Choose newline character in Notepad++

Question

I notice that when I load a text file, Notepad++ will recognize and use whatever the newline character in that file is, \n or \r\n.

Is there some option where I can select which to use by default for new documents?
(I've looked in help and googled, but can't find anything.)

Postdiluvian

Answer 1

For any new document: Settings -> Preferences -> New Document (left pane) -> New Document (right pane) -> Format (Line ending) -> Windows (CR LF) / Unix (LF) / Macintosh (CR)

And for an already-open document: Edit -> EOL Conversion

Analgesic

But note: in the the current version this only works when you create a new file with NP++. If you create an empty file it still seems to default to \r\n (when it finds no EOL characters to go by), and use that instead. – Zellner

In version 7.7.1 this seems to default to the proper new document preferences. – Pedicular

You can also just double-click the format in the status bar and select the desired format. That's much easier than looking in the Edit menu. This also works in VSCode, with a single-click – Tripos

Answer 2

"Edit -> EOL Conversion". You can convert to Windows/Linux/Mac EOL there. The current format is displayed in the status bar.

Stamford

This is much better – Eject

Upvoted just for mentioning the EOL format is shown in status bar (near bottom-right of default configured Notepad++ window). – Afresh

You can also just double-click the format in the status bar and select the desired format. That's much easier. – Tripos

Answer 3

on windows 10, Notepad 7.8.5, i found this solution to convert from CRLF to LF.
Edit > Format end of line
and choose either Windows(CR+LF) or Unix(LF)

Imprecation

Answer 4

Just double-click on that EOL format in the status bar and select Unix(LF).
It's not possible to default save a file in this (LF) format.

Just an alternative to the "new document" setting mentioned earlier …

Dygert

My guess is that the reason this answer has attracted downvotes is that this feature is no longer available in the versions of the last few years. I tried it in version 8.4.6 (32-bits), and it doesn't work. – Siliceous

@Henke Seems to work for me, and I'm running the latest version. – Beggary

32-bit or 64-bit? Maybe not relevant? When I have the time, I will update to the latest version to see if that makes any difference. – Siliceous