Re:Notepad++ v8.2 Released
by TonyTrapp on Friday January 21, 2022 @07:43AM
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PSPad is very similar in both regards! If you are looking for a lightweight editor on Windows, give both a try. Though I found that PSPad has become a bit more buggy in more recent versions since 64-bit support was introduced (which, I think, has lead to several components being exchanged or upgraded, which caused these bugs). I ought to give Notepad++ a try again.
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PSPad used to be my editor on Windows until they added crapware to the installer. No idea if they still have it or not, as I immediately jumped ship to Notepad++ when I saw it.
PSPad was nice, but I switched to Notepad++ years ago because PSPad would crash every so often and I'd lose whatever work I had done since the last backup. Notepad++ has never crashed for me.
One reason why I like PSPad is that I can use it for three main tasks - editing text files, diffing text files and hex-editing files. Notepad++ seems to have a hex editor plugin, do you know if it's any good?
It seems fine as a basic hex editor, but I haven't used it that much. Not sure what would happen if you gave it a large file. I've been happy with HxD as a dedicated hex editor that works well with large files.