Change Log v4 v6

The changelog for historic versions of Notepad++ v4.x - v6.x

Links to particular leading versions:

6.x

6.9.2

2016-05-17

Notepad++ v6.9.2 new features and bug-fixes:

Add most wanted feature: Log Monitoring (tail -f).
Add new feature: Find in Finder.
Fix status bar display bug in high dpi environment.
Fix open in explorer problem while path contain unusual characters.
Fix smart highlighter issue after zoom or code folding change.

Included plugins:

NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.3.5
Converter 3.0
Mime Tool 1.9

6.9.1

2016-03-28

Notepad++ v6.9.1 enhancements and bug-fixes:

Fix bad detection of sub-folder in "Folder as Workspace".
Enhancement: Add "Find in files" command in "Folder as Workspace"
Enhancement: Add "Open Folder as Workspace" command in File menu.
Fix "copy" command bug in find result panel.
Improvements for JSON highlighting.
Fix Find In Files progress bar position bug.
Add Ctrl+Shift+Z shorcut for Redo.
FORTRAN 77 is supported.
Fix html tag auto-completion bug.

Included plugins:

NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.3.5
Converter 3.0
Mime Tool 1.9

6.9

2016-02-22

Notepad++ v6.9 New feature and bug-fixes:

Add "Folder as Workspace" feature.
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.

Included plugins:

NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.3.5
Converter 3.0
Mime Tool 1.9

6.8.9

2016-01-13

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.

Included plugins:

NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.3.5
Converter 3.0
Mime Tool 1.9

6.8.8

2015-12-09

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.

Included plugins:

NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.3.5
Converter 3.0
Mime Tool 1.9

6.8.7

2015-11-27

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.

Included plugins:

NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.3.5
Converter 3.0
Mime Tool 1.9

6.8.6

2015-10-29

Notepad++ v6.8.6 bug-fixes and enhancements:

Fix function list not working for Javascript regression.
Fix maintain indent not working in javascript regression.
Improve the language detection at the beginning of file content.
Fix possible file corruption during macro playback.
Fix wrong EOL mode for opening/reloading big files.
Fix loading 3 bytes file error due to bad encoding detection (UTF16 w/o BOM).
Fix DocMap not updating issue when switching to user defined language or external lexer.
Fix reload file issue: document marked as unsaved after reloading.
Enhance the detection of EOL: if a document has no EOL for detecting, use EOL of new document settings.

Included plugins:

NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.3.5
Converter 3.0
Mime Tool 1.9

6.8.5

2015-10-18

Notepad++ v6.8.5 bug-fixes:

Fix Javascript autocompletion not working regression.

Included plugins:

NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.3.5
Converter 3.0
Mime Tool 1.9

6.8.4

2015-10-16

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.

Included plugins:

NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.3.5
Converter 3.0
Mime Tool 1.9

6.8.3

2015-09-04

Notepad++ v6.8.3 bug-fixes:

Fix a crash issue by using wild card (*) to open files on command line.
Fix the problem of display refresh missing on exit.
Fix plugin shortcut configuration lost problem by using option -noPlugin.
Fix Norwegian localization bad display and wrong encoding.
Fix functionList display problem under high DPI.
Fix Norwegian localization bad display and wrong encoding.

Included plugins:

NppFTP 0.26.3
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.3.5
Converter 3.0
Mime Tool 1.9

6.8.2

2015-08-19

Notepad++ v6.8.2 bug-fixes:

Remove Source Code Pro font du to the different issues.
Add back "Notepad++ Community (Forum)" menu item.
Fix a visual glitch on starup and on exit.
Fix "Open in/Move to new instance" issue (to memorize the language and the position).
Fix Preferences dialog loses focus issue while enabling document list panel.
Fix the narrow columns problem in Ascii Insert Panel under a high DPI.
Fix the list items' squeezed height problem in function list panel and project panel under a high DPI.
Fix panel caption squeezed display under a high DPI.
Fixed buffer overrun when opening a recent file.
Make toolbar refresh properly while switching over small/big icons.

Included plugins:

NppFTP 0.26.3
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.3.5
Converter 3.0
Mime Tool 1.9

6.8.1

2015-08-03

Notepad++ v6.8.1 bug-fixes:

Fix the Source Code Pro font making OS hanging issue (for some specific hardware configuration).
Make current default font (Source Code Pro) prettier by adding its bold, italic and bold-italic fonts.
Fix "Restore recent close file" text disappearing issue for some circumstance.
Fix snapshot file after saving being always dirty problem.
Fix document tab moving by clicking close button issue due to splitter inaccuracy.
Fix a regression of Preferences dialog in which some modified options are not applied immediately.
Fix inconsistent untitled document name issue (new 0 instead of new 1).
Fix Macro button on toolbar inconsistent issue at Notepad++ startup.

6.8

2015-07-21

Notepad++ v6.8 new features and bug-fix:

Settings on cloud feature allows users to write their settings on whichever cloud.
Use Source Code Pro as default font.
Make smooth font optional.
Fix the context menu disappears problem after find in files operation.

Included plugins:

NppFTP 0.26.3
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.3.5
Converter 3.0
Mime Tool 1.9

6.7.9.2

2015-06-22

Notepad++ v6.7.9.2 bug-fix:

Fix JavaScript block not recognized in HTML document.

Included plugins:

DSpellCheck v1.2.14.1
NppFTP 0.26.3
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.3.5
Converter 3.0
Mime Tool 1.9

6.7.9.1

2015-06-20

Notepad++ v6.7.9.1 new features and bug-fix:

Fix JavaScript block not recognized in HTML document.
Fix Hanging on exit of Notepad++ issue (update DSpellCheck for its instability issue).
Add "Google Search" command in the context menu.

Included plugins:

DSpellCheck v1.2.14.1
NppFTP 0.26.3
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.3.5
Converter 3.0
Mime Tool 1.9

6.7.9

2015-06-12

Notepad++ v6.7.9 new features and bug-fix:

Upgrade Scintilla to v3.56.
Add Language and EOL conversion context menu on status bar.
Enhance sort lines feature: Add lexicographic and numeric (integer and real) sorting with ascending and descending order.
Add new feature which launches a new instance with administrator privilege to save the protected file.
Fix the context menu not working problem after doing find in files action.
Improve copy (to clipboard) in found results panel.
Improve find in files modal dialog.

Included plugins:

DSpellCheck v1.2.14
NppFTP 0.26.3
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.3.5
Converter 3.0
Mime Tool 1.9

6.7.8.2

2015-05-23

Notepad++ v6.7.8.2 bug-fixes:

Disable Notepad++ updater (WinGup) under XP.

Included plugins:

DSpellCheck v1.2.14
NppFTP 0.26.3
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.3.5
Converter 3.0
Mime Tool 1.9

6.7.8.1

2015-05-23

Notepad++ v6.7.8.1 bug-fixes:

Fix "Missing msvcr120.dll" message error (of WinGup).

Included plugins:

DSpellCheck v1.2.14
NppFTP 0.26.3
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.3.5
Converter 3.0
Mime Tool 1.9

6.7.8

2015-05-16

Notepad++ v6.7.8 new features and bug-fixes:

Fix an annoying regression about message "The buffer passed to GetFullPathName was too small!".
Update WinGup to version 3.0 which has SSL support and customizable User-Agent.
Improve sort lines performance greatly.
Fix tabbar close button usability issue (too small) on a high resolution laptop (Surface Pro 3).
Fix Settings on cloud - Google drive detection error.
Hiding tab bar via command line won't make hidden tab setting be saved in the next session.
Fix a bug of "Jump to next indicator" command.
Fix "File Status auto-detection" settings bug.

Included plugins:

DSpellCheck v1.2.14
NppFTP 0.26.3
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.3.5
Converter 3.0
Mime Tool 1.9

6.7.7

2015-04-16

Notepad++ v6.7.7 bug-fix:

Fix "Restore last closed file" (Ctrl+Shift+T) display bug.

Included plugins:

DSpellCheck v1.2.12
NppFTP 0.26.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.3.5
Converter 3.0
Mime Tool 1.9

6.7.6

2015-04-13

Notepad++ v6.7.6 new feature and bug-fixes:

Add "Restore last closed file" (Ctrl+Shift+T) feature.
Fix Setting on Cloud for dropbox and for google drive not working issue.

Included plugins:

DSpellCheck v1.2.12
NppFTP 0.26.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.3.5
Converter 3.0
Mime Tool 1.9

6.7.5

2015-03-10

Notepad++ v6.7.5 new features and bug-fixes:

Add ghost typing feature: launch Notepad++ with the auto-typing text from command line (via command line with argument -qn, -qt or -qf).
Fix auto-insert bad behaviour : under some condition typing " or ' makes erase the further " or '.
Fix the crash issue while user Ctrl + double click on an empty document.
Fix crash bug on loading dropbox settings.
Show progress window instead of a static window during FindInFiles and ReplaceInFiles.
Filename rendered incorrectly on tab bar while it contains '&' character.
Make highlighting (if enabled) follow typing for Incremental search, and add several Incremental search enhancements.
Add the followings notifications for plugins : NPPN_BEFORESHUTDOWN NPPN_CANCELSHUTDOWN NPPN_FILEBEFORERENAME NPPN_FILERENAMECANCEL NPPN_FILERENAMED NPPN_FILEBEFOREDELETE NPPN_FILEDELETEFAILED NPPN_FILEDELETED
Make keystroke ENTER trigger the shortcut editor dialog in Shortcut Mapper.
Allow drop files onto doc switcher and other side panels.
Installer remembers user's choices of last installation.
Fix Auto-indent in new code block not respecting current EOL bug.
Restore focus to editor when a panel is closed.

Included plugins:

DSpellCheck v1.2.12
NppFTP 0.26.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.3.5
Converter 3.0
Mime Tool 1.9

6.7.4

2015-01-10

Notepad++ v6.7.4 Je suis Charlie edition

Included plugins:

DSpellCheck v1.2.12
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0
Mime Tool 1.9

6.7.3

2015-01-01

Notepad++ v6.7.3 bug fixes:

Fix a crash issue for old processors due to SSE2 instruction.
Fix the regression for the translation: remap the sub-menu entry for the added command "Mark...".

Included plugins:

DSpellCheck v1.2.12
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0
Mime Tool 1.9

6.7.2

2014-12-27

Notepad++ v6.7.2 enhancements and bug fixes:

Fix the crash issue while config.xml and stylers.xml are not loaded.
Fix NPPM_LAUNCHFINDINFILESDLG API regression issue.
Prevent auto-insert of {} [] () "" and '' from inserting in column mode.
Fix the bug that "Function parameters hint on input" checkbox in preferences dialog is not initialized correctly.
Fix saving theme modified styles not working problem (Copy theme files in %APPDATA% to avoid UAC problem).
Improve the usability of User Defined Language dialog: reduce dialog's height.

Included plugins:

DSpellCheck v1.2.12
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0
Mime Tool 1.9

6.7.1

2014-12-21

Notepad++ v6.7.1 new feature and bug fixes:

Fix crash issue on GotoLine.
Fix a random crash issue while typing random characters.
Fix the bug of auto-insert skipping feature that ] and } don't be skipped if "auto-insert ()" is disabled.
Add new feature: auto-insert skipping character feature works for "" and '' now.
Fix reloaded file on dirty status issue.
Add "Mark..." menu command.
Fix a regression (broken with compare plugin) due to a new feature of MRU in v6.7 (the feature is removed).

Included plugins:

DSpellCheck v1.2.12
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0
Mime Tool 1.9

6.7

2014-12-07

Notepad++ v6.7 new feature and bug fixes:

Add Smart Indent feature for php/javascript/c/c++/java/c#/Objective-C.
Enhance Auto-insert feature for {} [] (): typing and skipping }, ] and ).
Add new feature of MRU: While current file is closed the previous activated file will be activated.
Allow users to disable Easter eggs by adding noEasterEggs.xml in Notepad++ installed directory.
Enhancement: Resize column Name filed correctly while hiding column Ext.
Fix Global colours not applied to all text of the "Find result" pane.
Add C# and enhance php parser in Function List.
Fix document list panel has no selection while start up.
Fix docSwitcher bug which shows new 0 after loading a session of files.
Fix crash issue on quit Notepad++ while session snapshot period backup feature is on.
Make "Text Direction RTL" command and "Text Direction LTR" command work without reloading file.
Make document map matches the current text direction (RTL/LTR).
Fix a crash issue while the opened document is deleted/moved from outside.
Fix undo actions on unsaved snapshot file removing the dirty state bug.

