Open Source @lemmy.ml Leo @lemmy.linuxuserspace.show 12 mo. ago

Notepad++ v8.6: 20th-Year Anniversary

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Notepad++ is awesome! kudos to the developer, one of those must have replacements on windows 😉👍
- Multi-edit is huge. It's literally THE reason why I use sublime text from time to time.
  
  I frequently copy text from NP++ to sublime. do a multi edit, then copy it back over multiple times a day.
  
  Genuine question, why use both Sublime and NP++?
I have 200 unsaved notes just waiting in the memory guillotine for when something accidentally wipes them. I salute you, Notepad++.
- It's so bad but so good. It's like a poweruser variation of keeping important stuff in the recycle bin.
  
  White knuckle, tightrope note taking. I just do it for the rush.
  
  My physical notepads aren't much better, every page is a new context, and despite my best efforts they don't seem to be in chronological order.
  
  Todays notes are on top but everything older is "somewhere".
- I've restored my N++ session of unsaved notes from backup more than once.
NPP is indispensable, it is the Windows killer-app.

Congrats on the release!
Congratulations to everyone involved! I don't use Windows anymore, but when I did, NPP was one of the first things to get installed. Super useful.
- Same. I wonder if they'll create a Linux port at some point (GTK themes?), because there just isn't anything quite like it.
  
  Look up notepadqq, these guys are doing a Qt port. But you can also use Kate or VSCodium, these are pretty similar if not better.
Long live notepad++, 🎉🎉🎉
I've switched from NPP years ago. Can somebody please explain why it's so popular?
- It's
  
  Free Updated very regularly It has awesome plugins Themes Fantastic search / replace capabilities Support the formatting of a lot of languages Very light weight Keeps open all those files forever and ever
  
  It's just very good..
  
  Think of it as the vlc of txt files
- It's snappier and more private than VSCode at the very least.
  
  idk why people don’t just use codium instead
Notepadqq clone exists on Linux, for those not using Windows.
Still the best, can't believe it's been 20 years.
I used Crimson Editor before I found Notepad++ and I can't believe it's been that long. Cheers to 20 years!

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