Download: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v6.8.4.html Notepad++ v6.8.4 bug-fixes and enhancements: Improve document switching performance while folding restoring. Enhance Javascript syntax highlighting: 2 groups of keywords more for syntax highlighting customization. Improve auto-insert usability: the open symbols (", ', (, [ and { ) triggers the close symbols according to the context. Apply new added language auto-detection (for php, xml, html and bash) in the case of unknown file extension. Add JSON language support. Fix macro playback inserting/removing characters randomly. Fix Save All button is still enabled problem while no file to save. Make file save dialog modern style. Fix auto-insert for xml comment incorrect insertion. Fix user command save problem on exit. Fix macro save problem on exit. Fix the restoring from system tray problem while running in admin mode. Fix smart highlighting not working in some case. Enlarge tabbar height.
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/notepad-6.8.6-released.html Notepad++ v6.8.6 bug-fixes and enhancements: 1. Fix function list not working for Javascript regression. 2. Fix maintain indent not working in javascript regression. 3. Improve the language detection at the beginning of file content. 4. Fix possible file corruption during macro playback. 5. Fix wrong EOL mode for opening/reloading big files. 6. Fix loading 3 bytes file error due to bad encoding detection (UTF16 w/o BOM). 7. Fix DocMap not updating issue when switching to user defined language or external lexer. 8. Fix reload file issue: document marked as unsaved after reloading. 9. Enhance the detection of EOL: if a document has no EOL for detecting, use EOL of new document settings.
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v6.8.7.html Notepad++ v6.8.7 bug-fixes and enhancements: Fix crash while "backups and session snapshots" is activated. Restore file extension feature in save dialog. Fix crash issue while moving Find In Files progress window. Fix tab settings not working in javascript. Fix user customized keywords no effect in Javascript. Enhance language detection on "Save as". Add back-quoted string support for javascript. Move position to center when using "-n" option in command line. Installer enhancement: Allow user to keep DSpellCheck plugin. Mods: Should this thread be renamed to: Notepad++ Releases As opposed to creating a new thread with each update.
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v6.8.8.html Notepad++ v6.8.8 bug-fixes and enhancements: Fix a regression of link style in html/php. Fix find in files progress window alway on top issue. Add Debug Info helper feature. Fix highlighting for tags inside comment problem. Make editor border edge display optional. Enhance syntax highlighting for D, Powershell, Lua and Python. Enhance syntax highlighting of preprocessor comments for several languages. Improve close button in tab position.
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v6.8.9.html Notepad++ v6.8.9 bug-fixes and enhancements: Fix Notepad++ hanging issue while user uses touchscreen to activate Notepad++ window. HTML auto-close tag enhancement: Prevent <br>, <hr>, <img>, <link> and <meta> from being closed automatically. Project enhancement: Allows user defined extension to associate workspace file. Make behavior of SHIFT+END and SHIFT+HOME more consistent when word wrapping is enabled. Add new API NPPM_SAVEFILE (for plugins) to save any file, not only the focused one. Add file extensions for FreePascal/Lazarus pascal, lex (as C). Update keywords for C, C++, JavaScript, Python and YAML.
v6.8.9 has been removed https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v6.8.9-has-been-removed.html 14 Jan 2016 20:51:00 Due to a critical regression, Notepad++ 6.8.9 release has been removed from the website. The regression is a crash issue : while user switches off from Notepad++ and an opened document is modified outside, user switches back to Notepad++ and answer YES for reloading the modified document - then the crash happens. The new release 6.8.10 to fix this regression will be available soon. In the meantime, please downgrade to v6.8.8. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Notepad++ 6.9 released! Download: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v6.9.html Notepad++ v6.9 bug-fixes and enhancements: Add "Folder as Workspace" feature (How to use: drop any folder in Notepad++). Fix Notepad++ hanging issue while user uses touchscreen to activate Notepad++ window. HTML auto-close tag enhancement: Prevent <br>, <hr>, <img>, <link> and <meta> from being closed automatically. Project enhancement: Allows user defined extension to associate workspace file. Make behavior of SHIFT+END and SHIFT+HOME more consistent when word wrapping is enabled. Add new API NPPM_SAVEFILE (for plugins) to save any file, not only the focused one. Add file extensions for FreePascal/Lazarus pascal, lex (as C). Update keywords for C, C++, JavaScript, Python and YAML. EDIT: Also, a brief description of the new feature Folder as Workspace: I added the underlining above regarding digital signatures.
Yes it seems, since the author withdraw the previous version due to a critical bug I was precisely wondering what was going on with this program on Saturday. Now I've got my answer today and with a lot of new rich features, indeed.
Notepad++ 6.9.1 released! Release Date: 2016-03-28 Download: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v6.9.1.html
Notepad++ 6.9.2 released! Release Date: 2016-05-17 Download: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v6.9.2.html