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Notepad++ 5.0

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What's new in this version:

Notepad++ is version 5 now.
In order to make v5 deserve its version number, Harry and I work hard for this release.

These are main features added in v5 :
* The performance of Notepad++ v5 is improved - especially on exit.
* Function parameters calltip hint : in a modern IDE, it always comes together with auto-completion. In this version of Notepad++ calltip feature is implemented as extension of auto-completion. All the api files for auto-completion are now under xml format(with extension .xml).
Calltip is available for all the supported languages - you just need to add them(the php.xml is complete).
Here is the tutorial for this now functionality :
http://notepad-plus.wiki.sourceforge.net/Create_AutoComplete
* Tags match highlight : it will be adored by html/xml guys. The colours can be configured in Styler Configurator dialog. Check Preference dialog to disable this feature (through I don't know why you want to do that).
* Enhancement of adding item in context menu : All the plugin commands can be added into context menu. Furthermore adding context menu items in contextMenu.xml is easier in this version. Note that for the sake of backward compatibility, id attribute will still work on the future release.

Here you can find context menu howto :
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/contextMenu-HOWTO.php



A lot of other new features are added in v5 : bookmarked lines cut/copy/paste/delete operations, more items (caret, tab bar) are configurable, rename/delete current edited file...etc. I let you discover them yourself.


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

1. Improve Notepad++ performance - on startup and on exit.
2. Add Calltip capacity.
3. Add HTML/XML tag match highlighting.
4. All the menu commands can be added in context menu, including plugins' commands, macros and user defined commands.
5. 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.
6. Add rename and delete current document features.
7. Fix crash bug : Open files with date pre-1970.
8. Fix clone mode bug : now the actions done in one view will be synchronized in the cloned view.
9. Add tooltips in document tab to display the full file name path.
10. Change hide lines behaviour : Hide lines now saved during switches.
11. Change file history list behaviour : Most recent closed file is on the top. Add number on list.
12. Caret width and blink rate are customizable.
13. Add asterisk in title bar if file is dirty.
14. The bookmarks' look & feel are improved.
15. Add "Select all" and "copy" context menu items in Find in files results window.
16. Fix goto line with command line bug.
17. Improve smart highlight / mark all / incremental search highlight all visibility
18. Tabbar's coulours is configurable via Stylers Configurator(Active tab Text, Inactive tab text, Inactive tab background, Active tab focused indicator and Active tab unfocused indicator).
19. Add the smart highlight file size limit - 1.5 MB in order to improve the performance.
20. Add exception handling (dumping filedata).
21. Fix go to line command line bug.
22. Enhance Find in files and Find in all opened files features' performance.
23. Fix dialog off screen problem under multi-monitor environment.
24. Add 2 plugin message for v5 : NPPM_GETFULLPATHFROMBUFFERID and NPPM_GETPOSFROMBUFFERID.


Included plugins :

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

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