Contents of Viewer not syncing anymore (Npp v7.7)

[GerardWassink]

Issue description

After the upgrade to Notepad++ v7.7 (64-bit) this morning, the syncing of the contents in the preview windowrefresh did not work anymore. Tried to 'refresh', but that did not work either. I had to restart the session to see my result. Soame goes for the automatic scrolling, that broke as well.

Markdown to reproduce

  Please post the markdown code producing the described issue, if any

Screenshot

First screenshot, in the middle of an edit session:

Second screenshot, after having save the file:

Third screen shot, after having performed a View / Refresh:

Environment

• Notepad++ Notepad++ v7.7 (64-bit) Build time : May 19 2019 - 13:05:35 Path : C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe Admin mode : OFF Local Conf mode : OFF OS : Windows 10 (64-bit) Plugins : DSpellCheck.dll MarkdownViewerPlusPlus.dll mimeTools.dll NppConverter.dll

• MarkdownViewer++ X.Y.Z

• Windows 10 (x64)

[GerardWassink]

bump!

[CennoxX]

Can confirm the bug for 64 bit, the 32 bit version is having no problems.

[GerardWassink]

Can confirm the bug for 64 bit, the 32 bit version is having no problems.

Okay, thanks. Already an idea of when it's gonna be fixed please?

[jg44]

Same issue here on 64 bit. Interim workaround is to close and open (by hitting Ctrl-Shift-M twice) which forces a Refresh.

[csrichter]

Can also confirm this bug for NP++ 7.7.1 64bit on Windows 10

[medivh91]

Same problem in one of my PC,but not occurs in another one.It's strange

[GerardWassink]

@medivh91 could it be that the PC where it does not occur is 32bit? Or, on that PC, where it does not occur, which version of NP++ are you using?

[erikblue]

I have the same issue. I'm running notepad++ v7.7.1 64-bit and markdown++ v0.8.2.25564. My current work around is to just switch document tabs.

[medivh91]

@medivh91 could it be that the PC where it does not occur is 32bit? Or, on that PC, where it does not occur, which version of NP++ are you using?

Version 7.6.6 is OK.When I update NP++ to 7.7.1,it has same problem

[Cybot-BS]

The issue is still relevant; no automatic updates in the previewer. I run Notepad++ v7.7.1 (64 bit) with MarkdownViewer++ v0.8.2.25564

[jedio60]

Same here, but hint: another plugin has the same issue! So maybe it's a bug inside Notepad++, not in the plugins?

Details: Tried out in: Npp (1) v7.7.1 64-bit on Win10 (bad) and (2) Npp v7.7.1. 32-bit on Win7 (good). Tried out plugins: MarkdownViewer++ (v0.8.2.25525) and NppMarkdownPanel (v0.4.0) (both downloaded fresh 2019-08-12).

I haven't tried to check if the issue is known to the Notepad++ developers.

[GerardWassink]

"I may be slow to respond"...

I'll say! It has been TWO and a HALF months now. Still nothing. C'mon dude! Your move...

[sonichy]

Same problem. Win7 Notepad++ v7.7.1 (64-bit) MarkdownViewer++ v0.8.2.25564

[CennoxX]

We have enough confirmations of the issue. The issue occurs with MarkdownViewer++ v0.8.2.25564 and older versions but only under Notepad 7.7.1 64 bit, this is already known. Only add new comments if you have new informations.

[GerardWassink]

Any idea of an ETA for a fix?

[tmalaher]

Still happening after upgrade to Npp 7.8.1 64-bit MD Viewier 0.8.2.25564 Win 10 Enterprise 1803

[RookTKO]

Bump. Same issue here.

[CorradoLanera]

same issue here. NPP 7.7.1 (64 bit); MDVPP 0.8.2; win 10pro 1909

[elplanenjoyer]

same issue here. NPP 7.8.1(64bit) MDVPP 0.8.2.25564 Windows 10 pro 1909

[wilfreddijksman]

Topic that contains more info about the cause: https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/17755/notepad-7-7-breaking-change-of-scnotification-definition-in-x64-build

[CoMeIncJM]

Same issue notepad++ 7.8.9 (64 bit) Win 10 Pro 1909 build 18363.959

[JayShoe]

confirmed broken.

[markus-zhang]

Same issue confirmed. Thanks for the double Ctrl+Shift+M trick.

[PawelWozniak]

This is still an issue. I am using 7.9.2 x64 and Markdown Panel plugin. View is not refreshed.

[bazsodombiandras]

Still not working with Notepad++ 7.9.1 x64 and freshly downloaded Markdown++. Judging by the history of this ticket, it never will.

[eduardodarocha]

Still a issue with Notepad++ 7.9.1 x64 / Markdownviewer++ version: 0.8.2.25564 and NppMarkdownpanel version 0.5.0 Any new plugin to substitute these ones?

[CapinWinky]

As @wilfreddijksman has linked, this is a problem with Npp 64bit v7.7 and up. They changed an API to use 64bit precision for document position instead of the previous 32bit, something that would only come into play for documents approaching 1GB in size. That breaks all plugins that used that API. I don't know the relationship between Npp and Scintilla, but the change is in the Scintilla side.

Because of the ridged way Npp handles plugins (each version of Npp has a fixed list of plugins and fixed versions for each of those plugins) even if this MarkdownViewer++ plugin is changed to work with newer 64bit versions of Npp, it will remain broken in all versions from v7.7 up until the version that first points to the fixed version of this plugin.

Npp has combined a dumb, hard-coded plugin list with a pointless API change (possibly just pulled up from Scintilla) that breaks several plugins in that list. It is ridiculous and indefensible, if anything, Npp should have rolled back the Scintilla version as soon as this disaster came to light. You can rebuild this plugin's .dll with the changes to the Scintilla code related to positions and import it as an off-book plugin to make it work with 64bit or install the 32bit version of Npp instead. You could also step away from Npp altogether in search of a better managed project.

[kenlyon]

Npp has combined a dumb, hard-coded plugin list with a pointless API change (possibly just pulled up from Scintilla) that breaks several plugins in that list. It is ridiculous and indefensible, if anything, Npp should have rolled back the Scintilla version as soon as this disaster came to light.

@CapinWinky Let's keep it constructive. It's also a free product and all things considered, I think it's pretty good.