Popular Post Arthur Posted September 22, 2016 Popular Post Posted September 22, 2016 Website / Download (Direct Links: 64-bit, 32-bit) Notepad++ v7 new features and bug-fixes: x64 build available. Fix the DLL Hijacking Vulnerability of previous versions (by updating NSIS to v3.0). Auto-updater improvement: periodical check can be disable via auto-update prompt dialog. Installer enhancement: Check if Notepad++ is running and ask the user to close it before continue. Enhancement: add conflict detection to Shortcut Mapper. Fix auto-completion on XML comment and tag bug. Fix file saving crash which can be reproduced through a specific way to save file. Fix a crash issue while UDL's user keyword list is too long. Fix HDPI issues for some components (task list, margins and shortcut mapper). Add a new feature(optional) : Close the last document will quit Notepad++. Add more Change Case variants (Title Case, Sentence case, iVERT cASE, rANdOm caSe). Add Open file & open containing folder commands on selected file/folder name in text content. Add Search on Internet command on selected word(s) in text content. Add Scroll Tab Bar with mouse wheel capacity. Add commands for moving the current file tab Forward/Backward. Fix bug of monitoring not working for files under root. Ruby is supported by Function List. Added new option: Enable scrolling beyond last line. Add an option to restore old behaviour (open files in folder) while folder being dropped. 5
Arthur Posted October 16, 2016 Author Posted October 16, 2016 https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v7.1.html Notepad++ v7.1 enhancements and bug-fixes: Fix x64 crash on macro recording. Fix x64 crash on new language dialog of UDL. Check plugin architecture (32-bit or 64-bit) before loading. Enhance Smart Highlighting feature: 1. match case 2. whole word only 3. use find dialog settings for both. Fix poor performance of hex XML entities. Reshow CallTip text on separator character. Skip Auto-Complete self-closing HTML tags (, , ... etc). Fix 2 UI issues for RTL layout. Fix Folder as Workspace toolbar button inconsist behaviour. Add option to skip word completion on numbers (default: ON). Fix bookmarks toggled off's bug. Sort plugin menu by plugin name. Installer: Add 64-bit/32-bit old install detection, and old installation removal ability. Installer: Ask user for keeping user data during uninstallation. Installer: Fix uninstaller bug to not remove themes files from APPDATA.
zag Posted November 2, 2016 Posted November 2, 2016 My blog on how to make notepad++ look nice with a dark interface for coding https://zag4me.wordpress.com/2015/06/02/setting-up-notepad-to-look-like-codeacademy/
6Foot2 Posted November 23, 2016 Posted November 23, 2016 Link: Notepad++ 7.2.1 released 1 regression of Notepad++ and 2 regressions of installer have been fixed in this release: Fix expanding environment variables regression in backup path. Installer for 64-bit package installs Notepad++ 64-bit now into the right Program Files directory for 64-bit (instead of Program Files directory for 32-bit). Installer displays correctly any language it supports in this release.
Arthur Posted November 28, 2016 Author Posted November 28, 2016 https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/notepad-7.2.2-released.html 3 regressions of Notepad++ have been fixed in this release : Fixed auto-updater setting toggles between startups bug. Fix "Replace All" shortcut accelerator in Replace dialog not working regression. Fix unusual plugin update prompt after upgrade to 7.2.1 version.
6Foot2 Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 Link: Notepad++ 7.3.2 released Auto-updater will be triggered in few days if there's no critical issue found. Notepad++ v7.3.2 new features and bug-fixes: Fix crash issue on column mode editor. Fix "Use new style save dialog" setting's regression. Enhance "Open file" command - open a file from editor zone without selecting its full path. Fix word char list settings not applying on next launch issue. Fix block uncomment for line comment bug. BaanC Language is surpported. Add error notification on run dialog. Fix the caret position not maintained issue between document move. Fix caret goes to wrong position after word completion. Enhance Function List for supporting language. Add check mark in Language menu. Fix toolbar not showing issue while launching Notepad++ from system tray in some unknown configuration. 2
Arthur Posted March 9, 2017 Author Posted March 9, 2017 v7.3.3 has been released. Update ASAP to avoid being hacked by the CIA. https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v7.3.3.html Notepad++ v7.3.3 bug-fixes and enhancements: Fix CIA Hacking Notepad++ issue (https://wikileaks.org/ciav7p1/cms/page_26968090.html). Fix mouse wheel to task list scroll crash bug. Fix flickering issue while switching back after modifying or deleting a document from outside. Support Motorola S-Record, Intel and Tektronix extended hex file formats. Improve multi-line tab: maintaining the selected tab position. Fix add char into word char list bug. Add Shift+Enter in Find dialog for searching in the opposite direction. Fix a regression that delimiter settings is not retained correctly. Add clear command button in shortcut mapper. Enhancement: file extension supported in Load/Save Session dialog if a session file extension is set.
