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Notepad++ v7.8 Released (October 11, 2019)

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Spoiler: Changelog v7.8

Notepad++ v7.8 enhancements & bug-fixes:

1. Upgrade Scintilla from 4.1.4 to 4.2.0
2. Fix non Unicode encoding problem in non-Western language(Chinese or Turkish).
3. Add “No to All” and “Yes to All” options in Save dialog.
4. Add the command line argument “-openFoldersAsWorkspace” to open folders in “folder as workspace” panel. Example: notepad++ -openFoldersAsWorkspace c:\src\myProj01 c:\src\myProj02
5. Enhance plugin system: allow any plugin to load private DLL files from the plugin folder.
6. Fix File-Rename failing when new name is on a different drive.
7. Make “Clear all marks”, “Inverse Bookmark”, “Remove Consecutive Duplicate Lines” & “Find All Current Document” to be macro recordable.
8. Make “Command Argument Help” MessageBox modal.
9. Fix Folder as Workspace crash and “queue overflow” issues.
10. Make Combobox font monospace in Find dialog.
11. Fix folding in user-defined languages for non-windows line endings.
12. Fix crash of Folder as Workspace when too many directory changes happen.
    
13. Fix ‘-nosession’ overwrites config.xml issue.
14. Fix the crash due to NPPM_DESTROYSCINTILLAHANDLE message.
15. Improve GUI in Find dialog for Find Previous & Find Next buttons.
16. Fix Sort Line as Integer regression.
17. Add more OS information to debug info.
18. Fix tab dragging issues under WINE and ReactOS.
19. Fix indent indicators continue to following code blocks for Python.
20. Fix Python folding collapse issue.
21. Fix crash when sorting “out of range” columns.
22. Fix find 2 times for the same occurrence in both original and cloned documents issue.
23. Fix command line issues where filenames have multiple white spaces in them.
24. Fix Document Peeker constantly changing focus problem.
25. Make backward direction checkbox be also on Find dialog’s Mark tab.
26. Add 2 new columns for HTML Code in the Character Panel.
27. Fix “clear all marks in find dialog also removes bookmarks” issue.
28. Enhance supported language (on function list or auto-completion): LISP, BaanC,(PL/)SQL & COBOL.

 

Notepad++ v7.8.1 Released (October 29, 2019)
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Chinese users attack Notepad++ app after 'Free Uyghur' release
October 30, 2019
https://www.zdnet.com/article/chinese-users-attack-notepad-app-after-free-uyghur-release/

 

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I've had similar experience yesterday but could access it today without a problem.

 

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Notepad++ v7.8.2 Released (December 5, 2019)
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Spoiler: Changes v7.8.2

Notepad++ v7.8.2 enhancements & bug-fixes:

1. Add key shortcuts in Save or not dialog.
2. Add find in files filter excluding ability.
3. Add “Open UDL folder” command.
4. Fix issue of showing save dialog twice while cloned file is dirty.
5. Enhance “Open Explorer” command in Folder as workspace with expected path.
6. Fix tab dragging issues.
7. Enhance “Close all but This” and “Close all to the left/right” commands while files are dirty.
8. Enhance “In Selection” option in Find dialog.
9. Fix Notepad++ blocked in notification zone issue.
10. Make end-of-line conversion operations macroable.
11. Fix “View Current File In” commands disabled problem in some situations.

