diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d01d71c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# To get started with Dependabot version updates, you'll need to specify which
+# package ecosystems to update and where the package manifests are located.
+# Please see the documentation for all configuration options:
+# https://help.github.com/github/administering-a-repository/configuration-options-for-dependency-updates
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+
+ # Maintain dependencies for GitHub Actions
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "monthly"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI_build.yml b/.github/workflows/CI_build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..84ff0eb5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI_build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,203 @@
+name: CI_build
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  build_windows:
+
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        build_configuration: [Release, Debug]
+        build_platform: [x64, Win32, ARM64]
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout repo
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Add msbuild to PATH
+      uses: microsoft/setup-msbuild@v1
+
+    - name: MSBuild of n++ exe
+      working-directory: PowerEditor\visual.net\
+      run: msbuild notepadPlus.sln /m /p:configuration="${{ matrix.build_configuration }}" /p:platform="${{ matrix.build_platform }}" /p:PlatformToolset="v143"
+
+    - name: Archive artifacts for x64 / Release
+      if: matrix.build_platform == 'x64' && matrix.build_configuration == 'Release'
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      with:
+          name: Notepad++.MSVC.${{ matrix.build_platform}}.${{ matrix.build_configuration}}
+          path: PowerEditor\bin64\Notepad++.exe
+
+    - name: Archive artifacts for Win32 / Release
+      if: matrix.build_platform == 'Win32' && matrix.build_configuration == 'Release'
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      with:
+          name: Notepad++.MSVC.${{ matrix.build_platform}}.${{ matrix.build_configuration}}
+          path: PowerEditor\bin\Notepad++.exe
+
+    - name: Archive artifacts for ARM64 / Release
+      if: matrix.build_platform == 'ARM64' && matrix.build_configuration == 'Release'
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      with:
+          name: Notepad++.MSVC.${{ matrix.build_platform}}.${{ matrix.build_configuration}}
+          path: PowerEditor\binarm64\Notepad++.exe
+
+    - name: Archive artifacts for ARM64|x64 / Debug
+      if: (matrix.build_platform == 'ARM64' || matrix.build_platform == 'x64') && matrix.build_configuration == 'Debug'
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      with:
+          name: Notepad++.MSVC.${{ matrix.build_platform}}.${{ matrix.build_configuration}}
+          path: PowerEditor\visual.net\${{ matrix.build_platform}}\${{ matrix.build_configuration}}\Notepad++.exe
+
+    - name: Archive artifacts for Win32 / Debug
+      if: matrix.build_platform == 'Win32' && matrix.build_configuration == 'Debug'
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      with:
+          name: Notepad++.MSVC.${{ matrix.build_platform}}.${{ matrix.build_configuration}}
+          path: PowerEditor\visual.net\${{ matrix.build_configuration}}\Notepad++.exe
+
+    - name: Run xml validation test for Win32 / Debug only
+      if: matrix.build_platform == 'Win32' && matrix.build_configuration == 'Debug'
+      working-directory: .\
+      run: |
+           python -m pip install requests rfc3987 pywin32 lxml
+           python PowerEditor\Test\xmlValidator\validator_xml.py
+
+
+    - name: Run FunctionList and UrlDetection Tests for Win32 / Debug only
+      if: matrix.build_platform == 'Win32' && matrix.build_configuration == 'Debug'
+      working-directory: .\
+      run: |
+           Copy-Item "PowerEditor\visual.net\Debug\Notepad++.exe" -Destination "PowerEditor\bin"
+           Copy-Item "PowerEditor\src\langs.model.xml" -Destination "PowerEditor\bin"
+           Copy-Item "PowerEditor\src\stylers.model.xml" -Destination "PowerEditor\bin"
+           Copy-Item "PowerEditor\src\shortcuts.xml" -Destination "PowerEditor\bin"
+           Copy-Item "PowerEditor\src\contextMenu.xml" -Destination "PowerEditor\bin"
+           Copy-Item "PowerEditor\installer\functionList" -Destination "PowerEditor\bin" -Recurse
+
+           Copy-Item "PowerEditor\installer\filesForTesting\regexGlobalTest.xml" -Destination "PowerEditor\bin\functionList"
+           Copy-Item "PowerEditor\installer\filesForTesting\overrideMap.xml" -Destination "PowerEditor\bin\functionList"
+
+           cd .\PowerEditor\Test\FunctionList\
+           .\unitTestLauncher.ps1
+           if ($LastExitCode -ne 0) { $host.SetShouldExit($LastExitCode) }
+
+           cd ..\UrlDetection
+           .\verifyUrlDetection.ps1
+
+
+  # build_windows_clang:
+
+    # runs-on: windows-latest
+    # strategy:
+      # matrix:
+        # build_configuration: [Release]
+        # build_platform: [x64]
+
+    # steps:
+    # - name: Checkout repo
+      # uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    # - name: Add msbuild to PATH
+      # uses: microsoft/setup-msbuild@v1
+
+    # - name: MSBuild of n++ exe
+      # working-directory: PowerEditor\visual.net\
+      # run: msbuild notepadPlus.sln /m /p:configuration="${{ matrix.build_configuration }}" /p:platform="${{ matrix.build_platform }}" /p:PlatformToolset="ClangCL"
+
+
+  build_windows_cmake:
+
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - build_configuration: Release
+            build_platform: x64
+            arch: amd64
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout repo
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Add msbuild to PATH
+      uses: microsoft/setup-msbuild@v1
+
+    - name: Add nmake to PATH
+      uses: ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd@v1
+      with:
+        arch: ${{ matrix.arch }}
+
+    - name: build scintilla
+      working-directory: scintilla/win32/
+      run: |
+           nmake -f scintilla.mak
+
+    - name: build lexilla
+      working-directory: lexilla/src/
+      run: |
+           nmake -f lexilla.mak
+
+    - name: generate cmake
+      working-directory: PowerEditor/src
+      run: |
+           mkdir _build
+           cd _build
+           cmake -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -A ${{ matrix.build_platform }} -T "v143" ..
+
+    - name: build cmake
+      working-directory: PowerEditor/src
+      run: |
+           cd _build
+           cmake --build . --config ${{ matrix.build_configuration }}
+
+  build_windows_msys2:
+
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        build_configuration: [Release, Debug]
+        build_platform: [x86_64, i686]
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout repo
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Make n++ exe
+      working-directory: .\
+      run: |
+        Write-host "${{ matrix.build_platform }}"
+        Write-host "${{ matrix.build_configuration }}"
+        $Env:Path = 'C:\msys64\usr\bin' + [IO.Path]::PathSeparator + $Env:Path
+        if ( $${{ matrix.build_platform == 'i686'}} ) {$Env:MSYSTEM = 'MINGW32'}
+        if ( $${{ matrix.build_platform == 'i686'}} ) {$Env:Path = 'C:\msys64\mingw32\bin' + [IO.Path]::PathSeparator + $Env:Path}
+        if ( $${{ matrix.build_platform == 'x86_64'}} ) {$Env:MSYSTEM = 'MINGW64'}
+        if ( $${{ matrix.build_platform == 'x86_64'}} ) {$Env:Path = 'C:\msys64\mingw64\bin' + [IO.Path]::PathSeparator + $Env:Path}
+        if ( $${{ matrix.build_configuration == 'Debug'}} ) {$Env:DEBUG = '1'}
+        Write-Output "Tools version:"
+        Write-Output (((gcc --version) | select-object -first 1) + " " + (gcc -dumpmachine))
+        Write-Output (make --version) | select-object -first 1
+        Write-Output (sh --version) | select-object -first 1
+        Write-Output ""
+        bash -lc "pacman --noconfirm -Syuu"
+        bash -lc "pacman --noconfirm -Syuu"
+        if ( $${{ matrix.build_platform == 'i686'}} ) {bash -lc "pacman --noconfirm -S mingw-w64-i686-gcc mingw-w64-i686-make"}
+        if ( $${{ matrix.build_platform == 'x86_64'}} ) {bash -lc "pacman --noconfirm -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc mingw-w64-x86_64-make"}
+        make -f PowerEditor\gcc\makefile
+
+    - name: Archive artifacts for ${{ matrix.build_platform}} / Release
+      if: matrix.build_configuration == 'Release'
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      with:
+          name: Notepad++.GCC.${{ matrix.build_platform}}.${{ matrix.build_configuration}}
+          path: bin.${{ matrix.build_platform}}\notepad++.exe
+
+    - name: Archive artifacts for ${{ matrix.build_platform}} / Debug
+      if: matrix.build_configuration == 'Debug'
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      with:
+          name: Notepad++.GCC.${{ matrix.build_platform}}.${{ matrix.build_configuration}}
+          path: bin.${{ matrix.build_platform}}-debug\notepad++.exe
diff --git a/PowerEditor/Test/FunctionList/bash/unitTest.expected.result b/PowerEditor/Test/FunctionList/bash/unitTest.expected.result
index c53b0b3f9..71444feff 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/Test/FunctionList/bash/unitTest.expected.result
+++ b/PowerEditor/Test/FunctionList/bash/unitTest.expected.result
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"leaves":["action_needed","canonicalize_path","make_module","db2_name","versioned_copy"],"root":"unitTest"}
\ No newline at end of file
+{"leaves":["setenv","action_needed","canonicalize_path","make_module","db2_name","versioned_copy"],"root":"unitTest"}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/PowerEditor/Test/FunctionList/bash/unitTest.expected.result.correct b/PowerEditor/Test/FunctionList/bash/unitTest.expected.result.correct
deleted file mode 100644
index 71444feff..000000000
--- a/PowerEditor/Test/FunctionList/bash/unitTest.expected.result.correct
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{"leaves":["setenv","action_needed","canonicalize_path","make_module","db2_name","versioned_copy"],"root":"unitTest"}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/PowerEditor/Test/FunctionList/unitTest.ps1 b/PowerEditor/Test/FunctionList/unitTest.ps1
index 9ec26b9bc..8e28e36f9 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/Test/FunctionList/unitTest.ps1
+++ b/PowerEditor/Test/FunctionList/unitTest.ps1
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Try {
 		if ($langName.StartsWith("udl-"))
 		{
 			$langName = $langName.Replace("udl-", "")
-			..\..\bin\notepad++.exe -export=functionList -udl="`"$langName"`" $testRoot$dirName\unitTest | Out-Null
+			..\..\bin\notepad++.exe -export=functionList -udl="$langName" $testRoot$dirName\unitTest | Out-Null
 		}
 		else
 		{
@@ -31,16 +31,16 @@ Try {
 
