[johnminter]

Try SublimeText3 [1] instead. It is a cross platform editor. You can try it out and use it for free. The expectation is that if you like it and continue to use it, you will purchase a license. I really like it for programming any task I want to use plain text.

There is also a build system and one can download packages that enhance coding in many different languages. I have no economic interest in this, I'm just a satisfied user.

1 - https://www.sublimetext.com/blog/articles/sublime-text-3-poi...

[dougbarrett]

The article isn't talking about Notepad which SublimeText3 would be a good alternative to, but WordPad which is more of a WYSIWYG editor.

[wildrhythms]

WordPad is a rich text editor, not a code editor.