.xmlcompiled into the source code, and if any element ofconfig.xmlis missing, it will automatically populate it once N++ tries to write the config file (upon exit). So you’ll never be “missing” anything in the GUI preferences dialog.But you’re right, you might not notice that a new setting was added. The
change.logwill sometimes explicitly mention new preference-dialog settings; and, even if it doesn’t, the User Manual tries to update the Preferences documentation, usually sometime between the Release Candidate announcement and the official release of the new version – and almost always before a version has been triggered for auto-update. (There weren’t any new preferences in v8.9.4, but there was one in v8.9.3, and you can find it by “find in page” for8.9.3in your browser on that page.)
