• Latest release as of 2021 Jan
• Edited NppPlugin.DllExport.targets to support new Notepad++ plugins dir
• Update Visual Studio Project Template C#/PluginInfrastructure/DllExport
• Add wakatime plugin to the list of plugins
• improved README
• Updated ScintillaSynchronizer script
• Updated Demo and ScintillaGateway to use basic int instead of properties
• Updated Scintilla source files using updated synchronizer script(cs.py)
• Definition updates using notepad_hfiles_synchronizer
• Print diagnostic msg when nothing has changed - interface generator python script
• Fixed problem with the color bits
• Improved how to install
• Demo Plugin cleanup
• x64 fix [ClikeStringArray.cs] + improved Exception Handling

The project type (x86 or x64) decides where to copy the plugin and which notepad++ to build for
path has been updated to vs2017

More 64bit support thanks to @lipnitsk

More documentation in the readme thanks to @nea

Fixing problems when using the plugin pack with 64 bit. See more info on #18

Thanks to Christian Grasser

• A lot of enum definitions from the notepad++ resource.h, preference.h
• Win32.SendMessage api now accepts uint rather than NppMsg
• Added A new Gateway NppResource
• Added more convenience methods to ScintillaGateway

• Added documentation
• Added notepadgateway functionality
• Added scintillagateway functionality

• Position class extended with compare and min/max operators
• bugfix GetSelectionLength()
• Added a way to easily get ScintillaFactory instances
• Upgraded to .Net 3.5
• Added InsertTextAndMoveCursor
• Uppercased properties of ScNotification to follow C# naming conventions

• Position class extended with compare and min/max operators
• bugfix GetSelectionLength()
• Added a way to easily get ScintillaFactory instances
• Upgraded to .Net 3.5
• Added InsertTextAndMoveCursor
• Uppercased properties of ScNotification to follow C# naming conventions

Writing plugins for Notepad++ using C#/.Net has never been easier with this new plugin pack.

Highlights

• Based on UFO's dated plugin pack
• Upgraded with more than 5000 lines of code - making interaction with Notepad++ and Scintilla less low-level.
• Interfaces have been introduced so you can not unit test your plugins.
• Future upgrades of the package is ensured to be simple

The main contribution in this release is the introduction of the classes NotepadPlusPlusGateway and ScintillaGateWay. These gateways provide a much nicer interaction with Notepad++ for the plugin writer.

The old architecture of plugins were something similar to the below picture:

       +-----------+ +-----------+
       | scintilla | | Notepad++ |
       +-----------+ +-----------+
            ^             ^
            |             |
            +-------------+                   
                    |              
               +-----------+ 
               | Win32     |
               +-----------+ 
                    ^
                    |
               +-----------+ 
               | plugin    |
               +-----------+ 

Plugins would interact with a "Win32" lowlevel api to do calls.

The new architecture:
The new one

               +-----------+ +-----------+
               | scintilla | | Notepad++ |
               +-----------+ +-----------+
                    ^             ^
                    |             |
           +---------------------+-------------+                   
           |                 |                 |
 +------------------+ +----------------+ +-----------+ 
 | scintillaGateway | | NotepadGateway | | Win32     |
 +------------------+ +----------------+ +-----------+ 
      ^                     ^                ^        
      |                     |                |        
      +-----------------+--------------------+                   
                        |              
                   +-----------+ 
                   | plugin    |
                   +-----------+ 

So as you can see, you still have access to the low-level stuff as you are used to, while at the same time being able to use the nice gateway classes.

Includes UFO's pluginpack v0,7