6Foot2 Posted May 15, 2017 Posted May 15, 2017 Link: Notepad++ 7.4 Released Notepad++ v7.4 new features and bug-fixes: Add document peek feature (while mouse hovering on tab). Add peek on document map feature. Fix issue with clicking links in html/js/asp/php. Fix folding vertical line loses colour after changing folding style via Preference dialog. Enhance folding feature (multi-line quotes) for python. Improve certificate verifying method. Fix issue of losing syntax highlighting while changing file extension (by "save as"). Enhance the UI of "Windows" dialog (Menu "Window->Windows...") for sorting. Apply the new file custom encoding (Unicode or not) while opening an empty content file. Improve whitespace visibility while the visualization of whitespace is activated. Support RTL for header and footer printing. Add a warning message for launching folder as Workspace while both files and folders are dropped in Notepad++. Drag and dropping tabs is possible in multi-line tab mode. Fix issue of right clicking on multiline tabs. Add new moving tabs with mouse wheel feature (SHIFT + Mouse Wheel) Fix text on active tabs (multi-line mode) being clipped problem. Fix regression for saving session file (for session file extension, if set). Enhance saving workspace file by adding workspace file extension (if set). Fix change.log always opened issue 2
6Foot2 Posted June 8, 2017 Posted June 8, 2017 Link: Notepad++ Back to v7.3.3 A critical regression (in replace in files feature) has been found in v7.4.1, a new version with fix will come out this weekend. In the meantime please use Notepad++ v7.3.3. Sorry for the inconvenience. 1
6Foot2 Posted June 19, 2017 Posted June 19, 2017 Link: Notepad++ 7.4.2 released WIFT language is supported in this version. The regression of replace in files in v7.4.1 has been fixed. There are also some fixed bugs and 1 enhancement (Resizable Find & Replace Dialog) including in this release. Notepad++ v7.4.2 bug-fixes: Add SWIFT language support. Fix replace in files regression. Enhance Find Replace dialog (resizable & remove search direction radio buttons). Fix a crash issue while doing a column insertion on a CJK unicode document. Fix repeated notification dialog for modification from outside of Notepad++. Fix a visual glitchy during tab drag and drop.
6Foot2 Posted August 16, 2017 Posted August 16, 2017 Link: Notepad++ 7.5 released Notepad++ v7.5 new features and bug-fixes: Add new languages support: ASN.1, AviSynth, Blitz Basic, Csound, Erlang, escript, Forth, FreeBASIC, LaTeX, MMIX, Nimrod, nnCron, OScript, PureBasic, Rebol, registry, Rust, SPICE, txt2tags Add "Open file in its default viewer" command. Add "-quickPrint" command line argument: Launch Notepad++, print document & exit. Add /noUpdater argument for installer to not install updater (useful in silent mode). Add new installer argument /allowAppDataPluginsLoading. Roll back to 1 "Find next" button in Find/Replace dialog, due to the inconsistence after removal of direction option. Enhancement: empty fields "Replace with" and "Filters" of Find/Replace dialog are remembered in the next session. Fix text selection in combo boxes of find/replace dialog problem on resizing. Fix the issue of passing non-exist folder via command line without any warning. Fix multi-line tab button remaining pushed issue while switching off. Fix TAB key wired behavior on find/replace dialog's transparency radio button. Fix click on tab without hitting close button but close file issue. Fix Notepad++ modifying command line arguments issue (command line arguments could be visualized by system tools). Fix file not dirty while its content changed on the hard drive. Fix saved duplicated file in the same view issue. Fix "Folder as Workspace" toolbar button not activated after dropping folder issue.