Included plugins:

DSpellCheck v1.2.12
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0
Mime Tool 1.9

6.6.9

2014-09-07

Notepad++ v6.6.9 new feature and bug fixes:

Fix comment command bug that the comment symbols isn't set on the first column for Fortran.
Add python parson for function List.
Make icons' background colour transparent for functionList and projectManager.
New feature: Apply new file default settings on created new file (opened via command line).
Fix colour picker' chooser bug which does not work well.

Included plugins:

DSpellCheck v1.2.12
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0
Mime Tool 1.9

6.6.8

2014-07-28

Notepad++ v6.6.8 new feature and bug fixes:

Settings on cloud - Google Drive.
Fix Settings on cloud - OneDrive detection error.
Make internal docking dialogs apply the selected theme's background and foreground colours.
Fix the bug that "backslash is escape char for SQL" setting is not saved correctly.
Fix the bug that user cannot disable "backslash is SQL escape char" without restarting.
Fix DocMap's syntax highlighting doesn't update while current doc apply a new syntax highlighting.
Add 2 new plugins APIs: NPPM_GETEDITORDEFAULTBACKGROUNDCOLOR & NPPM_GETEDITORDEFAULTFOREGROUNDCOLOR
Add new notification NPPN_SNAPSHOTDIRTYFILELOADED to notify plugins that a snapshot dirty file is loaded on startup.

Included plugins:

DSpellCheck v1.2.12
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0
Mime Tool 1.9

6.6.7

2014-06-24

Notepad++ v6.6.7 new feature and bug fixes:

Settings on cloud - OneDrive.
Fix the crash issue on start up for some context.

Included plugins:

DSpellCheck v1.2.12
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0
Mime Tool 1.9

6.6.6

2014-06-13

Notepad++ v6.6.6 bug fixes:

Fix "Settings on cloud - Dropbox" not working problem if the dropbox path has been changed.
Fix a saving issue in session snapshot and periodic backup feature while backup file is deleted or read-only.

Included plugins:

DSpellCheck v1.2.12
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0
Mime Tool 1.9

6.6.4

2014-06-04

Notepad++ v6.6.4 bug fixes:

New feature: Settings on cloud - dropbox.
Add backup path info for session snapshot & periodic backup feature.

Included plugins:

DSpellCheck v1.2.12
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0
Mime Tool 1.9

6.6.3

2014-05-18

Notepad++ v6.6.3 bug fixes:

Fix SaveAll command hanging issue while session snapshot is enabled.
Fix docking error messages displaying due to bad detection of windows version.
Fix restoring saved files as unsaved due to SaveAll bug in session snapshot mode.
Disable session snapshot while command line argument -nosession is used.
Fix bug that backup is not performed (in session snapshot mode) while view is switched from one to another.
Fix a bug in NppShell when trying to open many files.

Included plugins:

DSpellCheck v1.2.12
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0
Mime Tool 1.9

6.6.2

2014-05-08

Notepad++ v6.6.2 bug fixes:

Fix session snapshot enabled issue even "remember current session" option is disabled.

Included plugins:

DSpellCheck v1.2.12
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0
Mime Tool 1.9

6.6.1

2014-05-04

Notepad++ v6.6.1 bug fixes:

Fix Notepad++ hanging issue while saving a large file if session snapshot feature is on.

Included plugins:

DSpellCheck v1.2.12
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0
Mime Tool 1.9

6.6

2014-05-01

Notepad++ v6.6 new features and bug fixes:

Add session snapshot and periodic backup feature.
Fix RTL/LTR command making mirrored text bug.
Make auto-detect character encoding optional.
Apply DPI-aware on find & replace dialog tab and User define language dialog tab.
Add shell script parser for the function list.
Make backslash as an escape character optional in SQL.

Included plugins:

DSpellCheck v1.2.12
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0
Mime Tool 1.9

6.5.5

2014-03-07

Notepad++ v6.5.5 new features and bug fixes:

Add character encoding auto-detection feature.
Fix the word-completion hanging problem by typing Chinese in ANSI document under Chinese Windows 7/8 64 bits.
Enable word-completion in ANSI document under CJK environment.
Add wildcard capacity for file name argument in command line.
Add new command line argument "-r" for opening files recursively (with wildcard characters).
Fix the crash bug while setting current document as Objective-C source code.
Fix rename not replacing the existing file bug.
Enhance Function list feature: reload on saving.
Enhance Function list feature: better recognition of perl function.
Fix sorting path in Windows document dialog makes Notepad++ crash.
Fix the no extension column setting for Doc Switcher not initialized properly in preference dialog.
Add "Command line arguments help" menu item command.

Included plugins:

DSpellCheck v1.2.12
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0
Mime Tool 1.9

6.5.4

2014-02-18

Notepad++ v6.5.4 new features and bug fixes:

Enhance Notepad++ to conform with DPI-aware application.
Make extension column optional in vertical file switcher.
Add 3rd option "function + word completion" in auto-completion feature.
Fix closing bug in doc switcher via the context menu (right clicking of an unselected item).

Included plugins:

DSpellCheck v1.2.12
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0
Mime Tool 1.9

6.5.3

2013-12-31

Notepad++ v6.5.3 new features and bug fixes:

Make advanced scrolling optional so it can be disabled in case of touchpad scrolling problem.
Enhance sort lines feature: if several lines are selected, only the selected lines are sorted.
Add hex value column in Ascii Insert Panel.
Enhance performance: prevent switched-in document from being parsed by function list and by document map while these 2 panels are hidden.
Fix the bug that modified tab interface colour settings cannot be saved in style configurator.
Fix text crazy flickering while resizing the frame on a specific position.
Fix the context menu not shown for the all other users (accounts) in the same PC.

Included plugins:

DSpellCheck v1.2.11
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0
Mime Tool 1.9

6.5.2

2013-12-10

Notepad++ v6.5.2 new features and bug fixes:

Add sort lines feature.
Make 2 external commands as build-in commands: Open containing folder in Explorer/cmd.
URL hovered highlighting can be customized.
Fix the bug that Global Styles are not loaded completely in Style Configurator.
Improve php and js parsers in functionList.
Add panel icons for 6 panels: ascii insertion, clipboard history, doc map, doc switcher, function list and project.
Fix function list class border determination problem (while open/close symbols are in the comment zone).
Fix crash (buffer overflowed problem) for function calltip.
Fix a bug in path auto-completion feature.
Fix tab close button's color remains hovered while mouse leaves.
Update html auto-completion file.

Included plugins:

DSpellCheck v1.2.10
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0

6.5.1

2013-11-03

Notepad++ v6.5.1 new features and bug fixes:

Add search and sort abilities into function list.
Add Java parser into function list.
Add auto-completion for absolute path feature.
Fix scrolling text problem while using "Synaptics touchpad".
Fix EOL type not correctly determined for UTF-16 files bug.
Fix tab settings bug in Normal text.

Included plugins:

DSpellCheck v1.2.10
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0

6.5

2013-09-28

Notepad++ v6.5 new features and bug fixes:

Update Scintilla to version 3.3.4
Add language CoffeeScript support.
Add multi-paste support for multi-selection/column mode.
Add new feature: auto-close parentheses, quotes, bracket and matched xml/html tag.
Add php, perl, xml, batch, ini and nsis for the build-in function list.
Add User Defined Languages support for the build-in function list.
Add reload feature for the build-in function list.
Fix a minor problem of file extension support for the build-in function list.
Fix a tag matching bug by disabling tag matching inside PHP code blocks.
Fix right-to-left text after closing document map bug.
Fix cancelling shutdown make Notepad++ quit w/o saving files bug.
Enhance "Begin/End select" feature: Check "Begin/End select" menu item when active.
Enhance Mark all feature: 2 options "Match case" and "Match whole word only" in Find/Replace dialog .
Fix a Replace dialog status bar display problem by clearing status bar before processing any action.
Add new feature: if Notepad++ is running as administrator, display this info on the title bar.
Rename "block comment" to "Single line comment" and "stream comment" to "block comment".
Remove invalid command "Online Documentation".

Included plugins:

DSpellCheck v1.2.7.0
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0

6.4.5

2013-08-09

Notepad++ v6.4.5 bug fixes:

Fix a regression on recent files history.

Included plugins:

DSpellCheck v1.2.7.0
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0

6.4.4

Notepad++ v6.4.4 new features and bug fixes:

Fix a crash issue while there's missing tag in functionList.xml.
Fix UTF-8 (w/o BOM) detection bug.
Fix line numbers space problem while folding.
Fix opening file in Notepad++ makes Aero-snapped cancelled.
Change behaviour: status bar reports the number of selected characters instead of number of bytes now.
Add "close all tab to left" and "close all tab to right" features.
Add direct access to the tab feature (Ctrl + NumPad).
Fix macro replaying crash issue.
Add insert blank line above/below the current line feature(Ctrl+Alt+Enter/Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Enter respectively).
Add selection between matching braces feature.
Fix opening file problem from the network drive.
Fix C++ class (*.h) parsing problem in function list while there is comment on the beginning of document.
Enhance function list's C/C++ parser.

6.4.3

2013-07-28

Notepad++ v6.4.3 new features and bug fixes:

Fix a crash issue while using Function list.
Enhance delimiter selection (Ctrl + Mouse Double Click) - add GUI settings in Preferences dialog.
Add open session in the new instance capacity.
Add new command line argument "-openSession" for opening a session file.
Add multi-instance option.
Fix regression -systemtray command line option not working properly.
Fix begin/end selection bug after the text modification between the begin and end position.
Add localization command line option -LlangCode where langCode is browser language code.

Included plugins:

DSpellCheck v1.2.7.0
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0

6.4.2

2013-07-08

Notepad++ v6.4.2 new features and bug fixes:

Fix localization regressions.
Make "Begin/End Select" Command recordable in macro.
Enhance the delimiter selection(Ctrl + double click) feature.
Fix Find/Replace dialog status bar overwriting memory problem.
Fix Run dialog doesn't work with spaces in path.
Fix "Find all in current document" asking for creating a new file bug (regression).

Included plugins:

DSpellCheck v1.2.6.1
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0

6.4.1

2013-06-30

Notepad++ v6.4 new features and bug fixes:

Add Function List Panel (customizable, support C++ and JavaScript for the moment).
Display the error/result in the new added status bar of Find/Replace dialog instead in popup dialogs.
Add delimiter select by ctrl+Double click feature.
Add set begin position feature for selection.
Fix fold all command bug (which folds partially).
Fix opening the same file twice due to its different path (for example symbol link).
Fix deleting macro from macro menu crash issue.
Fix the bug of Window position not saved/restored properly.
Fix small window size problem due to closing Notepad++ in icon state (reduced in the taskbar) on the last session.
Enhance Block comment: remove 1024 bytes limit.
Fix a detection error of UTF16 file from a binary file.
Enhance the performance of switching files if folding is applied.
Fix macro problem: Find functionality doesn't work in "Run a Macro Multiple Times".
Enhance the performance while double clicking on a very long word.
Enhance TAB/Space conversion: UTF8 support and preserving the current state.
Change the Preferences dialog UI (List interface instead of tab interface).

Included plugins:

DSpellCheck v1.2.6
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0

6.3.3

2013-05-05

Notepad++ v6.3.3 new features:

Add remembering folding between sessions feature.
Optimize startup (loading last session) performance.
Add multi-select feature in Document List Panel and Close/Keep the selected files commands (right click).
Add new spell checker plugin(DSpellCheck).

Included plugins:

DSpellCheck v1.1.4
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0

6.3.2

2013-04-03

Notepad++ v6.3.2 fixed bug and added feature:

Fix a regression (performance issue).
Recognize wscript and Rakefile respectively as python and ruby file.

Included plugins:

Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0

6.3.1

2013-03-17

Notepad++ v6.3.1 fixed bugs and added features:

Fix replacing '\n' bug in both extended and regex mode.
Remember folding states for each file in session.
Fix a crash bug on uncommenting.
Add "Set Updater proxy..." command for setting the proxy of updater.
Fix the problem of Window position not saved/restored properly.
Add new API NPPM_GETCURRENTVIEW.

