Changes.md

v1.5

• Fix editing of "Split Words by Non-Alphabetic Characters Except:" field (#307)
• Fix toolbar icon in case of dark mode (#314)
• Fix "Bookmark Lines with Misspellings" for newer Notepad++ versions (#313)

v1.4.24

• Compatibility with Notepad++ 8.4+. Previous versions of plugin will crash during certain operations. (#296)
• Option to avoid selecting a misspelled word when menu on it is triggered, turn it on by default (#284)
• Correct cursor positioning after applying Replace with topmost suggestion (#288)
• Do not underline misspelled words during Print Now (#285)
• Compilation is done by VS2022 starting this version.

v1.4.23

• Compatibility for Notepad++ starting with version 8.2.2 (x64 version)
• Warning: Starting with version 1.4.23 plugin (x64 version) is no longer compatible with N++ versions older than 8.2.2.

v1.4.22

• Fix settings dialog layout, sometimes buttons were not clickable (#266)
• Support checking of multi-line comments in powershell (#267)
• Recheck less content if some of it was folded (#273)

v1.4.21

• Fix inability to ignore words with Windows spell-checker in some cases (#251)
• Add ability to ignore words for spell-checking using regular expression.

v1.4.20

• Fix regression in 1.4.19 leading to too fast rechecking of new words during typing. (#240)

v1.4.19

• Print better diagnostics for errors during dictionary download
• Fix regression from 1.4.17 making unable to download dictionaries (#229)

v1.4.18

• Fix an issue with suggestion button for Notepad++ 7.8.9. (#221)
• Ignore words in URLs in newer version of Notepad++ correctly (#67)
• Fix broken rechecking on scrolling after quick edit after scrolling has been done (#222)
• New words not being rechecked in case of zooming out (#225)
• Process more errors during dictionary downloading

v1.4.17

• Fix interaction with some other plugins (e.g. PythonScript) (#219)
• Fix possible hang on start of N++ due to the plugin on certain systems (#220)
• Support javascript string literals in back-ticks (`) (#213)
• Make "Show Only Recognized Ones" disabled by default for download dialog

v1.4.16

• Support bookmarking lines containing misspelled words via additional actions.
• Fix crash when downloading dictionaries from GitHub using proxy. (#205)
• Correctly support spell-checking of json.
• Windows xp no longer supported.

v1.4.15

• Fix possible exception on Notepad++ start. (#194)
• Lower CPU usage while scrolling (especially critical for N++ 7.8.0+) (#196)
• Disable aspell configure dialog if aspell is not found. (#192)
• Fix incorrect switching of language when pressing apply in settings.
• Make unicode apostrophe affect options regarding normal apostrophe if the appropriate option is set. (#193)
• Fix ignoring word at cursor action for some libraries. (#182)
• Warn about inability to write settings less frequently. (#190)
• The last version to support windows xp.

v1.4.14

• Spell-check CDATA as text in HTML. (#184)
• Support ignoring word at cursor through additional actions. (#182)
• Add possibility to reset settings to default values (#188)

v1.4.13

• Correctly spell-check single quoted string literals in lua. (#175)
• Make plugin compatible with Notepad++ version 7.7 (#179)
• Warning: Starting with version 1.4.13 plugin is no longer compatible with N++ versions older than 7.7.

v1.4.12

• Restore Windows XP support, broken in previous 2 versions. (#170)
• Restore showing of Hunspell dictionary list if spell-checking is turned off. (#172)
• Several fixes for download/remove dictionary dialogs.

v1.4.11

• Plugin should no longer utilize cpu when Notepad++ is not active.
• Do not load dictionary if spell-checking is turned off.
• Correctly spell-check single quoted string literals in javascript.

v1.4.10

• Fix string literals in some languages not being checked properly. (#166)
• Add the action to replace word with the first suggestion. (#165)
• Improve decoding of dictionary names for Windows Vista+. (#164)
• Fix problem with display of "special button". (#162)
• Add action to possibly call context menu with suggestions by hotkey. (#160)
• Add action to replace the same words in whole document with a selected suggestion. (#155)
• Fix occasional error messages appearing when Notepad++ was launched from git bash.
• Make dictionaries loading asynchronous. (#134)
• Fix CamelCase splitting for words with all-capitals.

v1.4.9

• Fix hang when spell-checking file containing invalid utf-8 characters.

v1.4.8

• Fix crash when spell-checking multiple languages with Aspell.

