Hi,
I'm running NPP 5.3.1 Unicode. I noticed that my hex editor plugin had gone away somehow, so I clicked on ? and "Get More Plugins". This connects to a "Summary" page that lists the names of many of the plugins, below which there is a large green "Download Now" button.
There's also the option "or view all files". I clicked on "Download Now". This got me an XMLTools.dll that doesn't work without some other library I'd have to download. There's nothing on that page to indicate that other downloads are required.
Why does the "Get More Downloads" option point to a page with a download button for only one of them, and that one requires other downloads not shown?
It isn't clear that the download won't get the other plugins as well. With the only other option being "or view all files", the logic makes it seem like you don't need to do both to get all the plugins.
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Thanks CChris and Don,
I appreciate your attention to my questions. FWIW I did eventually to the "view all files" page and download the Hex Editor again. It works fine now.
I'm sure the reason I lost the plugin in the first place was because I did something at my end to mess up the installed program folder. Typically this happens when I screw up an upgrade, and then reinstall everything from scratch. Whatever, it had nothing to do with either NPP or the Hex Editor.
Thanks again,
Big Al Mintaka
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Hi,
I'm running NPP 5.3.1 Unicode. I noticed that my hex editor plugin had gone away somehow, so I clicked on ? and "Get More Plugins". This connects to a "Summary" page that lists the names of many of the plugins, below which there is a large green "Download Now" button.
There's also the option "or view all files". I clicked on "Download Now". This got me an XMLTools.dll that doesn't work without some other library I'd have to download. There's nothing on that page to indicate that other downloads are required.
Why does the "Get More Downloads" option point to a page with a download button for only one of them, and that one requires other downloads not shown?
It isn't clear that the download won't get the other plugins as well. With the only other option being "or view all files", the logic makes it seem like you don't need to do both to get all the plugins.
Thanks CChris and Don,
I appreciate your attention to my questions. FWIW I did eventually to the "view all files" page and download the Hex Editor again. It works fine now.
I'm sure the reason I lost the plugin in the first place was because I did something at my end to mess up the installed program folder. Typically this happens when I screw up an upgrade, and then reinstall everything from scratch. Whatever, it had nothing to do with either NPP or the Hex Editor.
Thanks again,
Big Al Mintaka
I think the menu entry should point to the "files" page of the npp-plugins project rather.
CChris
OK, it'll be in the next release.
Don