Included plugins:

Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0

6.3

2013-02-03

Notepad++ v6.3 fixed bugs and added features:

Fix regex search replace hanging problem.
Fix folding performance issue.
Fix folding level N folds partially bug.
Add UDL (User Defined Language) versioning.
Make UDL line comment start position definition be more accurate.
Add new options for UDL number definition.
Fix applying wrong UDL bug while several UDL exist.
Fix UDL incorrect folding while Unix EOL is used.
Fix UDL stream comment hanging problem.
Fix UDL multi-part keywords recognition problem while "Ignore case" is checked.
Fix a UDL number recognition problem.
Fix crashing on XP problem in UDL.
Fix the bug that double clicking on tab with 2 views doesn't open new file.
Fix the bug that file cannot be opened via Explorer context menu when Notepad++ is run as administrator.
Fix the problem that calltip becomes garbage after switching document.
Fix the bug that empty document cannot be saved when using special encoding.
Fix the issue of document focus after canceling exit on an unsaved file.
Fix folding performance issue
Fix folding partially bug.
Fix tab display bug when buffer's filename is changed or buffer is closed.
Fix the problem of wrong starting window position on the second monitor.
Remove the redundant message under win7/vista/xp while move file into recycle bin.

Included plugins:

Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0

6.2.3

2012-12-16

Notepad++ v6.2.3 fixed bugs and added features:

Fix find "\r\n" bug in RegExpr mode.
Change "Delete file" command to "Move to Recycle Bin".
Add Remove empty lines feature.
Change document default value from ANSI to UTF8 w/o BOM.
Enable Word-completion under CJK environment for unicode document.

Included plugins:

Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0

6.2.2

2012-11-18

Notepad++ v6.2.2 fixed bugs and added features:

Fix url link style problem in php document.
Add selected line count display on the status bar.
Add the capacity to treat path like "\test\test.txt".

Included plugins:

Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0

6.2.1

2012-11-11

Notepad++ v6.2.1 fixed bugs:

Fix link hotspot colorizing issue.
Fix a regression bug about Configurator GUI: font setting controls are disabled.
Fix a crash issue due to the inconsistent userDefineLang.xml.
Fixed bug of UDL2 where "Folder in code" keywords were detected even outside of comments.
Fixed for the hex number detection bug of UDL2 (for example, 0xfece57 ok, but not 0xfe57ce).
Fix a crash bug while file path as argument and its length is more than 260 characters.

Included plugins:

Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0

6.2

2012-10-10

Notepad++ v6.2 includes a new User Defined Language (UDL2) system, the key features of UDL2 are:

More keyword groups were added (more syntax highlighting can be defined):

3 folding groups
8 keyword groups
2 comment groups
1 number definitions
2 operators groups
8 delimiter sets

Multipart keywords are supported (for example: "else if" can be defined as a single keyword)
Whitespace is no longer mandatory as keyword separator: Operators, Delimiters and Folding keywords can be recognized with or without whitespace separators.
Numbers recognition support is greatly improved (prefix, suffix, range and extra symbols supported).
Operators and delimiters can be longer than one character.
The same characters can be used as comments AND operators.
Comments and delimiters support nesting (even within each other).
Improvements to Comments include:

Comment folding
Comment continuation
Comment only start at the beginning of line

In the case of several comment pairs defined, comment open symbols match only with comment close symbols of the same order. (for example: /* C comment /, /+ D comment +/, but not / mixed comment +/)

Included plugins:

Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0

6.1.8

2012-09-17

Notepad++ v6.1.8 fixed bug (from v6.1.7):

Fix a regression of wrong behaviour while save an empty file.

Included plugins:

Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0

6.1.7

2012-09-10

Notepad++ v6.1.7 new features and fixed bugs:

Fix config.xml zero length bug after Windows' update (Notepad++ is forced to quit).
Fix a crash issue on save as command.
Fix saving file fails silently bug.
Fix a buffer overflow bug.
Add case sensitive option for smart highlighting feature.
Enhance the localization system.
Fix a behavior issue on Windows shutdown.
Enhance comment operations: add stream Uncomment command and cross-calling of block feature.
Enhance TAB to space and space to TAB commands.

Included plugins:

Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0

6.1.6

2012-08-16

Notepad++ v6.1.6 new features and fixed bugs:

Fix (Walk around) Notepad++ hanging on CJK input with ANSI document while enabling word completion.
Enhance folding performance on large documents.
Check update without elevating to Administrator right.
Add update auto-detection for the environment vista/windows 7/Windows 8.
Fix bug: Doc switcher icon state not refreshed after '"save all" action.
Make Document map togglable via menu.
Enhance Find/Replace dialog result messages.
Fix a issue that "max number of recent files" cannot be set to 0.
Add font size 5, 6 and 7 in Style Configurator.

Included plugins:

Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0

6.1.5

2012-07-07

Notepad++ v6.1.5 fixed bugs:

Fix a html tag match freezing issue.
Fix the sidebar splitter failed in Windows 8 issue.
Fix un regression: folding/unfolding performance issue.
Fix tab context menu in the other localization regression due to adding new command "Reload".
Fix lower/UPPER case on selected text which contains NULL characters.
Fix wrap/unwrap line position not being kept bug.
Fix xml syntax highlighting broken because of php preprocessor instruction inside.
Fix a GUI bug which shows empty tab row while closing a last tab in a row (in the multi-line tab mode).

Included plugins:

Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0

6.1.4

2012-06-25

Notepad++ v6.1.4 fixed bugs:

Fix a crash issue of Windows 8's Computer Manager due to Notepad++'s Shell Extension (Explorer's context menu).
Walk around a crash issue of Windows 7/vista/xp Explorer due to the conflict among Symantec Antivirus, Net iD component and Notepad++'s Shell Extension (Explorer's context menu).
Fix a regression in clickable link feature.
Add "reload from disk" command entry in tab context menu.

Included plugins:

Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0

6.1.3

2012-05-28

Notepad++ v6.1.3 enhancement and fixed bugs:

Enhance the performance issue for xml matching tags highlighting and for displaying clickable links.
While the amount of file to open is larger than 200, a dialog will be shown to warn user.
Fix Notepad++ close bug while move one cloned new empty document into another view, in the destination contained only this new empty document.
Fix hanging problem while double-click on a project folder then (immediately) drag it.
Fix a bug while command argument contain an empty string ("").
Fix mouse cursor disappearing bug on right click while a project item is dragging.

Included plugins:

Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0

6.1.2

2012-04-26

Notepad++ v6.1.2 fixed bugs:

Fix Notepad++ hanging bug due to the opened file containing a half of UTF-8 double byte sequence at the end of the file.

Included plugins:

Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0

6.1.1

2012-04-18

Notepad++ v6.1.1 modification and fixed bugs:

Enhance project's license (GPL) to avoid the other malicious websites bundle Notepad++ release with their parasite software.
Fix selectAll-copy-paste on the same document crash bug while document map has been activated.
Fix a regression about auto-completion feature.
Fix focus on document map problem after its launch.

Included plugins:

Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0

6.1

2012-04-09

Notepad++ v6.1 fixed bugs:

Fix search/replace bug while Doc Map is opened.
Fix User Defined Language syntax highlighting problem while Doc Map is opened.
Fix Chinese characters showing problem while Doc Map is opened.
The old behaviour of comment/uncomment w/o selection is restored.
Fix selecting all the text in doc map while clicking on doc map dialog caption.

Included plugins:

Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0

6.0

2012-03-26

Notepad++ v6 new features and enhancement:

PCRE (Perl Compatible Regular Expressions) is supported.
Add Document Map feature (via Menu "View->Document Map").
Enhance the loading performance for the large file.

Included plugins:

Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0

5.x

5.9.8

2012-01-04

Notepad++ v5.9.8 new features and fixed bugs:

Add drag and drop capacity in Project Manager (only inside of Project Manager).
Add "Move Up" (Ctrl+Up) and "Move Down" (Ctrl+Down) commands in Project Panel.
Edit Zone border can be customizable via "Editing" tab of Preferences dialog.
Fix an aesthetic problem in incremental search bar.
Fix "Save all" GUI bug.
Make plugins in "%APPDATA%\Notepad++\plugins" override les plugins in Notepad++ installation directory. (Plugins loading from %APPDATA%\Notepad++\plugins\ is enabled only if "NPP_INSTALLED_DIR\Notepad++\allowAppDataPlugins.xml" is present)

Included plugins (Unicode):

Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.0.8
Converter 3.0

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.4.1
Spell Checker v1.3.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Light Explorer v1.6
Compare Plugin 1.5.6.1
Plugin Manager 1.0.8

5.9.6.2

2011-11-13

Notepad++ v5.9.6.2 new features and fixed bugs:

Fix a crash issue while right-clicking on the doc switcher's column control ("Name" and "Ext.").
Reduce the margin of edit zone.

Included plugins (Unicode):

Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1
Converter 3.0

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.4.1
Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppExport v0.2.8
Light Explorer v1.6
Compare Plugin 1.5.5
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1

5.9.6.1

2011-11-05

Notepad++ v5.9.6.1 new features and fixed bugs:

Fix the crash issue while execute "Add Files from Directory" command (Project Manager).
Enhance "Add files from Directory" command in Project Manager - sorted result: first all folders, then all files, both of them alphabetically.

Included plugins (Unicode):

Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1
Converter 3.0

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.4.1
Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppExport v0.2.8
Light Explorer v1.6
Compare Plugin 1.5.5
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1

5.9.6

2011-10-31

Notepad++ v5.9.6 new features and fixed bugs:

Add a new feature "Adding files recursively from a folder" in Project Manager.
Fix a bug in Project Manager regarding open and reload commands.

Included plugins (Unicode):

Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1
Converter 3.0

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.4.1
Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppExport v0.2.8
Light Explorer v1.6
Compare Plugin 1.5.5
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1

5.9.5

2011-10-23

Notepad++ v5.9.5 new features and fixed bugs:

Fix Project Panel loading non-project file bug.
Fix saving project file bug while saving it on the root.
Fix adding/hidding Language Menue item problem in Preference dialog.
Make Project Panel translatable.

Included plugins (Unicode):

Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1
Converter 3.0

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.4.1
Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppExport v0.2.8
Light Explorer v1.6
Compare Plugin 1.5.5
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1

5.9.4

2011-10-11

Notepad++ v5.9.4 new features and fixed bugs:

Add 3 Project Panels for the management of projects
Doc Switcher can be sorted now.
Fix a crash bug - crash on launch time if default User defined language was set on the previous session.
Fix crash issue while printing for some printers.
Fix ANSI version Clipboard history entries display bug.
Fix wrong display of tab number setting dialog in Lang Menu/Tab settings of Preferences dialog.

Included plugins (Unicode):

Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppFTP 0.24.1
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1
Converter 3.0

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.4.1
Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppExport v0.2.8
Light Explorer v1.6
Compare Plugin 1.5.5
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1

5.9.3

2011-07-24

Notepad++ v5.9.3 new features and fixed bugs:

Update Scintilla to 2.27.
Make Recent File List totally customizable.
Add Vertical File Switcher feature.
Add active folding area highlighting feature (only for box and circle mode).
Detect the absence of Scintilla.
Add 2 plugins messages NPPM_GETLANGUAGENAME & NPPM_GETLANGUAGEDESC.
Fix "Replace all" feature hangs on the Regular Expression '$'.
Fix wrong result returned by NPPM_GETLANGUAGENAME.

Included plugins (Unicode):

Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppFTP 0.23
NppExport v0.2.8
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1
Converter 3.0

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.4.1
Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppExport v0.2.8
Light Explorer v1.6
Compare Plugin 1.5.5
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1

5.9.2

2011-06-04

Notepad++ v5.9.2 fixed bug (from v5.9.1):

Fix the Clipboard History crash issue while no data in Clipboard.
Fix the local directory installation option ignored issue in Installer.
Reduce the recent file history width to 32 characters.

Included plugins (Unicode):

Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppFTP 0.23
NppExport v0.2.8
Compare Plugin 1.5.6.1
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1
Converter 3.0

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.4.1
Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppExport v0.2.8
Light Explorer v1.6
Compare Plugin 1.5.5
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1

5.9.1

2011-05-31

Notepad++ v5.9.1 new features and fixed bug (from v5.9):

Add Character Insertion Panel.
Add Clipboard History feature.
Add find characters in range feature.

Included plugins (Unicode):

Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppFTP 0.23
NppExport v0.2.8
Compare Plugin 1.5.6.1
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1
Converter 3.0

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.4.1
Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppExport v0.2.8
Light Explorer v1.6
Compare Plugin 1.5.5
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1

5.9

2011-03-31

Notepad++ v5.9 new features and fixed bug (from v5.8.7):

Update Scintilla from 2.21 to 2.25
New feature: Non-greedy regular expression (Scintilla).
Add Copy/Cut/Paste Binary Content feature.
Add "paste HTML content" and "paste RTF content" commands.
Fix the inverse of title and message for some MessageBox.
Add "Remove Unmarked Lines" command.
Add "Column Mode Tip" to notice users the usage of column mode in Notepad++.
Make stream comment of php/javascript foldable.

