• Panda@programming.dev
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    I never understood why people liked Notepad++ so much. I always just used Notepad for simple text file editing and quick notes so I didn’t see the point.

    But I recently switched to POP!_OS and the text editor has lots of features Notepad doesn’t have (such as line numbers, indentation, and I can select the (programming) language I am writing the document in) and I found myself really liking these features.

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      1 year ago

      Np++ has tabs, plus it autosaves so it can pull out old unsaved text upon reopening. Plus, it has syntaxes highlighting based on the selected coding language. And all the plug-ins for extra functionality.

      Notepad is simple no frills for basic text, but np++ is great for coding (it can sometimes be even better than IDLE for Python coding).

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        1 year ago

        Yeah, I now realise it could be very useful! I think Notepad in Windows 11 has tabs now but it’s still super barebones.