can you choose line endings as LF not CRLF in Notepad?
That would be a great win for improving linux compatibility!
Redesigned Notepad for Windows 11
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Re: Redesigned Notepad for Windows 11
#72I was a little surprised to learn that my four-year-old processor (i7-7700) was locked out of running windows 11. It's certainly not processor speed issue, it's still plenty fast for games today. It's not TPM either, which it supports. The best I can tell, Microsoft drew a line and said "too bad," for everything before a certain generation. I really only play games on my computer--I have no idea when I'll upgrade the…
You can still install windows 11 straight from an image and it’ll ignore the processor and TPM requirements - they’re considered ‘soft’ requirements even if Microsoft doesn’t say so outright. I currently have it running on my desktop with an i7-6700k and my laptop as well with an even older i7 and TPM 1.2. You’re absolutely correct in that they ‘drew a line’. They have a specific set of guidelines[0,1] they want CPUs…
You also can install it by putting the win11 payload onto a win10 install USB stick. Just don't let it have access to the net while it installs or it'll "download install updates" that stop it from continuing. This is how I installed it on my machine that doesn't support TPM.
Re: Redesigned Notepad for Windows 11
#73It's crazy to me that Windows 11 has already been released and yet they're still adding what should be core functionality to the OS as an after thought. If they are so set on redesigning Notepad and/or all system apps to use the new design style, why would those not be prioritized and included in the original release from day 1?
Better notepad then controlpanel ;)
Re: Redesigned Notepad for Windows 11
#74> We know how important Notepad is to so many of your daily workflows… Perhaps the single funniest line ever penned by Microsoft. Cannot imagine any “Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel” who use, let alone rely on, Notepad for any serious work. EDIT: I stand corrected - mea culpa!
I use it all the time as a temporary scratchpad or clipboard. It opens very quickly, it doesn’t have anything else other than a text area. Not sure what else should I use :) VSC? Opens too slow. Sticky notes? Not sure, slow and too complex for the task. Also it’s an advantage that it doesn’t save the state anywhere so I can just force quit and everything disappears. I am missing Paint and Notepad on MacOS when I just…
notepad++ is a far superior product imo. so many useful features out of the box, and has plugins also.
* search in all opened docs * find/replace with regex * tabs to space * line operations etc
Very useful, and for my workflows on Windows, indispensible (even alongside wsl or powershell)
Re: Redesigned Notepad for Windows 11
#75That 'redesigned find and replace experience' covers the text in the same way the old notepad did, but the old notepad you could move the window.
I could have sworn it would have supported dark mode too. Was the old notepad using WHITE instead of the system window background color all that time?
Re: Redesigned Notepad for Windows 11
#76So a bunch of shit an amateur dev could have implemented in like half a day.
Re: Redesigned Notepad for Windows 11
#77It's crazy to me that Windows 11 has already been released and yet they're still adding what should be core functionality to the OS as an after thought. If they are so set on redesigning Notepad and/or all system apps to use the new design style, why would those not be prioritized and included in the original release from day 1?
Notepad is core OS functionality? I think not.
Re: Redesigned Notepad for Windows 11
#78I don't really see the selling point of upgrading to Windows 11 - what does it get me, a moderate power user who is moderately set in his ways
Re: Redesigned Notepad for Windows 11
#79Microsoft has not added any functionality to their operating system or applications since 1998–only bloat to keep up with the need to create a need for faster processors. I can’t think of one thing I can do in the Microsoft Office suite I couldn’t do 20 years ago. It’s just slower.
> Microsoft has not added any functionality to their operating system or applications since 1998
This is simply absolute nonsense. Are you really contending that no real functionality has been added to Windows since Windows NT? I know HN loves to hate Microsoft but are we really upvoting this crap?
Re: Redesigned Notepad for Windows 11
#80Microsoft has not added any functionality to their operating system or applications since 1998–only bloat to keep up with the need to create a need for faster processors. I can’t think of one thing I can do in the Microsoft Office suite I couldn’t do 20 years ago. It’s just slower.
There is a chance that your use case is basic and hasn’t changed in 20 years, but I think there is a higher chance of it’s a case of general hatred for Microsoft. > only bloat to keep up with the need to create a need for faster processors. Do people not see what their feelings towards Microsoft turns them into?
Why hate?
I don't hate, Microsoft or Office, or anything like that. Those are choices, things. You can't hate things.
I agree with this OP that office had all the functionality almost everyone needed twenty years ago. Most of the changes to office have been cosmetic and frustrating to established users. Perhaps their could have been add ons - like in browsers, for more functionality that certain users need, without
messing with established work flows and ease of use, which are also important.