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No idea why he would use Notepad2, ST3 loads up just as fast and provides way more features for text editing. Plus it is good with markdown syntax highlighting
by rschmitty 13y ago
No idea why he would use Notepad2, ST3 loads up just as fast and provides way more features for text editing. Plus it is good with markdown syntax highlighting thus eliminating the need for MarkdownPad
Also Github for windows or just Git bash covers the need for Gow
Jabbr is ok, but I havent been able to give up mIRC
Also he left off a good tabbed ssh/putty
Great list, learned lots of new things thanks!
- shrikant 13y agoWhat?? I don't have access to a Windows install right now, but the last time I used ST3 on Windows, it took a heck of a lot longer (~2-3 seconds) to start up than Notepad2. For micro-edit sessions, Notepad2 is unbeatable.
- jhasse 13y agoJust tested: less than half a second (it basically came up instantly). I have a SSD though.
- MatmaRex 13y agoIt takes a few seconds to start up for me too. And if it's already running, unrelated tabs appearing are annoying. I use Sublime usually, but Notepad2 when I just want to edit something quickly or have a scratch pad. (I actually replaced Windows' notepad with it.)
- InTheSwiss 13y agoUsing ST3b3059 on Windows 8.1 pro x64, 2.5Ghz Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM, 7200RPM Platter and the ST console logs "startup time: 0.0931221", it loaded as fast as vanilla Notepad.
- Numberwang 13y agoST2 takes 8 seconds for me to start on my laptop. Notepad++ starts in 0.5.
- Already__Taken 13y agoYes that's why this discussion is about ST3.
- Numberwang 13y agoUpgraded. Same issue.
- deevus 13y agoThere was a massive performance boost for startup for ST3. ST2 startup is slow. That might explain the difference in opinion perhaps.
- jhasse 13y agoInstead of Git bash try ConEmu with msys. It has resize support and several other features ;)
- RexRollman 13y agoI love Notepad2. It is one of the programs I always install when I have Windows installed.
- InTheSwiss 13y agoAgreed Notepad2 is pretty much perfect. I have been meaning to try out Notepad2-mod for a while as I would quite like the code folding. One thing I would like (and might change myself if I ever get around to setting up my own build of it) is for it to remember its last position. At the moment you can save the location but it is annoying and should be automatic (IMHO).
- asmman1 13y agoWoow. What a great tool for some editing. I didn't knew about before, now I got installed and I'm removing notepad++ in favor of it. Thanks!
- fjcornell 13y agoSame here. It has become such a standard tool for me that I install it on servers as well.