Notepad++ release 8.9.5

[donho]

Notepad++ release 8.9.5 is available:
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v895-released/

Notepad++ v8.9.5 regression fixes, bug-fixes & new improvements:

1. Fix updating issue where using v8.9.4 32-bits installer creates duplicate “Uninstall a program” entries. (Fix #17979)
2. Fix v8.9.4 64-bits installer error message caused by MSIX on Win10. (Fix installer regression)
3. Fix regression in UDL xml file EOL parsing issue. (Fix #18022)
4. Update Scintilla to 5.6.2 & Lexilla to 5.4.9. (Implement #18011)
5. Add option to synchronize zoom level across views. (Fix #17862)
6. Fix MSI installer writting language info to HKCU instead of HKLM. (Fix MSI issue)
7. Fix imported UDLs not appearing in the language menu without restarting Notepad++. (Fix #17909)
8. Make “(?)” tooltip in preferences & Find in Files dialogs persitant & reduce display delay. (Fix #17995, #16961)
9. Fix visual glitch in Mark dialog when in reduced mode. (Fix #17983)

Notepad++ v8.9.4 crash fixes, bug-fixes & new improvements:

1.Fix crashes in FindInFiles when nativeLang.xml’s “find-result-hits” contains “%s”. (Fix #17960)
2. Fix drop-file crash when file path length reaches 259 characters. (Fix #17921)
3. Fix crash caused by undoing column editor bad input in virtual space. (Fix #17915)
4. Fix bad column editor input in reverse-direction column selection on virtual space. (Fix #17915)
5. Update to Scintilla 5.6.1 & Lexilla 5.4.8. (Fix #17920, #17864, #13522, #11746)
6. Fix EOL conversion to Windows format not working (Scintilla update related). (Fix #17920)
7. Fix rendering corruption in .bat files (Lexilla update related). (Fix #17864)
8. Fix quote escaping causing incorrect JSON syntax highlighting (Lexilla update related). (Fix #11746, #13522)
9. Fix MSI installation error due to context menu item registration. (Fix #17918)
10. Fix NSIS installation stalling caused by context menu registration issue. (Fix #17308, #17885)
11. Add NPP_LANG property to install a specific localization file for MSI. (Fix issue reported in comment)
12. Fix MSI installer display random Hexadecimal number as name on UAC. (Fix #17967)
13. Add version info into MSI file property (as value of “Comments”). (Fix #17803)
14. Fix minimized window not restoring in administrator mode. (Fix #17945)
15. Fix Unicode search mismatching ANSI character ‘?’. (Fix #17125)
16. Fix Column Editor regression with empty fields. (Fix #17912)
17. Fix floating dialog content not displaying in certain situations. (Fix #17563)
18. Fix visual glitch when toggling group view in Document List. (Fix #14285)
19. Support improved C++ 11 raw string literal handling. (Fix #17875)
20. Fix visual glitch in the Mark dialog. (Fix #16084, #17886)

Auto-updater will be triggered in 1 week, if no critical issue found.

[sevem47]

Active Theme not updated to most recent change.

According to the FAQ missing styles in the current theme should be inserted.

After updating to 8.9.5 (from 8.9.4) the new introduced style MULTILINESTRING for Pascal is not inserted into my current active theme, although it is available in the file “stylers.model.xml”.

The only change I see in my current active theme file is, that the timestamp “modelFileLastModifiedDate” gets updated and is set to the date of the file “stylers.model.xml”.

[PeterJones]

@sevem47 said:

The only change I see in my current active theme file is, that the timestamp “modelFileLastModifiedDate” gets updated and is set to the date of the file “stylers.model.xml”.

My bad. I forgot to change the modelDate attribute when I submitted the update for stylers.model.xml

As a workaround, users can:

1. Exit Notepad++ completely (to make sure there are no unsaved config changes)
2. Edit c:\program files\notepad++\stylers.model.xml, and change the modelDate to modelDate="20260511" (or later, if you’re doing this on a later day), and save
3. Edit %AppData%\Notepad++\themes\XYZ.xml for any themes XYZ (or %AppData%\Notepad++\stylers.xml if you’re using the default light-mode stylers), and change the line to <NotepadPlus modelDate="20251231" modelFileLastModifiedDate="20251231">, and save
4. Exit Notepad++ completely
5. Rerun Notepad++: Pascal should now show MULTILINESTRING at the end of the Style list.

(if you’ve already switched between themes to others, edit all the XYZ.xml for all those themes. If you haven’t switched recently, then any themes that you hadn’t yet switched to will be updated the next time you switch to that theme, after you’ve fixed the stylers.model.xml)