Add "open new blank document in addition on startup" ability

To enable/disable this feature, go to New Document section of Preferences dialog, and check/uncheck "Always open a new document in addition at startup" checkbox.

Fix #11134, fix #9535, fix #5527, close #13738

PowerEditor/installer/nativeLang/english.xml

@@ -1030,6 +1030,7 @@ You can define several column markers by using white space to separate the diffe
 					<Item id="6411" name="Default language :"/>
 					<Item id="6419" name="New Document"/>
 					<Item id="6420" name="Apply to opened ANSI files"/>
+					<Item id="6432" name="Always open a new document in addition at startup"/>
 				</NewDoc>
 
 				<DefaultDir title="Default Directory">

PowerEditor/installer/nativeLang/english_customizable.xml

@@ -1030,6 +1030,7 @@ You can define several column markers by using white space to separate the diffe
 					<Item id="6411" name="Default language :"/>
 					<Item id="6419" name="New Document"/>
 					<Item id="6420" name="Apply to opened ANSI files"/>
+					<Item id="6432" name="Always open a new document in addition at startup"/>
 				</NewDoc>
 
 				<DefaultDir title="Default Directory">

PowerEditor/installer/nativeLang/french.xml

@@ -1027,6 +1027,7 @@ Vous pouvez définir plusieurs marqueurs de colonne en utilisant un espace pour
 					<Item id="6411" name="Langage par défaut :"/>
 					<Item id="6419" name="Nouveau document"/>
 					<Item id="6420" name="Appliquer aux fichiers ANSI ouverts"/>
+					<Item id="6432" name="Toujours ouvrir un nouveau document en plus au démarrage"/>
 				</NewDoc>
 
 				<DefaultDir title="Dossier par défaut">

PowerEditor/installer/nativeLang/taiwaneseMandarin.xml

@@ -986,6 +986,7 @@
 					<Item id="6411" name="預設程式語言："/>
 					<Item id="6419" name="新文件預設設定"/>
 					<Item id="6420" name="套用至 ANSI 檔案"/>
+					<Item id="6432" name="在啟動時另外打開一個新文件"/>
 				</NewDoc>
 
 				<DefaultDir title="預設資料夾">

PowerEditor/src/Notepad_plus_Window.cpp

@@ -316,6 +316,12 @@ void Notepad_plus_Window::init(HINSTANCE hInst, HWND parent, const TCHAR *cmdLin
 
 	::SendMessage(_hSelf, NPPM_INTERNAL_ENABLECHANGEHISTORY, 0, 0);
 
+
+	if (nppGUI._newDocDefaultSettings._addNewDocumentOnStartup)
+	{
+		::SendMessage(_hSelf, WM_COMMAND, IDM_FILE_NEW, 0);
+	}
+
 	// Notify plugins that Notepad++ is ready
 	SCNotification scnN{};
 	scnN.nmhdr.code = NPPN_READY;

PowerEditor/src/Parameters.cpp

@@ -5261,6 +5261,9 @@ void NppParameters::feedGUIParameters(TiXmlNode *node)
 			if (val)
 				_nppGUI._newDocDefaultSettings._openAnsiAsUtf8 = (lstrcmp(val, TEXT("yes")) == 0);
 
+			val = element->Attribute(TEXT("addNewDocumentOnStartup"));
+			if (val)
+				_nppGUI._newDocDefaultSettings._addNewDocumentOnStartup = (lstrcmp(val, TEXT("yes")) == 0);
 		}
 
 		else if (!lstrcmp(nm, TEXT("langsExcluded")))
@@ -7000,6 +7003,7 @@ void NppParameters::createXmlTreeFromGUIParams()
 		GUIConfigElement->SetAttribute(TEXT("lang"), _nppGUI._newDocDefaultSettings._lang);
 		GUIConfigElement->SetAttribute(TEXT("codepage"), _nppGUI._newDocDefaultSettings._codepage);
 		GUIConfigElement->SetAttribute(TEXT("openAnsiAsUTF8"), _nppGUI._newDocDefaultSettings._openAnsiAsUtf8 ? TEXT("yes") : TEXT("no"));
+		GUIConfigElement->SetAttribute(TEXT("addNewDocumentOnStartup"), _nppGUI._newDocDefaultSettings._addNewDocumentOnStartup ? TEXT("yes") : TEXT("no"));
 	}
 
