{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/232","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/232/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/232/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/232/events","html_url":"https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/232","id":88562479,"number":232,"title":"Notepad++ searches and edits binary files by default?","user":{"login":"Knocks","id":172613,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/172613?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/Knocks","html_url":"https://github.com/Knocks","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Knocks/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Knocks/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Knocks/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Knocks/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Knocks/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Knocks/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Knocks/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Knocks/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Knocks/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2015-06-15T23:00:35Z","updated_at":"2015-06-16T03:37:21Z","closed_at":null,"body":"I had important rar files in the same directory as HTML files that I was working on, and after running a few \"Find in Files\" queries I realized Notepad++ was editing rar files and corrupting them.\r\n\r\nQuestions:\r\n\r\n1) Since Notepad++ is mainly a text editor and not a binary or hex editor, shouldn't editing binaries be disabled by default?\r\n\r\n2) If Notepad++ is obviously not good at editing RAR files (seeing that it's corrupting them), why enable this feature at all?\r\n\r\n3) Which setting is responsible for opting in and out of editing binaries, so I can avoid losing my work in the future?\r\n\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/comments/112272486","html_url":"https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/232#issuecomment-112272486","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/232","id":112272486,"user":{"login":"Rikk","id":2916485,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2916485?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/Rikk","html_url":"https://github.com/Rikk","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Rikk/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Rikk/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Rikk/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Rikk/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Rikk/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Rikk/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Rikk/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Rikk/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Rikk/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-06-16T03:37:21Z","updated_at":"2015-06-16T03:37:21Z","body":"Why are you opening binaries with Npp++?"}}