Just checked, Dev-C++ seems to still be going: https://www.bloodshed.net.
Re:Notepad++ is 21 years old
by 8n4vidtmkvmk on Friday November 01, 2024 @04:14PM
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Oh my god, really? That was my first editor like 20 years ago. Haven't used it since then I think.
Embarcadero's improved fork:
https://www.embarcadero.com/free-tools/dev-cpp
Re:Notepad++ is 21 years old
by ijustlovemath on Friday November 01, 2024 @02:40PM
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vim is amazing once you learn a couple verbs, visual block mode, windows, and the nice special subjects, eg % for enclosing parens
Unfortunately then you will eventually be forced to work in environments without it and feel like you just had a brain aneurysm due to how insufferably slow and clunky everything else is. Ignorance is bliss, just look at all those cute commenters here who think notepad++ is the best thing ever. "It even supports regexp!" It makes the editor wars feel so pointless, but Windows users are adorable.
Re:Notepad++ is 21 years old
by syndicatedjelly on Friday November 01, 2024 @05:21PM
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I have never encountered an OS distribution that did not have vi pre-installed
Re:Notepad++ is 21 years old
by ijustlovemath on Friday November 01, 2024 @07:12PM
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Everywhere useful has it these days; even on Windows you can get a very capable vim in Git Bash or WSL
Re:Notepad++ is 21 years old
by nyarlathotep_ on Friday November 01, 2024 @08:45PM
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I seldom use vim/neovim these days (except for commit messages as it's $EDITOR) but use vim bindings via plugins everywhere I can (Intellij, VSCode)
Sometimes there's issues with these, but they're generally quite good for daily use (although slower)
vim. ;) While yes, it has quite a learning curve, the payout IMO is ultimately worth it.
But Notepad++ will always have a place in my heart; it was what I used for a long time back when I was also still using Windows, and it's a solid editor, and leagues better than NOTEPAD.EXE. Especially 21 years ago, the landscape was much different. "DevC++" I think was the other editor I had that was competing with it.