I want to compare values from two different files. In Notepad++ version 5.0.3 we had shortcut button Alt + d but in version 6.6.8 I cannot find any option to compare. Also let me know which version is most stable.
What is the best way to find out where notepad.exe and mspaint.exe are that will work across various versions of Windows? Should I get the Windows directory via SHGetFolderPath(NULL, CSIDL_WINDOWS...
Notepad++ has a Compare Plugin tool for comparing text files, which operates like this: Launch Notepad++ and open the two files you wish to run a comparison check on. Click the “Plugins” ...
On the most recent versions of Notepad++, when the application is closed, unsaved files are maintained when the application is restarted. I presume that those files are cached on a temporary files...
I'm using Notepad++ as an editor to write programs in Python. It might sound daft but I looked around in the editor and could not find any means (not the manual way but something like in Emacs) to ...
If you are using Notepad++ editor (like the tag of the question suggests), you can use the great "Find in Files" functionality. Go to Search → Find in Files (Ctrl + Shift + F for the keyboard addicted) and enter: Find What = (cat|town) Filters = *.txt Directory = enter the path of the directory you want to search in. You can check Follow current doc. to have the path of the current file to ...
My problem was that Notepad++ was crashing on a file I had previously opened; I was unable to open the application at all. This blog post discusses how to delete the data from the "Sessions" file so that Notepad++ will open without having any prior files open: From the blog post: Method 1 - edit session.xml Open file session.xml in C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++ or %APPDATA ...
That functionality is already built into Notepad++. From the "Edit" menu, select "EOL Conversion" -> "UNIX/OSX Format". screenshot of the option for even quicker finding (or different language versions) You can also set the default EOL in notepad++ via "Settings" -> "Preferences" -> "New Document/Default Directory" then select "Unix/OSX" under the Format box.
How do I convert tabs to spaces in Notepad++? I found a webpage that suggests it's possible, but I couldn't find any information about how to do it. I would like to be able to do that, because ...
I have seen in videos, that people get html template by typing "html:5" or something like that (btw, they're not using notepad++). Is this possible in notepad++? Thanks.