Notepad++ v8.9.1 Release

donho

Notepad++ release 8.9.1 is available:
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v891-released/

Notepad++ v8.9.1 regression fixes, bug-fixes & new improvements:

Fix EOL duplication regression when playing back old recorded macros. (Fix issue)
Remedy search failure for pasted text containing trailing invisible EOL character. (Fix #17124, #17187)
Fix customized context menu regression where separator (id=“0”) escapes FolderName submenu. (Fix #17342)
Fix issue where a single undo reverted multiple changes after macro execution. (Fix #9426)
Fix visual glitch when dragging dockable dialogs on a 2nd monitor. (Fix #16805, #16155, #16077)
Fix inconsistent automatic search mode switching (RegEx to Extended) in Find dialog. (Fix #17227)
Fix incorrect URL parsing caused by Unicode special spaces. (Fix #16856)
Update to Boost 1.90.0. (Implement #17326)
Improve update themes feature: fix JavaScript.js edge case. (Fix issue)
Update javascript.js to better match javascript (embedded) in all themes. (Fix issue, report)
Function List: enhance for Perl & PHP; add for Nim. (Fix #17382, #17327, implement #17377)
Fix comments and highlighting in TCL. (Fix #17315)
Update perl syntax highliging keywords and autocomplete for 5.42. (Fix #17332)
Improvement: display Find dialog status message with invisible characters warning. (Fix #17345)

Auto-updater will be triggered in one week, if no critical issue found.

donho

FYI, the reported bug in MSI package is fixed.
The MSI package has been updated. Of course, its GPG signature, the sha256 checksum & the signature of checksum have been updated as well.
Sorry for the inconvenience.

donho

FYI: Auto-update will be triggered for this release in one hours.

donho

Auto-update is triggered for v8.9.1.

Note that auto-update doesn’t work when updating from v8.8.9 to v8.9.1 or later versions.
Version 8.8.9 will download the installer, but it will not launch the v8.9.1 or any newest installer, because v8.8.9 attempts to verify the old Notepad++ auto-signed certificate (which was removed since v8.9) instead of GlobalSign’s certificate.

A T

@donho
I went to the trouble to verify the signature before installing. I got this which includes a warning. Note, first time verifying sig using gpg, so maybe I got something wrong but I don’t think so.

PS C:\Users\malaw\Downloads> gpg --import .\nppGpgPub.asc
gpg: key 6C429F1D8D84F46E: 56 signatures not checked due to missing keys
gpg: key 6C429F1D8D84F46E: “Notepad++ don.h@free.fr” not changed
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: unchanged: 1
PS C:\Users\malaw\Downloads> gpg --verify .\npp.8.9.1.Installer.exe.sig
gpg: assuming signed data in ‘.\npp.8.9.1.Installer.exe’
gpg: Signature made 01/26/26 06:25:43 Pacific Standard Time
gpg: using RSA key 14BCE4362749B2B51F8C71226C429F1D8D84F46E
gpg: Good signature from “Notepad++ don.h@free.fr” [unknown]
gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!
gpg: There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner.
14BCE4362749B2B51F8C71226C429F1D8D84F46E
PS C:\Users\malaw\Downloads>

So, good that it said good sig. Bad that key is not certified with trusted sig.

PeterJones

@A-T said in Notepad++ v8.9.1 Release:

Bad that key is not certified with trusted sig.

That just means that you haven’t marked it as trusted. GPG relies upon you to decide whether you trust a public key or not. If you don’t certify it as trusted, it will always say that it’s not signed with a trusted key, even though it confirms that it was signed with the key that it said it did.