Software update: Notepad++ 7.8.6

Version 7.8.6 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 they appear, in order to be able to fix any serious bugs. The following improvements have been made in this release:

Notepad++ v7.8.6 bug fixes & enhancement:

• Add multi-column marker (multi-line edge) feature.
• Add dynamical sorting feature for Folder as Workspace.
• Make MRU tab activate instead of rightmost tab while tab closure (if MRU enabled).
• Fix folding state lost on the next startup issue.
• Make Replace-in-Files confirmation dialog modal to prevent from crashing.
• Add support of smart-indenting for Perl and Rust.
• Make recorded macro (IDC_FINDNEXT & IDC_FINDPREV)retro-compatible up to 7.8.4.