v1.4.7

• Remove hotkeys enabled by default because they collide with useful actions in some localizations (#150). Please configure them yourself through Settings->Shortcut Mapper if you need them.
• Fix exception triggered by horizontal scrolling when some lines are collapsed (#151)
• Separate Aspell Options to different dialog. Add option to configure personal (additional) dictionaries directory. (#152)
• Add third option to split words: by non-alpha/numeric characters from ANSI (current non-unicode locale in windows system) + all non ANSI characters with possible exclusions. (#149)
• Add option to remove all misspelled words to Additional Actions. (#147)
• Correct name for HIL_PH language abbreviation. (#145)

v1.4.6

• Support downloading of dictionaries from GitHub repositories. (#143, #61)
• Add LibreOffice repository as a default server for dictionaries.
• Make user dictionary files updated immediately on adding new word to them (#142)
• Make more explicit message about aspell DLL targeting incorrect architecture.

v1.4.5

• Exceptions on single line file which does not fit to the window (#139)
• Erroneous underline positioning with ANSI-encoded files (#140)

v1.4.4

• Fix hang on exit if plugin NppMenuSearch is installed (#135)
• Limit spell-checking to visible area in case if extremely long lines are present in file (#136)
• Remove FTP server which stopped hosting dictionaries from default selection (#137)

v1.4.3

• Update styles for rechecking .ini files (#54)
• Make words with non-arabic numerics also ignored if corresponding option is on (#58)
• Add check box for spell-checking/ignoring default style for UDL (turned on by default) (#132)
• Add info about compiler which was used for building plugin to about menu.

v1.4.2

• Prevent creating of plugin settings directory with wrong path. (#131)
• Restore spell-checking of YAML default style. (#129)
• Fix adding words to unified user dictionary for dictionaries with non-UTF8 encoding. (#130)

v1.4.1

• Restore spell-checking of text inside HTML.

v1.4.0

• Major internal code refactoring to make further changes and maintenance easier.
• Enable Spelling in Comments and Delimiters for UDL (#73)
• Updated Hunspell to 1.6.2
• Fix problems with dictionaries inheriting wrong permissions on download. (#83)
• Support "Allow Run-Together" option for Aspell.
• Exclude words having all capital letters from having non-first capital letter (#74)
• Support String/Comment detection for previously unsupported languages. (#71)
• Add option to split words by any non-alphabetic/numeric characters except specified exclusions. (New default)
• Support splitting of CamelCase words (disabled by default) (#89)
• Support native windows spell-checking as the third spell-checker on Windows 8+ (#65)
• Correctly handle period at the end of words like etc. (#48)
• Add possibility to check variable/function names (disabled by default) (#37)
• Add hidden option Word_Minimum_Length to disable checking of words with length less or equal to its value
• Supported using any custom Hunspell syntax in user dictionaries.
• Simplify external localization of plugin.
• Fix plugin icons and issues in high-dpi mode.
• Change usage libiconv to winiconv which should lower executable size.
• Enable more optimization options during compilation.

v1.3.5

• Fix disappearance of auto spell-checking icon.
• Fix work of system-wide dictionaries.

v1.3.4

• Fix exception on exit on some systems (#118)
• Fix recursive scanning for dictionaries (#113)

v1.3.3

• Fix non-ASCII delimiters saving/restoring (#108)
• Fix crash in case if settings file cannot be written (#110)
• Increase FTP timeout and disable passive mode which should help with its usage in some cases (#111)

v1.3.2

• Restore correct work of "Ignore for Current Session" functionality (#104)
• Restore downloading dictionaries on Windows XP (#107)

v1.3.1

• Restore correct work of plugin on systems missing Visual Studio redistributable package (#103)
• Fix creation of directory for dictionaries (#94)
• Restore work of unified user dictionary (#87)

v1.3.0

• Simplify plugin interaction with worker threads. Now most of the job is done in the main thread, it should increase plugin stability on exit.

v1.2.14.2

• Fix plugin's sudden demise after user executes "Find in Files"

v1.2.14.1

• Fix hanging on exit in newer version of Notepad++ in most common case.

v1.2.14

• Disable mistake underlining when printing is done.

v1.2.13

• Fix some issues regarding plugin exiting process.

v1.2.12

• Minor fixes with context menu on selection.
• Add marquee style to progress bar for dictionaries being downloaded through ftp web proxy.

v1.2.11

• Fix wrong context menu behaviour when selection isn't empty.

v1.2.10

• Prevent suggestions from appearing in totally wrong places.
• Make verbose Aspell reporting if error happened.

v1.2.9

• Fix bug which stopped suggestions from appearing on context menu call if the word was already selected .
• Make double quoted lines in php being checked.
• Make plugin less conflicting with Quick Color Picker plugin.

v1.2.8

• Make context menu way of suggestion selection to be default one.
• Update tool bar icon to be more commonly recognizable as spell-check icon.
• Rename name of tool bar button / check box to more understandable "Spell Check Document Automatically"
• Fix a bug of context menu showing additional items in it's sub-menu also.
• Fix a bug of scrolling being blocked while mouse cursor on suggestion button.

