Why Windows notepad put all the code line on a single line when I open a file created using Notepad++?

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I have the following problem: I use Nodepad++ editor to write some text\code and I save my file into it, if later I open this file using the Windows notepad this lost the text format and put all the code line on a single line.

Why? Can this thing being a problem?

Tnx

Andrea

http://superuser.com/questions/362087/notepad-ignoring-linebreaks — CBroe, Nov 07 '13 at 10:01

score 10 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:18

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CBroe's link: https://superuser.com/questions/362087/notepad-ignoring-linebreaks has a good description of the problem, if the file is in Unix or Mac format it treats line endings differently and Windows Notepad won't recognize them.

In Notepad++ you can change the End-Of-Line encodings through Edit > EOL Conversion > Windows Format, then save the file.

edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:18

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answered Nov 07 '13 at 21:50

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 30 '19 at 19:09

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Windows 10 version 1809 added support for other line endings to Notepad. Up to this point, Notepad only supported CRLF line endings. So any files that used LF endings or another format would show all on one line.

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/extended-eol-in-notepad/

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"Today, we’re excited to announce that we have fixed this issue!". Were they trying to fix it all these years? :) – Marinos An Mar 31 '20 at 16:23

Why Windows notepad put all the code line on a single line when I open a file created using Notepad++?

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