Software update: Notepad++ 7.7

Version 7.7 of Notepad++ has been released. This comprehensive text editor has various features that are especially useful for programmers, such as syntax highlighting for C, C++, Java, html, XML and php, among others. The program also offers the possibility to edit more than one document at the same time or to maintain one document in two different places. If you want to use the latest version, you have to download it yourself. Notepad++’s built-in updater only offers updates a week after their appearance in order to be able to fix any serious bugs. Since version 7.0 there is also a 64bit version of the program. The following improvements have been made in this release:

Notepad++ v7.7 new feature & bug fixes:

• Continue Microsoft binary code signing thanks to the offer from DigiCert (again).
• Upgrade Scintilla from v3.56 to v4.14.
• Fix a regression of memory issue while reloading a file.
• Fix cursor flickering problem after double clicking on URL.
• Make Python files default to using spaces instead of tabs.
• Add “Count in selection” option in Find dialog.
• Add Ctrl + R shortcut for “Reload from disk” command.
• Fix ‘\’ display problem in CSS while using themes (Remove Batang font for CSS tags).
• Fix crash while right clicking on DocSwitcher’s column bar.
• Fix all plugins being removed problem while Plugin Admin romoves an old plugin (of old system).