Included plugins (Unicode):

Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppFTP 0.23
NppExport v0.2.8
Compare Plugin 1.5.6.1
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1
Converter 3.0

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.4.1
Spell Checker v1.3.3
MIME Tools v1.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Light Explorer v1.6
Compare Plugin 1.5.5
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1

5.8.7

2011-01-28

Notepad++ v5.8.7 new features and fixed bug (from v5.8.6) :

Fix a regression bug: the notification message boxes were not modal. It can be ignored by user then cause wrong input characters.
In order to reduce the confusion, new "Mark" tab for "Mark all" feature is made in Find/Replace dialog.
Make "Fide what" and "Replace with" fields larger in Find/Replace dialog.
Make message dialogs in Notepad++ translatable (in progress).
Change user manual format from chm to html.
Make minimalist installation available in installer.

Included plugins (Unicode):

TextFX v0.26
Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppFTP 0.23
NppExport v0.2.8
Compare Plugin 1.5.6.1
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.4.1
Spell Checker v1.3.3
MIME Tools v1.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Light Explorer v1.6
Compare Plugin 1.5.5
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1

5.8.6

2010-12-18

Notepad++ v5.8.6 new features and fixed bugs (from v5.8.5) :

Fix langs.xml 0 length problem while user ends session without closing Notepad++.
Fix empty line count failure (RegExpr).
Fix task list display glitch under Windows 7.
Add trim functions (header/trailing/compact feature).
Add white space and TAB conversion features.
Fix folding margin to be displayed when opening Notepad++ with a new/empty file (Normal text).
Fix auto-completion detection language bug.
Fix the changing theme settings makes switch back to the default theme bug.
Make english.xml customizable.

Included plugins (Unicode):

TextFX v0.26
Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppFTP 0.23
NppExport v0.2.8
Compare Plugin 1.5.6.1
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.4.1
Spell Checker v1.3.3
MIME Tools v1.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Light Explorer v1.6
Compare Plugin 1.5.5
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1

5.8.5

2010-11-23

Notepad++ v5.8.5 new features and fixed bugs (from v5.8.4) :

Fix Shell Extension icon absent issue.
Fix the crash problem if config.xml is not present.
Fix tab settings not saved under Windows 7 problem.
Fix localization switching under Windows 7 problem.
Fix x64 system files problems : not included in recent file history list while closing a file.
Fix x64 system files problems : not remembered in the next session problem.
Fix the search direction not being memorized problem.
Modify File Association dialog UI.
Fix the initial document encoding is not set by "New Document Settings".

Included plugins (Unicode):

TextFX v0.26
Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppFTP 0.23
NppExport v0.2.8
Compare Plugin 1.5.6.1
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.4.1
Spell Checker v1.3.3
MIME Tools v1.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Light Explorer v1.6
Compare Plugin 1.5.5
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1

5.8.4

2010-11-14

Notepad++ v5.8.4 new features and fixed bugs (from v5.8.3) :

Fix memory leak problem while switching tab.
Fix User Defined Language dialog docking problem under Windows 7.
Fix backwards search with Asian codepage problem.
Add a new capacity in context menu: the menu item and folder item can be renamed (and in whichever language).
All the supported encoding charsets can be set as default in "New Document Settings".
Remove Calltip restriction from plugins side.
Add "-alwaysOnTop" command line argument.
Fix icon display glitch in shell extension context menu.

Included plugins (Unicode):

TextFX v0.26
Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppFTP 0.23
NppExport v0.2.8
Compare Plugin 1.5.6.1
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.4.1
Spell Checker v1.3.3
MIME Tools v1.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Light Explorer v1.6
Compare Plugin 1.5.5
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1

5.8.3

2010-11-01

Notepad++ v5.8.3 new features and fixed bugs (from v5.8.2) :

A new application icon.
Add the capacity to open x64 system files.
Add Edit context menu command.
Add a new ability: sub-menus commands can be in the context menu.
Fix context menu reload problem (plugin commands reload fails).
Fix searching up fails while code page is set to Chinese/Japnese/Korean bug.
Remove unsupported encodings by Microsoft Windows : ISO-8859-10, ISO-8859-11, ISO-8859-16.
Fix move down current lines bug while moving down on the last line.
Fix crash issue : crash in the next launch after setting MS-DOS-Style as default language.
Fix zoom bug on the second view.
Fix a heap corruption of ColourPicker.
Due to UAC issue, doLocalConf.xml is ignored under vista and windows 7, if Notepad++ is installed in "Program files" directory.

Included plugins (Unicode):

TextFX v0.26
Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppFTP 0.23
NppExport v0.2.8
Compare Plugin 1.5.6.1
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.4.1
Spell Checker v1.3.3
MIME Tools v1.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Light Explorer v1.6
Compare Plugin 1.5.5
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1

5.8.2

2010-10-10

Notepad++ v5.8.2 fixed bugs (from v5.8.1) :

Fix windows 7 crash bug while executing update.
Fix macro recording bug for the non-ASCII characters.
Fix C# syntax highlighting disabled problem after reloading.
Fix find performance issue related macro recording.

Included plugins (Unicode):

TextFX v0.26
Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppFTP 0.23
NppExport v0.2.8
Compare Plugin 1.5.6.1
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.4.1
Spell Checker v1.3.3
MIME Tools v1.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Light Explorer v1.6
Compare Plugin 1.5.5
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1

5.8.1

2010-09-27

Notepad++ v5.8.1 new features and fixed bugs (from v5.8) :

Fix Actionscript lexer crash problem.
Fix saving UCS-2 text file corrupted bug.
Add word count in Summary feature.
Fix macro record bug from ANSI document.
Fix hidding/showing status bar bug.

Included plugins (Unicode):

TextFX v0.26
Spell Checker v1.3.3
NppFTP 0.23
NppExport v0.2.8
Compare Plugin 1.5.6.1
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.4.1
Spell Checker v1.3.3
MIME Tools v1.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Light Explorer v1.6
Compare Plugin 1.5.5
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1

5.8

2010-09-19

Notepad++ v5.8 new features and fixed bugs (from v5.7) :

Upgrade Scintilla to version 2.21.
Fix a vulnerability issue: Load ScinLexer.dll with its full path to avoid hijack.
Fix Unicode file corrupted on saving bug (the buffer alignment issue).
Fix DBCS encodings file saving corruption bug.
Fix file containing NULL character loading bug.
Fix php syntax highlighting bug.
Fix dragging undocked window performance issue while using Vista Aero UI style.
Fix dragging undocked window performance issue while using Vista/Windows7 Aero UI style.
Fix large file truncated after loading problem.
Improve file loading performance.
Fix Shortcut Mapper inconsistence issue after deleting a macro or an user command.
Add 2 line wrap methods (default plus aligned and indent).
Add 2 menu commands : "Modify Shortcut/Delete Macro" and "Modify Shortcut/Delete Command".
Add "Modify" and "Delete" buttons on Shortcut mapper dialog.
Add macro new ability to record search and replace actions.
Fix SaveSession bug.
Remove characters count feature from the status bar due to its performance issue with UTF8 file.
Fix crash issue due to themes switching.
Make folding margin hidable.
Add NPPM_GETCURRENTNATIVELANGENCODING, NPPM_ALLOCATECMDID and NPPM_ALLOCATEMARKER message (to get the current native language encoding).
Change editing settings saving behaviour : one set of settings are applied in 2 scintilla controls (except zoom).
Add Statistics feature which is accessible from the menu command "Summary..." (under menu "View") and the 2nd zone of status bar (double click).

Included plugins (Unicode):

TextFX v0.26
Spell Checker v1.3.3
MIME Tools v1.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Compare Plugin 1.5.6.1
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1
NppFTP 0.23
Select 'N' Launch 1.0

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.4.1
Spell Checker v1.3.3
MIME Tools v1.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Light Explorer v1.6
Compare Plugin 1.5.5
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1

5.7

2010-07-04

Notepad++ v5.7 new features and fixed bugs (from v5.6.8) :

Upgrade Scintilla to version 2.12.
Add "Inverse bookmark" feature.
Add NPPM_SAVECURRENTFILEAS message.
Fix premature deallocation bug for import UDL.
Add import/export User Defined Language features.
File detection : Switch to modified or deleted file while user is asked to reload or keep the file.
Fix closing several detected non-existing files bug.
Fix language switching to English not working bug.
Reduce PostIt/FullScreen restore button size.
Fix PostIt wrong restore button position after toggling off fullScreen mode.
Fix crashes on new 11 character long UDL names bug.
Fix "Save all" inconsistent icon state on toolbar.
Add new keywords of HTML 5 and css.

Included plugins (Unicode):

TextFX v0.26
Spell Checker v1.3.3
MIME Tools v1.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Compare Plugin 1.5.6
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1
NppFTP 0.1.3.0
Select 'N' Launch 1.0

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.3.2
Spell Checker v1.3.3
MIME Tools v1.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Light Explorer v1.6
Compare Plugin 1.5.5
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.0

5.6.8

2010-03-04

Notepad++ v5.6.8 new features and fixed bugs (from v5.6.7) :

Fix comment stream without selection bug.
Fix Find in files results highlighting regression bug.
Fix regression bug (include the correct SciLexer.dll) about insensible case search mode.

Included plugins (Unicode):

TextFX v0.26
Spell Checker v1.3.3
MIME Tools v1.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Compare Plugin 1.5.5
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.0

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.3.2
Spell Checker v1.3.3
MIME Tools v1.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Light Explorer v1.6
Compare Plugin 1.5.5
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.0

5.6.7

2010-02-21

Notepad++ v5.6.7 new features and fixed bugs (from v5.6.6) :

Fix "Find in files" crash bug.
Focus (switch to) the dirty document while asking to save unsaved document when user close Notepad++.
Fix the bug while giving command C:\NppDir>notepad++ (w/o quote), npp try to open file "notepad++".
Enlarge recognition of clickable link from "http://" to any URI.
Fix the bug while changing the language list in Style Configurator, the "Save and close" button is enabled.

Included plugins (Unicode):

TextFX v0.26
Spell Checker v1.3.3
MIME Tools v1.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Compare Plugin 1.5.5
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.0

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.3.2
Spell Checker v1.3.3
MIME Tools v1.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Light Explorer v1.6
Compare Plugin 1.5.5
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.0

5.6.6

2010-01-25

Notepad++ v5.6.6 new features and fixed bugs (from v5.6.5) :

Fixed Search bug with Chinese/Japanese/Korean characters.

Included plugins (Unicode):

TextFX v0.26
Spell Checker v1.3.3
MIME Tools v1.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Compare Plugin 1.5.5
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.0

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.3.2
Spell Checker v1.3.3
MIME Tools v1.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Light Explorer v1.6
Compare Plugin 1.5.5
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.0

5.6.5

2010-01-24

Notepad++ v5.6.5 new features and fixed bugs (from v5.6.4) :

Fix loading encoding file making file corrupted (after saving).
Fix xml/html encoding overrides BOM if present.
Fixed Chinese/Japanese/Korean characters display problem after "find in the current document".
Add "set find text and find next" feature.
Add JSP.
Recover langs.xml while its length is zero.
Fix "Close Window(s)" in Window dialog bug (if file is dirty and cancel to close).
Fix finding "\0" or "\x00" issue in find extended mode.
Add "\u" in find extended mode to find Unicode encoding character(ex. "\u00e9" find 'é').

Included plugins (Unicode):

TextFX v0.26
Spell Checker v1.3.3
MIME Tools v1.6
NppExport v0.2.8
NppNetNote v0.1
Compare Plugin 1.5.5
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.0

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.3.2
Spell Checker v1.3.3
MIME Tools v1.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Light Explorer v1.6
NppNetNote v0.1
Compare Plugin 1.5.5
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.0

5.6.4

2009-12-27

Notepad++ v5.6.4 new features and fixed bugs (from v5.6.3) :

Add feature of conversion from a localization encoding to UNICODE.
Fix status bar display bug that xml/html utf8 indicator makes status bar display ANSI instead of ANSI as UTF-8.

Included plugins (Unicode):

TextFX v0.26
NppExec v0.3.2
Spell Checker v1.3.3
MIME Tools v1.6
NppExport v0.2.8
NppNetNote v0.1
Compare Plugin 1.5.5
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.0
Light Explorer v2.0

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.3.2
Spell Checker v1.3.3
MIME Tools v1.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Light Explorer v1.6
NppNetNote v0.1
Compare Plugin 1.5.5
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.0

5.6.3

2009-12-17

Notepad++ v5.6.3 new features and fixed bugs (from v5.6.2) :

Add restore button in fullscreen and postIt mode.
Fix auto-updater bug.

