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Notepad++ is 21 years old

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Re: Notepad++ is 21 years old

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Post by EasyMark »

wvenable wrote: post #9

I admit I don't use Notepad++ to actually write anything -- I use it view large files, do complex search & replace, regex, reformat files, data manipulation, etc. I probably use it a couple of times a week but never to write. I don't even consider it in competition with tools like VS Code, etc.

my primary use for it is to open files quickly and as a dumping ground scratch pad since you can just close windows and it won't bitch about "do you want to save this file?" no, sir, i do not, just reboot windows please, and when I come back to notepad, I want my scratch buffers back.

Re: Notepad++ is 21 years old

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Post by HexDecOctBin »

bsuvc wrote: post #149
gmiller123456 wrote: post #145

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The existence of a hacked DLL doesn't mean notepad++ had anything to do with it.

It doesn't matter. It was enough for me.

I don't understand. Once CIA has access to your machine, they can replace any DLL and have it be loaded by any software. You'll have to stop using all software with dynamic dependencies, why single out Notepad++?

Re: Notepad++ is 21 years old

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Post by EasyMark »

vel0city wrote: post #148
TeMPOraL wrote: post #132

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Except when you try to close it, it asks whether or not you want to save the unsaved tab, with a modal, one per every unsaved tab . It kind of defeats the purpose of this feature.

That must be some setting for you. It doesn't prompt to save on any of my several Windows machines, and I don't recall configuring that anywhere.

for me it only happens if I run in multiple instance mode where you can have multiple notepad++s open

Re: Notepad++ is 21 years old

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Post by kiwijamo »

vel0city wrote: post #148
TeMPOraL wrote: post #132

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Except when you try to close it, it asks whether or not you want to save the unsaved tab, with a modal, one per every unsaved tab . It kind of defeats the purpose of this feature.

That must be some setting for you. It doesn't prompt to save on any of my several Windows machines, and I don't recall configuring that anywhere.

Strange it does prompt me to save and I also don't do any extra configuration for the Win11 Notepad. It is a fairly annoying app, and definitely worse than previous versions. But will look into what config options there are, but being a modern software I expect it's probably got limited options.

Re: Notepad++ is 21 years old

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Post by jabits »

ruthmarx wrote: post #150

There is still no real equivalent on Linux. Kate seems nice but its session management isn't ideal. Honestly I want to take Scintilla or whatever and just add in session support, syntax highlighting and spellchecking, and then I'll have my perfect editor.

You might take a look at [SciTE](https://scintilla.org/SciTE.html), a light weight wrapper around Scintilla, with lua scripting support. It’s been my non-IDE editor for years on Windows and Linux…

Re: Notepad++ is 21 years old

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Post by dataflow »

8n4vidtmkvmk wrote: post #92
kevinsync wrote: post #40

I continue to use Notepad++ despite having tried every other editor and IDE under the sun. This, of course, drives every person completely insane when I explain that my "IDE" is: - Notepad++ for editing, pretty much stock, no plugins - command line for git and grep (Console2 or Git Bash) - File Explorer alongside Everything [0] for navigating files - Beyond Compare [1] for visual diff/merge - WinSCP/PuTTY for SFTP/SS…

I think I'm one of the last people using WSL1. I think everyone jumped to WSL2 because 2 is bigger than 1, but they're really different things. WSL1 lets me keep my files on the Windows side, let's my IDE (PHP storm) remain performant with no Linux to Windows file system overhead, but I still get to use all the Linux CLI tools. I still pay some overhead for that, but it's better than doing it the other way around and…

> I think I'm one of the last people using WSL1.

I think you're the second-to-last one :-)

Re: Notepad++ is 21 years old

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Post by thomond »

jabits wrote: post #165
ruthmarx wrote: post #150

There is still no real equivalent on Linux. Kate seems nice but its session management isn't ideal. Honestly I want to take Scintilla or whatever and just add in session support, syntax highlighting and spellchecking, and then I'll have my perfect editor.

You might take a look at [SciTE]( https://scintilla.org/SciTE.html ), a light weight wrapper around Scintilla, with lua scripting support. It’s been my non-IDE editor for years on Windows and Linux…

I love SciTE but it feels like a technical demo compared to Npp.

Re: Notepad++ is 21 years old

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Post by maxerickson »

ruthmarx wrote: post #150

There is still no real equivalent on Linux. Kate seems nice but its session management isn't ideal. Honestly I want to take Scintilla or whatever and just add in session support, syntax highlighting and spellchecking, and then I'll have my perfect editor.

Scite has 2/3 of that anyway. There's some support for running a spell checker, but I'm not really familiar with how smooth or not it can be.

Re: Notepad++ is 21 years old

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Post by EasyMark »

alkh wrote: post #108

Is there anything similar and lightweight that is cross-platform(or at least is available both on Linux and OS X)? I am not a Windows user, so that's a secondary priority for me

kate is kind of there, but it doesn't launch fast like notepad, so you pretty much have to leave it open. There is also geany, that is pretty good
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