notepad-plus-plus / notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus
Fixed / monospace font not fixed
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Description
I am using Notepad++ 7.9.5 (64-bit) on Windows 10 and different types of monitors/displays. I am working on it to get an update from my admin.
When I use monospace fonts (tried Hack, FiraCode, FiraCodeRetina, SourceCodePro and Courier) the indention is not correct.
Look at this lines and the beginning of the string in column 40.
res_e = einsaetze_jahr.loc[:, ['PERSON',
'GENDER',
In that picture you see the exactly (copyied!) snippet of a Python file.
In the white background it is Windows 10 notepad. Indention is correct.
In the dark background you see Notepad++ without zoom. The indention is not correct.
What happens here? The fonts are monospace / fixed.
EDIT:
Here you see MS Word 2016 with the same code snipped and all 4 fonts I tested. The indention is correct.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the reported indentation mismatch in Notepad++ 7.9.5 on Windows 10 with Hack, FiraCode, FiraCodeRetina, SourceCodePro, or Courier at default zoom. Compare the displayed alignment with the same copied Python snippet in another editor, then trace the desktop text-rendering path. Done means fixed-width fonts align the snippet consistently without changing zoom behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100