Included plugins (Unicode):

TextFX v0.26
NppExec v0.3.2
Spell Checker v1.3.3
MIME Tools v1.6
NppExport v0.2.8
NppNetNote v0.1
Compare Plugin 1.5.5
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.0

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.3.2
Spell Checker v1.3.3
MIME Tools v1.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Light Explorer v1.5
NppNetNote v0.1
Compare Plugin 1.5.5
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.0

5.6.2

2009-12-11

Notepad++ v5.6.2 new features and fixed bugs (from v5.6.1) :

Fix the Unicode localization file display problem.
Update template localization file (english.xml) to v5.6.1.
Fix tag highlighting bug while disabling indent guide lines.
Fix the translated sub menu entries applying on the menu item.
Display more information while catching of plugins crash.

Included plugins (Unicode):

TextFX v0.26
NppExec v0.3.2
Spell Checker v1.3.3
MIME Tools v1.6
NppExport v0.2.8
NppNetNote v0.1
Compare Plugin 1.5.5
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.0

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.3.2
Spell Checker v1.3.3
MIME Tools v1.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Light Explorer v1.5
NppNetNote v0.1
Compare Plugin 1.5.5
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.0

5.6.1

2009-12-05

Notepad++ v5.6.1 new features and fixed bugs (from v5.6) :

Fix brace highlighting breaking issue and related performance problem.
Add new encodings in the shortcuts map.
Remove annoying encoding issue warning dialogs.
Enhance Html encoding auto-detection.
Fix case-insensitive searching bug for non-ascii characters (for example some characters in French and Cyrillic letters).
Add find result commands in the menu.
Add DOS CodePage : CP437, CP737, CP850, CP852, CP855, CP857, CP858, CP860, CP861, CP863, CP865, CP866 and CP869.
Fix localization combo box unselected in preference dialog bug after startup (when a localization file is in use).

Included plugins (Unicode):

TextFX v0.26
NppExec v0.3.2
Spell Checker v1.3.3
MIME Tools v1.6
NppExport v0.2.8
NppNetNote v0.1
Compare Plugin 1.5.5
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.0

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.3.2
Spell Checker v1.3.3
MIME Tools v1.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Light Explorer v1.5
NppNetNote v0.1
Compare Plugin 1.5.5
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.0

5.6

2009-11-30

Notepad++ v5.6 new features and fixed bugs (from v5.5.1) :

Add languages encoding - Chinese traditional (BIG5), Chinese Simplified (GB2312), Japanese (Shift JIS), Korean (EUC), Thai (TIS-620), Hebrew (iso-8859-8), Hebrew (1255), Central European (1250), Cyrillic (1251), Cyrillic (KOI8-U), Cyrillic (KOI8-R), Cyrillic (Mac), Western European(1252), Greek (1253), Turkish(1254), Arabic (1256), Baltic (1257), Vietnamese (1258), ISO_8859-1 to ISO_8859-16 and a lot of more.
Add auto-detection of HTML and XML files encodings.
Add COBOL, D, Gui4Cli, PowerShell and R language support.
Add Marker Jumper feature (Jump down/up : Ctrl+Num/Ctrl+Shift+Num).
Add indent guide line highlighting for html/xml tags.
Add system tray context menu and new command argument "-systemtray".
Fix Unicode to ANSI encoding bug.
Fix last recent file list menu items localization encoding bug.
Fix last recent file number goes to zero issue.
Add new command argument "--help".
Fix Calltip hint bug and add a new capacity in it.
Add the ability to add the second keyword group for user in both LISP and Scheme languages.
Fix the wrap symbol display problem.
Add SQL ESC symbol ''.
Fix column editor insert number bug in virtual space mode.
Fix status bar displaying "-2 char" issue for a empty document.
Fix installation of NppShell64 failed issue in installer.

Included plugins (Unicode):

TextFX v0.26
NppExec v0.3.2
Spell Checker v1.3.3
MIME Tools v1.6
NppExport v0.2.8
NppNetNote v0.1
Compare Plugin 1.5.5
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.0

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.3.2
Spell Checker v1.3.3
MIME Tools v1.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Light Explorer v1.5
NppNetNote v0.1
Compare Plugin 1.5.5
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.0

5.5.1

2009-10-08

Notepad++ v5.5.1 new features and fixed bugs (from v5.5) :

Old icon is back.
Set ".txt" extension automatically while saving a document text.
Real characters count is added in status bar.
Fix some memory leaks.
Add "open all" capacity in finder (for find in files).
Replaced nppcm with NppShell (in installer).
- Dialog to allow change of various settings (cmd : regsvr32 /s /i NppShell.dll)
- Context menu icon properly rendered
- Incorporate dynamic icon for registered filetypes

Included plugins (Unicode):

TextFX v0.26
NppExec v0.3.2
Spell Checker v1.3.3
MIME Tools v1.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Doc Monitor v2.2
NppNetNote v0.1
Compare Plugin 1.5.5
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.0

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.3.2
Spell Checker v1.3.3
MIME Tools v1.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Light Explorer v1.5
Doc Monitor v2.2
NppNetNote v0.1
Compare Plugin 1.5.5
Plugin Manager 0.9.3.0

5.5

2009-09-22

Notepad++ v5.5 new features and fixed bugs (from v5.4.5) :

Update : upgrade Scintilla from v1.78 to v2.01.
New icon : change from old icon to a cool chameleon icon.
New feature : virtual space for column mode.
New feature : multi-editing / selection.
New feature : tab settings for per language.
New feature : selected lines moving up/down capacity.
New feature : incremental Search shows pink background when text not found (like Firefox).
New feature : rational number is recognized in User Defined Language System.
New feature : escape character capacity for the delimiter in User Defined Language System.
Bug fixed : tool bar tip crash issue.
Bug fixed : column editor inserting octal number broken issue.
Changed behaviour : "-nosession" parameter's not only none of session is loaded, but also none of session is saved.
Bug fixed : docking feature crash issue.
New feature : the ability to not launch Auto-updater during a period (15 days by default).
New feature : import plugins feature (load on the fly).
New feature : import theme (stylers.xml) feature.
Bug fixed : a crash issue while launch Fin in file (regression since v5.4.5).
Bug fixed : a crash issue while deleting the last line.
Bug fixed : a bug of plugin message NPPM_GETPLUGINSCONFIGDIR (regression since v5.4.5).
New feature : new plugin notification NPPN_DOCORDERCHANGED to notify plugins that document order is changed.
Bug fixed : tool bar chevron disappeared bug (regression since previous versions).
Bug fixed : a crash bug due to instability of FTP_synchronize plugin (enhance Docking feature).
Bug fixed : getting fonts problem under Chines/Korean/Japanese environment.
Bug fixed : wrong File encoding auto-detection problem : binary file is detected as UTF-16 big-endian.

Included plugins (Unicode):

TextFX v0.26
NppExec v0.3.2
Spell Checker v1.3.3
MIME Tools v1.5
NppExport v0.2.8
Doc Monitor v2.2
NppNetNote v0.1
Compare Plugin 1.5.5
Plugin Manager 0.9.2.1

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.3.2
Spell Checker v1.3.3
MIME Tools v1.5
NppExport v0.2.8
Light Explorer v1.5
Doc Monitor v2.2
NppNetNote v0.1
Compare Plugin 1.5.5

5.4.5

2009-07-14

Notepad++ v5.4.5 fixed bugs (from v5.4.4) :

Fix plugins shortcuts not working bug.
Fix the tooltip on toolbar display bug for the plugins icons.
Fix a crash that was occurring when searching in files from a deep path.
Fix a crash issue (Unicode binary) while close Notepad++ with an RC file opened under Chinese Xp.
Fix Pascal and Scheme syntax highlighting problem (fixes in styles.xml).
Add SQL folding capacity.

Included plugins (Unicode):

TextFX v0.26
NppExec v0.3 RC1
Spell Checker v1.3.2
MIME Tools v1.5
FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Doc Monitor v2.2
NppNetNote v0.1
ChangeMarkers 1.2.1
Compare Plugin 1.5.4

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.3 RC1
Spell Checker v1.3.1
MIME Tools v1.5
FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Light Explorer v1.5
Doc Monitor v2.2
NppNetNote v0.1
ChangeMarkers 1.2.1
Compare Plugin 1.5.4

5.4.4

2009-07-05

Notepad++ v5.4.4 fixed bugs (from v5.4.3) :

Upgrade Scintilla from 1.77 to 1.78.
Fix XML syntax highlighting bug while presence of the tag "<script/>" (Yes, finally).
Fix Find in files/Find in all open files bug in non western languages (ie. Russian, Chinese, Hebrew...).
Fix the find in files crash issue if find what field contains 0x0A or 0xD.
Fix Window7 SetWindowsHookEx() failed issue for the dockable windows. (by recognizing windows7 environment)
Fix no tool bar bug under w2k.
Fix Incremental search bug while clicking on text zone after some searches.
Fix Matlab script making Notepad++ crash under Chinese windows issue.
Make NpWiki++ link available as on line help.
Add lines count on status bar.
Fix "In selection" bug in Find Replace features.
Fix the clickable link issue for some links (add '~' in RegExp).
Fix the bug that Notepad++ does not show on while it is minimized and its file is modified from outside.

Included plugins (Unicode):

TextFX v0.26
NppExec v0.3 RC1
Spell Checker v1.3.2
MIME Tools v1.5
FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Doc Monitor v2.2
NppNetNote v0.1
ChangeMarkers 1.2.1

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.3 RC1
Spell Checker v1.3.1
MIME Tools v1.5
FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Light Explorer v1.5
Doc Monitor v2.2
NppNetNote v0.1
ChangeMarkers 1.2.1

5.4.3

2009-06-07

Notepad++ v5.4.3 fixed bugs (from v5.4.2) :

Fix clickable link styling bug.
Fix document tab click launching a new instance bug.

Included plugins (Unicode):

TextFX v0.26
NppExec v0.3 RC1
Spell Checker v1.3.2
MIME Tools v1.5
FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Doc Monitor v2.2
NppNetNote v0.1
ChangeMarkers 1.2.1

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.3 RC1
Spell Checker v1.3.1
MIME Tools v1.5
FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Light Explorer v1.5
Doc Monitor v2.2
NppNetNote v0.1
ChangeMarkers 1.2.1

5.4.2

2009-06-01

Notepad++ v5.4.2 fixed bugs (from v5.4.1) :

Fix the localization switcher bug while w/o doLocalConf.xml.
Fix only one document "Move to other view" close Notepad++ instance issue.
Fix plugin menu Boolean check box bug.

Included plugins (Unicode):

TextFX v0.26
NppExec v0.3 RC1
Spell Checker v1.3.2
MIME Tools v1.5
FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Doc Monitor v2.2
NppNetNote v0.1
ChangeMarkers 1.2.0

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.3 RC1
Spell Checker v1.3.1
MIME Tools v1.5
FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Light Explorer v1.5
Doc Monitor v2.2
NppNetNote v0.1
ChangeMarkers 1.2.0

5.4.1

2009-05-27

Notepad++ v5.4.1 new features and fixed bugs (from v5.4) :

Add ChangeMarkers plugin in installer.
Add theme description in installer.
Make installer update contextMenu.xml (backup the old one then override it with the new one).
Fix lastRecentFileList localization issue.
Add readonly change status notification for plugin system.
Fix Style Configurator user extension handler.

