I am very sorry that my post did not follow the rules and style shaped by many forum predecessors.
I will delete that post I posted the day before yesterday.

Thank you very much for your guidance.
Thank you very much for the URL you provided, where I find an explanation of the issue I wanted to know.

Finally, Really, really, thank you very much.

@PeterJones said in Notepad++ v8.5.6 Release:

This topic, with 8.5.6 in the name, is specific to changes that came with 8.5.6. you should have started a new topic, not replied to the 8.5.5-specific discussion.

But really, as with joining any new forum, you should always check the FAQ list before posting, because:

Suppose we have recorded a macro on version v8.5.2 and …

FAQ exists on that question: v8.5.3 (and newer) Macros and Run-Menu Commands

A small update of new binaries:
Enhance “Convert case to Proper Case” command: fix the error conversion after quote:
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/pull/13584

Sorry for the inconvenience.

@Alan-Kilborn
Thank you so much for the advice: I have corrected my mistake deleting the wrong post and moving it to General discussion section here: https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/24713/enhancement-request-plugins-admin-dialog-transform-the-search-feature-like-the-one-into-shortcut-mapper-s-dialog-incremental-filter
Thank you again.

@David-Taylor I have the same issue after updating to NPP 8.5.4, please fix it.

@rddim
Could you check this PR please?
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/pull/13645

@Coises, @Alan-Kilborn, @PeterJones

Let me attempt to summarize, hopefully for someone’s benefit, what we know so far:

Problem 1: cryptic language identifiers in the Tab Settings list box

Cause: the window procedure that fills Tab Settings uses an instance of this Lang structure, which has a _langName member, filled by the name= attribute of langs.xml, which is identical to the Lexilla language identifier so that N++ can send it, unmodified, directly to Scintilla when creating the lexer (convenient for the developer, less so for end users).

Potential Solution: There is already a ScintillaEditView::_langNameInfoArray type with a more readable _shortName member. The approriate _shortName could be looked up using the enumerated _langID which every Lang instance already has; or else the Lang type can be refactored to store it’s own pretty name.

Problem 2: the first item, “[Default]”, is always selected in the Tab Settings listbox

Cause: the window procedure that fills Tab Settings does this on purpose by always passing a 0 index to the dialog window.

Potential Solution: the window procedure that sets the preference dialog needs access to an instance ScintillaEditView, which can look up the active lexer by calling getCurrentBuffer()->getCurrentLang(), then setting the index of the selected item appropriately.

Sound like fun? Well, that’s Win32 GUI programming in C++ for you.

FYI: it’s RC2 now.
It’ll be released in one day.

@Thomas-Böhmer
The context menu entry issues are fixed in v8.5.2. Please try v8.5.2 here and let us know if your issue has been solved:
https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/24328/notepad-v8-5-2-release-candidate

FYI
The new release will be based on RC2, which is more stable than other candidates are.

Thank you for your testing and report!

@User-Soft said in Notepad++ 6.8.4 released:

@donho said:

@User-Soft Tested in v6.8.4 under Windows 10 32bits, “hide in try” works for me.

Windows 7 64bits - not work.
6.8.1 - work hide in tray, 6.8.4 - not work.

Please check again Windows 7 64bits

Yes, it worked.

@Alan-Kilborn

Thanks for looking over it, yes, before I just took the return value without sending the padding, now I do that. These are the kind of problems that take too much time just because someone didn’t read the doc properly… phew.

@MeanUncleMonster said in Notepad++ v8.4.8 Release:

is there any way to retain this feature in the later versions

I think you are referring to “enable scrolling beyond last line” which is under Settings, Preferences, Editing. Just tick the box for that option. I would have thought that option would have been retained from the previous version as it seems you did have it enabled.

So the option was not removed, but in your case it may have been reset which led you to believe it was removed.

Terry

PS i just upgraded from and to the same versions as you refer to. In my situation the option was still enabled after the upgrade.

@conky77

It is not a “must”, but a comment in general ->“localization” could be useful: “* some strings will be updated after restarting Notepad++”.
If you agree, I can insert an issue.

It’s surely a limit but it’s not a bug to me. Users usually decide the language during installation. Even they switch later, the same language will stay for the next session. I won’t make the tips dynamically because it needs a lot of coding effort for nothing.

@Alan-Kilborn
That is part for the translators which (like me) are doing that for free:
https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/category/6/translation
https://npp-user-manual.org/docs/binary-translation/
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/blob/master/PowerEditor/installer/nativeLang/afrikaans.xml

So if you want to update and share the africaans.xml just go ahead!

RC2 of v8.4.9 is available.
Let’s talk there.

I think it’s obvious that it’s trying to read something from secondary drive. So there’s need investigation what is it.

Thanks for the Helpful Suggestions. I think I figured out why it’s doing this, but I don’t know how to fix it. The app is installed on my OS drive, which is an SSD, but it seems Notepad++ is waiting for my other drives, which are regular HDD to spin up before it launches.