v1.2.7

• Fix cpu consuming bug when file doesn't have any line ends.
• Update default delimiters
• Make suggestion button never being drawn outside of editor window
• Make apostrophes at the beginning or in the end of words (if corresponding option is turned on) not being underlined and not being affected by replacing word through suggestions
• Make multi-line strings in python being checked.
• Make selection disappear after word is being added to dictionary or ignored.
• Fix that focus is now restored correctly to editor window after usage of suggestion button.

v1.2.6.1

• Fix crash on Notepad++ exit in some cases.
• Fix Aspell multiple languages not being correctly updated

v1.2.6

• Fix Doxygen line comments being not checked in c++/c files
• Fix Aspell working without English installed.
• Fix Aspell not updating it's status correctly sometimes.
• Restore plugin's work on old (prior to sp2) windows XP systems.
• Fix long lag of suggestion box on windows xp systems (at least it certainly appeared on virtual machines).
• Rise stability a little bit.

v1.2.5

• Fix some important issues connected with removing and downloading new dictionaries.
• Fix suggestions missing in multiple languages in some cases.
• Fix hotspot not being detected in some cases.
• Tool bar icon for Auto-check document menu item was added.
• Crash with usage of some dictionaries was fixed (i.e. Bulgarian)
• Separate network operations to different thread so timeouts will not interfere with plugin work.
• Fix one letter words ignoring for UTF-8 encoding in some cases.
• Initial ability to use proxy for ftp downloading.
• Option for ignoring apostrophe at the end of the word now is ignoring apostrophes at the beginning also. (thus renamed)
• Determination of current word for context menu suggestion mode is now based on caret position rather than mouse position
• Defaults delimiters updated a little.
• Fixed bug: focus wasn't being restored after using menu from suggestions button
• Fixed bug: in multiple language selection dialog - some languages could be corresponding to other languages actually.

v1.2.4

• Make option "ignore words starting or ending with apostrophe" to be turned off by default (still it's recommend for Aspell users)
• Add option to ignore apostrophe at the end of the words (turned on by default)
• Fix wrong message and behaviour when Hunspell directory for dictionaries doesn't exist.
• Restore work of multiple languages list for Aspell.
• Fixed bug: if usage of multiple languages was not chosen, all the dictionaries for it were still loading at plugin start.

v1.2.3

• Fix bug with Multiple Languages settings not being saved when chosen from "Change Current Language" menu.
• Fix bug with incorrect delimiters while checking ANSI files if system default encoding is Japanese.
• Add link to short online manual to plugin menu.

v1.2.2

• Rename Hunspell_Path setting in DSpellCheck.ini to User_Hunspell_Path to avoid some troubles.
• Make AutoCheck turned on by default.

v1.2.1

• Fix 1.2.0 specific bug that non-default encoding were causing some troubles (missing recheck) sometimes
• Make that if scrollbar was moved because of user input, immediate recheck isn't being done.
• Add support for using two dictionary Hunspell directories (by default one for all users, one for current only) and thus ability to remove and install dictionaries to/from these directories.
• Optimize plugin performance on scrolling a little.

v1.2.0

• Add possibility to download Hunspell dictionaries from common OpenOffice mirrors using plugin interface.
• Add possibility to remove Hunspell dictionaries using plugin interface.
• Add possibility to quickly change current language through Plugins->DSpellCheck->Change_Current_Language or corresponding hot key (initially Alt + D), also such items as "Download More Dictionaries", "Customize Multiple Dictionaries" and "Remove Unneeded Dictionaries" are also presented there.
• Add resolving common Hunspell dictionaries names to more user friendly language names.
• Now by Default Hunspell user dictionaries are stored separately, this could be turned to the way it was.
• No more checking of words contained in hotlinks
• Some minor bugs were fixed.

v1.1.7

• Fix plugin's crash in some system default encodings.

v1.1.6

• Fix working of "Add to dictionary" and "Ignore" for Aspell which were accidentally broken.

v1.1.5

• Fix segfault when Aspell is presented on system but have no dictionaries.
• Make Hunspell used by default even if Aspell library is installed.

v1.1.4

• Fix some encoding conversion problems, which were leading to very dramatic results on some systems.

v1.1.3

• Fix autospellcheck option not being saved correctly.
• Fix some minor bugs.

v1.1.2

• Fix crash on exit when aspell isn't presented.
• Fix some encoding problems.
• Fix words added to Hunspell to be being able to be suggested.

v1.1.1

• Fix adding words to user dictionary using Hunspell library.

v1.1

• Add Hunspell support, which is statically linked into Plug-in so you don't need to download any custom dlls to use it, dictionaries though (.aff and .dic files) should be placed by default into "Notepad++_Dir\plugins\Config\Hunspell" (Location could be changed from settings).
• Add option to use native Notepad++ context menu for choosing suggestions and adding word to dictionary/ignoring word (Default option is the old way though).