Included plugins (Unicode):

TextFX v0.26
NppExec v0.3 RC1
Spell Checker v1.3.2
MIME Tools v1.5
FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Doc Monitor v2.2
NppNetNote v0.1
ChangeMarkers 1.2.0

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.3 RC1
Spell Checker v1.3.1
MIME Tools v1.5
FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Light Explorer v1.5
Doc Monitor v2.2
NppNetNote v0.1
ChangeMarkers 1.2.0

5.4

2009-05-25

Notepad++ v5.4 new features and fixed bugs (from v5.3.1) :

Add theme selector to switch styles.xml on the fly, change styles.xml on one click.
Add google chrome drag and drop tab feature : drag out tab to create a new instance, transfer documents among several instances by drag and drop.
Add Mark all extension : user can mark any occurrence with 5 different colours.
Add new feature : column selection allows to insertion a string by typing characters in sequence (w/o column mode editor).
Detect UTF16 encoding (BE and LE) w/o BOM.
Fix crash bug : Double click a file associated with an older version of Notepad++ while a newer version of Notepad++ instance is running.
improve main menu structure (more compact). Language Menu can be compacted as well (optional, in Preference dialog).
Fine numbers margin width is changed dynamically according to the needed space (but keeping at least 3 digits).
File history list (under the File menu) is limited to 100 characters per item. Longer file names are fitted to 100 characters by replacing path components with ellipses.
Update Scintilla from v1.75 to v1.77.
Indent guideline can be shown w/o whitespace or tab symbol.
Fixed two bugs when calculating the width of the TaskList (document list when pressing ctrl+tab or right-click + mouse wheel.
Add an (hidden) option to make the "Filters" and "Directory" fields follow the current opened document in "Find in files" dialog. The new parameters are located in config.xml and are called: "fifFilterFollowsDoc" and "fifFolderFollowsDoc" (set to "yes"/"no")
Add new command parameters : -c (column) -x et -y (startup position).
Remove change line marker which does not work correctly. Include ChangeMarkers plugin instead.
Fix bug "Switch to found results window" command now switches back to the current edit view if the focus is already on the found results.
Fix the search result inaccurate colorization bug.
Fix the Mark all in selection bug (while Find Replace Dialog loosing the focus).
Add 2 plugins messages : NPPN_FILEBEFORELOAD and NPPN_FILELOADFAILED.
Fix New document not be switched while double clicking in Find in files result panel.
Fix conversion min to Maj and Maj to min (or vice et versa) in column selection bug.
Fix bug when the find dialog was closed the translucent shadow remained in Windows 7.
Fix crash bug of find in files feature.
Add "follow current doc" checkbox in Find in file dialog.
Add the ability of tag match feature to not highlight comment zone in html/xml.
Fix TCL language highlighting bug.

Included plugins (Unicode):

TextFX v0.26
NppExec v0.3 RC1
Spell Checker v1.3.2
MIME Tools v1.5
FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Doc Monitor v2.2
NppNetNote v0.1
ChangeMarkers 1.2.0

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.3 RC1
Spell Checker v1.3.1
MIME Tools v1.5
FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Light Explorer v1.5
Doc Monitor v2.2
NppNetNote v0.1
ChangeMarkers 1.2.0

5.3.1

2009-03-29

Notepad++ v5.3.1 new features and fixed bugs (from v5.3) :

Fix inaccurate replace bug.
Increase Find what and replace with fields to 2047 characters.
Stop the indicator highlighting while the line change marker margin is hidden.
SConstruct and SConscript are recognized as python file.

Included plugins (Unicode):

TextFX v0.26
NppExec v0.3 RC1
Spell Checker v1.3.2
MIME Tools v1.5
FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Doc Monitor v2.2
NppNetNote v0.1

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.3 RC1
Spell Checker v1.3.1
MIME Tools v1.5
FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Light Explorer v1.5
Doc Monitor v2.2
NppNetNote v0.1

5.3

2009-03-20

Notepad++ v5.3 new feature and fixed bugs (from v5.2) :

Add Line change state vertical bar.
Drop (or open in dos command line) a directory in Notepad++ to open all files in the directory recursively.
Add "Find all in current file" feature.
(Most of) Find/replace dialog settings are remembered.
Add a hidden setting (dlgAlwaysVisible in config.xml) to allow user set it manually to not hide the Find/Replace dialog if any result found.
Fix uncomment block erasing first character bug.
Enlarge some strings displayed zone for the translation.
Fix ESC key for column mode behaviour.
Fix read only file SaveAs bug.
Change behaviour : no popup dialog while closing an unsaved empty untitled document.
Changing "Search result" stylers via Styler Configurator takes visual effect on the fly now.
Fix for L_EXTERNAL in loadSession.
Variable $(CURRENT_WORD) is enlarged to 2039 characters.
Fix the bug the Notepad++ is launched several instances but show nothing.
Fix Find in files regression : The result panel doesn't show Unicode characters correctly.

Included plugins (Unicode):

TextFX v0.26
NppExec v0.3 RC1
Spell Checker v1.3.2
MIME Tools v1.5
FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Doc Monitor v2.2
NppNetNote v0.1

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.3 RC1
Spell Checker v1.3.1
MIME Tools v1.5
FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Light Explorer v1.5
Doc Monitor v2.2
NppNetNote v0.1

5.2

2009-02-08

Notepad++ v5.2 new feature and fixed bugs (from v5.1.4) :

Fix Function Tip crash issue.
Fix the find in files crash bug while cloned views are side by side and focus is on main view.
Fix a crash bug after searching/replacing in files returned with no results.
Enhance "Find in all opened files" and "Find in files" features.
Add Replace in files feature.
Fix command line parsing to accept unquoted files as single argument.
Refine "open ANSI files as UTF8 w/o BOM" feature.
Add minidump feature in the case of crash for debug use.
Adjust PostIt/FullScreen behaviour to mix well together.
The file filters and the directory are set while find/replace/findInFiles dialog is launched.
Adding find in files filters supports user defined language.
Fix the bug that texts in combo box of Find dialog are restored not in order on the launch time.
Add NPPM_DOOPEN plugin message.

Included plugins (Unicode):

TextFX v0.26
NppExec v0.3 RC1
Spell Checker v1.3.2
MIME Tools v1.5
FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Doc Monitor v2.2
NppNetNote v0.1
Compare plugin v1.5.2

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.3 RC1
Spell Checker v1.3.1
MIME Tools v1.5
FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Compare plugin v1.5.1
Light Explorer v1.5
Doc Monitor v2.2
NppNetNote v0.1

5.1.4

2009-01-11

Notepad++ v5.1.4 new feature and fixed bugs (from v5.1.3) :

Add localization on run time feature : Change language on the run time for Unicode version (via preferences dialog).
Add the ability to force opened ANSI document as UTF-8 w/o BOM.
Fix verbose backup bug (while the backup dir is not set).
Fix bug that external lexer doesn't work with Unicode version.
Fix recent files list bug.
Include a help content file.
Add new plugin notification message NPPN_WORDSTYLESUPDATED.
Add 2 plugin messages for shortcut feature : NPPN_SHORTCUTREMAPPED notification and NPPM_GETSHORTCUTBYCMDID message.

Included plugins (Unicode):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec 0.3 beta1
Spell Checker v1.3.2
MIME Tools v1.5
FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Doc Monitor v2.2
NppNetNote v0.1
Compare plugin v1.5.2

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.25R2
Spell Checker v1.3.1
MIME Tools v1.5
FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Compare plugin v1.5.1
Light Explorer v1.5
Doc Monitor v2.2
NppNetNote v0.1

5.1.3

2008-12-29

Notepad++ v5.1.3 new feature and fixed bugs (from v5.1.2) :

Add PostIt feature (F12 to toggle it).
Fix the bug that Unicode path file opened in the previous session doesn't be restored.
Fix nativeLang loading problem if Notepad++ location path contains Unicode characters.
Make shell extension context menu Unicode compliant.
Fix "Go to/Open in another instance" bug.
Process WM_IME_REQUEST message to support Windows IME.
Fix "Go to another view" translation coding error.
Adding search text on the top of combo box.
Fix Tidy installation problem for TextFX plugin.
Change the N++ recovery directory from c:\N++RECOV to %temp%\N++RECOV.

Included plugins (Unicode):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec 0.3 beta1
Spell Checker v1.3.2
MIME Tools v1.5
FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Doc Monitor v2.2
NppNetNote v0.1
Compare plugin v1.5.2

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.25R2
Spell Checker v1.3.1
MIME Tools v1.5
FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Compare plugin v1.5.1
Light Explorer v1.5
Doc Monitor v2.2
NppNetNote v0.1

5.1.2

2008-12-14

Notepad++ v5.1.2 fixed bugs (from v5.1.1) :

Fix localization (Japanese/Cyrillic/Hebrew...) display bug under Notepad++ Unicode version.
Fix Find in Files search in both Unicode/ANSI files.
Make Find in files thread-less to improve the performance and to avoid the crash.
Fix crash bug while loading File of User Defined Language.
Fix writing a key in registry while preference dialog launches
Fix crash in File Dialog if too many languages or extensions were added.
Fix memory leak when a file cannot be opened if it consumes too much memory.
Fix a vista issue : prevent Notepad++ save files to "virtual store" under vista.
Fusion 2 commands "activate main view" and "activate sub view" in "Focus the other view".
Fix close all files/app exit cancel bug.
Fix default button problem in Find in Files dialog.
Fix caret position moving problem after loading a session.
Fix bug when pasting to bookmarked lines in Unicode version.

Included plugins (Unicode):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec 0.3 beta1
Spell Checker v1.3.2
MIME Tools v1.5
FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Compare plugin v1.5.1
Doc Monitor v2.2
NppNetNote v0.1

Included plugins (ANSI):

TextFX v0.25
NppExec v0.25R2
Spell Checker v1.3.1
MIME Tools v1.5
FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Compare plugin v1.5.1
Light Explorer v1.5
Doc Monitor v2.2
NppNetNote v0.1

5.1.1

2008-11-11

Notepad++ v5.1.1 fixed bugs (from v5.1) :

Fix Unicode version display Korean/Japanese language problem.
Fix bug : Open in new instance not allowing spaces in paths.
Fix "Global Styles" string incorrectly displayed in Unicode version.
Fix filters for open/save dialog not showing or incorrectly (showing 'L').
Fix calltip argument with 'L' leader character bug.
Fix tab control draw bug.

Included plugins (Unicode):

MIME Tools v1.5
NppExport v0.2.8
Doc Monitor v2.2
NppAutoIndent 1.2
FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
NppAutoIndent 1.2
NppNetNote v0.1
TexFX v0.24a

Included plugins (ANSI):

TexFX v0.24a
NppExec v0.25R2
Spell Checker v1.3.1
MIME Tools v1.5
FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Compare plugin v1.5.1
Light Explorer v1.5
Doc Monitor v2.2
NppAutoIndent 1.2
NppNetNote v0.1

5.1

2008-10-26

Notepad++ v5.1 fixed bugs and added features (from v5.0.3) :

Make Notepad++ Unicode-compliant application(Unicode path supported).
Fix crash issue due to the incoherent modification/creation date.
Enhance Find in files feature : launch in thread, stop as wish.
Add find/replace dialog memorize capacity.
Fix "find in all opened files" and "find in files" Unicode text search bug.
Fix "replace" and "replace all" bug.
Fix tag match highlighting mismatched bug.
Make tag match highlighting on non html zone optional.
Fix cpu high consumption bug while document is cloned with smart highlighting and xml matched highlighting features activating.
Refine the Save/Open file directory settings (follow tab/last operation/user defined dir).
Add "Doc go to new instance" and "Doc open in new instance" features.
Move document to another instance of Notepad++ via drag and drop document tab.
Add new pluin notification NPPN_DOCACTIVATED and NPPN_LANGCHANGED.
Fix context menu incorrect setting crash bug.
Fix crash problem while typing Chinese character in ANSI CSS document under Chinese environment.
Fix a problem with Incremental search+UTF8 in win9x.
Fix the User defined language not working in Unicode version bug.
Fix bug with CPP lexer keyword list.
Fix auto-completion not woring for HTML, SQL and RC problem.
Fix html, sql and rc auto-completion bug.
Fix cancel to save file in Notepad++ can not stop system shutdown problem.
Fix bug with opening relative path files.
Fix bug with clearing read-only flag.
Fix wrap after save as bug.
Improve "reload from disk" behaviour.
Add option to only show the filename in the titlebar.
Add NPPM_[G/S]ET_BUFFERLANGTYPE, NPPM_[G/S]ET_BUFFERENCODING, NPPM_[G/S]ET_BUFFERFORMAT messages to access buffer properties.
Remove all the comic sans font (finally :) ).

Included plugins (Unicode):

TexFX v0.24a
MIME Tools v1.5
NppExport v0.2.8
Doc Monitor v2.2
NppAutoIndent 1.2
FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
NppAutoIndent 1.2
NppDocShare v0.1

Included plugins (ANSI):

TexFX v0.24a
NppExec v0.2 RC3.2
Spell Checker v1.3.1
MIME Tools v1.5
FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
NppExport v0.2.8
Compare plugin v1.5.1
Light Explorer v1.5
Doc Monitor v2.2
NppAutoIndent 1.2
NppDocShare v0.1

5.0.3

2008-08-03

Notepad++ v5.0.3 fixed bugs and added features (from v5.0.2) :

Fix crash bug while processing find in all opened files/find in files in a file contains a very long line.
Fix the display problem in found results dialog while processing find in all opened files/find in files in a file contains a very long line.
Fix not remembering the history file setting "Don't check at launch time" option bug.