 	// <GUIConfig name = "langsExcluded" gr0 = "0" gr1 = "0" gr2 = "0" gr3 = "0" gr4 = "0" gr5 = "0" gr6 = "0" gr7 = "0" langMenuCompact = "yes" / >

PowerEditor/src/Parameters.h

@@ -571,6 +571,7 @@ struct NewDocDefaultSettings final
 	bool _openAnsiAsUtf8 = true;
 	LangType _lang = L_TEXT;
 	int _codepage = -1; // -1 when not using
+	bool _addNewDocumentOnStartup = false;
 };
 
 

PowerEditor/src/WinControls/Preference/preference.rc

@@ -207,8 +207,9 @@ BEGIN
     CONTROL         "UTF-16 Little Endian with BOM",IDC_RADIO_UTF16SMALL,"Button",BS_AUTORADIOBUTTON,242,111,110,10
     CONTROL         "",IDC_RADIO_OTHERCP,"Button",BS_AUTORADIOBUTTON,242,126,10,10
     COMBOBOX        IDC_COMBO_OTHERCP,257,125,100,140,CBS_DROPDOWNLIST | WS_VSCROLL | WS_TABSTOP
-    RTEXT           "Default language :",IDC_DEFAULTLANG_STATIC,16,130,77,8
+    RTEXT           "Default language :",IDC_DEFAULTLANG_STATIC,16,125,77,8
-    COMBOBOX        IDC_COMBO_DEFAULTLANG,98,128,100,140,CBS_DROPDOWNLIST | CBS_SORT | WS_VSCROLL | WS_TABSTOP
+    COMBOBOX        IDC_COMBO_DEFAULTLANG,98,123,100,140,CBS_DROPDOWNLIST | CBS_SORT | WS_VSCROLL | WS_TABSTOP
+    CONTROL         "Always open a new document in addition at startup",IDC_CHECK_ADDNEWDOCONSTARTUP,"Button",BS_AUTOCHECKBOX | WS_TABSTOP,23,152,250,10
 END
 
 

PowerEditor/src/WinControls/Preference/preferenceDlg.cpp

@@ -2347,6 +2347,8 @@ intptr_t CALLBACK NewDocumentSubDlg::run_dlgProc(UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LP
 			}
 			::SendDlgItemMessage(_hSelf, IDC_COMBO_DEFAULTLANG, CB_SETCURSEL, j, 0);
 
+			::SendDlgItemMessage(_hSelf, IDC_CHECK_ADDNEWDOCONSTARTUP, BM_SETCHECK, ndds._addNewDocumentOnStartup, 0);
+
 			return TRUE;
 		}
 
@@ -2438,6 +2440,12 @@ intptr_t CALLBACK NewDocumentSubDlg::run_dlgProc(UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LP
 					return TRUE;
 				}
 
+				case IDC_CHECK_ADDNEWDOCONSTARTUP:
+				{
+					ndds._addNewDocumentOnStartup = isCheckedOrNot(IDC_CHECK_ADDNEWDOCONSTARTUP);
+					return TRUE;
+				}
+
 				default:
 				{
 					if (HIWORD(wParam) == CBN_SELCHANGE)

PowerEditor/src/WinControls/Preference/preference_rc.h

@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@
 	//#define	IDC_CUSTOMIZELENGTHVAL_STATIC (IDD_PREFERENCE_SUB_NEWDOCUMENT + 28)
 	#define IDC_DISPLAY_STATIC (IDD_PREFERENCE_SUB_NEWDOCUMENT + 29)
 	#define IDC_OPENSAVEDIR_CHECK_DRROPFOLDEROPENFILES (IDD_PREFERENCE_SUB_NEWDOCUMENT + 31)
+	#define IDC_CHECK_ADDNEWDOCONSTARTUP (IDD_PREFERENCE_SUB_NEWDOCUMENT + 32)
 
 #define	IDD_PREFERENCE_SUB_DEFAULTDIRECTORY 6450 //(IDD_PREFERENCE_BOX + 400)
 #define	IDD_PREFERENCE_SUB_RECENTFILESHISTORY 6460 //(IDD_PREFERENCE_BOX + 400)