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Wouldn’t VSCode be a better alternative to wordpad?
by hsbauauvhabzb 8mo ago
Wouldn’t VSCode be a better alternative to wordpad?
- sigzero 8mo agoNo, not at all.
- NooneAtAll3 8mo agovscode requires downloading all the plugins on top, which is bothersome wordpad is all-included on its own
- hsbauauvhabzb 8mo agoPeople using markdown are probably also using vscode. It’s not like vscode couldn’t come bundled with markdown support if it doesn’t already.
- lunar_rover 8mo agoVSCode needs Electron which is too big IMO. It's also a specialised code editor instead of a general text editor, with features like builtin terminal and traditional menus instead of ribbons.
- overgard 8mo agoI mean, Microsoft is already using WebView and web technologies in Windows at this point. I agree electron is inefficient, but it's not particularly egregious when compared to what they're already doing
- hsbauauvhabzb 8mo agoIsn’t notepad now react?
- tracker1 8mo agoI was mostly meaning the Wordpad name, not the original incantation of the tool... the only legacy I might support if it was Wordpad as a markdown editor, would be to import RTF/Doc files only supporting what can cleanly adapt to markdown syntax support... Then I'd probably have a decent print to pdf function as part of it.