Included plugins :

TexFX v0.24a
NppExec v0.2 RC3.2
Spell Checker v1.3.1
MIME Tools v1.4
FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
NppExport v0.2.7.3
Compare plugin v1.5.1
Light Explorer v1.5
Doc Monitor v2.1

5.0.2

2008-07-21

Notepad++ v5.0.2 fixed bugs and added features (from v5.0.1) :

Fix crash bug for tags match highlighting.
Fix the huge file makes notepad++ crash issue.
Fix adding item in the history file list while deleting file from Notepad++ bug.
Fix a bug that file detection options set are not saved due to doc monitor plugin.
Improve opening file performance.
Fix bug when closing file using close button.

5.0.1

Notepad++ v5.0.1 fixed bugs and added features (from v5) :

Fix tags match highlighter bug - more accurate.
Fix word completion doesn't display bug.
Fix word completion not in alphabet order.
Fix Notepad++ launch problem under WINE.
Fix crash issue due to timestamp problem.
Fix bug : Files not in recent list on exit and no session saved.
Fix bug : hide lines not working right when closing.
Re-enable gcc compiler environment (minGW).
Fix bug : Syntax highlighting is not applied after "Save as".

5.0

2008-07-06

Notepad++ v5 fixed bugs and added features (from v4.9.2) :

Improve Notepad++ performance - on startup and on exit.
Add Calltip capacity.
Add HTML/XML tag match highlighting.
All the menu commands can be added in context menu, including plugins' commands, macros and user defined commands.
Add bookmarked lines operations : delete all marked lines, copy all marked lines into clipboard, cut all marked lines into clipboard, paste from clipboard to replace all marked lines content.
Add rename and delete current document features.
Fix crash bug : Open files with date pre-1970.
Fix clone mode bug : now the actions done in one view will be synchronized in the cloned view.
Add tooltips in document tab to display the full file name path.
Change hide lines behaviour : Hide lines now saved during switches.
Change file history list behaviour : Most recent closed file is on the top. Add number on list.
Caret width and blink rate are customizable.
Add asterisk in title bar if file is dirty.
The bookmarks' look & feel are improved.
Add "Select all" and "copy" context menu items in Find in files results window.
Fix goto line with command line bug.
Improve smart highlight / mark all / incremental search highlight all visibility
Tabbar's coulours is configurable via Style Configurator(Active tab Text, Inactive tab text, Inactive tab background, Active tab focused indicator and Active tab unfocused indicator).
Add the smart highlight file size limit - 1.5 MB in order to improve the performance.
Add exception handling (dumping file data).
Fix go to line command line bug.
Enhance Find in files and Find in all opened files features' performance.
Fix dialog off screen problem under multi-monitor environment.
Add 2 plugin message for v5 : NPPM_GETFULLPATHFROMBUFFERID and NPPM_GETPOSFROMBUFFERID.

Included plugins :

TexFX v0.24a
NppExec v0.2 RC3.2
Spell Checker v1.3.1
MIME Tools v1.4
FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
NppExport v0.2.7.3
Compare plugin v1.5.1
Light Explorer v1.5
Doc Monitor v2.1

4.x

4.9.2

2008-05-11

Notepad++ v4.9.2 fixed bugs and added features (from v4.8.5) :

Add smart highlighting feature (double click a word to highlight all the same word in the document).
Enhance visual effect of Mark all feature.
Enhance Incremental search dialog docking.
Enhance Incremental search : add Highlight all feature.
Add auto-hide menu feature (IE7 style menu - Alt or F10 to toggle)
Enhance tool bar GUI usability (display a chevron while some tool icons hidden).
Add style transparency feature, right click on color to enable.
Fix the files not opening by DnD bug.
Enhance Find Replace dialog : Add "Extended" option - search (and replace) for tabs(\t), newline(\n\r), and a characters by it's value (\o, \x, \b, \d, \t, \n, \r and \).
Bug fixed : Find dialog always scrolls text into view now.
Add places bar in save as dialog
Fix non-recognized relative path bug in command line mode (under Dos prompt).
Add 2 messages for doc monitor plugin.
Fix the transparency bug (in Style Configurator).
Make search in hidden directory (for Find in files) optional.
Fix the replace bug while replacing nothing.
Fix the F3 searching direction bug.
Fix the regression bug that x position doesn't be restored while switching back a document.
Add "Save a Copy As" feature.

Included plugins :

TexFX v0.24a
NppExec v0.2 RC3.2
Spell Checker v1.3.1
MIME Tools v1.4
FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
NppExport v0.2.7.3
Compare plugin v1.5.1
Light Explorer v1.5
Doc Monitor v2.1

4.9.1

2008-05-04

Notepad++ v4.9.1 fixed bugs and added features (from v4.8.5) :

Add smart highlighting feature (double click a word to highlight all the same word in the document).
Enhance visual effect of Mark all feature.
Enhance Incremental search dialog docking.
Enhance Incremental search : add Highlight all feature.
Add auto-hide menu feature (IE7 style menu - Alt or F10 to toggle)
Enhance tool bar GUI usability (display a chevron while some tool icons hidden).
Add style transparency feature, right click on color to enable.
Fix the files not opening by DnD bug.
Enhance Find Replace dialog : Add "Extended" option - search (and replace) for tabs(\t), newline(\n\r), and a characters by it's value (\o, \x, \b, \d, \t, \n, \r and \).
Bug fixed : Find dialog always scrolls text into view now.
Add places bar in save as dialog
Fix non-recognized relative path bug in command line mode (under Dos prompt).
Add 2 messages for doc monitor plugin.
Fix the transparency bug (in Style Configurator).
Make search in hidden directory (for Find in files) optional.
Fix the replace bug while replacing nothing.
Fix the F3 searching direction bug.

Included plugins :

TexFX v0.24a
NppExec v0.2 RC3.2
Spell Checker v1.3.1
MIME Tools v1.4
FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
NppExport v0.2.7.3
Compare plugin v1.5.1
Light Explorer v1.5
Doc Monitor v2.1

4.9

2008-05-01

Notepad++ v4.9 fixed bugs and added features (from v4.8.5) :

Add smart highlighting feature (double click a word to highlight all the same word in the document).
Enhance visual effect of Mark all feature.
Enhance Incremental search dialog docking.
Enhance Incremental search : add Highlight all feature.
Add auto-hide menu feature (IE7 style menu - Alt or F10 to toggle)
Enhance tool bar GUI usability (display a chevron while some tool icons hidden).
Add style transparency feature, right click on color to enable.
Fix the files not opening by DnD bug.
Enhance Find Replace dialog : Add "Extended" option - search (and replace) for tabs(\t), newline(\n\r), and a characters by it's value (\o, \x, \b, \d, \t, \n, \r and \).
Bug fixed : Find dialog always scrolls text into view now.
Add places bar in save as dialog
Fix non-recognized relative path bug in command line mode (under Dos prompt).
Add 2 messages for doc monitor plugin.
Fix the transparency bug (in Style Configurator).
Make search in hidden directory (for Find in files) optional.

Included plugins :

TexFX v0.24a
NppExec v0.2 RC3.2
Spell Checker v1.3.1
MIME Tools v1.4
FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
NppExport v0.2.7.3
Compare plugin v1.5.1
Light Explorer v1.4
Doc Monitor v2.1

4.8.5

2008-04-11

Notepad++ v4.8.5 fixed bugs and added features (from v4.8.2) :

Fix crash bug while a "New 2" is in session.xml.
Fix the Drag N Drop text bug between 2 views.
Fix the annoying acrobat reader dialog problem.
Fix the bug that the first new document encoding is not set as the setting in "New Document settings".
Fix crash bug while running the command "Close All But Me" in some context.
Add scroll to end line feature after document reloading from disk.
Enhance checking modification from outside feature.

Included plugins :

TexFX v0.24a
NppExec v0.2 RC3.2
Spell Checker v1.3.1
MIME Tools v1.4
FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
NppExport v0.2.7.3
Compare plugin v1.5.1
Light Explorer v1.4
Doc Monitor v2.0

4.8.2

2008-03-09

Notepad++ v4.8.2 fixed bugs and added features (from v4.8.1) :

Fix Unicode input problem for non-western language.
Add the capacity (behaviour) of keeping line highlighting even when Notepad++ loss its focus.
Fix missing fonts problem in font list of Style configurator.
Fix the hot key problem : make Alt+f+s work again.
Fix the hardware problem : make keyboard commands (such as "e-mail", "calculator", "sound", ...) works again.

Included plugins :

TexFX v0.24a
NppExec v0.2 RC3.2
Spell Checker v1.3.1
Base64 encoder/decoder v1.2
FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
NppExport v0.2.7.3
Compare plugin v1.5.1
Light Explorer v1.4

4.8.1

2008-03-02

Notepad++ v4.8.1 fixed bugs and added features (from v4.7.5) :

Enhance Shortcut Mapper - all the commands (including plugins commands) can be assigned to a shortcut, even for the unmapped ones.
Upgrade Scintilla from v1.73 to v1.75
Add multi-line and vertical capacity for tab bar.
Add launch "as notepad" style feature (detection of asNotepad.xml, then launch notepad++ with -multiInst -nosession -notabbar options).
Add detection mouse wheel on the different view feature : User can scroll edit view when mouse on it, it's not necessary to set edit view as current view to scroll it.
Add clicking middle mouse button click to set current view feature : make clicked edit view be focused, but the cursor position does not change.
Add mouse wheel horizontal scroll feature (vista only).
Add mouse browsing (forward/back for switching to next/previous document) feature.
Make orange indicator on the top of tab lighter when the view loss the focus.
Add new look and feel of Docking container.
Fix word-completion crash bug while the word to complete exceeds 256 characters.
Fix full screen mode bug : can not switch applications by using Alt+TAB in full screen mode.
Fix Preference crash bug.
Add the utf8->ansi / ansi->utf8 conversion feature.
Add Go to offset feature (in Go To Line dialog).
Fix folding bugs while deleting the begin/end folding keywords.
Fix position restored bug : Wrap position is restored correctly while switching back document.
Fix locking current directory behaviour : Restore Notepad++ directory as working directory with no open files.
Fix the multi-line tab height display problem while adding/removing the document.
Enhance the auto-completion feature : user can define the number of characters to trigger auto-completion popup window.
Change the horizontal scroll behaviour from dynamic one to static one.
Fix the bug that cannot save file(s) if application closed while minimized.

Included plugins :

TexFX v0.24a
NppExec v0.2 RC3.2
Spell Checker v1.3.1
Hex editor v0.84
Base64 encoder/decoder v1.2
FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
NppExport v0.2.7.2
Compare plugin v1.5.1
Light Explorer v1.4

4.7.5

2008-01-14

Notepad++ v4.7.5 fixed bugs and added features (from v4.7.3) :

Fix invisible tabs bug while closing.
Fix the horizon scroll bar flicker bug.
Fix the full screen (F11) bug regarding multi-display issue
Explorer context menu is available under xp 64 bits et vista 64 bits.
Add YAML language.
Fix the crash issue of window dialog while clicking Sort button without selected item.
Enhance Sort feature GUI part - Enable Sort button only after clicking on the column tab; Disable Sort button after sorting.

Included plugins :

TexFX v0.24a
NppExec v0.2 RC2
Spell Checker v1.3.1
Quick text v0.02
Explorer plugin v1.6.1
Hex editor v0.84
Base64 encoder/decoder v1.2
FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
NppExport v0.2.5.0

4.7.3

2008-01-06

Notepad++ v4.7.3 fixed bugs and added features (from v4.6) :

Make the "recovery system" for 3 mandatory xml files (config.xml, langs.xml and stylers.xml) to prevent the fail loading due to the corrupted files.
Extend plugin capacity - add the Scintilla external lexer capacity.
Add the ability to hide the tab bar with "-notabbar" flag in command line (ie. Notepad style).
Column selection is remembered now while switching among the files. As well this settings will be stored in the next session.
Add 2 Commends (beside Toggle Comment) Comment (Ctrl+K) and Uncomment (Ctrl+Shift+K).
Change "UTF8 without BOM" menu item behaviour.
Fix the hiding bug while launch time because of change of environment from duel monitors to mono monitor.
Remove vista UAC warning for GUP. Add "Update Notepad++" menu item.
Add NPPM_HIDETABBAR and NPPM_ISTABBARHIDE plugins messages.
Add NPPM_GETNPPVERSION message for plugin system.
Enhance the horizontal scroll feature.
Change Find in files behaviour : all the hidden directory won't be searched (for example : .svn).
Add build date-time in about box.
Fix a bug where a file with 2 or more consecutive spaces gives problems with sessions and history.
Fixe the problem where opening a file when in save as dialog saves the wrong file.
Add "Clean Recent File List" menu command.
Enhance full screen feature (F11).

