Notepad++ v8.4 Release Candidate 2

donho

The current external lexer plugins need a little bit more coding effort to work with Notepad++ v8.4 (due to new architecture of Scintilla 5), here’s some information which may help:
https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/22866/make-external-lexer-plugin-work-with-v8-4

Notepad++ v8.4 RC2 regression-fix & new enhancement from Notepad++ v8.4 RC:

Fix HTML, PHP, ASP and JSP syntax highlighting not working regression.
Fix cropped text in Shortcut mapper’s status area issue. (Fix #10358)
Enhance installer: Remember the chosen language in the previous installation. (Implement #10582)

Notepad++ v8.4 new feature and bug-fixes:

Update Scintilla from v4.4.6 to v5.2.1 and add Lexilla v5.1.5. (Fix #10504)
Enhance dark mode support (Shortcut Mapper, autocompletion, calltip, Column Editor and Style configurator, Preferences dialog, etc…) (Fix #11530, #11522, #11407, #11514, #11506, #11497)
Fix lossing characters issue after case-conversion (UPPER/lower). (Fix #11463)
Fix “Sort Lines as Integer” not considering negative number issue. (Fix #11023, #2025)
Sort languages alphabetically automatically in Style Configurator. (Fix #11337)
Fix flashing box (autocompletion empty list) appears while typing issue. (Fix #9433)
Scrolling Document List automatically to make the selected tab item visible. (Fix #11204)
Make Find in Files search result line number aligned. (Fix #11119)
Add default A-Z sorting ability in Function list. (Fix #11446)
Add virtual space ability. (Fix #11443, #11444)
Fix document being wronly marked as saved bug after converting its encoding. (Fix #11436)
Fix Document list not sync with tab order after sorting. (Fix #11272)
Fix file saving critical bug under Symantec encryption desktop. (Fix #11339)
Improve Find/Replace Dialog layout. (Fix #11318)
Update NSIS & Inno Setup keyword lists.

The official release will be available in about 10-14 days if no critical issue found.