I love Notepad++. My top 2 favorite features are macro recording and its search/replace (with options for normal, extended, and regex). It's fantastic for quickly cleaning up data.
Yes, I used those features too and love them too.
Notepad++ is 21 years old
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#83Still haven't found another editor that lets you define a project with files from all over the filesystem rather than just from a folder. And no VS Code's multi-root projects do not cut it.
Why not use symlinks (on Linux, not sure of the equivalent on Windows)?
tedious, error prone, tiring. NPP just works out of the box.
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I use Sublime Text for that. I usually use it to paste something that I want to run but modify it (i.e docker-compose.yml) and I use it to write notes during my work and store in its buffers my session thinking. When I'm done or want to leave for a long time (I move these to obsidian). Also for quick edits I like being able to use build-in terminal command `subl` (i.e adding something to ~/.bashrc ). It is available…
Ive been meaning to try Sublime for a while now. Will try and comment my experience at a future time. Thing is N++ never dissapointed and if Sublime wins my mindshare Id be having some tough decision to make. Also N++ is free and I developed plugins for myself. Maybe Sublime is still better, don’t know for sure.
I didn't intend this as a comparison. I used Notepad++ for sometime along time ago when I was using windows primarily. I moved to using Linux and Mac and this in itself would mean I cannot use Notepad++ as it is not available on Mac. I was just sharing my experience using different tool to a similar workflow like you have. Being free and open source is good of course but for me Sublime has better integration and its UI is better. And it does support Mac.
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#87Still haven't found another editor that lets you define a project with files from all over the filesystem rather than just from a folder. And no VS Code's multi-root projects do not cut it.
Sublime Text has a "Save Project As" option that will create a project with all the files that you have open, wherever they are located. When I tried to migrate to other programs that's one of the first things I try to do and they never have it.
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#89NotePad++ and TaskWarrior are the only software projects I have ever donated money to. I wonder if that says more about me, or about them.
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#90Notepad++ is so based. It's a traditionally well-made native app, fast and lean, with a dense and useful interface, which is a breath of fresh air amidst a sea of Electron & Co. bloat that comprises modern apps. Also has a nice logo for a FOSS app. Branding is important, even for FOSS, which so many unfortunately fail at. If your software creation is associated with a foot or a rat, then you're doing it wrong.
In defence of both Xfce and rodents, the software is designed to be fast, lean and nimble - just like rats. It's only a cultural association with our own, human filth that gives rats a bad reputation.