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It is fast, lightweight, uses a native Win32 GUI and by the time i have released the mouse button to launch it via right click in a file or the F4 key in Total

It is fast, lightweight, uses a native Win32 GUI and by the time i have released the mouse button to launch it via right click in a file or the F4 key in Total Commander (which launches it to edit a text file) the UI is already open. Also it has a neat feature where when you exit and open it again it "remembers" changes you made to files if you don't save them and new files you created and didn't save (basically saves modified/unsaved files to some temp place i guess) which i find useful to take quick notes.

MauranKilom 5y ago
FYI, the "unsaved changes" files live in %APPDATA%/Notepad++/backup on Windows.
tveyben 5y ago
Total commander - a windows binary in the same ‘league’ as np++ - can’t live without it!!! I can’t live with any other file manager…! Am even considering using it via wine on Linux…!
- badsectoracula 5y ago
  I actually am using it via Wine on Linux, it works ok though there are some issues like shortcut keys not always working properly (e.g. Alt+F1 or Alt+F2 do not focus the "drive" letter properly, i need to do Alt+Alt+F1/F2) and for some reason trying to connect to an FTP/FTPS site hangs the entire program (i'm using gFTP as an alternative that has a sort of similar two-panel UI while being native, so not a big problem but still). Also for some reason whenever i browse the external HDD the file display happens very slowly. So i don't use it as much as i did under Windows (and other alternatives i've checked -including Double Commander which is supposedly a TC clone- just aren't there) and for some simple stuff i use mc, but TC-under-Wine still has a lot of useful functionality (e.g. i really like how its Synchronize Directories functionality works) so i have it permanently in Window Maker's dock since i still use it daily.
srfwx 5y ago
VS Code does the same

MauranKilom 5y ago

FYI, the "unsaved changes" files live in %APPDATA%/Notepad++/backup on Windows.

tveyben 5y ago

Total commander - a windows binary in the same ‘league’ as np++ - can’t live without it!!! I can’t live with any other file manager…! Am even considering using it via wine on Linux…!

badsectoracula 5y ago
I actually am using it via Wine on Linux, it works ok though there are some issues like shortcut keys not always working properly (e.g. Alt+F1 or Alt+F2 do not focus the "drive" letter properly, i need to do Alt+Alt+F1/F2) and for some reason trying to connect to an FTP/FTPS site hangs the entire program (i'm using gFTP as an alternative that has a sort of similar two-panel UI while being native, so not a big problem but still). Also for some reason whenever i browse the external HDD the file display happens very slowly. So i don't use it as much as i did under Windows (and other alternatives i've checked -including Double Commander which is supposedly a TC clone- just aren't there) and for some simple stuff i use mc, but TC-under-Wine still has a lot of useful functionality (e.g. i really like how its Synchronize Directories functionality works) so i have it permanently in Window Maker's dock since i still use it daily.

srfwx 5y ago

VS Code does the same