[dayglored]

This was the biggest deal of the entire BUILD conference.

But gee, there goes the last reason anyone had to keep "WordPad" around...

[dayglored]

Notepad enters the 1990's at last! ... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

[dirtboy]

UltraEdit rules, NotePad drools.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Ping.

[Red Badger]

Ping!.................

[C210N]

Do I read this as meaning that when hitting the key while editing a file, notepad will insert according to context? That is, if there are nearby CRLFs, it inserts a CRLF; nearby CR's, it inserts a CR; nearby LF's, it inserts a LF?

[Karliner]

Oh drat I just shot my computer over the weekend. Now what....

[Yo-Yo]

CRLF is a holdover from the teletype days. Back when a carriage return really meant return the carriage to the left margin, and line feed moved up the platen.

If you just did a CR without a LF, your next row of type would overstrike the first, useful when creating ASCII art.

[CatQuilt]

For any kind of development (PowerShell, sql, Java, etc.) I use Notepad++. A much better product, handles larger files and it’s free.

[Kommodor]

Bah, people should just use VI like a real many pro ... what?

Then again, for the truly manly, Ed is the standard!

https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed-msg.html

[zeugma]

Re: "We fixed notepad"

Uh, no. Notepad is not 'fixed'. One particular obnoxious issue with notepad is fixed. Try bring a 20+MB text file into notepad. It wants to load the entire file in memory, rather than what it actually needs.

The compatibility fix is welcome, but notepad is still the worst editor on the planet short of 'edlin'.

Note: Zeugma is a 'vi' fan.

[zeugma]

I saw an article on slashdot earlier. Some of the comments were actually interesting. It seems that when you go waaaaaaay back, there is an actual reason for windoze to expect a CR/LF. In the old teletype days, you could send control codes to the printer. A CR (Carriage Return) would cause the printhead to go to the beginning of the line, and the LF (Line Feed) would advance one line. Just a CR would cause you to overstrike what was already printed. A LF by itself would advance to the next line, but in the same character position.

So, a CRLF did exactly what you'd think.

Of course, these days, nothing actually works like that. A LF advances to the beginning of the next line as opposed to just scrolling down one line.