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Re: Notepad++ is 21 years old

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Post by dgfitz »

augustk wrote: post #116
8n4vidtmkvmk wrote: post #92

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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…

MSYS2 is quite decent. I use it everyday at work where I have to use MS Windows. https://www.msys2.org/

Msys2 is really great, I also daily drive it when I’m on a windows box.

Re: Notepad++ is 21 years old

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Post by TeMPOraL »

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 was like you until last year. I did all my development from Emacs on WSL1, writing mostly Windows-specific code (DCOM). I maintained a set of brittle hacks to allow me to drive Windows side CMake and MSBuild straight from Emacs, and then run LSP on compile commands from Clang tricked into thinking it's cross-compiling. It held up surprisingly well.

Eventually, I installed a WSL2 distro so I could run Docker, then I had to reimage the machine because corporate reasons, and then, with my work involving less Windows-specific code, I decided to not recreate my pile of hacks, but start with a fresh WSL2 setup. It works well enough, so that's what I use now.

FWIW, I always liked WSL1 more. WSL2 is basically just more streamlined VirtualBox setup; WSL1 is magic.

Re: Notepad++ is 21 years old

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Post by dgfitz »

marcosdumay wrote: post #120
tmountain wrote: post #106

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Linux will likely still exist and have a team of people maintaining it, so the odds are pretty good that you’re right.

Those things are immortal right until they suddenly die without a warning. In 100 years there will probably be somebody maintaining Linux for sentimental reasons. But it probably won't be in practical use.

I sincerely think Linux is “too big to fail” at this point. Will it morph and evolve into a charmander? Probably, but the evolution will be fluid.

Re: Notepad++ is 21 years old

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Post by pletnes »

mmooss wrote: post #74
pletnes wrote: post #65

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If you don’t know vim, notepad++ is fast on big files and has syntax highlighting for many languages. But vim does both better. Notepad++ is more windows in style with clipboard etc than base vim is.

It depends on how big 'big' is. Years ago I was working with large CSVs - several hundred MB - and Vim took forever. I found some other text editors that specialized in extra-large files (I wish I remembered the names now), and the one we tried worked like magic.

At some point you’re in grep/sed/awk/duckdb/streaming data land.

Re: Notepad++ is 21 years old

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Post by underdeserver »

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…

Remember Cygwin?

Re: Notepad++ is 21 years old

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Post by nullhole »

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…

If you haven't already, you should try Total Commander for file navigation. It's similar to Notepad++ in that there's a long list of reasons why it's good at its task, but it's also just a very good example of what desktop Windows software can be like when it's done well.

Re: Notepad++ is 21 years old

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Post by ale42 »

underdeserver wrote: post #126
8n4vidtmkvmk wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

Remember Cygwin?

I mainly remember (mostly) not wanting to install it because of the so many weird things it does, or rather it did when I last used it more than a decade ago (including strange NTFS ACLs to emulate POSIX permissions).
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