 		$expectedRes = Get-Content $testRoot$dirName\unitTest.expected.result
 		$generatedRes = Get-Content $testRoot$dirName\unitTest.result.json
-		
+
 		# Some parser results contain CRLF or LF (\r\n or \n) dependent of file EOL format
-		# In order to make tests pass in any environment, all the CRLF turning into LF (if any) in both strings 
+		# In order to make tests pass in any environment, all the CRLF turning into LF (if any) in both strings
 		$expectedRes = $expectedRes.replace('\r\n','\n')
 		$generatedRes = $generatedRes.replace('\r\n','\n')
-		
+
 		if ($generatedRes -eq $expectedRes)
 		{
-		   Remove-Item $testRoot$dirName\unitTest.result.json
-		   return 0
+			Remove-Item $testRoot$dirName\unitTest.result.json
+			return 0
 		}
 		else
 		{
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Try {
 			"`nvs`n"
 			$generatedRes
 			return -1
-		}	
+		}
 	}
 }
 Catch
diff --git a/PowerEditor/Test/FunctionList/unitTestLauncher.ps1 b/PowerEditor/Test/FunctionList/unitTestLauncher.ps1
index 996f8af2c..f1c5f7ac8 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/Test/FunctionList/unitTestLauncher.ps1
+++ b/PowerEditor/Test/FunctionList/unitTestLauncher.ps1
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 $testRoot = ".\"
 