 

Notepad++ v7.8.3 Released (January 16, 2020)
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Spoiler: Changes v7.8.3

Notepad++ v7.8.3 enhancements & bug-fixes:

1. Add the “Expand All”, “Fold All” and “Select/Show current editing file” capacity into Folder as Workspace.
2. Fix restoring line position issue while document is wrapped.
3. Improve Json syntax highlighting.
4. Make filling find field of Find dialog with selected word(s) optional.
5. Make doSaveOrNot dialog simpler when there’s a single file to save.
6. Fix auto-insert {[“”]} imbrication not working issue.
7. Make cmd cli (for “Open Containing Folder in cmd”) customizable.
8. Prevent from setting Updater’s Proxy as Notepad++ is not in Admin mode.
9. Disable file association settings when Notepad++’s no admin right.
10. Fix incremental search bar “highlight all” option not conserved bug.
11. Enhance SQL syntax highlighting (add 2 more keyword lists).
12. Fix too small buffer issue during add text macro playback.
13. Fix “Close All Unchanged” not working issue for sub-view.
14. Eliminate garbage displaying in Find-result fold margin.

 

Notepad++ v7.8.4 Released (January 30, 2020)
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Notepad++ v7.8.5 Released (March 6, 2020)
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Spoiler: Changes v7.8.5

Notepad++ v7.8.5 bug-fixes & enhancement:

1. Fix “Monitoring” not detecting all file changes issue.
2. Fix auto-updater disabling not working regression.
3. Fix Notepad++ doesn’t exit correctly while Windows 10 update restart.
4. Make Count command in Find dialog respect Backward-direction and Wrap-around options.
5. Make Find dialog remember its position across runs.
6. Add the document size column to the Windows Selection dialog.
7. Make “View Current File in(browser)” commands macro recordable.
8. Add external sound control capability for unsuccessful search (in Find dialog) bell.

 

Notepad++ v7.8.6 Released (April 21, 2020)
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Spoiler: Changes v7.8.6

Notepad++ v7.8.6 bug-fixes & enhancement:

1. Add multi-column marker (multi-line edge) feature.
2. Add dynamical sorting feature for Folder as Workspace.
3. Make MRU tab activate instead of rightmost tab while tab closure (if MRU enabled).
4. Fix folding state lost on the next startup issue.
5. Make Replace-in-Files confirmation dialog modal to prevent from crashing.
6. Add support of smart-indenting for Perl and Rust.
7. Make recorded macro (IDC_FINDNEXT & IDC_FINDPREV)retro-compatible up to 7.8.4.

 

Notepad++ v7.8.7 Released (June 8, 2020)
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Spoiler: Changes v7.8.7

Notepad++ v7.8.7 enhancements & bug-fixes:

1. Fix new style save dialog by selecting right file filter and adding extension automatically.
2. Add right-click context menu to bookmark margin.
3. Add sub-menu bullets for cascaded Encoding and Language menus.
4. Display file name as root of workspace instead of “Workspace”.
5. Add file extension automatically for session files and workspace files while saving in new style dialog.
6. Fix file reading failure (network problem) not detected issue.
7. Improve Document Map precision.
8. Fix clickable links break syntax highlighting issue.
9. Fix current range detached from Document Map issue.
10. Disallow backward regex searches due to sometimes surprising results (an non-UI option is available to enable it).
11. Fix wrong project panel at start by opening a project via command line.
12. Allow user to skip *.* when adding only excluding Filters for Find/Replace In Files.
13. Fix Doc switcher icon state update issue for cloned documents.
14. Assign CTRL-M as default shortcut for invoking mark dialog.
15. Fix also a folding visual glitch in Find result.
16. Add count of files searched to ‘Find result’ output.
17. Fix Find/Replace history lost issue.
18. Fix bug of Mark clearing in selection mode.
19. Fix auto-completion suggest the same word while the word being modified.

 

Notepad++ v7.8.8 Released (June 28, 2020)

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Spoiler: Changes v7.8.8

Notepad++ v7.8.8 enhancements & bug-fixes:

1. Fix accented characters in ANSI files not found in “find in files” and “replace in files” commands issues.
2. Add an option to improve rendering special Unicode characters by using Scintilla’s DirectWrite technology.
3. Fix URL invisible issue in dark themes.
4. Fix the focus not on the opening new file issue.
5. Fix Workspace (Project panel), Folder As Workspace and function list keep focus issue after double clicking an item.
6. Add Ctrl+Backspace ability to delete word for comboboxes in Find/Replace dialog.
7. Add ability to find-all in selected text.
8. Fix wrong treatment of backslashes as escape sequences in autocompletion.
9. Enhance “Remove Empty Lines” command: Allow scope to be limited by an active selection.
10. Fix loading of project & session files by drag & drop not working issue.
11. Fix block selection cursor wrong positions after typing TAB.
12. Add confirmation prompt to “Replace all in all opened documents” command to avoid PBKAC.

