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Re: PSPad: A freeware programmer's editor for Windows

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Post by noja »

HideousKojima wrote: post #60
shp0ngle wrote: post #33

One of the good things about Windows is the backwards compat. I know this particular code has been updated in 2021, sure, but in general, you can take binary from early 2000s and it will run on Windows 10 most likely. (OK, games and rich "multimedia CD-ROMs" from that era have problems, but it holds in general.) In linux, it kinda holds, because everything is open-source anyway, but binaries in general are not compat…

On Linux, so long as you have the older versions of any of the app's dependencies pretty much anything will still run. Getting all the right dependencies set up (and hopefully not opening yourself up to numerous security vulnerabilities as a result) is the hard part.

Well yeah of course. But on Windows you don't need to do any of that. I think that was GP's point.

Re: PSPad: A freeware programmer's editor for Windows

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Post by perryizgr8 »

stephenr wrote: post #39
perryizgr8 wrote: post #35

I wish there were apps like PSPad and Notepad++ on MacOS. I really did not like any editor I used on this OS. Same with MS paint and the windows calculator.

For a text editor, what's wrong with any of TextMate, BBEdit, ubEthaEdit or CotEditor, to name but a few. Literally the only thing I've ever seen anyone in a professional setting use MS Paint for, is pasting the result of a screen dump, because apparently capturing to a file would have made it to convenient for the user. What exactly do you see missing from the macOS Calculator, that Windows has?

> For a text editor, what's wrong with any of TextMate, BBEdit, ubEthaEdit or CotEditor, to name but a few.

There is nothing wrong with those. I guess it is a matter of getting comfortable with the UI.

> Literally the only thing I've ever seen anyone in a professional setting use MS Paint for, is pasting the result of a screen dump, because apparently capturing to a file would have made it to convenient for the user.

I disagree. MS paint is amazingly useful in so many situations. And it is just simple enough that I can do everything without spending much time. Even the markup tools in macos's default editor are cryptic and hard to use. I have yet to figure out how which tiny inscrutable button crops the image.

I downloaded paintbrush, but that is also way harder to use than paint. How do you resize the canvas? Why does drag and drop not work? Why are all the toolbars floating in the air?

> What exactly do you see missing from the macOS Calculator, that Windows has?

Literally everything! Macos calc is just one simple standard calculator with only 5-6 operations. On windows, the calculator has a button that converts it into various specialized versions. Like programmer, which has a nice bit-wise display also. There are many built-in unit conversions too.

Re: PSPad: A freeware programmer's editor for Windows

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Post by 51Cards »

badsectoracula wrote: post #45
qbasic_forever wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just because you can doesn't mean you should run something that old. I would not want to run a 21 year old native application written in C or C++ from a different era of security consciousness on any modern machine. Certainly not anything connected to the internet--remember that was the hey-day of massive worms that crippled entire networks of machines. If the source hasn't been touched in decades, treat it like an a…

I'm using Paint Shop Pro 7 as my main image editor[0], it has the best UX of any image editor i've used, was released 21 years ago and i have zero concerns about its security - not because i expect it to be secure (chances are it is using, e.g., a jpeg library with security bugs) but because there isn't any use case where that would matter. Similarly i use Delphi 2 and C++ Builder (both around 25 years old) now and t…

Paint Shop Pro 9 user here, and I dread the day it no longer works for me.

Re: PSPad: A freeware programmer's editor for Windows

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Post by perryizgr8 »

forgotpwd16 wrote: post #43
perryizgr8 wrote: post #35

I wish there were apps like PSPad and Notepad++ on MacOS. I really did not like any editor I used on this OS. Same with MS paint and the windows calculator.

You can try SciTE, a cross-platform Scintilla-based editor (similar to Notepad++).

It looks good but it is a ₹3699 ($49) purchase! I usually don't hesitate to pay for the software I use, but this is too high a price for a text editor. I will see if there is a way to demo it. Thanks for the suggestion.

Re: PSPad: A freeware programmer's editor for Windows

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Post by dw-im-here »

Pelic4n wrote: post #30
RcouF1uZ4gsC wrote: post #2

Searched for "LSP" and "Language Server Protocol" and did not find any mentions. Unfortunately, I think the programming languages are getting too complex for an editor to try to maintain smart browsing, smart formatting, code completion, etc. Language Server Protocol allows this language work to be done once by people who are generally actively tracking the language. I think in 2021, a programmer's editor without Lan…

Let me tell you about my knives: -A swiss army knife that I always carry, for small fixes, opening packages & bottles (the scissors are amazing). -A small foldable knife for slightly heavier duty or eating on the go. -A bigger foldable knife for outdoors, camping, ang general purpose work. -A rescue knife I keep in an emergency kit, with cord cutter and glass breaker. -A huge chef knife for general cooking. -A small…

Do you use a different computer for each editing task too?

Re: PSPad: A freeware programmer's editor for Windows

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Post by whalesalad »

shp0ngle wrote: post #33

One of the good things about Windows is the backwards compat. I know this particular code has been updated in 2021, sure, but in general, you can take binary from early 2000s and it will run on Windows 10 most likely. (OK, games and rich "multimedia CD-ROMs" from that era have problems, but it holds in general.) In linux, it kinda holds, because everything is open-source anyway, but binaries in general are not compat…

It is a double-edged sword. I believe the primary reason Windows has so many 'issues' in general is the sheer amount of hardware and ancient software that is supported. Keeping the surface area small is easier to maintain, more secure (less attack vectors), etc...

I am not saying one approach is better than the other - but when it comes to Apple it makes a lot of sense that they did what the did considering they have full control over their entire stack top to bottom. That being said, they did extend Carbon compat for a really really long time. AFAIK Photoshop was still Carbon for a long time after the switch to x86.

Re: PSPad: A freeware programmer's editor for Windows

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Post by Liquid_Fire »

bantunes wrote: post #8

Unrelated, but hope someone here knows: what was the name for Microsoft's design language around 2002? Example for Frontpage https://media.codeweavers.com/pub/crossover/website/appdb/b7... Looking for any info on its principles, or anything really.

I like that the screenshot you picked actually shows FrontPage running under Wine/CrossOver, most likely on Linux + KDE (judging by the title bars).

It speaks to how successful Wine is that this is easily confused with a native screenshot.

Re: PSPad: A freeware programmer's editor for Windows

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Post by [deleted] »

perryizgr8 wrote: post #64
forgotpwd16 wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can try SciTE, a cross-platform Scintilla-based editor (similar to Notepad++).

It looks good but it is a ₹3699 ($49) purchase! I usually don't hesitate to pay for the software I use, but this is too high a price for a text editor. I will see if there is a way to demo it. Thanks for the suggestion.

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