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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 mrmetanoia »

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.

Me too! It's my go-to large text file manipulator. It's also what I keep open all the time to paste things into since it's so easy to open a new tab and it keeps temp files of things i haven't saved until i've closed them and told it I don't want them saved, so it opens up with a decent history of crap I've been using until I'm ready to clear it.

Re: Notepad++ is 21 years old

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Post by perryizgr8 »

Notepad++ is the single biggest reason I prefer a windows pc over a macbook. It's such a no nonsense app with exactly the right mix of features and usability. One of these days I'll ditch vs code in favour of np++ for all my editing needs.

Re: Notepad++ is 21 years old

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Post by svara »

And yet, this text editor too loads the whole file into memory when you open it. No modern text editor really should do that and support files of essentially arbitrary size by loading at most a few gigabytes around the cursor.

Re: Notepad++ is 21 years old

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Post by submeta »

We have it on our work laptops. It’s decent. But it does not even have markdown editing out of the box. You need to install a plugin. I cannot do that without proper rights.

Other than that it’s pretty good. Like BBEdit on a Mac.

Edit: I rather miss markdown rendering, not primarily editing. Should have been more specific.

Re: Notepad++ is 21 years old

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Post by danielodievich »

My 17 year old high school senior told me that the suckiest thing about their school-issued laptop is lack of Notepad++. I teared up and my hacker dad skillboard got another achievement! I told him that it has a portable install and this weekend he's getting it on via Gdrive upload. Nothing will stop better editor from showing up on school machine!

Re: Notepad++ is 21 years old

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Post by wigster »

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.

yes this is me too mostly. i also love the sort/mark/delete marked options for extracting data.

Re: Notepad++ is 21 years old

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Post by RadiozRadioz »

submeta wrote: post #15

We have it on our work laptops. It’s decent. But it does not even have markdown editing out of the box. You need to install a plugin. I cannot do that without proper rights. Other than that it’s pretty good. Like BBEdit on a Mac. Edit: I rather miss markdown rendering, not primarily editing. Should have been more specific.

That's the great thing Markdown though - you don't need a plugin to edit it anywhere!

Re: Notepad++ is 21 years old

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Post by bongodongobob »

submeta wrote: post #15

We have it on our work laptops. It’s decent. But it does not even have markdown editing out of the box. You need to install a plugin. I cannot do that without proper rights. Other than that it’s pretty good. Like BBEdit on a Mac. Edit: I rather miss markdown rendering, not primarily editing. Should have been more specific.

It's unfortunately because they installed it with an admin user. If they would have installed in your user context you'd be able to. See if your help desk can reinstall it that way for you.
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