6Foot2 Posted August 30, 2017 Posted August 30, 2017 Link: Notepad++ 7.51 released Notepad++ v7.5.1 new features and bug-fixes: Fix some excluded language cannot be remembered bug. Fix a localization regression bug. Fix the bug that Notepad++ create "%APPDATA%\local\notepad++" folder in local conf mode. Add Visual Prolog language support. Add auto-completion support for batch file (*.bat). Enhance Function List for PHP and JavaScript. Enhance Shortcut Mapper by adding category column. Make double click work for language menu disabling/enabling in preferences dialog. Make double click work to improve file extension movement in Preferences dialog. Fix bug: language menu item is restored back on the wrong zone. Add a spiritual quote. 1
6Foot2 Posted November 28, 2017 Posted November 28, 2017 Link: Notepad++ 7.5.2 Released Notepad++ v7.5.2 bug-fixes and enhancement: Fixed hanging issue while modifying JavaScript TAB settings. Add DSpellCheck plugin into distribution. Add version and other info into installer. Fix an issue while installing a x64 version, x86 version (if it exists) is not removed - and vice versa. Fix display glitch of certificate checking error message. Remove unused/empty entries from shortcut mapper. Add BaanC function list feature. Add batch auto-completion into installer. 1
6Foot2 Posted December 6, 2017 Posted December 6, 2017 Link: Notepad++ 7.5.3 Released Notepad++ v7.5.3 bug-fixes: Fix shell extension registration failure in installer. Fix theme files installation failure in installer. Fix DSpellCheck incomplete installation in installer.
6Foot2 Posted January 1, 2018 Posted January 1, 2018 Link: Notepad++ 7.5.4 Released Notepad++ v7.5.4 enhancements & bug-fixes: Fix a crash bug due to disordered notifications sent to plugins. Fix encoding broken regression. Improve smart highlighting performance. Auto-completion enhancement: remove unwanted symbols {} for variable names. Add auto-completion for BaanC & CoffeeScript. Fix localization copy regression in Installer.
6Foot2 Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 Link: Notepad++ 7.5.5 released Notepad++ v7.5.5 enhancements & bug-fixes: Restore 2 buttons "<< Find Previous" & "Find Next >>" in Find dialog (optional). Fix monitored (tail -f) file not always updated issue. Keep Doc Switcher's ordering in sync with Tab bar. Shortcut Mapper enhancements: Add filter capacity and make dialog resizable and maximizable. Fix for "Toggle Single Line Comment" malfunctioning with HTML/XML. Make Unix style path (slashes) work in open file dialog (optional). Fix tab sticks to mouse pointer problem after external update of a opened file. Fix encoding not sync (on status bar) after reloading. Fix menu items' state is not maintained due to save macro command. Fix line ending changes are not detected in reloaded changed files issue. Fix highlighting of Fix Unicode file name comparison to match Windows behaviour (as opposed to doing a linguistic filename comparison).
Arthur Posted March 17, 2018 Author Posted March 17, 2018 Notepad++ is now available from the Microsoft Store (albeit unofficially)... https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/store/p/app/9plhc123mqwt
6Foot2 Posted March 19, 2018 Posted March 19, 2018 Link: Notepad++ 7.5.6 : a message from outer space ...help us to relay a message from outer space: type "Space Invaders", select it, then hit F1. Notepad++ v7.5.6 enhancements & bug-fixes: Fix macro playing back crash issue on new added "find previous" and "find next" buttons. Function List enhancement: Highlight the current function based on cursor position. Fix crash on styler dialog of User Defined Language dialog. Fix file status detection issue under Windows XP. Ghost typing enhancement: Unicode, syntax highlighting and speed support. (check the url for the usage of ghost typing on command line: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/features/ghost-typing.html ) Add a message from outer space.
