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Improvements of the new N++ feature to show/hide Non-Printing characters in N++ v8.5

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Description

To @don-ho and the N++ team,

I have thought about some improvements to this new and valuable feature !

No need to repeat myself ! Simply refer to my single post below :

https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/24209/new-n-feature-to-show-hide-non-printing-characters


Note that, if these described improvements were accepted, the wording of the option could be changed to :

View > Show Symbol > Show BMP Format chars / Non Regular Spaces

This would be the exact meaning of this new command !

Best Regards,

guy038

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Research direction

Start by reading the linked Community post, since the issue defers all improvement details to that discussion. Then inspect the View > Show Symbol command for the current non-printing-character feature. Done means implementing the accepted improvements and updating the option wording to match the proposed label.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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