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Notepad++ 6.0 Released

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Re: Notepad++ 6.0 Released

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Post by noarchy »

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?

If you don't mind going the Emacs route, there's http://aquamacs.org/

It is probably a bit friendlier, out of the box, than vanilla Emacs, at least from an OS X perspective.

Re: Notepad++ 6.0 Released

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Post by angersock »

Achshar wrote: post #67

everyone seems to be talking about how great notepad++ is. don't get me wrong, i love it too, in fact it is my primary editor. But why isn't anyone talking about the changes that came with the update? There seems to be no changes from UI perspective. They could have just released another small update. One expects major changes with a left-most version number change. Or am i missing something? plus if my view counts,…

They added a code minimap?

Re: Notepad++ 6.0 Released

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Post by crescentfresh »

vinodkd wrote: post #33

No love for Textpad on HN? Its been running strong for ages and has the "just works" feel about it - always. Install it, switch to windows keybindings and you're good to go. And, it has editable macros. I live in the knowledge that I'm going to hell for not paying for that awesome piece of software!

Textpad's "Constrain the cursor to the text" feature is what I miss the most. I have never seen it present elsewhere.

Re: Notepad++ 6.0 Released

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Post by ohgodthecat »

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?

I believe it is just a nag window that pops up on file save sometimes. I used it for about 4 months before buying with no other interference.

Re: Notepad++ 6.0 Released

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Post by adamjernst »

TeMPOraL wrote: post #63
LVB wrote: post #36

This personal favorite from their About page lives on: "By optimizing as many routines as possible without losing user friendliness, Notepad++ is trying to reduce the world carbon dioxide emissions. When using less CPU power, the PC can throttle down and reduce power consumption, resulting in a greener environment." Gotta love such bold goals from a text editor :)

I'd like to use this joke as an opportunity for a more serious point. It's a thing that I actually always wondered. Why is the industry spending so much time advocating that we can write however unoptimal code we like, because it's always cheaper to throw in another server? Wouldn't spending time to optimize software be able to create serious savings in worldwide emissions, given that any given piece of software is l…

OK, so let's say you spend $10k of developer time (about 1 month at current salary rates) to optimize your code to save the environment.

You must be saving less than $10k in electricity over the next couple years (otherwise you would have done it already to save money, irrespective of the environment). So let's say you saved $8k in electricity.

But... what is the developer going to spend that $10k on? Well, he'll probably need a car to drive to work. And a nice apartment to go home to (electricity bill there now too!). And probably he eats out at a steakhouse every now and then, and beef is terrible for the environment.

Not every dollar spent is equal in terms of environmental carbon. But whenever you try to analyze something this complex it soon becomes impossible track all of this.

Which is why what's really needed is environmental taxes (or cap and trade) to remove the externality for carbon production in the first place. The controversy is, just how much damage does carbon do to the environment? There's just no indisputable evidence.

Re: Notepad++ 6.0 Released

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Post by mulation »

jussij wrote: post #80
mulation wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Perl style regular expression support is a big thing! I use notepad++ a lot, but the search has always reminded me of vim.

But is such a change worth a major version number increase?

Google Chrome Team started this kind of "bigger version" war, now Firefox/IE/Linux, they are all in it :-)

Re: Notepad++ 6.0 Released

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Post by GoodIntentions »

mulation wrote: post #107
jussij wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But is such a change worth a major version number increase?

Google Chrome Team started this kind of "bigger version" war, now Firefox/IE/Linux, they are all in it :-)

Nothing new. I remember Slackware 3.6 (?) jumping to version 8 in order to be closer to the other Distro's numbers. thought it was sorta stupid at the time.
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