6Foot2 Posted June 30, 2018 Posted June 30, 2018 Link: Notepad++ 7.5.7 Released Notepad++ v7.5.7 bug-fixes: Fix hanging problem while shutdown and backup file is absent. Fix Sort Lines as Integers issue: use Natural Sort algorithm. Fix JavaScript not working regression in Function list. Fix Open File Dialog error for a long path. Fix document map display bug when the view is scrolled past the end of the file. Fix tool bar display bug in big icon mode issue. Make caret line always visible on click from Finder panel. Fix UDL export extension issue. Fix Run Macro multiple times dialog display glitch after deleting a Macro. 1
Arthur Posted July 24, 2018 Author Posted July 24, 2018 Notepad++ v7.5.8 Released Notepad++ v7.5.8 bug-fixes: Remove annoying "no update" notification. Fix Folder as Workspace not updating regression. Fixed crash issue by checking & unchecking "Disable extension column" option in preferences dialog. Fixed a crash when trying to launch a secondary instance with command line arguments. Fix "Explorer Here" from "Folder as Workspace" problem if folder name contains comma.
Arthur Posted October 15, 2018 Author Posted October 15, 2018 (edited) Notepad++ v7.5.9 Released Notepad++ v7.5.9 bug-fixes and enhancements: Fix hanging problem while switching back a fully-folded document by using shortcut (Ctrl-TAB). Fix possible file corruption during backup or power loss or other abnormal N++ termination. Fix wrong backup file deleted issue. Fix backup not fully disabled issue. Add 2 command line flags "-notepadStyleCmdline" and "-z" for the replacement of notepad.exe. See https://notepad-plus-plus.org/features/replace-notepad.html Add new plugin API NPPM_REMOVESHORTCUTBYCMDID to allows plugins to remove unneeded shortcuts. Fix Tail monitoring incoherent status after deleting a monitored file. Fix issue with wrong smart highlighting when it is disabled. Fix last active tab is ignored on Notepad++ restart issue. Fix Tab non-responding by mouse click after dragging bug. Fix switching back position restoring issue for wrapped document. Add several spiritual quotes and a subtle Easter egg in the source code. https://notepad-plus-plus.org/features/replace-notepad.html Replace Notepad Notepad is a default text editor shipped with Windows. You may want to use Notepad++ instead of Notepad. However, there's no obvious way to do it. From version 7.5.9 you can run the following command to make Notepad++ replace Notepad (run in cmd.exe with Administrator privileges): reg add "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\notepad.exe" /v "Debugger" /t REG_SZ /d "\"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Notepad++\notepad++.exe\" -notepadStyleCmdline -z" /f Note that you may need to use "%ProgramFiles%\Notepad++" to substitute for "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Notepad++" if you have Notepad++ 64-bit installed, or use other path if your Notepad++ is installed in a non-default location. Use the the following comment to undo the replacement: reg delete "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\notepad.exe" /v "Debugger" /f Edited October 15, 2018 by Arthur 2
Arthur Posted November 14, 2018 Author Posted November 14, 2018 Notepad++ v7.6 Released Notepad++ v7.6 new feature & bug-fixes Add Built-in Plugins Admins. Users can install, update and remove plugins by some clicks via Plugins Admin: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/features/plugin-admin.html Change plugin loading method: Remove the legacy plugin loading way and apply only the new plugin loading method. Add new message NPPM_GETPLUGINHOMEPATH in Notepad++ API for plugin, so plugin can get its path easily. Fix a regression of performance issue while word wrap option is enable. Fix a performance issue for switching back to folded document. Fix crash issue due to Unix style path input in Open file dialog. Fix UTF-8 detection problem: 4 byte characters UTF-8 character can be detected now. Enhance/Fix encoding detection/problem. Fix auto-indent issue by typing Enter on empty line. Fix "Close all but this" behaviour if multiple views are present and some files are dirty. Fix tool tip in document switcher showing the old name issue (after being renamed). Add autoit and lua autoCompletion. Notepad++ 7.6 & new Plugins Admin By the request of community, a built-in Plugins Admin is available in Notepad++ v.7.6. Plugins Admin shows the list of available plugins, allows users to install new plugins and to update/remove installed plugins. There are some changes, however, may create the impact for users who have non-default plugins installed after updating. The change is about new organization of folder structure for plugins and simplification of plugins location. As result, some plugins won’t be loaded by Notepad++ after your update. For Plugin Users: to remedy this problem, after the update, you can: Find the name of plugin you want to migrate in %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Notepad++\plugins\myAwesomePlugin.dll (or %PROGRAMFILES%\Notepad++\plugins\myAwesomePlugin.dll, according the achetecture of your Notepad++). Go to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Notepad++\plugins\ to create myAwesomePlugin folder. Move the plugin myAwesomePlugin.dll from %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Notepad++\plugins\ to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Notepad++\plugins\myAwesomePlugin\. That’s it. Restart Notepad++ and you get your beloved plugins back. 1
