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Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty

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Re: Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty

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Notepad++ is written by an immigrant (non-french native) . In https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/a-propos-du-tweet-contre-... , the photo says: "Please uninstall Notepad++ if you voted for the National Front" (he was assuming the xenophobic party)

Each release has a message on what he believes in: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news

Re: Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

He was targeted, and beheaded, for showing Mohammed drawings on class (above it sounds like “a victim”, not the victim).

By what metric was Samuel not the victim? Is it against the law in France to share offensive religious imagery? Is the legal punishment beheading by vigilante?

He wasn't a victim, he was The victim, that's what the commentor above tried to say, he was specifically targeted

Re: Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty

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I remember notepad++ from way back in the day. Haven't used it since my shift to Linux in 2006, but it used to be the only editor worth talking about for Windows.

I was blown when I discovered column mode. I think I learnt to think about editing as an operation through it. It's carried forward to my vim usage now as well. I've seen Devs not make maximum use of these features and while I do respect their choices, I have to (embarrassingly) admit, it annoys me. I don't show it of course, but whenever a junior comes to me and asks me how I type fast or how I use so many shortcuts I make sure I take the time to teach them.

I owe that paradigm largely to Notepad++. Owe the dev a lot.

Re: Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty

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I have been using n++ more than 10 years, and just now I've noticed that each release has some social or political message.

Do you not remmember when it automatically typed "Je suis charlie"?

That was an interesting version, because afterwards the dev was hacked by people who disagreed with his message. He then had to face the fact people who endorsed what he saw as terrorism used his open-source product.

"I will always find a way to distribute Notepad++ “Je suis Charlie” edition - that’s my freedom of expression which I claim as my right."

https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/npp-site-hacked-cos-je-su...

Re: Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty

#25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He was targeted, and beheaded, for showing Mohammed drawings on class (above it sounds like “a victim”, not the victim).

By what metric was Samuel not the victim? Is it against the law in France to share offensive religious imagery? Is the legal punishment beheading by vigilante?

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Re: Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty

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post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe the author doesn't want to "steal" the 30% of the Apple's future Mac AppStore revenue...

There isn't and never has been a limitation on installing mac apps from the internet.

Currently isn't... but Apple is moving toward AppStore on OS/X...

Re: Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty

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post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wine? edit: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/373851/how-to-get-...

As far as I'm aware Wine doesn't run on Catalina. EDIT: Had no idea Crossover was so cheap. Purchased!

CrossOver does, it's paid software however.

Re: Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty

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For those out of the loop - Samuel Paty was a middle-school teacher in [redacted] who was murdered in the October 16 terror attack in [redacted]. More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Samuel_Paty

He was targeted, and beheaded, for showing Mohammed drawings on class (above it sounds like “a victim”, not the victim).

For a broader context, 16 years earlier something very similar happened in the Netherlands:

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Theo_van_...

“The murderer Mohammed Bouyeri, an Islamic extremist, killed van Gogh. The reason for murdering Gogh was to oppose the controversial film which criticised Islam: “Submission”. Bouyeri shot and stabbed van Gogh, then cut his throat. Finally the killer attached a 5 letter page to van Gogh's chest with a knife.“

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4716909.stm

“Bouyeri had told the court he had acted out of religious conviction. Clutching a copy of the Koran, he said that "the law compels me to chop off the head of anyone who insults Allah and the prophet"”

What was in the letter: it “threatened Somali-born Dutch MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali. She had written the script for Van Gogh's controversial film Submission, which criticised the treatment of women under Islam.”

(Completely unrelated to that event, the killed artist’s great-great uncle was Vincent van Gogh.)

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