Windows 11’s Notepad continues to get Copilot-powered AI features – a handy addition to a tool whose main appeal has always been simplicity and minimalism. Not all users are happy, however, with some saying AI features are overkill.

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    • TriangleSpecialist@lemmy.world
      23·
      2 months ago

      Damn, notepad++… I remember feeling so sad that there wasn’t a Linux version back when I ditched Windows.

      Baffles me that this did not get a wildly successful native Linux version in all those years, but it’s probably too late now with VSCode and all the NeoVim fans.

      • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        2 months ago

        From the Notepad++ home page:

        Based on the powerful editing component Scintilla, Notepad++ is written in C++ and uses pure Win32 API

        Trying to port it to other platforms is thus nonsensical. It would have to be a ground-up rewrite without the Windows API dependency. And there are indeed various other projects for Linux and other platforms that pretty much replicate its functionality, but they’re by definition not going to be Notepad++.

      • pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip
        2·
        1 month ago

        and all the NeoVim fans.

        Yes. NeoVim has no business being as good as a drop-in replacement for Notepad, as it is (for people who want that, anyway.)

        Even VSCode isn’t half bad at a quick load, now - as long as it isn’t loading too many plugins.

        NotePad++ is still pretty great, by any measure, though. (Edit: But not good enough to load Windows for, to me.)