Included plugins :

TexFX v0.24a
NppExec v0.2 RC2
Spell Checker v1.3.1
Quick text v0.02
Explorer plugin v1.6.1
Hex editor v0.84
Base64 encoder/decoder v1.2
FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
NppExport v0.2.5.0

4.7.2

2008-01-03

Notepad++ v4.7.2 fixed bugs and added features (from v4.6) :

Make the "recovery system" for 3 mandatory xml files (config.xml, langs.xml and stylers.xml) to prevent the fail loading due to the corrupted files.
Extend plugin capacity - add the Scintilla external lexer capacity.
Add the ability to hide the tab bar with "-notabbar" flag in command line (ie. Notepad style).
Column selection is remembered now while switching among the files. As well this settings will be stored in the next session.
Add 2 Commends (beside Toggle Comment) Comment (Ctrl+K) and Uncomment (Ctrl+Shift+K).
Change "UTF8 without BOM" menu item behaviour.
Fix the hiding bug while launch time because of change of environment from duel monitors to mono monitor.
Remove vista UAC warning for GUP. Add "Update Notepad++" menu item.
Add NPPM_HIDETABBAR and NPPM_ISTABBARHIDE plugins messages.
Add NPPM_GETNPPVERSION message for plugin system.
Enhance the horizontal scroll feature.
Change Find in files behaviour : all the hidden directory won't be searched (for example : .svn).
Add build date-time in about box.
Fix a bug where a file with 2 or more consecutive spaces gives problems with sessions and history.
Fixe the problem where opening a file when in save as dialog saves the wrong file.
Add "Clean Recent File List" menu command.
Enhance full screen feature (F11).

Included plugins :

TexFX v0.24a
NppExec v0.2 RC2
Spell Checker v1.3.1
Quick text v0.02
Explorer plugin v1.6.1
Hex editor v0.84
Base64 encoder/decoder v1.2
FTP_synchronize v0.9.5.1
NppExport v0.2.5.0

4.7.1

2008-01-02

Notepad++ v4.7.1 fixed bugs and added features (from v4.6) :

Make the "recovery system" for 3 mandatory xml files (config.xml, langs.xml and stylers.xml) to prevent the fail loading due to the corrupted files.
Extend plugin capacity - add the Scintilla external lexer capacity.
Add the ability to hide the tab bar with "-notabbar" flag in command line (ie. Notepad style).
Column selection is remembered now while switching among the files. As well this settings will be stored in the next session.
Add 2 Commends (beside Toggle Comment) Comment (Ctrl+K) and Uncomment (Ctrl+Shift+K).
Change "UTF8 without BOM" menu item behaviour.
Fix the hiding bug while launch time because of change of environment from duel monitors to mono monitor.
Remove vista UAC warning for GUP. Add "Update Notepad++" menu item.
Add NPPM_HIDETABBAR and NPPM_ISTABBARHIDE plugins messages.
Add NPPM_GETNPPVERSION message for plugin system.
Enhance the horizontal scroll feature.
Change Find in files behaviour : all the hidden directory won't be searched (for example : .svn).
Add build date-time in about box.
Fix a bug where a file with 2 or more consecutive spaces gives problems with sessions and history.
Fixe the problem where opening a file when in save as dialog saves the wrong file.
Add "Clean Recent File List" menu command.

Included plugins :

TexFX v0.24a
NppExec v0.2 RC2
Spell Checker v1.3.1
Quick text v0.02
Explorer plugin v1.6.1
Hex editor v0.84
Base64 encoder/decoder v1.2
FTP_synchronize v0.9.5.1
NppExport v0.2.5.0

4.6

2007-11-21

Notepad++ v4.6 fixed bugs and added features (from v4.5) :

Add Notepad++ self-update capacity (optional).
Fix save file dialog crash issue.
Fix the crash issue while the length of config.xml is zero.
Change the behaviour : When file is deleted from outside and switch back to Notepad++, user will be asked if he want to keep this file. If he answer yes, he will not be asked in the next time.
Change Window title from "Notepad++ - file path" to "file path - Notepad++"
Fix Run dialog bug: the executable file won't be executed even it is between the double quot.
Add open relative file path from command line feature.
Fix the crash issue when open a file which does not exist anymore from RFL (if its path exceed certain length).
Fix the bug that the title doesn't be updated while file status changed and updated.

Included plugins :

TexFX v0.24a
Function list v1.2
ConvertExt v1.1
NppExec v0.2 beta 4
Spell checker v1.2
Quick text v0.02
Light Explorer v1.4
Hex editor v0.84
Base64 ecoder/decoder v1.2

4.5

2007-10-25

Notepad++ v4.5 fixed bugs and added features (from v4.4) :

Fix crash issue while the launch the session file which contains the same file in 2 views (clone mode).
Add the session file extension association feature.
Enhance the read/write config.xml to avoid crash.
Add new -ro and -noSession command line parameters.
Fix Russian display problem in the shortcut mapper.
Fix NPPN_SHUTDOWN notification bug.
Add NPPM_ACTIVATEDOCMENU message.

Included plugins :

TexFX v0.24a
Function list v1.2
ConvertExt v1.1
NppExec v0.2 beta 4
Spell checker v1.2
Quick text v0.02
Light Explorer v1.4
Hex editor v0.84

4.4

2007-10-14

Notepad++ v4.4 fixed bugs and added features (from v4.3) :

Add auto-add extension feature in file save dialog.
Fix crash issue while file is deleted outside (answer NO to popup dialog to not keep) and the silence update option is on.
Add Session Restore with Sub-View Settings feature.
Fix the Notepad++ getting focus problem while find dialog is activated.
Fix unwanted selection after popup dialog (keep file) when the file opened is deleted.
Add NPPN_FILEBEFOREOPENED, NPPN_FILECLOSED, NPPN_FILESAVED, NPPN_FILEBEFORESAVE and NPPN_SHUTDOWN plugin notifications.

Included plugins :

TexFX v0.24a
Function list v1.2
ConvertExt v1.1
NppExec v0.2 beta 4
Spell checker v1.2
Quick text v0.02
Light Explorer v1.4
Hex editor v0.84

4.3

2007-09-23

Notepad++ v4.3 fixed bugs and added features (from v4.2.2) :

Fix the crash bug due to the corrupted configuration file (config.xml and session.xml).
Fix the crash bug while the shortcut command is absent in shortcut.xml.
Fix the file status auto-detection bug : a unwanted selection after a pop-up dialog.
Enhance Style Configurator : the visual effect is updated immediately while the setting is changing.
Add Global override feature (in Style Configurator).
Fix the bold/italic/underline refresh problem in Style Configurator for Scintilla component.
Add hide lines feature (Menu : View->Hide lines).
Add new capacity (optional setting in Preferences dialog : Backup/Auto-completion tab) to trigger Auto-Completion(Function Completion or Word completion) automatically .
The set languages in session are remembered now.
Fix the Move down current line bug.
Add the start up with no plugins feature (command line : notepad++ -noPlugins).
Fix the display file type bug on the status bar while switching between the files.

Included plugins :

TexFX v0.24a
Function list v1.2
ConvertExt v1.1
NppExec v0.2 beta 4
Spell checker v1.1
Quick text v0.02
Light Explorer v1.4
Hex editor v0.84

4.2.2

2007-08-16

v4.2.2 fixed bugs and added features (from v4.1.2) :

Fix the dockable dialog drag and drop problem under vista.
Add Column mode edition feature (Menu "Edit->Column Editor...").
Fixed "To UPPER/lower case" bug in column mode.
Fix the display bug in User language define dialog.
Add new feature which backups files in a user specific directory.
Fix TeX syntax highlighting corruption problem while switching off then switching back to current document.
Fix User Define Language extension recognition problem for sensitive case (now it's insensitive).
Add a menu entry to access to notepad++ plugins project page.
Enhance file open dialog (add all supported extensions in the filters list).
Fix bug of Run macro until EOF.
Add the filters in Find in files dialog.
Add a new transparency feature for Find dialog : Transparency on loss focus.

Plugins included in v4.2.2 :

TexFX v0.24a
Function list v1.2
ConvertExt v1.1
NppExec v0.2 beta 4
Spell checker v1.1
Quick text v0.02
Light Explorer v1.4
Hex editor v0.84

4.1.2

2007-05-20

v4.1.2 fixed bugs and added features (from v4.1.1) :

Fix crash problem of updating v4.1.1 from v3.9 (or previous version).
Fix the bug of the settings "Remember the last operation directory" : this parameter is remembered by crossing the sessions.
Fix Ruby source file buffer overflow bug.
Increase User Define Language keywords buffers from 102420 to 102430 characters.
Increase the buffer of Extension defined by user from 20 to 256 characters in Style Configurator.
Fix the bug of user defined keywords field in Style configurator.
Add URL "Notepad++ Home", "Notepad++ Project Page", "Online help" and "Forum" into menu.

4.1.1

2007-05-13

v4.1.1 fixed bugs and added features (from v4.1) :

Fix the unnecessary memory consuming (not memory leak) while find in files operation.
Enhance Find in files feature : Insert the default value to filters and Directory fields automatically while launch or switch to Find in file dialog.
Fix the crash bug while double click on find in files result.
Link clickable feature is optional (in Preferences->MISC).
Fix crash problem while search in all opened file in multi-view mode.
Fix Close button misplaced problem in Find dialog.
Change the plugin behaviour : different users can have different sets of plugins, besides the basic set. Notepad++ will load the plugins from %APPDATA%\Notepad++\plugins\ directory, in the case of absence of "doLocalConf.xml".

4.1

2007-05-01

v4.1 fixed bugs and added features (from v4.0.2) :

Fix the crash issue while saving settings on quit.
Fix the crash issue while using the command line with one launched Notepad++ instance.
Enhance Find in files feature : a. Improve Find in files user interface (more intuitive). b. The search result (also for find in all opened files) is docked on the bottom of Notepad++. c. Recursive search is optional. d. Search result is collapsable by file. e. User defined keywords for search result.
Add tabbing interface in Find dialog : Find/Replace/Find in files
Add clickable URL http link feature (double click to trigger).
Add cmake language support.
Add mark all without launching Find dialog (Ctrl+M).
Fix the ROFL (Recent Opened File List) bug : try to open a non-existing file from ROFL, the full file path doesn't be removed from ROFL.
Enhance the backup feature : in verbose mode, the file will be backed up in .\nppBackup directory.
Update Scintilla component to v1.73

4.0.2

2007-02-12

v4.0.2 fixed bugs (from v4.0.1) :

Fix the crash issue regarding the docking feature.
Fix the crash issue for Find in files feature.
Fix the crash issue while pressing close button in Windows dialog (menu "Window->windows...").
Fix the bug that the docked dialog can not be resized by dragging splitter under w98.

4.0.1

2007-02-04

v4.0.1 fixed bugs (from v4.0) :

Fix the crash issue of opening of file name length > 63.
Fix the crash issue under w98.
Fix the shortcut name bug in shortcut mapper.
Fix ASP syntax highlighting problem.
Fix 2 context menu items issue after the installation by installer.
Enhance the NSIS language support.

FunctionList Plugin 1.1 :

Fix the bug of wrong toolbar stat while closing Function List dialog by X button.
Fix C++ "operator[]" recognition
Fix Pascal method recognition
Add TCL support

Explorer Plugin 1.01 :

Fix the font display bug.
Fix open of favorite folders in explorer when explorer is not open

HexEditor Plugin 0.6 :

Fix display problems and the extension recognition bug.

4.0

2007-01-27

v4.0 new features and fixed bugs (from v3.9) :

Fix the crash issue.
Add Docking feature for plugin dialogs.
Fix the bug that current "open" and "save as" directory are unchanged with the shortcut Ctrl+Tab.
Fix the bug that the new added languages in v3.9 can not be hidden from the language menu.
Fix the volatile search direction bug.
Fix the Tab display problem.
Add Haskell, InnoSetup languages support.
Add the option to open/save files in the last operation directory.
Enhance Document switcher (MRU and switch crossing view abilities)
Fix "Find Next" Unicode bug for Find Replace Dialog.
Support Unicode in displayed result of Find in files & Find in all opened files.
Add Reload from disk feature.
Fix bug : quite (close or restart Windows) without prompt to save.
All the shortcuts of plugins commands are customizable via the shortcut mapper.

Notepad++

Change Log v4 v6

The changelog for historic versions of Notepad++ v4.x - v6.x

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