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Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty

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Re: Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty

#31

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

Didn't vim use to have a message too? i dont see it now

It only pops up sometimes:

             Help poor children in Uganda!
    type   :help iccf       for information

Re: Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty

#32

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 ha…

I've never learned them because I've never been shown. I've ended up in column mode accidentally and not figured out why it's useful.

Any tutorials/videos you recommend to juniors?

Re: Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty

#34

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 ha…

Notepad++ is probably the most frequently useful Windows app I use day to day.

I dont use it as an IDE but literally as a notebook, as well as editing the odd xml / json / sql etc.

Just a fantastic multi-purpose Notepad application.

Re: Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty

#35

I really, really wish I could run this program natively on macOS. Previously I had a windows computer for work (though I am a mac user generally) and this is the only thing I miss since I managed to get a mac for work. I know there are plenty of text editors available but Notepad++ just ticks all the right boxes for a simple text editor. Edit: CrossOver for mac (fancy version of wine) is way cheap than I thought (30…

I hear ya!

While i'm more of a linux user - not a mac user - for personal computing, i used to use notepad++ for years and years on windows machines that were issued to me at my day jobs. However, for the last few months i've been using Geany [https://www.geany.org/], based on many positive comments i had read elswhere that it comes closest to notepad++. So, I'm running Geany on my work machine (windows), and any/all of my personal linux machines. While Geany is amazing, it is not as good as notepad++ (in only a few small ways); though it really does comes the closest that i've seen compared to other text editors. Plus, it runs natively across windows, linux, and mac! I have no wish to persuade you to switch if you've already found a notepad++ alternative. But, if it helps you, i've grown to really love geany. And, as much as i still love notepad++, i yanked out notepad++ from my work windows machine and only run geany. I do this because i now have a consistent, unified experience (for my text editor) regardless of the OS, which is important to me. So, again, not trying to persuade, but if you haven't, give Geany a look-see. Good luck!

EDIT: I failed to add that...i've heard folks suggest running some sort of emulation layer or maybe Wine on linux in order to run notepad++...but for me, needing to run some extra layer for a text editor just didn't sit right with me. YMMV

Re: Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty

#36
post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Politely disagree

Well Apple definitely wants to go that way, but it's unclear if users will rebel enough for Apple to give it up.

My guess is that Apple will make it step by step more difficult to install non-store apps so that people get used to it and only then cut it off.

Re: Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty

#37

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 ha…

Understanding the tools available to you is key. I admit, I get frustrated as well at the same thing. Not really that people don't know it, but the fact that they choose to actively not learn it. The same thing goes for the command line with me. People look at me and wonder how I can do things so quickly and effortlessly. When I tell them I have used the tools available at my disposal, they look at me with a puzzled expression like "It's too much work." Few people get that I am not better at my job because I'm smart. I'm better because I have more time to focus on important things, because I spend so much less time on menial operations.

Re: Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty

#38

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 ha…

I just discovered Notepad++ macros today. Need to put speechmarks and a comma around every line? Record a macro, then repeat it N times. Brill.

Re: Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty

#39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

English articles "a" and "the" are weird. I'll never understand them.

Re: Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty

#40

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

> I don't care if I lose users and I want you to know your Notepad ++ is written by an immigrant, and it pisses you off.
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