Changes Since v25.11r5880

• Support regex replace with JavaScript notation $n, $& and $$ (see table below), issue #1019. f5397a2
• Auto show menu on press Alt key when menu is hide, issue #1047. 7d3eace
• Add Unicode control character U+00AD (SHY, Soft hyphen), issue #1127. 42f9f27
• Use %LOCALAPPDATA%\Notepad4 (e.g. C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Notepad4) folder to store INI file for WinGet or Chocolatey installation to prevent INI overwriting on upgrading, contributed by @lostindark in PR #1069. 7284f17
• Lexer and API updates: CSS (aadc304), HTML (7586fd9), Lua (db39bde), Perl (13ad8c2), PHP (9ce6924).
• Fix automatic word wrap incorrectly breaks inside non-CJK word, issue #1130. bc06597
• Fix dialog layout after dialog been moved to monitor with different scaling settings, issue #1047. 35a71fb
• Fix GDI rendering bug for font with inaccurate tmAveCharWidth, issue #1118. f55b64b
• Fix long standing bug that local INI file got accidentally overwritten when upgrade to new version by change INI file in zip to use .ini-default extension (copy to .ini on first run), issue #1142 d5096b8
• Other bug fixes and improvements.

Behavior Changes

• Some characters got special meaning on regex replacing and needs escaping, see following table:

• Transform backslash now treats \xHH as octet in current code page instead of UTF-16 code point, this consistent with built-in regex engine. \uHHHH is still treated as UTF-16 code point (for Basic Multilingual Plane only). dcd4d30
• Program INI file searching was changed:
  • For portable package, only exe folder will be checked with hard-code INI file (Notepad4.ini or matepath.ini). d5096b8
  • For WinGet or Chocolatey installation (actually when program is found on path with WinGet or Chocolatey in the name), only %LOCALAPPDATA%\Notepad4 folder will be checked with hard-code INI file (Notepad4.ini or matepath.ini). d5096b8
  • Dark mode theme INI file is only checked in same folder as main INI file with hard-coded name Notepad4 DarkTheme.ini. dcc3758
  • Folder %APPDATA%\Notepad4 (e.g. C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Notepad4) and %USERPROFILE%\Notepad4 (e.g. C:\Users\<username>\Notepad4) are no longer searched. cce404b
  • INI file with same name as program exe but different than Notepad4.ini or matepath.ini is no longer searched. system command mklink (see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/mklink) can be used to make symbolic link for program exe and/or INI files.
• Searching for custom toolbar image was changed, when the specified path (after expanding environment variables) is relative, it's only treated as relative to program INI file, no longer treated as relative to program exe file. 8dce3f4

Breaking Changes

• Support for INI redirection was removed. system command mklink (see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/mklink) can be used to make symbolic link for INI file, issue #1141. 4286b2c
• Command line option /f path that used to specify program INI file path was removed, issue #1141. ab5a116
• Dialog size is changed to save in dialog unit instead of screen pixel to ensure same layout when open and close dialog on monitor with different scaling settings, issue #1047, 1b781ca. You can clear window position history to fix larger dialogs when using new program with existing INI file:
  • Notepad4: click menu "Settings -> Window Options -> Clear Position history".
  • matepath: right-click then open "Options..." dialog, click "Clear window position history" on "General" tab.

File List

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FindInFiles (see issue #259) is a simple GUI for ripgrep, latest builds are available at https://github.com/zufuliu/FindInFiles/actions.

💡Tips: To keep your current settings, do NOT replace Notepad4.ini, matepath.ini or any theme (INI) files with the bundled one, but please mind the breaking changes if any.

Changes Since v25.09r5812

• Scintilla updated to 5.5.8, see https://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaHistory.html for the changes.
• Support transparent on losing focus for main window, issue #1111. e25f9eb
• Lexer and API updates: C# (1647f1a), CSS (8d7940b), JavaScript (2751a95), Kotlin (7b31ae4), LLVM/MLIR (8f61488, b1c389e), Markdown (8f4b25a), Python (7eecbfe, 861a2fb), Rust (51d50a5), Swift (32e03fb).
• Fix extra space before ${ when compress/pretty JavaScript, issue #1091. 17e7b37
• Other bug fixes and improvements.

File List

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FindInFiles (see issue #259) is a simple GUI for ripgrep, latest builds are available at https://github.com/zufuliu/FindInFiles/actions.

💡Tips: To keep your current settings, do NOT replace Notepad4.ini, matepath.ini or any theme (INI) files with the bundled one, but please mind the breaking changes if any.

