• @[email protected]
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    1514 days ago

    I love notepad++, but to me, both have different uses. Notepad is like my basic sticky pad just to copy-paste basic stuff to it and come back to reference throughout the day. Also, notepad opens instantly and everything else is slightly slower. It’s just the reason why I like it more. Notepad++ is for editing and manipulating data for me.

    • @[email protected]
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      714 days ago

      One of the uses of notepad was also that it’s installed by default, and was a place you could be assured wouldn’t mess with your text. No formatting, no weird characters you didn’t ask for.

      Notepad++ is great, but you can’t be assured it’s installed on any arbitrary Windows machine.

      • @[email protected]
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        114 days ago

        Can’t you install Notepad++ to a thumb drive and run it by just plugging it into a Windows box? As a bonus, you can save Ann your text files to the thumbprint so they’re always right where you expect them.

    • Boozilla
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      314 days ago

      I totally get that.

      Check out Textpad. You might like it. The only nuisance with it is the default config settings are a little oddball (things like keyboard shortcuts, etc). But it’s highly configurable so you can set it up the way you like and then it’s good. It has more features than Notepad, but it’s still pretty simple and can do cool things like search files / folders for strings, has regex support, etc. But the extras stay out of your way and it’s pretty clean and simple for “notepad-like” usage.