Author Topic: Is notepad the greatest program ever? (Read 1726 times)

Bebpo · « **on:** December 17, 2009, 10:38:07 PM »

No bullshit formatting, easy, quick, just the right sized window.

You can program in it, take notes in it, make lists in it. I have so many .txt files on my computer for whenever I just want to put something down for some purpose. I love making up my own formats like coding formats when I'm writing outlines or lists. Hell I used to write long forum posts in notepad and then C&P them into forums when I used to write longass reviews.

I think it's my favorite program of all time.

Notepad

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #1 on:** December 17, 2009, 10:43:25 PM »

I get pointer error messages when I try to open up notepad :'(

notepad++ is better anyways!

Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich · « **Reply #2 on:** December 17, 2009, 10:54:14 PM »

win+R, notepad (or notepad++ if I'm working on something code-related). fuckin perfection. I wish it had multi-level undo though, that's the only knock on the thing.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #3 on:** December 17, 2009, 11:44:57 PM »

notepad++ ftw

Purple Filth · « **Reply #4 on:** December 17, 2009, 11:48:43 PM »

Hardcore HTML in Notepad

Programming code in Notepad ++

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #5 on:** December 17, 2009, 11:50:18 PM »

lol, "hardcore html"

max_cool · « **Reply #6 on:** December 17, 2009, 11:53:13 PM »

to answer the question; yeah, probably.

however, system restore saved my ass a couple times back in the Win 95/98 days, So I would place that pretty high as well.

PS: WMP is also pretty sweet.

Rman · « **Reply #7 on:** December 17, 2009, 11:55:46 PM »

Quote from: Professor Prole on December 17, 2009, 11:44:57 PM

notepad++ ftw

same.

Purple Filth · « **Reply #8 on:** December 18, 2009, 12:04:14 AM »

Quote from: Professor Prole on December 17, 2009, 11:50:18 PM

lol, "hardcore html"

hell yea straight hmtl programming in notepad >>>>>> dreamweaver, ASP.NET garbage

spoiler (click to show/hide)

ASP.NET is awesome and i use it constantly

[close]

Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich · « **Reply #9 on:** December 18, 2009, 12:05:44 AM »

code highlighting/completion

Fragamemnon · « **Reply #10 on:** December 18, 2009, 12:09:03 AM »

notepad ++ goes on right after the video drivers in a new OS install . stock notepad is intolerable in comparison.

GilloD · « **Reply #11 on:** December 18, 2009, 12:11:26 AM »

Quote from: Father_Mike on December 17, 2009, 10:43:25 PM

I get pointer error messages when I try to open up notepad :'(

notepad++ is better anyways!

Notepad++ FTP Sync once overwrote like 20 hours of work and then took my file with it. Dont use it.

Bebpo · « **Reply #12 on:** December 18, 2009, 02:27:10 AM »

What is this notepad++

I've heard it mentioned for years but never looked into it. Can it make my notepad...more awesome?

MCD · « **Reply #13 on:** December 18, 2009, 02:38:30 AM »

http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #14 on:** December 18, 2009, 02:43:16 AM »

Kind of off topic, but I would call PKZip the greatest program ever.

ch1nchilla · « **Reply #15 on:** December 18, 2009, 03:43:46 AM »

TextEdit

demi · « **Reply #16 on:** December 18, 2009, 03:47:27 AM »

Dont rely too much on coding/design in Notepad, I got shooed away because I didnt have any Dreamweaver experience

Rman · « **Reply #17 on:** December 18, 2009, 09:07:59 AM »

If you want to sync all your notepad++ stuff in the cloud, just get dropbox and move pertinent files there. You'll get versioning as well. No need to carry around USB drives.

Tieno · « **Reply #18 on:** December 18, 2009, 01:32:27 PM »

smh at all these nerds here.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #19 on:** December 18, 2009, 01:36:36 PM »

Rman · « **Reply #20 on:** December 18, 2009, 01:54:12 PM »

Quote from: Tieno on December 18, 2009, 01:32:27 PM

smh at all these nerds here.

LOL. Who isn't a nerd here?

Tieno · « **Reply #21 on:** December 18, 2009, 01:55:14 PM »

Quote from: Rman on December 18, 2009, 01:54:12 PM

Quote from: Tieno on December 18, 2009, 01:32:27 PM
smh at all these nerds here.
LOL. Who isn't a nerd here?

ME, I, Tieno!
<-- this guy

Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich · « **Reply #22 on:** December 18, 2009, 02:58:25 PM »

Quote from: Borys on December 18, 2009, 05:55:08 AM

WinSCP

built-in editor

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #23 on:** December 18, 2009, 05:35:26 PM »

I'm with Frag - Notepad++ is the first thing I install, even before updating the video drivers. A system without Notepad++ is completely naked!

Bebpo · « **Reply #24 on:** December 18, 2009, 09:23:30 PM »

Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on December 18, 2009, 05:35:26 PM

I'm with Frag - Notepad++ is the first thing I install, even before updating the video drivers. A system without Notepad++ is completely naked!

HOLY CRAP YOU ARE ALIVE

Purple Filth · « **Reply #25 on:** December 19, 2009, 12:46:34 AM »

Quote from: Borys on December 18, 2009, 05:55:08 AM

Other awesome programs:

Total Commander

finally saw this at the start of this year, very nice.

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #26 on:** December 19, 2009, 06:00:07 PM »

I used to be an Emacs fan but it's bugging me lately. Anyway, I really recommend trying OneNote for note taking. It's kinda awesome, especially 2010.

Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich · « **Reply #27 on:** December 19, 2009, 08:36:25 PM »

How does OneNote even work? I know I disabled the stupid agent from my work PC's startup because it was annoying and I never used it.

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #28 on:** December 19, 2009, 09:32:17 PM »

You have notebooks, they break down into sections and pages, you take notes in them, then you can conveniently search and hyperlink between them (it's more convenient in 2010, search is nicer and you can use wiki-like links), etc. There are a bunch of other little features that make it nicer than keeping a lot of .txt or .doc files around, for example you can start a table just by hitting tab, it's got Word 2007's Equation Editor, when you paste something in from a web page it'll add a caption linked to the URL you got it from, it'll OCR images and let you search them, etc.

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Author Topic: Is notepad the greatest program ever? (Read 1726 times)