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by dmitrygr 118 days ago
notepad.txt now joins calc.txt in my list of EXEs i bring from an old WinXPx64 install to all new windows installs
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Probably better to get the Win 10 version if you can as it eventually got better line ending support (i.e. both LF & CRLF).
I got curious about the Wine version, if it has feature parity it may well be the best supported version of notepad right now ;)
If not anything else, I guess it could be added :) Makes me wonder though if that's a limitation of text boxes in Windows (so a translation will need to be made during loading/saving).
I also bring in the old paint from Vista. I never liked the new ribbon-based design from later version of Windows.
While I probably haven't played either in a decade, I bring sol.exe and winmine.exe on general principle, as both had their "Copilot in Notepad" shark-jumping moments all the way back in Windows 8 with the introduction of achievements and in-app purchases.
Every few years I find some need or excuse to install Brief somewhere. I miss that editor.
… .txt? :D