Changes Since v25.07r5738

• Support AVX512, issue #987, contributed by @missdeer in PR #1006.
• Add menu "File -> New Window" and toolbar button to open a new empty window, issue #344. 2bf1f5f, etc.
• Optimize large file loading.
• CSS/JS/JSON code compress now removes line continuation from string, issue #1076. 1ab6573
• Lexer and API updates: Bash (6ebac57), CSS (bd90246), HTML (8ea232b).
• Fix app close after printing current document with toolbar print button, issue #1079. 608817b
• Other bug fixes and improvements.

Behavior Changes

Shortcuts Alt+N and Alt+0 were altered, see issue #344.

File List

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FindInFiles (see issue #259) is a simple GUI for ripgrep, latest builds are available at https://github.com/zufuliu/FindInFiles/actions.

💡Tips: To keep your current settings, do NOT replace Notepad4.ini, matepath.ini or any theme (INI) files with the bundled one, but please mind the breaking changes if any.

Changes Since v25.06r5696

• Scintilla updated to 5.5.7, see https://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaHistory.html for the changes.
• Restore selection after undo and redo, issue #966. 9d76fd1
• New rendering technology Direct3D, issue #974. b88ffec
• Lexer and API update: CSS (23fbf3b).
• Other bug fixes and improvements.

Breaking Changes

• Building the project now requires compiler support for C++ 20 instead of C++17.

File List

Latest development builds (artifacts in Release configuration for each compiler and platform) are available at https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/actions and https://ci.appveyor.com/project/zufuliu/notepad4.

FindInFiles (see issue #259) is a simple GUI for ripgrep, latest builds are available at https://github.com/zufuliu/FindInFiles/actions.

💡Tips: To keep your current settings, do NOT replace Notepad4.ini, matepath.ini or any theme (INI) files with the bundled one, but please mind the breaking changes if any.

Changes Since v25.05r5690

• Fix editor window no longer drawing after convert line endings, issue #1040. b15ca9e
• Other bug fixes and improvements.

File List

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FindInFiles (see issue #259) is a simple GUI for ripgrep, latest builds are available at https://github.com/zufuliu/FindInFiles/actions.

💡Tips: To keep your current settings, do NOT replace Notepad4.ini, matepath.ini or any theme (INI) files with the bundled one, but please mind the breaking changes if any.

Changes Since v25.05r5670

• Improve word wrap for large file.
• Fix file watching bug after current file been deleted, discussion #1025. 4d5420f
• Other bug fixes and improvements.

File List

Latest development builds (artifacts in Release configuration for each compiler and platform) are available at https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/actions and https://ci.appveyor.com/project/zufuliu/notepad4.

FindInFiles (see issue #259) is a simple GUI for ripgrep, latest builds are available at https://github.com/zufuliu/FindInFiles/actions.

💡Tips: To keep your current settings, do NOT replace Notepad4.ini, matepath.ini or any theme (INI) files with the bundled one, but please mind the breaking changes if any.

Changes Since v25.01r5618

• Improve display and word wrap for emoji and Indic scripts. 4b8a188, etc.
• Improve CJK font display, issue #1013. f8db347
• Improve Russian translation, contributed by @Dimmitrius. 1e344eb
• Improve Traditional Chinese translation, contributed by @PeterDaveHello. 408075e
• Restore document view after auto-reload read-only file, issue #991. bec642c
• Lexer and API updates: CSS (23af151), HTML (f677856), JavaScript (5e35051), PHP (ae04a36), Python (fa7f724).
• Fix AutoSave lost undo history when overwrite current file, issue #1008. 240a2b9
• Other bug fixes and improvements.

File List

Latest development builds (artifacts in Release configuration for each compiler and platform) are available at https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/actions and https://ci.appveyor.com/project/zufuliu/notepad4.

FindInFiles (see issue #259) is a simple GUI for ripgrep, latest builds are available at https://github.com/zufuliu/FindInFiles/actions.

💡Tips: To keep your current settings, do NOT replace Notepad4.ini, matepath.ini or any theme (INI) files with the bundled one, but please mind the breaking changes if any.

