Have to give PROPS to the author(s) here... been using Notepad++ since I can remember, which is probably 21 years. Probably one of, if not the first app I download on a new Win box! Congrats!
Notepad++ is 21 years old
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Re: Notepad++ is 21 years old
#252I recently looked at some log files (nothing too crazy, somewhere between 20 - 50 MB of text data) and much to my surprise the recent versions of Visual Studio Code seemed to be smoother than Notepad++. That said, it's a nice toolbox of common text operations, like sorting lines, removing duplicates, converting case and whitespace symbols and so on. I still use it daily for similar tasks, or just some TODO files, con…
+1 for CudaText. Missed Np++ when I switched to Linux (trying to avoid Wine whenever possible), tried many alternatives and only rested when I found it about a year later. Excellent performance for big files (some might know Universal Viewer for this task, it's from the same dev), simple and efficient like Np++ while still having some more advanced features. Very customizable through options and plugins.
CudaText is a wonderful software. I found it after a few years of using SublimeText (and after my current employer doesn't allow me to use it). CudaText is fast and has many plugins to manage every need as Notepad++, despite some roughness in some parts of the user interface compared to ST.
Re: Notepad++ is 21 years old
#253I 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…
Voidtools’s Everything is indispensable. Alas with no more admin rights on a corporate machine I’ve had to let it go.
Re: Notepad++ is 21 years old
#254Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
TotalCommander is the first thing I install on every Windows, and main reason I can't get used to MacOs. Yes, there are some replacements, but nothing that's the same as TC.
I'm using it as 1/4 of a 4k screen lately, it's working well like that.