-Get-ChildItem -Path $testRoot -Attribute Directory | 
+Get-ChildItem -Path $testRoot -Attribute Directory -Name |
 Foreach-Object {
 
 		$dirName = (Get-Item $testRoot$_).Name
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ Foreach-Object {
 		$sw.Stop()
 		"Test: " + $sw.Elapsed.TotalMilliseconds + " ms"
 
-		
+
 		if ($result -eq 0)
 		{
 			"$dirName ... OK"
 		}
 		elseif ($result -eq 1)
-		{		
+		{
 			"$dirName ... unitTest file not found. Test skipped."
 		}
 		elseif ($result -eq -1)
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ Foreach-Object {
 			"It should not happen - check your script."
 			exit -1
 		}
-		
+
 		# Check all Sub-directories for other unit-tests
-		Get-ChildItem -Path $testRoot\$dirName -Attribute Directory | 
+		Get-ChildItem -Path $testRoot\$dirName -Attribute Directory -Name |
 		Foreach-Object {
 
 				$subDirName = (Get-Item $testRoot$dirName\$_).Name
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Foreach-Object {
 					"$dirName-$subDirName ... OK"
 				}
 				elseif ($subResult -eq 1)
-				{		
+				{
 					"$dirName-$subDirName ... unitTest file not found. Test skipped."
 				}
 				else
diff --git a/lexilla/lexers/LexObjC.cxx b/lexilla/lexers/LexObjC.cxx
index 86fedd976..7b45869f7 100644
--- a/lexilla/lexers/LexObjC.cxx
+++ b/lexilla/lexers/LexObjC.cxx
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ inline bool IsASpace(unsigned int ch) {
     return (ch == ' ') || ((ch >= 0x09) && (ch <= 0x0d));
 }
 
-static inline bool IsADigit(char ch) {
-	return isascii(ch) && isdigit(ch);
-}
-
 static inline bool IsADoxygenChar(const int ch) {
 	return (islower(ch) || ch == '$' || ch == '@' ||
 	        ch == '\\' || ch == '&' || ch == '<' ||
diff --git a/lexilla/src/lexilla.mak b/lexilla/src/lexilla.mak
index aea8cd3ac..adbc3fc76 100644
--- a/lexilla/src/lexilla.mak
+++ b/lexilla/src/lexilla.mak
@@ -197,6 +197,9 @@ LEX_OBJS=\
 	$(DIR_O)\LexVisualProlog.obj \
 	$(DIR_O)\LexX12.obj \
 	$(DIR_O)\LexYAML.obj \
+	$(DIR_O)\LexObjC.obj \
+	$(DIR_O)\LexSearchResult.obj \
+	$(DIR_O)\LexUser.obj
 
 #--Autogenerated -- end of automatically generated section