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Notepad++ (32-bit)

Notepad++ 7.8 (32-bit)

  -  3.5 MB  -  Open Source
  • Latest Version

    Notepad++ 8.7.4 (32-bit)

  • Operating System

    Windows XP / Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10

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  • Author / Product

    Don Ho / External Link

  • Filename

    npp.7.8.Installer.exe

  • MD5 Checksum

    c083b1654373999f2415cf7201b850a6

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What's new in this version:

- Upgrade Scintilla from 4.1.4 to 4.2.0
- Fix non Unicode encoding problem in non-Western language(Chinese or Turkish)
- Add “No to All” and “Yes to All” options in Save dialog
- Add the command line argument “-openFoldersAsWorkspace” to open folders in “folder as workspace” panel. Example: notepad++ -openFoldersAsWorkspace c:srcmyProj01 c:srcmyProj02
- Enhance plugin system: allow any plugin to load private DLL files from the plugin folder
- Fix File-Rename failing when new name is on a different drive
- Make “Clear all marks”, “Inverse Bookmark”, “Remove Consecutive Duplicate Lines” & “Find All Current Document” to be macro recordable
- Make “Command Argument Help” MessageBox modal
- Fix Folder as Workspace crash and “queue overflow” issues
- Make Combobox font monospace in Find dialog
- Fix folding in user-defined languages for non-windows line endings
- Fix crash of Folder as Workspace when too many directory changes happen
- Fix ‘-nosession’ overwrites config.xml issue
- Fix the crash due to NPPM_DESTROYSCINTILLAHANDLE message
- Improve GUI in Find dialog for Find Previous & Find Next buttons
- Fix Sort Line as Integer regression
- Add more OS information to debug info
- Fix tab dragging issues under WINE and ReactOS
- Fix indent indicators continue to following code blocks for Python
- Fix Python folding collapse issue
- Fix crash when sorting “out of range” columns
- Fix find 2 times for the same occurrence in both original and cloned documents issue
- Fix command line issues where filenames have multiple white spaces in them
- Fix Document Peeker constantly changing focus problem
- Make backward direction checkbox be also on Find dialog’s Mark tab
- Add 2 new columns for HTML Code in the Character Panel
- Fix “clear all marks in find dialog also removes bookmarks” issue
- Enhance supported language (on function list or auto-completion): LISP, BaanC,(PL/)SQL & COBOL