Notepad++

Due to several critical issue in v4.8 OR, Notepad++ v4.8.1 is released :
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=95717&package_id=102072

The blue screen/reboot problem is due to vista manifest file in GUP, the auto-updater used by Notepad++
(see : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/921337 ),
the manifest file is removed from GUP in order to remedy this problem.
As well, the auto-updater won't check update for vista users in this version.
Users can launch auto-updater manually.

Shortcut Shift+Del, Shift+Ins and Ctrl+Ins are back in this version.
However there's always input problem for non-ainsi characters (for example, Cyrillic characters).
It's sue that this bug is related with updating to Scintilla 1.75 from 1.73.
I don't find out yet why and how. Please let me know if you identify the problem.
For the Cyrillic users, please stick with v4.7.5 until this problem is solved in the next version.

Notepad++ v4.8.1 fixed bugs and added features (from v4.7.5) :

1. Enhance Shortcut Mapper - all the commands (including plugins commands) can be assigned to a shortcut, even for the unmapped ones.
2. Upgrade Scintilla from v1.73 to v1.75
3. Add multi-line and vertical capacity for tab bar.
4. Add launch "as notepad" style feature (detection of asNotepad.xml, then launch notepad++ with -multiInst -nosession -notabbar options).
5. Add detection mouse wheel on the different view feature : User can scroll edit view when mouse on it, it's not necessary to set edit view as current view to scroll it.
6. Add clicking middle mouse button click to set current view feature : make clicked edit view be focused, but the cursor position does not change.
7. Add mouse wheel horizontal scroll feature (vista only).
8. Add mouse browsing (forward/back for switching to next/previous document) feature.
9. Make orange indicator on the top of tab lighter when the view loss the focus.
10. Add new look and feel of Docking container.
11. Fix word-completion crash bug while the word to complete exceeds 256 characters.
12. Fix full screen mode bug : can not switch applications by using Alt+TAB in full screen mode.
13. Fix Preference crash bug.
14. Add the utf8->ansi / ansi->utf8 conversion feature.
15. Add Go to offset feature (in Go To Line dialog).
16. Fix folding bugs while deleting the begin/end folding keywords.
17. Fix position restored bug : Wrap position is restored correctly while switching back document.
18. Fix locking current directory behaviour : Restore Notepad++ directory as working directory with no open files.
19. Fix the multi-line tab height display problem while adding/removing the document.
20. Enhance the auto-completion feature : user can define the number of characters to trigger auto-completion popup window.
21. Change the horizontal scroll behaviour from dynamic one to static one.
22. Fix the bug that cannot save file(s) if application closed while minimized.



Included plugins :

1. TexFX v0.24a
2. NppExec v0.2 RC3.2
3. Spell Checker v1.3.1
4. Hex editor v0.84
5. Base64 encoder/decoder v1.2
6. FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
7. NppExport v0.2.7.2
8. Compare plugin v1.5.1
9. Light Explorer v1.4


Don

> Shortcut Shift+Del, Shift+Ins and Ctrl+Ins are back in this version.

Thanks for updated Notepdad++ and reenabling these Scintilla shortcuts. Works like a charm now, just like Notepad++ always used to do. :)


Two questions:
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1. Notepad++ doesn't let me save the menu function "Format - Convert to Unix" to a macro. Why is that? Currently I have assigned that menu function to a shortcut, but trying to record this shortcut to a macro (including other work steps) doesn't work either.

2. I closely reviewed the whole Shortcut mapper entries and the menue items several times now, but I cannot find any entry for invoking the linedraw mode. How do I toggle it, please?


Thanks in advance, Don. :)

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Best regards,
deus-ex

Klawiatura głupieje dokładnie tak samo jak w wersjii 4.8. Nie mogę napisać np. dużej litery "Ł". Do poprzedniej wersji (4.7.5) wszystko było w porządku.

Niestety nie umiem napisać tego po angielsku.

Hello, I already use notepad++4.7.5 and no problem with Thai language in unicode format.
Today I install new notepad++4.8.1 but I got problem with Thai language, I can't type Thai character on notepad++4.8.1.
Anny idea?

