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Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows after 28 years (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 45 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Only thing I used it for was when older versions of Notepad couldn't handle larger text files. Now it can. So, no loss to me. Notepad going away would suck, that does at least get occasional use although Notepad++ is far superior.

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  • [–] 19 points 3 years ago (9 children)

    Notepad++ can't handle as big files for some reason. At work we have files that can reach 5-600 MB, and NP++ can't always open those, but notepad handles then with no problem.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    There's a npp plugin called Big Files, I haven't used it but it might be worth a look.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    That sounds backwards... I occasionally have to open log files of 1 gig or more, and notepad++ gets sluggish, but is usable, while notepad just hangs until I kill it...

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Someone suggested that we might have the 32-bit version, and that that might be the problem. I have no way of checking for a few months though, since I'm on parental leave until January. Because our NP++ just says that the files are too big to be opened. Sidenote: Sometimes it can open files that are a bit bigger, and sometimes only a bit smaller... So it's not a hard limit that is the same at all times.

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  • [+] -6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Klogg. I always avoid Microsoft when possible.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Would if I could, but work is pretty strict with what we can use.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Genuinely curious—why would someone choose to use notepad++ over something like VSCode in 2023?

    I can't say I've used n++ in over a decade when I switched to sublime around 2010, moved again to VSCode about 5 years ago

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  • [–] 17 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    VSCode uses electron so it's not exactly a lightweight text editor, way overkill if you just want to read a simple .txt. Add on the fact if you got way too many extension, it will be even heavier.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    That's true, although from my experience is VSCode one of the very few electron apps that still start within fractions of a second, even with a handful of extensions. On my machine VSCode (with 38 extensions) is ready to use before the GNOME launch animation has finished.

    That said, things are probably a bit different on machines with limited RAM.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    N++ can search for a string in a directory full of files, that's what I use it for. Also helpful for showing unprintable characters like linefeeds or changing bit order mode, I'm not sure vs code can do any of that.

    For writing code, though, I do use vs code

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    IIRC you can do both of those with VSCode, I think even without any extensions too!

    The search sidebar has include and exclude fields for directories to search in.

    For showing unprintable characters, I think it's split into two settings: one for whitespace one for control characters like null and bell

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    NP++ is more lightweight and has some useful stuff builtin and easier to justify to IT dept to than a full IDE 🤷

    Personally I prefer pycharm and Atom for my home needs.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

    Justifying it to IT makes a lot of sense actually. Particularly if you need extensions. I'm lucky I get admin on my laptop where I work

    Interesting you're using atom, actually! Is it still getting much love? I assumed development would go by the wayside once Microsoft bought GitHub a few years ago (as VSCode is almost an identical product)

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

    Yeah it's on my personal machine, I use it alongside pycharm but it's (atom) not my main IDE, I keep it because of a few things it does. I disagree vscode is the same, it's a poorer implementation of pycharm IMHO. Just my opinion though everyone is different in workspace.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago* (1 child)

    I'm interested in what differs from atom about VSCode in your opinion. Wasn't VSCode a fork of atom originally? edit: apparently not! When I was picking between the two about 5 years ago, they seemed almost identical to me

    I'm personally not a big fan of heavy IDEs like the jetbrains products, so VSCode being lighter than pycharm (or any of the IDEA products) is a bonus to me.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Look at Atom community. Speed to load is night and day.

    For me, Vscode feels like a cheaper pycharm which is my primary IDE and wouldn't change as I've tried vscode as an alt and it wasn't good enough for how I work.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Fair play, everyone's different, I work with another guy who swears by the jetbrains stuff, but it just seems very clunky to me every time I've tried it.

    I'll have to give atom another look then, though I'd say VSCode starts in about a second on my machine, so startup time alone probably wouldn't be a reason for me to switch

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