Notepad++ 7.5.6: A message from outer space

[donho]

Help us to relay a message from outer space:
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/notepad-7.5.6-released.html

[Claudia Frank]

@donho

Hi Don, looks like html download link still points to 7.5.5

Cheers
Claudia

[Scott Sumner]

@donho

Nice. I guess.
You paying attention to what is going on in the store?

[donho]

@Claudia-Frank Yes, I was working on it. It should be OK now.

[Claudia Frank]

@donho

Yes - thx

Cheers
Claudia

[donho]

@Scott-Sumner said:

You paying attention to what is going on in the store?

What do you mean by it?

[Scott Sumner]

@donho

See end of this thread: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/community/topic/14734/notepad-uwp-package-in-windows-store-almost-there

I dunno…maybe what is going on is OK with you…

[donho]

@Scott-Sumner Thank you for the heads up. I will see what I can I do for it.

[chcg]

Nice easteregg right before easter.

Current version of DspellCheck is https://github.com/Predelnik/DSpellCheck/releases/tag/v1.4.2 and it is stable on my system.

[A Former User]

@donho Hello. I have a question. Would you not make the Monitoring functionality to work with Windows XP also? The latest version in which Monitoring works fine on XP is 7.5.1, beyond of that version the functionality works only on Win 7 and above . . . (I also read something like the Monitoring functionality was dropped for WinXP) I’m using WinXP, and I’m stuck to version 7.5.1 (I have an old laptop). Would you not make it to work with XP for the upcoming versions also?

[Scott Sumner]

@KantorZsolt

Already asked and answered…

[A Former User]

@Scott-Sumner

I did not saw that message reply . . . I checked it now, I was not notified.

[A Former User]

@KantorZsolt said:

@Scott-Sumner

I did not saw that message reply . . . I checked it now, I was not notified.
Now I changed my profile settings to notify me about messages . . .

[Vitaliy Dovgan]

@KantorZsolt
Why are you asking for this when it already works in Notepad++ 7.5.6 under WIndows XP ??

[A Former User]

@Vitaliy-Dovgan

It works?? I didn’t know, I read the changelog . . . but probably this slipped away.
Probably it’s this “Fix file status detection issue under Windows XP”.
I will try it! Thanks!

[A Former User]

Just checked, monitoring (tail -f) is just working fine on XP! Nice!
Thanks!

[Ede123]

Ever since updating to Notepad++ 7.5.6 (I skipped 7.5.4/7.5.5) every now and then startup takes a very long time (~5-10 seconds). Usually it’s fast (<1s). It does not depend on wether Notepad++ was launched before or not, it just happens statistically every now and then when launching.

Is anybody else experiencing htis behavior and was any code touched since 7.5.3 that could cause such a performance regression?

[groentebroer]

@Ede123 Hi! I might be in the same update routine as you are and I notice this behaviour as well. I also cannot tell when exactly this happens, it seems quite random.

[Ede123]

I think I found the culprit: Update checking by JSTool plugin. :-/

[Ede123]

Edit: Issue filed - https://github.com/sunjw/jstoolnpp/issues/57