Versie 8.6 van Notepad++ is uitgekomen, precies twintig jaar nadat de eerste versie is verschenen. Deze uitgebreide teksteditor heeft diverse mogelijkheden die vooral voor programmeurs handig zijn, zoals syntax-highlighting voor onder andere C, C++, Java, HTML, XML en PHP. Ook biedt het programma de mogelijkheid om meer dan één document tegelijk te bewerken of één document op twee verschillende plaatsen te onderhouden. Wie de nieuwste versie wil gebruiken, moet deze zelf downloaden. De ingebouwde updater van Notepad++ biedt updates namelijk pas een week na hun verschijnen aan, om eventuele ernstige bugs nog te kunnen oplossen. De releasenotes voor deze uitgave kunnen hieronder worden gevonden:
Notepad++ v8.6: 20th-Year AnniversaryToday marks the 20th anniversary of Notepad++ (November 23, 2003), when it launched its first version (v1.0) on SourceForge. From v1.0 to the current v8.6, there have been 238 official releases (excluding some releases that were withdrawn due to critical bugs). I still recall that between the v1.x and the v2.0, I repeatedly signed up on various websites, so that I could spam the forums with “Notepad++ is awesome!” message. At the beginning of the project, it has been a one-man show from coding to web design to marketing to logo design to user interaction, which confirms that “Doing open source projects is like being stranded on a deserted island. The bad news is you have to do everything yourself. The good news is you have to do everything yourself.”
As the user base grew, so did Notepad++’s popularity, and I no longer needed to go to different forums and scream “Notepad++ is awesome!”. Meanwhile, the feature requests and bug reports also surged, and fortunately contributors started to join the Notepad++ project and help to enhance features and fix bugs. These contributors include coders, testers, translators from various countries, and power users who know Notepad++ functions better than I do (they exist, though they are rare :) ) who write and maintain Notepad++ User Manual, and also help to manage issues and answer the questions of regular users on the forum - thanks to these contributors’ dedication to the project, the Notepad++ community has emerged. On this occasion of Notepad++’s 20th birthday, I want to express my gratitude to all the contributors: without you, Notepad++ wouldn’t be what it is today.
Notepad++ v8.6 new features & bug-fixes:
- Multi-edit is fully supported in Notepad++. (Fix #14266, #8203)
- Make multi-select background & caret colours customizable. (Fix #14302)
- Make session inaccessible files remembered (empty & read-only document as placeholder). (Fix #12079, #12744, #13696)
- Fix missing session invalid error for user session & enhance API NPPM_GETNBSESSIONFILES. (Fix #14228)
- Fix network shared files saving regression. (Fix #14300)
- Update Scintilla to v5.3.8 & Lexilla to v5.2.8. (Fix #13442, #14188, #14288)
- Fix docking panel crash due to messing up config.xml. (Fix bug report
- Fix invalid styler.xml making Notepad++ crash issue. (Fix #12101)
- Fix tab-closing crash by middle mouse button (unexpected mouse position). (Fix #14328)
- Fix 2 performance issues in Style Configurator. (Fix #14321)
- Add 3 line operation (delete, copy & cut) shortcuts. (Fix #14296)
- Display extra info in the status bar of Find/Replace dialog to avoid PEBKAC. (Fix #14307)
- Fix “Hide lines” command hiding unselected lines issue. (Fix #14166)
- Fix silent installer mode when Notepad++ is running issue. (Fix #10189, #10277, #22514, #14236, fix partially #8514)
- Fix Updater’s vulnerability (update cURL in WinGUp for fixing CVE-2023-38545). (Fix WinGUp issue #50)
- Fix incoherent behaviour of “Duplicate Current Line” menu command. (Fix #5298)
- Fix JSON5 not using JSON keywords. (Fix #14205)
- Fix empty message showing while cancelling session file saving dialog. (Fix #14235)
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