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I prefer Notepad++. On Linux, Geany is a viable alternative.... If I need an IDE, I will get an IDE. I want my text editor to be as lightweight as possible. Thi

I prefer Notepad++. On Linux, Geany is a viable alternative.... If I need an IDE, I will get an IDE. I want my text editor to be as lightweight as possible. This was not the case with Atom.

yoodenvranx 9y ago
I use Sublime because I absolutely can't live without multicursors.
- soapdog 9y ago
  VSCode[1] has multicursors and I believe that atom[2] does too... not advocating for your switch, you should be happy with whatever editor you choose, but, that feature is more wide-spread than people realize. [1]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29953479/multiple-cursors-in-visual-studio-code https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29953479/multiple-cursor... [2]: https://atom.io/packages/multi-cursor https://atom.io/packages/multi-cursor
  - jhasse 9y ago
    I think he just wanted to explain why Notepad++ and Geany are not an option for him.
    - 8draco8 9y ago
      Notepad++ have multicursors https://notepad-plus-plus.org/features/multi-editing.html https://notepad-plus-plus.org/features/multi-editing.html and block editing https://notepad-plus-plus.org/features/column-mode-editing.html https://notepad-plus-plus.org/features/column-mode-editing.h... . Don't know about Geany.
      - yoodenvranx 9y ago
        That's good to know, thx. The last time I checker Notepad++ did not have them and I decided to stay with Sublime.
        8draco8 9y ago
        Last time I've used Notepad++ was around 5 years ago and this feature was there already so it's there for a while. I'm glad that I could help.
- negativ0 9y ago
  there's Vim-multiple-cursors on Vim that works really similar to the ST multicursor https://github.com/terryma/vim-multiple-cursors https://github.com/terryma/vim-multiple-cursors
icc97 9y ago
I eventually gave up on Notepad++ because I became increasingly frustrated with the syntax highlighting inconsistencies. I was trying to get Solarized Markdown highlighting working. Edit: I lie, it was Twilight [0] I just wanted to get that working with Markdown - but there are just so many limitations with the syntax highlighting system and I was always making tradoffs. I switched to Sublime (cross platform, prettier, more performant, fuzzy finding, better highlighting, better shortcuts, better plugins - but closed source) and then to Vim (cross platform + ssh, open source, PITA to learn but gains from the more programmable way of editing, the potential to match or better most aspects of ST) [0]: https://github.com/ianchanning/Notepad---Markdown-Highlighting/blob/twilight-theme/preview.png https://github.com/ianchanning/Notepad---Markdown-Highlighti...
jordache 9y ago
notepad++ has horrible project workspace navigation. Any trivial UI that requires horizontal scrollbar is just not ready for prime time. go back to the drawing board
SippinLean 9y ago
Notepad++ was nice back in the day but it's easily among the worst editors now.

I prefer Notepad++. On Linux, Geany is a viable alternative.... If I need an IDE, I will get an IDE. I want my text editor to be as lightweight as possible. This was not the case with Atom.

yoodenvranx 9y ago

I use Sublime because I absolutely can't live without multicursors.

soapdog 9y ago
VSCode[1] has multicursors and I believe that atom[2] does too... not advocating for your switch, you should be happy with whatever editor you choose, but, that feature is more wide-spread than people realize. [1]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29953479/multiple-cursors-in-visual-studio-code https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29953479/multiple-cursor... [2]: https://atom.io/packages/multi-cursor https://atom.io/packages/multi-cursor
- jhasse 9y ago
  I think he just wanted to explain why Notepad++ and Geany are not an option for him.
  - 8draco8 9y ago
    Notepad++ have multicursors https://notepad-plus-plus.org/features/multi-editing.html https://notepad-plus-plus.org/features/multi-editing.html and block editing https://notepad-plus-plus.org/features/column-mode-editing.html https://notepad-plus-plus.org/features/column-mode-editing.h... . Don't know about Geany.
    - yoodenvranx 9y ago
      That's good to know, thx. The last time I checker Notepad++ did not have them and I decided to stay with Sublime.
      - 8draco8 9y ago
        Last time I've used Notepad++ was around 5 years ago and this feature was there already so it's there for a while. I'm glad that I could help.
negativ0 9y ago
there's Vim-multiple-cursors on Vim that works really similar to the ST multicursor https://github.com/terryma/vim-multiple-cursors https://github.com/terryma/vim-multiple-cursors

icc97 9y ago

I eventually gave up on Notepad++ because I became increasingly frustrated with the syntax highlighting inconsistencies. I was trying to get Solarized Markdown highlighting working. Edit: I lie, it was Twilight [0] I just wanted to get that working with Markdown - but there are just so many limitations with the syntax highlighting system and I was always making tradoffs. I switched to Sublime (cross platform, prettier, more performant, fuzzy finding, better highlighting, better shortcuts, better plugins - but closed source) and then to Vim (cross platform + ssh, open source, PITA to learn but gains from the more programmable way of editing, the potential to match or better most aspects of ST) [0]: https://github.com/ianchanning/Notepad---Markdown-Highlighting/blob/twilight-theme/preview.png https://github.com/ianchanning/Notepad---Markdown-Highlighti...

jordache 9y ago

notepad++ has horrible project workspace navigation. Any trivial UI that requires horizontal scrollbar is just not ready for prime time. go back to the drawing board

SippinLean 9y ago

Notepad++ was nice back in the day but it's easily among the worst editors now.