Make the hidden lines *persistent* at Npp restart

[victorel-petrovich]

Description of the Issue

The Hide Lines feature (shortcut Alt+H, located in: Menu > View > Hide Lines )
would be a much more useful feature if Notepad++ remembered their hiding-state when you restart N++, as it does for folded lines.

Wanted by others too:
https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/16203/remember-hidden-lines-after-unhiding
https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/17293/keep-hidden-lines-hidden

Steps to Reproduce the Issue

1. Select some lines and hide them
2. Restart N++

Expected Behavior

To see the lines in same hidde state.

Actual Behavior

The lines are not hidden and the symbols/markers/handles are gone.

Debug Information

Notepad++ v8.5.4 (32-bit)
Build time : Jun 17 2023 - 20:40:14
Path : C:\Users\Vic\AppData\npp.8.5.4.portable\notepad++.exe
Command Line :
Admin mode : OFF
Local Conf mode : ON
Cloud Config : OFF
OS Name : Windows 7 Ultimate (32-bit)
OS Build : 7601.24546
Current ANSI codepage : 1252
Plugins :
mimeTools (2.9)
NppConverter (4.5)
NppExec (0.8.4)
NppExport (0.4)
PythonScript (2)

[donho]

Duplicate #12051

[victorel-petrovich]

Oh, somehow I missed that duplicate, even though I searched.

[alankilborn]

Don Ho noted the duplicate and closed this one, but did not assign himself to take a deeper look (i.e., give more consideration) to the issue that remains open. :-(

[donho]

@alankilborn

Don Ho noted the duplicate and closed this one, but did not assign himself to take a deeper look (i.e., give more consideration) to the issue that remains open.

That's because it's not a bug but an intentional behaviour.
#12051 is rather a feature request than a bug report.
And sincerely, I'm not sure it's a worthy feature for being implemented.

[alankilborn]

I'm not sure it's a worthy feature for being implemented.

OK.

[raaomoka]

And sincerely, I'm not sure it's a worthy feature for being implemented.

Why not create a poll inviting users to vote on it on X or here on GitHub? 😄 Like I mentioned in #12051, it'll significantly help in scanning through thousands of lines of code. As of this post, the AutoHotkey script I keep building on for my workflow has 14,453 lines of code, almost double what I mentioned 8 months ago, and it's only growing with more and more clients coming our way. Mostly growing with write-once-use-forver code that provide means to rapidly enter client-specific details in OneNote/Excel/Word/etc. in my case.

By proper coding practice, I already group my code in paragraps and with header notes. Being able to hide the write-once-use-forever groups of code will immensely aid in navigating through my lines of code as it continues to grow.