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NotepadNext – a cross-platform reimplementation of Notepad++

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Re: NotepadNext – a cross-platform reimplementation of Notepad++

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Post by nullindividual »

gradstudent wrote: post #224
Dalewyn wrote: post #212

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm inclined to agree with Microsoft Word's autosave, here. If you are making edits to a file, the implication (which could be wrong) is you're intending to overwrite at the end. And indeed, autosave came around because way too many people were losing document modifications to freak power outages and computer crashes. If the intent is to not overwrite an existing file, I personally learned to make a copy first either…

As I read it, the GP complains about Word auto-saving on top of the OG document. I think intermediate changes should go to an auto-save buffer until you tell the editor to save over the top. For that reason I'm inclined to agree with the GP. Word's behaviour is wrong and the process you describe sounds like a workaround.

Office's auto save feature only works on OneDrive and SharePoint Online, which means every change is versioned. There is no 'overwriting' the OG document. The OP can go back in the history and recover it.

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Post by remotefonts »

raudette wrote: post #282
tentacleuno wrote: post #26

I very much miss Notepad++ for making quick notes, and then being able to close the window without being asked whether I'd like to save the document. This, and auto-save (so not losing documents if you forget to save) is one of the main reasons I replaced Notepad with ++. Rather quickly, I found that I had to completely remove Notepad so muscle memory would stop guiding me to it. Good times (and sad ones; I lost a lo…

Is anyone aware of an editor in Linux that has this behaviour?

Geany. Not sure if by default or of it needs to be turned on in the settings. And Geany can be anything from a simple text editor to a very nice IDE.

Re: NotepadNext – a cross-platform reimplementation of Notepad++

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Post by remotefonts »

fsloth wrote: post #202
aftbit wrote: post #197

Cool! Notepad++ was one of the apps that I missed the most when I switched to Linux. Besides games, it was the number one reason that I kept rebooting into another OS. After a while, I learned emacs, then vim, and the rest is history. Today, I would probably have switched to Codium. As long as we agree not to use Sublime Text anymore.

I transitioned recently to Mac on new job and I was surprised to find the most painful thing was not havig Notepad++ and was super amazed I did not find comparable software on Mac.

https://www.geany.org/download/releases/ has a Mac installer. It's what I used to replace notepad++ when I moved from windows to Linux.

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Post by mxuribe »

TuxMark5 wrote: post #300
mxuribe wrote: post #139

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I don't think the core/default Kate editor does the same "write and close the window" like Notepad++. Kate does have pretty cool options for session handling - which helps keep files open that you had been working on, etc...which i understand is not the same thing. But, now that you asked, i wonder if there is a plugin or extenson for Kate that might provide such a feature? I myself am a fan of Notepad++, and install…

Kate does support it. There is a checkbox somewhere in the settings to enable exactly this behavior. I use it together with sessions.

Confirmed; just as you noted this functionality from Notepad++ exists in Kate!!! I guess i now am fully going to dive in to Kate even for Windows (nothing against Notepad++, but no need for it now)! Thanks!

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Post by GreenWatermelon »

j_maffe wrote: post #225
funnybeam wrote: post #103

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“less cluttered than ever before while computer monitors are larger than ever before.” Less cluttered but with more white space, especially in the vertical direction which is particularly cramped since the change in monitor aspect ratios so the toolbars have less functionality but take up more of the usable screen space. Progress is great…

Yeah but vertical toolbars are a thing. I love the vertical tabs option in Edge.

Which is pretty much the the thing keeping me from ditching edge, and the thing that made me use it in the first place. It just works.

I've tried the various hacks available for Firefox to achieve a similar result, but nothing comes close to Edge here. Closest I got to edge is Midori, though unfortunately that one is still pretty buggy.

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Post by GreenWatermelon »

funnybeam wrote: post #262
j_maffe wrote: post #225

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Yeah but vertical toolbars are a thing. I love the vertical tabs option in Edge.

True,me too. But now that copilot keeps popping up on the other side, that’s starting to feel cramped too. I used to put the task bar vertically down the side of the monitor as well for the same reason but Microsoft won’t let me do that anymore.

This is one of the reasons why the only upgrade path available for me after Windows 10 is Linux.

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Post by jraph »

jraph wrote: post #146
tentacleuno wrote: post #138

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I haven't been able to get it to act like Notepad++, wherein it doesn't ask you to save on quit. Perhaps there's a configuration option I've missed?

I'll look for it but I'm not sure I've ever seen it despite having seen the settings countless times. If it doesn't exist it could be an easy and useful contribution :-)

So, we actually have "Enable auto save (for local files only)" section, and two options:

- an "Auto save document when the active document is losing focus"

- Auto save interval

So I guess we are already covered :-)

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