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Notepad++ for Mac – Independent community port

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Re: Notepad++ for Mac – Independent community port

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post #53

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that's lazy commentary. prove it. and prove why that matters in this specific context. If you're going to shit on someone's work, have a good reason.

Proof: https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus-mac/notepad-plus-plus-m... Every single commit says ‘and claude’

That is not necessarily proof.

Sometimes I am too lazy to think of a good commit message, so I have a custom command that tells the assistant to do this:

Commit umstaged changes with a nice clean message summary and no full message.

By default, Claude Code co-signs those commits (which I do not like at all as a default).

Re: Notepad++ for Mac – Independent community port

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post #4

Why? I get it’s popular on Windows. But it’s so incredibly Windows-y, not Mac like at all. And we already have BBEdit and Nova. Perhaps the site answers past “you like it here it is”, but at the moment we appear to have slashdotted them.

New switcher on his brand new MacBook Neo who doesn't want to learn Mac apps and conventions? Guaranteed this person uses a Windows "Alt-tab" style switcher app too.

Porting Windows apps that people like, helps MacBook sales, not hurt them. That certain people use their MacBook in a different way should not be a concern of other users, as at least they are using MacBooks.

Re: Notepad++ for Mac – Independent community port

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post #55
post #4

Why? I get it’s popular on Windows. But it’s so incredibly Windows-y, not Mac like at all. And we already have BBEdit and Nova. Perhaps the site answers past “you like it here it is”, but at the moment we appear to have slashdotted them.

Note how noone clones bbedit for other oses.

Can't escape the macOS event horizon.

Re: Notepad++ for Mac – Independent community port

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It is kind of ironic that the two Windows applications I missed the most in both Linux and Mac are good text editor and terminal emulator: Notepad++ and MobaXTerm

Love me some WinSCP too.

Panic Transmit no good?

Re: Notepad++ for Mac – Independent community port

#65
post #50

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Goes for Linux too. I have the flexibility to adjust to platforms other than macOS but I’d rather not have to. My setup works for me and having to change it is annoying and drags down productivity. In my case it’s more intense than usual because I’m a visual person and my productivity suffers for things like my desktop environment, theme, etc not looking “right”. When using Linux for anything more “serious” than stud…

Recent editions of MacOS look so bad that Windows might actually be better designed (if it weren't for all the windows ads and spam). Gnome is starting to become the nicest desktop environment lol.

I’ve not been a fan of the Liquid Glass changes, but it’s similar enough that I’ve been able to get used to it.

Fluent on Windows doesn’t look too bad but MS hasn’t made particularly great use of it and parts of the OS still don’t use it.

GNOME/Adwaita get some things right, and other things wrong (the padding everywhere is way too thick, its crusade against menu bars is odd). It’s also so minimal that it makes macOS look maximalist, and as such isn’t my cup of tea.

Re: Notepad++ for Mac – Independent community port

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post #4

Why? I get it’s popular on Windows. But it’s so incredibly Windows-y, not Mac like at all. And we already have BBEdit and Nova. Perhaps the site answers past “you like it here it is”, but at the moment we appear to have slashdotted them.

Yeah this feels similar to PowerShell on Linux. Is it possible? Sure. Does it make sense? Not really.

script for ci pipelines beg to differ

Re: Notepad++ for Mac – Independent community port

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Yeah this feels similar to PowerShell on Linux. Is it possible? Sure. Does it make sense? Not really.

script for ci pipelines beg to differ

What are the advantages of pwsh for this use case?

Re: Notepad++ for Mac – Independent community port

#69
post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Goes for Linux too. I have the flexibility to adjust to platforms other than macOS but I’d rather not have to. My setup works for me and having to change it is annoying and drags down productivity. In my case it’s more intense than usual because I’m a visual person and my productivity suffers for things like my desktop environment, theme, etc not looking “right”. When using Linux for anything more “serious” than stud…

Recent editions of MacOS look so bad that Windows might actually be better designed (if it weren't for all the windows ads and spam). Gnome is starting to become the nicest desktop environment lol.

I've never seen the appeal of GNOME 3+, the design seems so user-hostile to anyone who has used computers for a while: hiding menus for no reason, having super limited menu options, etc.

I'd rather use LXDE, XFCE, or KDE.

Re: Notepad++ for Mac – Independent community port

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post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Recent editions of MacOS look so bad that Windows might actually be better designed (if it weren't for all the windows ads and spam). Gnome is starting to become the nicest desktop environment lol.

I've never seen the appeal of GNOME 3+, the design seems so user-hostile to anyone who has used computers for a while: hiding menus for no reason, having super limited menu options, etc. I'd rather use LXDE, XFCE, or KDE.

It's great to have the choice but the context was pretty MacOS UIs. There the only competition is Gnome and i was arguing that it's slowly getting nicer than MacOS.
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