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I just use Notepad for that.

by bojan 5y ago

gruez 5y ago
notepad pros: * doesn't send your text to the botnet * works with multiline text cons: * isn't 2 keys (win-R) away. I personally had to type win + N + O + T + E + P until it showed up, then hit enter.
- jenny91 5y ago
  The mothership only got "notep" :/
  - gnu8 5y ago
    Not great because when they see how many people use Notepad, they're going to replace it with a piece of shit like they did with the snipping tool and Freecell.
- contravariant 5y ago
  That con is why I've used Authotkey to bind notepad to win-N.
- temac 5y ago
  > notepad pros: > * doesn't send your text to the botnet hm, yet? And are we even sure about that? Who expect that what you type in the Run dialog being spied on and sent to MS? Is this even documented anywhere? At this point I'm considering all MS softwares have become mainly hardcore spyware, with maybe some secondary legacy functions remaining (but in lots of cases being stripped slowly, while getting more bloated at the same time).
  - crummy 5y ago
    probably you can be confident with a copy of wireshark
    - temac 5y ago
      Unless I do that all day, not really (and then I would need to configure tons of things to block the traffic), and things are getting worse and worse. I just received an update from Dell of Intel integrated graphics driver and it seems they phone home (to Intel, most probably, I doubt Dell receives a special version that send to Dell instead of to Intel whatever they thought it would be interesting to spy on), although I'm not sure the original ones did so, nor if I have even been warned that they do. Probably illegal under GDPR laws, but like that kind of company gives a shit... I will just abandon Windows, it's not worth it anymore. Win 11 incompatible with most not-so-old PCs will be a good occasion.
- hdjjhhvvhga 5y ago
  > * isn't 2 keys (win-R) away. Unless it's always on - an Alt-Tab away. I use Notepad++ for that, it comes in handy with seemingly infinite undos and autosave.
- jfrunyon 5y ago
  Personally, I just type Win+R and then `no`, down, enter.
- moogly 5y ago
  You can just add a shortcut named "n.lnk" pointing to your favorite editor and put in a folder that's in your %PATH% and then you can just type "n<enter>" in the Run dialog. There's also a way to add aliases via the Registry, but it's way more cumbersome.
Mindless2112 5y ago
In case you're feeling left out in Notepad, you can right-click › "Search with Bing..."
- bojan 5y ago
  Only for selected text.

I just use Notepad for that.

by bojan 5y ago

I just use Notepad for that.

notepad pros: * doesn't send your text to the botnet * works with multiline text cons: * isn't 2 keys (win-R) away. I personally had to type win + N + O + T + E + P until it showed up, then hit enter.

jenny91 5y ago
The mothership only got "notep" :/
- gnu8 5y ago
  Not great because when they see how many people use Notepad, they're going to replace it with a piece of shit like they did with the snipping tool and Freecell.
contravariant 5y ago
That con is why I've used Authotkey to bind notepad to win-N.
temac 5y ago
> notepad pros: > * doesn't send your text to the botnet hm, yet? And are we even sure about that? Who expect that what you type in the Run dialog being spied on and sent to MS? Is this even documented anywhere? At this point I'm considering all MS softwares have become mainly hardcore spyware, with maybe some secondary legacy functions remaining (but in lots of cases being stripped slowly, while getting more bloated at the same time).
- crummy 5y ago
  probably you can be confident with a copy of wireshark
  - temac 5y ago
    Unless I do that all day, not really (and then I would need to configure tons of things to block the traffic), and things are getting worse and worse. I just received an update from Dell of Intel integrated graphics driver and it seems they phone home (to Intel, most probably, I doubt Dell receives a special version that send to Dell instead of to Intel whatever they thought it would be interesting to spy on), although I'm not sure the original ones did so, nor if I have even been warned that they do. Probably illegal under GDPR laws, but like that kind of company gives a shit... I will just abandon Windows, it's not worth it anymore. Win 11 incompatible with most not-so-old PCs will be a good occasion.
hdjjhhvvhga 5y ago
> * isn't 2 keys (win-R) away. Unless it's always on - an Alt-Tab away. I use Notepad++ for that, it comes in handy with seemingly infinite undos and autosave.
jfrunyon 5y ago
Personally, I just type Win+R and then `no`, down, enter.
moogly 5y ago
You can just add a shortcut named "n.lnk" pointing to your favorite editor and put in a folder that's in your %PATH% and then you can just type "n<enter>" in the Run dialog. There's also a way to add aliases via the Registry, but it's way more cumbersome.

Mindless2112 5y ago

In case you're feeling left out in Notepad, you can right-click › "Search with Bing..."

bojan 5y ago
Only for selected text.