▲ 1095 ▼ Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows after 28 years (www.bleepingcomputer.com) submitted 3 years ago by dantheclamman@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 468 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] derek@simulated.town -1 points 3 years ago (4 children) @jeffw @dantheclamman Wordpad is better for coding permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 38 points 3 years ago (1 child) How do people use Wordpad for coding? I’ve never seen that done. If I ever open code in an editor with a “bold” button, I screwed up and close without saving. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] senoro@lemmy.ml 14 points 3 years ago (2 children) He must be thinking of notepad. Which I mean, I would not choose to code in Notepad but I wouldn’t actively avoid it like I would wordpad. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Sabata11792@kbin.social 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) It's the "I got to change 1 of code" editor. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] elrac@kbin.social 7 points 3 years ago The "my IDE didn't recognize the file type and opened it in here by default" editor. permalink fedilink source parent [–] danielton@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 4 points 3 years ago WordPad was often used if a file was too big for Notepad, over 64 KB. But now there are better options. permalink fedilink source parent [+] ghostpony@infosec.pub 18 points 3 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 years ago* (2 children) Idea! A programming language where text formatting has syntactic meaning! Variable declarations must be italicized! Function calls underlined! And every line justified, of course. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TheEntity@kbin.social 9 points 3 years ago* Yep, violence it is then. Just like the lines: justified. permalink fedilink source parent [–] WaltJRimmer@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago If Chicken can be a language, that can be a language! And I don't mean the actually useful programming language. I mean the esolang one where the only valid character is Chicken. permalink fedilink source parent [–] suodrazah@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 years ago Whatthefuck permalink fedilink source parent [–] jeffw@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Fair enough permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 38 points 3 years ago (1 child) How do people use Wordpad for coding? I’ve never seen that done. If I ever open code in an editor with a “bold” button, I screwed up and close without saving. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] senoro@lemmy.ml 14 points 3 years ago (2 children) He must be thinking of notepad. Which I mean, I would not choose to code in Notepad but I wouldn’t actively avoid it like I would wordpad. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Sabata11792@kbin.social 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) It's the "I got to change 1 of code" editor. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] elrac@kbin.social 7 points 3 years ago The "my IDE didn't recognize the file type and opened it in here by default" editor. permalink fedilink source parent [–] danielton@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 4 points 3 years ago WordPad was often used if a file was too big for Notepad, over 64 KB. But now there are better options. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] senoro@lemmy.ml 14 points 3 years ago (2 children) He must be thinking of notepad. Which I mean, I would not choose to code in Notepad but I wouldn’t actively avoid it like I would wordpad. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Sabata11792@kbin.social 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) It's the "I got to change 1 of code" editor. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] elrac@kbin.social 7 points 3 years ago The "my IDE didn't recognize the file type and opened it in here by default" editor. permalink fedilink source parent [–] danielton@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 4 points 3 years ago WordPad was often used if a file was too big for Notepad, over 64 KB. But now there are better options. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sabata11792@kbin.social 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) It's the "I got to change 1 of code" editor. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] elrac@kbin.social 7 points 3 years ago The "my IDE didn't recognize the file type and opened it in here by default" editor. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] elrac@kbin.social 7 points 3 years ago The "my IDE didn't recognize the file type and opened it in here by default" editor. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] danielton@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 4 points 3 years ago WordPad was often used if a file was too big for Notepad, over 64 KB. But now there are better options. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] ghostpony@infosec.pub 18 points 3 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 years ago* (2 children) Idea! A programming language where text formatting has syntactic meaning! Variable declarations must be italicized! Function calls underlined! And every line justified, of course. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TheEntity@kbin.social 9 points 3 years ago* Yep, violence it is then. Just like the lines: justified. permalink fedilink source parent [–] WaltJRimmer@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago If Chicken can be a language, that can be a language! And I don't mean the actually useful programming language. I mean the esolang one where the only valid character is Chicken. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 years ago* (2 children) Idea! A programming language where text formatting has syntactic meaning! Variable declarations must be italicized! Function calls underlined! And every line justified, of course. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TheEntity@kbin.social 9 points 3 years ago* Yep, violence it is then. Just like the lines: justified. permalink fedilink source parent [–] WaltJRimmer@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago If Chicken can be a language, that can be a language! And I don't mean the actually useful programming language. I mean the esolang one where the only valid character is Chicken. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheEntity@kbin.social 9 points 3 years ago* Yep, violence it is then. Just like the lines: justified. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WaltJRimmer@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago If Chicken can be a language, that can be a language! And I don't mean the actually useful programming language. I mean the esolang one where the only valid character is Chicken. permalink fedilink source parent