 

Notepad++ v7.8.9 Released (July 16, 2020)
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Spoiler: Changes v7.8.9

Notepad++ v7.8.9 bug-fixes:

1. Fix Line operations (join lines, split lines, remove duplicate lines and sort lines) doing one too many lines issue.
2. Fix the regression of jump line failure via command line (-n).
3. Fix URL Hovered colour disappears after modifying any Clickable Link Settings regression.
4. Fix URL is not clickable in certain stuation while wrapped is enabled.
5. Fix “Save” not working in Windows dialog.
6. Fix Flickering cursor after double clicking a found line in find results.
7. Fix Found line may not be centered by double clicking in find results, if word wrap is on.
8. Fix wrong horizontal scroll bar position after restoring Window position.
9. Fix Find result window output TAB-width incoherent issue.

 

Text editor Notepad++ banned in China after ‘Stand With Hong Kong’ update
August 17, 2020
https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/17/notepad-plus-plus-blocked-in-china/

 

Notepad++ v7.9 Released (September 28, 2020)
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Spoiler: Changes v7.9

Notepad++ v7.9 Enhancements & bug-fixes:

1. Add the ability to open the target file of a Shortcut (*.lnk).
2. Enhance side panels behaviour: close a single panel instead of the entire stack.
3. Fix Monitoring & document auto-update not scrolling to the end of the file with Word wrap enabled issue.
4. Fix mouse cursor flicker while hovering URLs.
5. Add back hovered blue underlined URLs.
6. Enhance C++, Perl, Python parsers and add VHDL in Function List.
7. Improve some ambiguous commands naming in Shortcut Mapper.
8. Add an option to prevent right click from canceling selection.
9. Add ability to sort lines randomly.
10. Fix “Close All BUT this” looses current document data issue.
11. Allow user to start making a stream selection and then change to column block (by pressing ALT key).
12. Add word wrap option to find results context menu.
13. Add keyboard navigation ability to Column Editor.
14. Add keyboard shortcut ability to Projects, Folder as Workspace and Function List for switching among these panels.
15. Enable project panels toggle from menu.
16. Enhance Folder as Workspace to restore latest selected item of last session on Notepad++ startup.
17. Fix inaccurate line margin update with word wrap enabled.
18. Fix Find previous/next commands not scroll vertically to show match result issue (with word wrap disabled).
19. Fix column key sort with col block starting in col1 bug.
20. Add confirmation preference for Replace All in All Opened Documents operation.
21. Add Escape keypress in functionlist searchbox to clear its text.
22. Add RTL capability to localized messageboxes.
23. Make (Find) dlgAlwaysVisible a true Preference setting.
24. Fix sorting by column key using incorrect key values.
25. Add search scope to Find window status bar output.
26. Fix false hit result in Find in Finder.
27. Prevent redundant line data copy in Finder.

