https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/userDefinedLanguages about userdefinedlanguages HOT 7 CLOSED

The "raw contents in clipboard" is not "the file"

The "raw contents in clipboard" is "the file" (or, more accurately, the "raw contents of the file") if you used the button on the right, which has the "Copy raw contents" hover text.

... I had hoped that that my screenshot, along with my text where I differentiate between the "Raw" button and the "copy raw contents" button, was clear enough to indicate that the left button and right button do slightly different things, but can both be used for the purpose of getting the actual XML file contents. But obviously, it was not clear enough. I guess I will have to clarify that even more.

I will also try to work in the "Open User Defined Language Folder" hint

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Yes, it is a little confusing because getting "file contents" is not quite the same as getting "the file" (into the folder), which is ultimately what is needed. Thanks.

(Maybe Notepad++ just needs another menu option ;) since it could just download the file, like you could with curl:
curl -o C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\userDefineLangs\SomeUDL.xml https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/userDefinedLanguages/blob/master/UDLs/SomeUDL.xml

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While this is open, it could be pointed out that the "Copy raw contents" option is not universally supported by web browsers.

Yes, it works in Chrome and Microsoft's Edge clone, which is to say ~80% of the world's users, if StatCounter can be believed. But Firefox, Safari and Opera are all exceptions.

Edge (Chromium)	Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/105.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/105.0.1343.53
Firefox	Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:105.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/105.0
Opera	Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/104.0.5112.102 Safari/537.36 OPR/90.0.4480.84
Safari (by hacking the user agent string in the "Network conditions" panel)	Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_14_6) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/13.0.3 Safari/605.1.15

I'm sure browser quirks are just a tiny contributor to the confusion some users have experienced. Still, it might be better to encourage clicking the "Raw" button, and saving the plain text resource it links to. It's the one universally supported option across browsers (even mobile ones).

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the "Copy raw contents" option is not universally supported by web browsers

I didn't know that: it surprises me that Firefox and Opera don't support it. (Since at home I use Chrome, and at work I use Edge, I hadn't used a browser that didn't have it.)

even mobile ones

Given that Notepad++ doesn't run on mobile, that wasn't a consideration in my mind.

But having only two major browsers (or two, since modern MS Edge uses Chromium under the hood) support that button is a good reason. Given that lack of support, I will remove the references to it before merging the PR

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@drosenba and @rdipardo ,

does this newer version describe the process better?

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Yes, much better. One minor addition might be that after "... find the right userDefineLangs\ folder to place your UDL definition file...", you mention to copy the path from file explorer address bar, to be later pasted into Save As dialog.
Thanks.

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Done and merged. Thanks for your input.

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