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  • N Niklas Ulvinge

    There's other bad things about notepad. The ctrl+s don't save. That's the worst thing with it. The PROgrammer Niklas Ulvinge aka IDK

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    Bassam Abdul Baki
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    True. However, I believe there was an article that talked about fixing that. I believe it used the Resource Hacker to recompile Notepad to allow for that. "If only one person knows the truth, it is still the truth." - Mahatma Gandhi Web - Blog - RSS

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      I don't think that's a bug since you are undoing your typing. Elaine :rose: The tigress is here :-D

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      Bassam Abdul Baki
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      This [insert]Microsoft[/insert] functionality seems to be unique to Notepad. "If only one person knows the truth, it is still the truth." - Mahatma Gandhi Web - Blog - RSS

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      • N Niklas Ulvinge

        There's other bad things about notepad. The ctrl+s don't save. That's the worst thing with it. The PROgrammer Niklas Ulvinge aka IDK

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        Bassam Abdul Baki
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        Update - Spoke too soon. The Ctrl+S feature seems to have been fixed in XP. :-) "If only one person knows the truth, it is still the truth." - Mahatma Gandhi Web - Blog - RSS

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        • B Bassam Abdul Baki

          After all these years of using Notepad, I came across this little feature that may be considered a bug. If you open Notepad, type something in and then delete all of it (i.e., Ctrl+A, Ctrl+X), closing it will close Notepad without prompting you to save it. The only reason I started doing this was I needed to copy some HTML text without the markup, and Notepad was the obvious choice. I actually like this feature because I know I don't need to save it. However, I don't seem to recall seeing this prior to XP, and it seems likely that I would have selected everything in Notepad for deletion at some point in my life and closed it and run into this, but I can't remember ever doing so. Anyone has their little quirks that they've come across? "If only one person knows the truth, it is still the truth." - Mahatma Gandhi Web - Blog - RSS

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          David Crow
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          I've used this feature for years knowing that it won't prompt me.


          "Ideas are a dime a dozen. People who put them into action are priceless." - Unknown

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          • N Niklas Ulvinge

            There's other bad things about notepad. The ctrl+s don't save. That's the worst thing with it. The PROgrammer Niklas Ulvinge aka IDK

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            David Crow
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            Ctrl+S works fine in Windows 2000's Notepad.


            "Ideas are a dime a dozen. People who put them into action are priceless." - Unknown

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            • B Bassam Abdul Baki

              After all these years of using Notepad, I came across this little feature that may be considered a bug. If you open Notepad, type something in and then delete all of it (i.e., Ctrl+A, Ctrl+X), closing it will close Notepad without prompting you to save it. The only reason I started doing this was I needed to copy some HTML text without the markup, and Notepad was the obvious choice. I actually like this feature because I know I don't need to save it. However, I don't seem to recall seeing this prior to XP, and it seems likely that I would have selected everything in Notepad for deletion at some point in my life and closed it and run into this, but I can't remember ever doing so. Anyone has their little quirks that they've come across? "If only one person knows the truth, it is still the truth." - Mahatma Gandhi Web - Blog - RSS

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              Matt Gerrans
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              If you've been using notepad for years, then I don't think the bug is in the software. Haven't you heard of EmEditor, or any of the (probably thousands) other choices? Notepad is not an editor, it is just a little demo app showing how to stretch a textbox far beyond the limits for which it was designed. Sorry, I just don't have much sympathy for massochists. ;P Get yourself a real editor. :mad: Matt Gerrans

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                If you've been using notepad for years, then I don't think the bug is in the software. Haven't you heard of EmEditor, or any of the (probably thousands) other choices? Notepad is not an editor, it is just a little demo app showing how to stretch a textbox far beyond the limits for which it was designed. Sorry, I just don't have much sympathy for massochists. ;P Get yourself a real editor. :mad: Matt Gerrans

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                Bassam Abdul Baki
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                I actually use UltraEdit. However, when I'm at the client's office, Notepad is all I have on the desktop that they provide me with. You're right about it being a demo app, but it is still a very useful tool depending on how one uses it. Most text editors are too overloaded, kind of like the ICQ website when it became popular. :-D "If only one person knows the truth, it is still the truth." - Mahatma Gandhi Web - Blog - RSS

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                • B Bassam Abdul Baki

                  After all these years of using Notepad, I came across this little feature that may be considered a bug. If you open Notepad, type something in and then delete all of it (i.e., Ctrl+A, Ctrl+X), closing it will close Notepad without prompting you to save it. The only reason I started doing this was I needed to copy some HTML text without the markup, and Notepad was the obvious choice. I actually like this feature because I know I don't need to save it. However, I don't seem to recall seeing this prior to XP, and it seems likely that I would have selected everything in Notepad for deletion at some point in my life and closed it and run into this, but I can't remember ever doing so. Anyone has their little quirks that they've come across? "If only one person knows the truth, it is still the truth." - Mahatma Gandhi Web - Blog - RSS

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                  Navin
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                  Notepad fails miserably when trying to open a Unix-style file. Personally, I prefer Notepad2[^]. The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance.

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                  • T Tom Archer

                    Huh? Notepad is *extremely* buggy. It probably hasn't been updated in many years and often screws up documents. Cheers, Tom Archer - Visual C++ MVP Archer Consulting Group "So look up ahead at times to come, despair is not for us. We have a world and more to see, while this remains behind." - James N. Rowe

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                    peterchen
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                    Tom Archer wrote: It probably hasn't been updated in many years - UNICODE support - Ctrl-S for save - .LOG Tom Archer wrote: and often screws up documents How? Never had thaqt happen


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                      I don't think that's a bug since you are undoing your typing. Elaine :rose: The tigress is here :-D

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                      Jason Henderson
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                      It wasn't an undo. But, since Notepad seems to have only one level of undo it should see it as a change and prompt you.

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                      • P peterchen

                        Tom Archer wrote: It probably hasn't been updated in many years - UNICODE support - Ctrl-S for save - .LOG Tom Archer wrote: and often screws up documents How? Never had thaqt happen


                        Pandoras Gift #44: Hope. The one that keeps you on suffering.
                        aber.. "Wie gesagt, der Scheiss is' Therapie"
                        boost your code || Fold With Us! || sighist | doxygen

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                        Nish Nishant
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                        peterchen wrote: - .LOG ???

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                        • N Nish Nishant

                          peterchen wrote: - .LOG ???

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                          peterchen
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                          create a text documentthat has only .LOG on the first line. Open with notepad. play around. enjoy!


                          Pandoras Gift #44: Hope. The one that keeps you on suffering.
                          aber.. "Wie gesagt, der Scheiss is' Therapie"
                          boost your code || Fold With Us! || sighist | doxygen

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                            create a text documentthat has only .LOG on the first line. Open with notepad. play around. enjoy!


                            Pandoras Gift #44: Hope. The one that keeps you on suffering.
                            aber.. "Wie gesagt, der Scheiss is' Therapie"
                            boost your code || Fold With Us! || sighist | doxygen

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                            Nish Nishant
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                            peterchen wrote: create a text documentthat has only .LOG on the first line. Open with notepad. play around. enjoy! Wow, that's cool. Thanks Peterchen.

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