Comments on: Be cautious with Notepad++ http://www.g-loaded.eu/2009/10/17/be-cautious-with-notepad/ An open-source software and technology related journal Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:35:21 +0000 hourly 1 By: George Notaras http://www.g-loaded.eu/2009/10/17/be-cautious-with-notepad/#comment-18485 George Notaras Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:10:36 +0000 http://www.g-loaded.eu/?p=1319#comment-18485 @CupofDenial: Notepad++ is still my main text editor when I use a Windows 7 machine. At installation time, I deselected the whole plugin system of the program. Never had a single freezing issue since then. Hope this helps. @CupofDenial: Notepad++ is still my main text editor when I use a Windows 7 machine. At installation time, I deselected the whole plugin system of the program. Never had a single freezing issue since then. Hope this helps.

]]> By: CupofDenial http://www.g-loaded.eu/2009/10/17/be-cautious-with-notepad/#comment-18484 CupofDenial Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:07:35 +0000 http://www.g-loaded.eu/?p=1319#comment-18484 Notepad++ has been my favourite editor for a long time. I have been running it on Vista for a long time without any issues. However, on Wind7 I have been experiencing many freezing problems! Just too many! I hope there will be some fixes soon. Notepad++ has been my favourite editor for a long time. I have been running it on Vista for a long time without any issues. However, on Wind7 I have been experiencing many freezing problems! Just too many! I hope there will be some fixes soon.

]]> By: tommy http://www.g-loaded.eu/2009/10/17/be-cautious-with-notepad/#comment-14423 tommy Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:07:11 +0000 http://www.g-loaded.eu/?p=1319#comment-14423 jedit maybe? jedit maybe?

]]> By: Mohammad http://www.g-loaded.eu/2009/10/17/be-cautious-with-notepad/#comment-13917 Mohammad Fri, 17 Sep 2010 09:13:33 +0000 http://www.g-loaded.eu/?p=1319#comment-13917 Yeb. Same issue. I've been using Notepad++ for nearly two years. The freezing sometimes happened. But something even worse happened to me today. I was editing a PHP file and always ended up having this big hidden line break in the rendered html. I thought maybe It's my problem with the margins and html and css codes. But in the end I opened the file with Emacs and I found a very strange hidden character inside which was not visible in Notepad++. I tried different things like the encodings and all in Notepad++ but the character didn't show itself. I'm gonna use Emacs from now on. Yeb. Same issue. I’ve been using Notepad++ for nearly two years. The freezing sometimes happened. But something even worse happened to me today. I was editing a PHP file and always ended up having this big hidden line break in the rendered html. I thought maybe It’s my problem with the margins and html and css codes. But in the end I opened the file with Emacs and I found a very strange hidden character inside which was not visible in Notepad++. I tried different things like the encodings and all in Notepad++ but the character didn’t show itself. I’m gonna use Emacs from now on.

]]> By: George Notaras http://www.g-loaded.eu/2009/10/17/be-cautious-with-notepad/#comment-12225 George Notaras Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:18:20 +0000 http://www.g-loaded.eu/?p=1319#comment-12225 @Robert: I stare at the monitor and try to explain to myself why I didn't see this! :D Thanks for letting me know. @Robert: I stare at the monitor and try to explain to myself why I didn’t see this! :D

Thanks for letting me know.

]]> By: Robert http://www.g-loaded.eu/2009/10/17/be-cautious-with-notepad/#comment-12224 Robert Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:02:40 +0000 http://www.g-loaded.eu/?p=1319#comment-12224 Um, there actually is a Windows port of gedit: http://live.gnome.org/Gedit/Windows Don't know how well it works, I've never tried it. Um, there actually is a Windows port of gedit:
http://live.gnome.org/Gedit/Windows
Don’t know how well it works, I’ve never tried it.

]]> By: George Notaras http://www.g-loaded.eu/2009/10/17/be-cautious-with-notepad/#comment-12197 George Notaras Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:18:53 +0000 http://www.g-loaded.eu/?p=1319#comment-12197 @ARS: Thanks. Syn looks interesting. The only thing that puzzles me though is whether it is an actively developed project or not. @ARS: Thanks. Syn looks interesting. The only thing that puzzles me though is whether it is an actively developed project or not.

]]> By: ARS http://www.g-loaded.eu/2009/10/17/be-cautious-with-notepad/#comment-12194 ARS Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:12:42 +0000 http://www.g-loaded.eu/?p=1319#comment-12194 Use this. Syn is highly customizable text and programming editor. Syn features syntax highlighting for many languages, active scripting, macro recording, the ability to launch a program (e.g. a Compiler) and capture the output, support for projects, etc. http://sourceforge.net/projects/syn/ Use this.

Syn is highly customizable text and programming editor. Syn features syntax highlighting for many languages, active scripting, macro recording, the ability to launch a program (e.g. a Compiler) and capture the output, support for projects, etc.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/syn/

]]> By: Linux And Friends http://www.g-loaded.eu/2009/10/17/be-cautious-with-notepad/#comment-12191 Linux And Friends Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:29:41 +0000 http://www.g-loaded.eu/?p=1319#comment-12191 Notepad++ is my favourite Windows editor. I have been using Notepad++ in Windows 7 since a couple of months. I have never had any freeze so cannot comment on your bad experience. If you find Notepad++ difficult to use, you can also try out <a href="http://www.ultraedit.com/" rel="nofollow">Ultraedit</a> which is also brimming with features. However, it is a shareware product. It is also available for Linux. <a href="http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html" rel="nofollow">SciTE</a> is also a very good programmers text editor though it doesn't have all the features found in Notepad++. Notepad++ is my favourite Windows editor. I have been using Notepad++ in Windows 7 since a couple of months. I have never had any freeze so cannot comment on your bad experience. If you find Notepad++ difficult to use, you can also try out Ultraedit which is also brimming with features. However, it is a shareware product. It is also available for Linux.

SciTE is also a very good programmers text editor though it doesn’t have all the features found in Notepad++.

]]> By: tux. http://www.g-loaded.eu/2009/10/17/be-cautious-with-notepad/#comment-12167 tux. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:02:37 +0000 http://www.g-loaded.eu/?p=1319#comment-12167 Depends. Once you got used to them .... :-) But I don't want to persuade you. After all it's a matter of taste indeed. Notepad++ does not really work fine with large numbers of files, though. Depends. Once you got used to them …. :-)

But I don’t want to persuade you. After all it’s a matter of taste indeed. Notepad++ does not really work fine with large numbers of files, though.

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