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by helle253 114 days ago
Notepad++ already exists, is more reliable, and already has a md support plugin

recent vuln asside (big caveat ill admit) idk why you would use notepad at all when N++ exists

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I don't find Notepad++ to be a good replacement for (the old) notepad, personally. It's too feature-filled. The big win of notepad was that it was genuinely minimalist.
It may have features, but you don't need to use them - and at least for me it starts up very quickly and none of those extras get in the way.
True, I can ignore them, but they're still a distraction and impact performance. For the use cases that I want the old Notepad for, Notepad++ isn't a great alternative for me.
I always liked Crimson/Emerald more myself.
If you dont need any of the ++ why would you use notepad++ over notepad?
I think just about anyone can appreciate having multiple undos. And keeping your unsaved notes safe against crash/reboot.

I do think notepad recently got those, but for a long time it was a compelling reason to use notepad++.

And you can avoid copilot.