 

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Notepad++ v7.9.1 Released (November 2, 2020)
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Spoiler: Changes v7.9.1

Notepad++ v7.9.1 Enhancements & bug-fixes:

1. Fix NUL file-corruption bug after Windows shutdown brutally (Fix #6133).
2. Fix inaccurate URL detection by replacing a new URL parser (Fix #3912, #3353, #4643, #5029, #6155, #7791, #8634)
3. Fix RegEx look behind operations and \A and and \b and \z (Fix #713, #1870, #2216, #2360, #9004, #4855).
4. Split functionList.xml into multifile in “functionList” Folder (Implement #4896).
5. Make tray icon work again in administrator mode (Fix #8528).
6. Fix dialogs & floating dockable panels don’t minimize to system tray issue (Fix #9044, #8928).
7. Add alternative icon set for tab bar (Implement #8068).
8. Add ability to remove any duplicate lines in a document, keeping the first occurrence (Fix #8965).
9. Fix incorrect icon for monitoring status in Document list panel and in Document switcher (Fix #8783).
10. Add copy marked text & styled text to clipboard commands to menu (Implement #8943, #6095).
11. Fix find-all-open-docs not finding all matches in ANSI files (Fix #8901).
12. Display long lines better in Find-result panel by increasing its max length to 2048 (Fix #7723).
13. Fix double clicking on find result line not working (Fix #9009, #8525).
14. Fix Find-result rclick-Copy incomplete data bug (Fix #8801).
15. Add case insensitive lines sorting (Implement #4479).
16. Add “Open Containing Folder as Workspace” command in main menu and in context menu of tabs (Implement #3028).
17. Enhance Sel info of status bar (Fix #8524).
18. Add new option for save type of normal text files in Save dialog (Fix #8866).
19. Fix file path truncated issue in save confirmation dialog (Fix #8812).
20. Fix auto-Indent not working for PowerShell (Fix #9049).
21. Allow setting of background color for bookmark margin (Fix #8833).
22. Fix smart-highlighting not applying to cloned view (Fix #7910).
23. Fix smart highlight issue related to EOF (Fix #8908).
24. Fix closing file in 2nd view not removed from Doc Switcher (Fix #8800).
25. Add Delete keystroke to remove selected root from Folder as Workspace (Fix #8960).
26. Add TAB keystroke in Function List to switch between search field and list (Fix #8665).
27. Add ESC keystroke in Function List to switch to edit window (Fix #8886).
28. Add ESC keystroke to close Search Results Window (Implement #2946).
29. Fix data-prefixed attributes are not recognized in HTML (Fix #6200).

 

Notepad++ v7.9.2 Released (January 1, 2021)
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Spoiler: Changes v7.9.2

Notepad++ v7.9.2 Enhancements & bug-fixes:

