upgrade to 2.1.7 has overwritten all notepad++ settings

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The upgrade from 2.1.5 to 2.1.7 resulted in a deletion of my notepad++
configuration settings. Notepad++ also complained, that the FTP plugin uses
non concormal ANSI code...

Maybe you want to swtich to scite:
http://www.scintilla.org/SciTEDownload.html
http://gnuwin.epfl.ch/apps/SciTE/en/install/

Original issue reported on code.google.com by tim.mich...@gmail.com on 30 Dec 2008 at 11:43

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That is normal: for each new release of Notepad++, the settings are replaced by 
the
default 'Python(x,y) settings' (e.g. tab = 4 spaces, shortcuts Shift+F1 and 
Alt+F1
for running Python scripts, and so on).

I don't know about the FTP plugin... when did you have the warning pop-up only 
when
using the FTP plugin?

Regarding Scite, I think that it's a good editor indeed, very stable and
light-weighted, and supporting a lot of languages including build commands 
(unlike
Notepad++ for which the shortcuts mentioned above were added manually). However 
its
features are quite basic. Take for example the search/replace features which are
separated into two different windows -- and you can't search on multiple opened 
files
or recursively in a directory like in Notepad++. It doesn't support file 
comparing
feature or selected word occurence highlighting -- things that are very 
convenient.
So, I've already made a comparison between Scite and Notepad++, and the latter 
is
clearly more powerful - even it this is a compromise, Scite having some 
advantages too.

Original comment by pierre.raybaut on 31 Dec 2008 at 3:58

• Changed state: Accepted

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BTW, after a lot of tests and thinking, I'll switch to SciTE for Python(x,y) in 
next
release (hopefully tomorrow).
And to keep the file comparing feature, I'll add WinMerge too (which does much 
more
than the Notepad++'s compare plugin).

Original comment by pierre.raybaut on 3 Jan 2009 at 7:34

• Changed state: Fixed

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Thanks for this rethinking. I hope other users will like it, too.
Now I can switch back to notepad++ as a general purpose text editor adapted to 
my
settings (different font for monotype, minimize to tray, ...)

Some thoughts:
* I already have winmerge installed because I use it compare any text/ASCII 
file. It
will be nice to retain the windows explorer shell integration feature that is 
offered
in the winmerge standalone installer as well for the PY(X,Y) installer. This 
way I
could also use it for arbitray comparison outside the python work field.
* Enable by default in Scite: line numbering and choose Verdana or other fonts 
for
monotype which is more friendly to your eyes during screen work.
* Please do not override settings of the editor or winmerge when installing a 
upgrade
for these programs. The eclipse settings are also not overwritten at the moment.

Original comment by tim.mich...@gmail.com on 4 Jan 2009 at 12:44

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Regarding the settings override issue, note that it's due to the way Python(x,y)
plugins work. Actually there is no real upgrade feature. The update installer 
simply
runs individual plugin installer, and so uninstall silently every plugin before
reinstalling it - the side effect is that settings are systematically removed.

After more tests, I'm beginning to regret to switch to SciTE :)
Two major reasons for that:
1) you have to admit that it's quite ugly!
2) there is no 'recent files' management... not convenient...

So, maybe I should keep Notepad++ for a while.
Your conflict issues would be solved if I simply rename the Notepad++ 
executable.
This way, you could have two Notepad++ on your system (Windows is quite dumb: it
can't manage two applications with the same name regarding file associations).

Original comment by pierre.raybaut on 4 Jan 2009 at 1:31

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I take back the "2)": there is an option to show recent files...

Original comment by pierre.raybaut on 4 Jan 2009 at 1:35