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Re:NirSoft Freeware (2008) by huehehue on Monday April 16, 2018 @05:28PM (#16852952)
I don't see why they would. Notepad is great if you want to do something really quickly w/ plaintext, and the fact that it doesn't really do anything else is the best part IMO.

If you want nicer formatting you can use WordPad. Beyond that, there are a million alternatives (including the MS office suite)

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Re:NirSoft Freeware (2008) by maxxxxx on Monday April 16, 2018 @05:50PM (#16853144)
I think a system should come with a decent editor out of the box. I sometimes have to deal with locked down systems where I can't install Notepad++. So I have to choose between two bad options like notepad or Wordpad. Both at least 20 years old and unchanged since then.
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Re:NirSoft Freeware (2008) by jenscow on Monday April 16, 2018 @09:08PM (#16854534)
yes. at least put something decent on a server.
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Re:NirSoft Freeware (2008) by __s on Monday April 16, 2018 @06:50PM (#16853623)
Ever use replace all in Notepad, where it then begins slowly iterating, repainting at every step?
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