Thanks.
Jirawat

> For the Cyrillic users, please stick with v4.7.5 until this problem is solved in the
> next version.

It's just there, a little above your message, in the start of this thread.

I must be so lucky. I have no trouble using Notepad++ and I have no trouble READING.

Hello!
I already use notepad++ 4.7.5 and had no problem with cyrillic symbols in russian and ukrainian language. I installed 4.8 and 4.8.1 but I got problem with non-english symbols enter. What's wrong with 2 last releases?

Thanks for your attention,
Alexander Yu. Skrypnikov
A.Skrypnikov@gmail.com

hello!
i used notepad++ long time, but in last releases i can't write russian symbols.
SciLexer.dll v.1.75 does it.
i haven't that problem, when i use SciLexer.dll v.1.73
i hope for quick solve this problem.
thanks a lot.
sorry for my english :)

Oleg aka Arise

The above mentioned problem of being unable to type properly also occurs with Hebrew script.

And I have a problem with Russian keyboard layout.
Can`t write russian chracters in version 4.8.x. with another language all work.
Russian characters viewing but don`t writing.

Sorry by my english.

Thanks for the update, I'm still finding Notepad++ extrememly useful!

I have noticed a small issue - I use the program with the Crystal++ theme package. Now when I choose to have my toolbar with big icons (Settings > Preferences > Global > Tool Bar > Big Icons) the program no longer draws the alternative toolbar images correctly, resulting in a very low quality pixelated graphics.

Restart Notepad++, that should fix it :)
Restarting when changing toolbar usually works best.

From the beginning of the thread:

> However there's always input problem for non-ainsi characters (for example, Cyrillic characters).
> It's sue that this bug is related with updating to Scintilla 1.75 from 1.73.
> I don't find out yet why and how. Please let me know if you identify the problem.
> For the Cyrillic users, please stick with v4.7.5 until this problem is solved in the next version.

Cheers.

Russian also.

I can type in Russian in SciTE 1.75 with no problem. I think it uses the same SciLexer.dll, so this is not a Scintilla bug. It is probably related with new Scintilla feature: "Version 1.75 displays invalid UTF-8 bytes as hexadecimal".

before 4.8, i would manually add commands to the shortcuts.xml file in %APPDATA% using n++ itself. however, with this new version, it seems that after i add my own custom commands and save, n++ discards them the next time i start up (this was never an issue pre-4.8).

the only way i can get n++ to remember my changes is if i edit the xml files in *gasp* regular notepad. is this a new bug or was it a bug that was fixed?

That should never have worked in the first place afaik, Notepad++ resaves the file on exit, adding in any changes that were made during runtime.
You should be able to specify almost anything from within the application, though copy/pasting shortcuts isnt possible, if you want that then you indeed have to use another tool (or edit in Notepad++, save as a copy, exit and put the copy over the original).

i had a feeling that would be the case. i have a long list of my own custom shortcuts that i use (mostly compiler related) and it was kind of a pain to manually create each one within the application from scratch every time i installed a new version. i had been saving the various <Command... elements in a text file and just cutting-and-pasting them into the shortcuts.xml whenever i upgraded to a new version. oh well, using a different tool for this purpose, i can live with that since i love n++ so much.

> Restart Notepad++, that should fix it :)
> Restarting when changing toolbar usually works best.

Works a treat, thank you

The installer ought to keep the Shortcuts if you have any, just like the settings and stylers if I'm correct, it should only add new content.

I can't type in Turkish since 4.8 release, v4.7.5 works fine.

-nevzat-

I have fixed the problem (typing Turkish characters) by copying "SciLexer.dll" from 4.7.5 to new one (4.8.1 installation).
Now I can type Turkish characters again. Oleyyyy!
-nevzat-

Upgrading to the latest 1.76 doesn't help, but downgrading to 1.73 fixes the problem.
Just copy scilexer.dll (1.73) from 4.7.5 to notepad's dir and the problem is fixed (at least I can type cyrillic chars once again). But I can't guaranty anything, quiet possible that it will break something else.