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bluenose69yesterday at 11:29 PM5 repliesview on HN

The article starts out by saying that Notepad++ "is a text editor popular among developers". Really?


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TingPingyesterday at 11:33 PM

Literally yes: https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2025/

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billforsternztoday at 12:31 AM

I enjoy coding something new up in Notepad++, without any annoying autocomplete and jank. I call it unplugged (acoustic?) mode. Jeepers Visual Studio these days starts autocompleting if and while for example and sometimes doesn't respect normal keystrokes because it expects me to complete these kind of interactions instead.

jamesfinlaysontoday at 1:36 AM

I don't do a whole lot of development with it but if I need to open a random code file then it's much better than plain old Notepad.

kotaKatyesterday at 11:43 PM

First three things I install on any machine - 7zip, Notepad++, alternate browser.

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maxpertyesterday at 11:33 PM

LOL I guess the editors using Notepad++ downvoted you :P