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I used a Windows editor called TextPad for about 20 years. Maybe there are better editors out there, but it's what my boss used at one job, and I got used to it
by adrianmsmith 3y ago
I used a Windows editor called TextPad for about 20 years. Maybe there are better editors out there, but it's what my boss used at one job, and I got used to it, and it worked fine for my needs.
20 years in, I thought, come on, I mean I work in software, I can easily afford this ($200 or something). So I paid, and felt good about doing so. I don't know why I didn't do it earlier really!
But I was absolutely so used to the 20 years of multiple-times-per-day muscle memory of clicking away the nag panel on startup telling you to pay. So I uninstalled the program and reinstalled it without typing in the registration code, even though I'd paid, so I could get back to the "workflow" that I was used to...
- johnnyballgame 3y agoI was a very long time user of TextPad as well. I just had to go look it up and am pleasantly surprised it's still being updated. Though, the copyright on their website still says 2020.
- qubex 3y agoThat’s absolutely hilarious.
- weinzierl 3y agoI liked Textpad as well, and - besides other things - used it to write ANSYS files. When I got Internet access at work, I downloaded the ANSYS syntax file from the Textpad website and to my surprise they were written by my boss at the time. syntax This made me think that the Internet must be a small world too, and for some time it maybe really was. Good times! EDIT: I checked it out and for sure... drumroll! The file is still there: ANSYS APDL Contributed by Randolf Mock and Markus Michel https://www.textpad.com/addons/syntax https://www.textpad.com/addons/syntax
- xnorswap 3y agoI used TextPad for a long time too, it always seemed to work faster, better and simpler than Notepad++ that was the main rival that people would rave about.