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Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdown

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Re: Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdown

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Post by embedding-shape »

CivBase wrote: post #7

Is the value add for Notepad not that it is litterally the most bare bones graphical text editor available in Windows? Microsoft has already positioned VS Code as its code editor and OneNote as its notetaking app. Why should Notepad compete with these offerings?

Why not? Microsoft's approach seems to be "the more the merrier" even if they have the same intended audiences. Not sure how it makes sense, but considering the company is still around, maybe in some twisted way it does make sense?

Re: Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdown

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Post by 7bit »

Can Microsoft please stop? If I need Copilot and Markdown Support I use VS Code or any other software that supports it.

I recently used Windows Sandbox and was surprised that it does not have notepad. And why? Because it's a Store App now and that's unsupported inside the Windows Sandbox.

Notepad is supposed to be dumb, not Microsoft!

Re: Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdown

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Post by embedding-shape »

zer0zzz wrote: post #10
Longhanks wrote: post #4

They’re turning Notepad into what Wordpad was (or was supposed to be). Now everyone looking for the light weightiest *.txt editor must find a new tool...

All we wanted back in the day was Unix line ending support, and they would give even that.

How about a CTRL+Z that don't undo the past 11 years of changes you've done, and instead just undos one smaller change?

Re: Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdown

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Post by somenameforme »

Longhanks wrote: post #4

They’re turning Notepad into what Wordpad was (or was supposed to be). Now everyone looking for the light weightiest *.txt editor must find a new tool...

notepad++ is great, though they have a dubious habit of dumping political messages on releases.

Re: Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdown

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Post by munk-a »

p_ing wrote: post #12
Fervicus wrote: post #8

Stopped using notepad when they added co-pilot. Stop shoving AI down our throats.

Just disable Copilot?

At this point I'll just switch vendors.

I don't have the bandwidth to babysit all the different ways MSFT tries to break tools to bother using them.

Re: Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdown

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gigel82 wrote: post #14

Windows 11 LTSC still has the old school notepad.exe (and calc.exe) instead of this UWP abomination. Also: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-20...

Is LTSC still impossible to get as someone who doesn't want to run cracked software or "license unlockers" on the same machine they do their banking on? I never found a way of buying it that didn't involve having to survive an interrogation by a sales team.
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