1. Fix regression of auto-Indent. (Fix #9113)
2. Add custom URI schemes ability. (Fix #9155)
3. Improve URL parser: fix apostrophe in an URL issue. (Fix #9031)
4. Add context menu with “Copy link” ability. (Implement #2435)
5. Add color samples on menu items for styling features. (Fix #8983)
6. Add “-settingsDir” argument for overriding default settings path. (implement #4696)
7. Fix crash while exit command issued by plugin. (Fix #9082)
8. Fix several bugs of PHP parser rule for function list. (Fix #3321, #5045, #4627, #4606, #8855, #4208, #981, #2522, #1103, #4712, #3560, #5150, #4606)
9. Move “Normal Text” to top in Languages Menu. (Implement #7746, #8277)
10. Add new API NPPM_GETSETTINGSONCLOUDPATH for plugins. (Implement #9168)
11. Add an option for displaying constant line number width. (Implement #5670)
12. Fix function list is empty with new user profile in the same PC issue. (Fix #9134)
13. Fix single-quoted string being badly recognized as attribute value in XML. (Fix #3403)
14. Fix docked panels appear with “-nosession” cmd line parameters. (Fix #8005)
15. Improve text selection after Replace All In Selection operation. (Fix #9270)
16. Add the number of total documents on windows dialog’s title bar. (Implement #8338)
17. Fix scroll to last line problem after main window resizing. (Fix #9123)
18. Fix Plugin admin display UTF-8 issue in its description. (Fix #9266)
19. Fix Search result’s text direction (RTL) not always synchronized with main edit zone’s one issue. (Fix #9241)
20. Fix dockable panels display issue in RTL direction. (Fix #9241)
21. Fix Search result line number highlighting inaccurate issue. (Fix #9224)
22. Make “Line” preceding each line number on Search Results translatable. (Fix #9224)
23. Fix menu check marks not being removed after closing “Clipboard History” and “Character Panel” panels. (Fix #9216)
24. Fix command line arguments -p, -n & -c negative value’s undefined behaviour. (Fix #9146)
25. Add new Margin/Border/Edge sub-page in Preferences. (Implement #8896)
26. Fix find in files failure issue due to directory path with leading/trailing spaces. (Fix #9199)
27. Fix folder icon display issue in “Folder as Workspace” after “Expand/Collapse All”. (Fix #8912)
28. Make “Clipboard History” and “Character Panel” togglable. (Fix #9094, #9078)
29. Fix Find in found results dialog launch failure after macro execution. (Fix #8199)
30. Disallow Goto dlg offset option from moving to position inside multi-byte char or between CR and LF. (Fix #9101, #9125)
31. Fix “Go to…” dialog wrong Offset value in empty files. (Fix #9145)
32. Prevent corruption possibility when using -p command line parameter in a UTF file. (Fix #9142)
33. Improve indent guidelines on non-brace control block languages. (Fix #9137)
34. Prevent names of untitled tabs from duplication. (Fix #9119)
35. Add tooltips for Folder as Workspace 3 commands. (Fix #8325)
36. Fix “SCI_NEWLINE” inside a macro not working issue. (Fix #5571)
37. Fix bug where search-results won’t open ‘new 1’ file. (Fix #8461, #9098)
38. Fix tab close button remain pushed issue. (Fix #7750)
39. Enhance ghost typing command line argument feature - using white space directly instead of %20. (Commit)

If you find any regression or critical bug, please report here: https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/20537/notepad-v7-9-2-released

Auto-updater will be triggered in few days if there’s no critical issue found.

 

Notepad++ 7.9.4 Released (March 15, 2021)

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Spoiler: Changes v7.9.4

Notepad++ v7.9.4 Enhancements & bug-fixes:

1. Upgrade Scintilla from v4.2.0 to v4.4.6. (Implement #9550)
2. Fix DPI scaling broken while dragging Notepad++ into the 2nd monitor regression. (Fix #9513, #9579)
3. Add “Find in Projects” feature. (Implement #8125)
4. Fix project workspace changes lost on save cancel issue. (Fix #9605)
5. Fix folder picker not being launched issue because provided directory is invalid. (Fix #9569)
6. Fix network path (UNC path) not working in file dialog. (Fix #9527)
7. Fix shortcut name more than 64 characters makes a menu entry empty name issue. (Fix #9556)
8. Fix extension appending issue in file dialog. (Fix #9510)
9. Fix file not turning to modified state (with Session Manager plugin) bug after its content being changed. (Fix #9475)
10. Add an option to mute all sounds in preferences dialog. (Fix #7950)
11. Make JSON auto-indent for brace. (Fix #9499)

If you find any regression or critical bug, please report here: https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/20883/notepad-v7-9-4-released

Auto-updater will be triggered in few days if there’s no critical issue found.

 

Notepad++ 7.9.5 Released (March 23, 2021)

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Spoiler: Changes v7.9.5

Notepad++ v7.9.5 Enhancements & bug-fixes:

1. Fix Notepad++ not starting up due to SaveAsAdmin plugin (for installer package). (Fix #9514)
2. Fix UNC path with quotes handling in folder & file Open/Save dialog. (Fix #9582)
3. Fix file doesn’t save as extension type on Windows 7. (Fix #9657)

If you find any regression or critical bug, please report here: https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/20930/notepad-v7-9-5-released

Auto-updater will be triggered in few days if there’s no critical issue found.

 

Notepad++ drops Bing after "tank man" censorship fiasco

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...-drops-bing-after-tank-man-censorship-fiasco/