Notepad++ 6.0 Released • Hacker News Board

Re: Notepad++ 6.0 Released

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Post by blntechie » Mon, Mar 26, 2012, 3:50 AM UTC

sonar_un wrote: post #5

I love Notepad++, but when I started using Sublime Text 2, I purchased it, and never looked back.

I'm little curious on their no time limit evaluation and a license to buy for continuous use model. Is it just a good faith agreement to buy it if you intend to use continuously or it can be enforced later if it's detected it's used regularly?

Re: Notepad++ 6.0 Released

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Post by Karunamon » Mon, Mar 26, 2012, 3:53 AM UTC

I love N++ for some of its XML handling features (being able to hit a menu item to get an xpath readout is handy), but I still find myself using GVim more often than not.

Re: Notepad++ 6.0 Released

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Post by georgemcbay » Mon, Mar 26, 2012, 3:56 AM UTC

blntechie wrote: post #11

sonar_un wrote: post #5

I love Notepad++, but when I started using Sublime Text 2, I purchased it, and never looked back.

I'm little curious on their no time limit evaluation and a license to buy for continuous use model. Is it just a good faith agreement to buy it if you intend to use continuously or it can be enforced later if it's detected it's used regularly?

It is a good faith agreement, plus a nag dialog that pops up once in a while if you're running unlicensed.

Re: Notepad++ 6.0 Released

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Post by pooriaazimi » Mon, Mar 26, 2012, 4:09 AM UTC

prophetjohn wrote: post #10

Hands down my favorite editor for Windows, but when I'm using it, I still wish I was using gedit or TextMate.

Try Sublime Text 2. It's fantastic (just like TextMate):

http://www.sublimetext.com/2

It's free for now.

Be sure to check Sublime package Manager. There are hundreds of Sublime extensions, many of which were ported directly from TextMate (and have .tmbundle suffix!):

http://wbond.net/sublime_packages/package_control

List of packages: http://wbond.net/sublime_packages/community#sort-installs

Re: Notepad++ 6.0 Released

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Post by zanny » Mon, Mar 26, 2012, 4:14 AM UTC

I like notepad++, but have switched to geany because its cross platform :P

Re: Notepad++ 6.0 Released

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Post by sonar_un » Mon, Mar 26, 2012, 4:14 AM UTC

skeletonjelly wrote: post #9

sonar_un wrote: post #5

I love Notepad++, but when I started using Sublime Text 2, I purchased it, and never looked back.

Mind elaborating on why?

The biggest reasons are being able to open projects and view all of the files in the project (and search through all of them) at a quick command. I really liked the themeing functions. Multiple OS compatibility (I regularly switch between macOS and Windows), so I needed a client that is used basically the same on both OS's. And one license is for all of the computers you use, and on all operating systems.

The more I use it the more I like it. Sometimes I have files that still open in N++ and I quickly switch out of it into sublime. Oh, did I mention at the command line (in OSX) you can open files using the subl command (Very awesome).

Re: Notepad++ 6.0 Released

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Post by danberger » Mon, Mar 26, 2012, 4:19 AM UTC

pooriaazimi wrote: post #14

prophetjohn wrote: post #10

Hands down my favorite editor for Windows, but when I'm using it, I still wish I was using gedit or TextMate.

Try Sublime Text 2. It's fantastic (just like TextMate): http://www.sublimetext.com/2 It's free for now. Be sure to check Sublime package Manager. There are hundreds of Sublime extensions, many of which were ported directly from TextMate (and have .tmbundle suffix!): http://wbond.net/sublime_packages/package_control List of packages: http://wbond.net/sublime_packages/community#sort-installs

+1 for Sublime. It is awesome... and for someone like me who switches b/w Windows and Linux, it's the perfect IDE.

Re: Notepad++ 6.0 Released

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Post by Osiris » Mon, Mar 26, 2012, 4:19 AM UTC

I come from a Windows background and recently switched to Mac at work. I'm a pretty heavy user of Notepad++ but so far all the good text editors I've found for Mac are shareware.

What good free text editors do you recommend on Mac that have similar features, like syntax highlighting, auto-indent, and regular expression support?

Re: Notepad++ 6.0 Released

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Post by user2459 » Mon, Mar 26, 2012, 4:25 AM UTC

pooriaazimi wrote: post #14

prophetjohn wrote: post #10

Hands down my favorite editor for Windows, but when I'm using it, I still wish I was using gedit or TextMate.

Try Sublime Text 2. It's fantastic (just like TextMate): http://www.sublimetext.com/2 It's free for now. Be sure to check Sublime package Manager. There are hundreds of Sublime extensions, many of which were ported directly from TextMate (and have .tmbundle suffix!): http://wbond.net/sublime_packages/package_control List of packages: http://wbond.net/sublime_packages/community#sort-installs

Definitely not free, but non-self-crippling.

"Sublime Text 2 may be downloaded and evaluated for free, however a license must be purchased for continued use. There is currently no enforced time limit for the evaluation."

Re: Notepad++ 6.0 Released

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Post by user2459 » Mon, Mar 26, 2012, 4:28 AM UTC

Osiris wrote: post #18

I come from a Windows background and recently switched to Mac at work. I'm a pretty heavy user of Notepad++ but so far all the good text editors I've found for Mac are shareware. What good free text editors do you recommend on Mac that have similar features, like syntax highlighting, auto-indent, and regular expression support?

gedit: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/binaries/mac/gedit/3.2/

text wrangler: http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/download.html

redcar: http://redcareditor.com/

but you're really not gonna get any better than textmate or sublime text 2