Changes Since v24.11r5548

• Scintilla updated to 5.5.4, see https://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaHistory.html for the changes.
• Improved large file support, issue #911. 633c1aa, etc.
• Support size adjustment (size:[±]pixel) for code folding margin width, issue #940. 8e43a82
• Lexer and API updates: ASM (7bdf7e6), C/C++ (4b3b0f0), CSS (78a4cbc), CSV (2bfd010), HTML (eac5008), Pascal (840401c), PHP (0e19b50), Ruby (68c7b56), Swift (bd29e3c), VB (cee1374).
• Other bug fixes and improvements.

Behavior Changes

Following menus were moved into "Search" menu, issue #944. 6633033

File List

Latest development builds (artifacts in Release configuration for each compiler and platform) are available at https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/actions and https://ci.appveyor.com/project/zufuliu/notepad4.

FindInFiles (see issue #259) is a simple GUI for ripgrep, latest builds are available at https://github.com/zufuliu/FindInFiles/actions.

💡Tips: To keep your current settings, do NOT replace Notepad4.ini, matepath.ini or any theme (INI) files with the bundled one, but please mind the breaking changes if any.

Changes Since v24.09r5472

• Localization for German (issue #215), contributed by @xelsios in PR #883.
• Localization for Russian, contributed by @tretdm in PR #893.
• Add option to show change history marker, issue #752. f69ab8b
• HD version add menu "Use Large Toolbar" to adjust toolbar size, issue #867. a263fdd
• Add menu "URL Component Encode" to encode URL component, issue #905. b623310
• Change F3/Shift+F3 to directly find next/previous occurrence of current selected text (similar to Ctrl+F3/Ctrl+Shift+F3) when find text not initialized, issue #862. 8d1ce64
• Make maximum history files configurable, issue #886. b1b1f95
• Auto detect common CSV delimiter, issue #892. 4243079
• Various improvements for Visual Basic (VB6, VBA and VB.NET) and VBScript.
• Other lexer and API updates: Batch (151b9ec), Cangjie (b5e879c), CSS (97aabf1), HTML (beffa94), JavaScript (2714853), Markdown (e3124e2), PHP (957001c), Python (3b8770d), Zig (00257cf).
• Fix Touchpad and Logitech mouse horizontal scrolling, issue #609. 666f766
• Other bug fixes and improvements.

Breaking Changes

• Scheme "2nd Global Styles" was removed. 362e46d
• INI section [Toolbar Images] was removed, external toolbar image can be set with ToolbarImage property from [Settings2] section. 7752980

File List

Latest development builds (artifacts in Release configuration for each compiler and platform) are available at https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/actions and https://ci.appveyor.com/project/zufuliu/notepad4.

FindInFiles (see issue #259) is a simple GUI for ripgrep, latest builds are available at https://github.com/zufuliu/FindInFiles/actions.

💡Tips: To keep your current settings, do NOT replace Notepad4.ini, matepath.ini or any theme (INI) files with the bundled one, but please mind the breaking changes if any.

Changes Since v24.07r5332

• Scintilla updated to 5.5.2, see https://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaHistory.html for the changes.
• Support Boost regex (see Perl Regular Expression Syntax for document), issue #725, contributed by @atauzki in PR #722.
• Added Chocolatey package (see issue #379), contributed by @teknowledgist.
• Lexer and API updates: Asm (e92cad9), Bash (9ae95ae), Batch (01d55f3), C# (de88eae), CSS (294c105), Dart (9b3b231), Fortran (e5dbf6e), Groovy (3625192), Haxe (9095472), HTML (40ac7b4), Java (24b130f), JavaScript (46c5427), Kotlin (9ed90cf), M4 and Autoconf (f956b78), Nim (31a5f65), Python (99face5), Rust (25dcd80), Scala (6354c9f), Swift (6b61acc), TOML (57527b2), XML (e1e7fb9), Zig (a88cba6).
• Add AutoSave option to directly overwrite current file, discussion #800. c79fff1
• Add auto-completion option to only use words in current document, discussion #798. 352a188
• Change code compress and pretty to format whole document when no text is selected, issue #830. 17106fb
• Handle match text command option for single file instance, issue #850. 59201fe
• Fix open and create link (.lnk file) broken, issue #822. ba5c8a8
• Other bug fixes and improvements.

Behavior Changes

• Convert to title case now convert text to lower case first, whole uppercase word no longer treated as abbreviation, issue #241. 5939549

File List

Latest development builds (artifacts in Release configuration for each compiler and platform) are available at https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/actions and https://ci.appveyor.com/project/zufuliu/notepad4.

FindInFiles (see issue #259) is a simple GUI for ripgrep, latest builds are available at https://github.com/zufuliu/FindInFiles/actions.