6Foot2 Posted January 1, 2019 Posted January 1, 2019 (edited) Link: Notepad++ 7.6.2 Yellow Vest Edition "Our civilization is being sacrificed to the opportunity for a very small number of people to continue making enormous amounts of money." The above quote by Greta Thunberg at Cop 24, summarizes our current situation. In our growing economic crisis, putting a yellow vest on the chameleon doesn't condone violent actions during the movement, but highlights the current world-wide social injustice: 1% of the richest have captured 82% of the wealth. Our government is always at the service of 1% of the richest people. Notepad++ v7.6.2 new enhancement and bug-fixes Fix Plugins Admin unzip (0 lengh) bug. Add generation of SHA-256 hash feature. Add Plugins Admin module into portable version (zipped package). Add new feature: double click splitter resets panes to equal size. Fix the plugin crash issue due to the inexistent plugin conf path. Edited January 1, 2019 by 6Foot2 1
6Foot2 Posted February 3, 2019 Posted February 3, 2019 Link: Notepad++ 7.6.3 released European Commission has launched EU-FOSSA (EU-Free and Open Source Software Auditing: Bug Bounty program) project to improve the security of free softwares. Thanks to EU-FOSSA, some security issues have been found and fixed in this version. Markdown language is one of most demanded language to be supported in Notepad++. By using UDL system, Markdown++ has done an awesome job to make it come true. In this release, the default theme of markdown++ has been included in the installer (not in the zip packages), if your Notepad++ uses darker theme (for example Zenburn), please go to https://github.com/Edditoria/markdown-plus-plus to install your Markdown UDL manually. Due to the security reason, from this version Notepad++ will load plugins only from \plugins\. In the case of installer, Notepad++ is installed in %ProgramFiles%\Notepad++\ - plugins are loaded from %ProgramFiles%\Notepad++\plugins\ instead of %ProgramData%\Notepad++\plugins\ in the previous version. This change has no impact on current loading behaviour of portable version. Sorry for the inconvenience regarding this change - I believe there's no more modification concerning the plugins location in the future.
Arthur Posted March 7, 2019 Author Posted March 7, 2019 Notepad++ 7.6.4 released When you install Notepad++ version 7.6.4, You might notice there's no more blue-trusted UAC popup. Here's the explanation for the reason that we remove code signing from Notepad++ : 3 years ago DigiCert donated a 3 years code signing certificate to the project, and every good thing has its end, the certificate has been expired since the beginning of this year. I was trying to purchase another certificate with reasonable price. However I cannot use "Notepad++" as CN to sign because Notepad++ doesn’t exist as company or organization. I wasted hours and hours for getting one suitable certificate instead of working on essential thing - Notepad++ project. I realize that code signing certificate is just a overpriced masturbating toy of FOSS authors - Notepad++ has done without certificate for more than 10 years, I don’t see why I should add the dependency now (and be an accomplice of this overpricing industry). I decide to do without it. It doesn’t mean there’s no more security in Notepad++, but it will be less flexible for sure: SHA256 hash of Installer and other packages will be provided for every release as usual. Too bad for ugly yellow-orange UAC popup while installation. Notepad++ will check the SHA256 of all the components (SciLexer.dll, GUP.exe and nppPluginList.dll) used by the program. Markdown is supposed to work in v7.6.3, but the needed file isn't deployed correctly by the installer. The bug is fixed in this version. Additionally Markdown is available in every package from this release. European Commission's Free and Open Source Software Auditing Bug Bounty program is still in progress, few vulnerable issues and some crash bugs are identified and fixed in this release thanks to HackerOne team's help. https://twitter.com/SwiftOnSecurity/status/1103348195785084928
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