Windows 11’s Notepad continues to get Copilot-powered AI features – a handy addition to a tool whose main appeal has always been simplicity and minimalism. Not all users are happy, however, with some saying AI features are overkill.

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    • TriangleSpecialist@lemmy.world
      18·
      3 months ago

      Damn, notepad++… I remember feeling so sad that there wasn’t a Linux version back when I ditched Windows.

      Baffles me that this did not get a wildly successful native Linux version in all those years, but it’s probably too late now with VSCode and all the NeoVim fans.

      • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        From the Notepad++ home page:

        Based on the powerful editing component Scintilla, Notepad++ is written in C++ and uses pure Win32 API

        Trying to port it to other platforms is thus nonsensical. It would have to be a ground-up rewrite without the Windows API dependency. And there are indeed various other projects for Linux and other platforms that pretty much replicate its functionality, but they’re by definition not going to be Notepad++.

        • TriangleSpecialist@lemmy.world
          6·
          3 months ago

          Is there? Releases span between 2017 and 2019, the last of which is a beta, and it is largely unmaintained, with most of the contributions after that being “readme updates” and the odd typo/mistranslation.

          Wouldn’t call that a wildly successful Linux version of notepad++.

          EDIT: reading this again, I don’t know why I sound so needlessly angry, it wasn’t my intention.

          I meant to say this does not sound like a viable alternative from a glance. But if you used it and it’s good I am happy to be proven wrong.

  • Lemminary@lemmy.world
    281·
    3 months ago

    The whole purpose of Notepad is to open up a text file QUICKLY. Who the fuck cares about AI in this thing?

  • alias_qr_rainmaker@lemmy.world
    152·
    3 months ago

    oh god i know what they’re planning…they’re going to force AI slop into the base model and charge you extra to move up to premium, where it’s just a regular fucking text editor, lmao

        • falseWhite@lemmy.world
          37·
          3 months ago

          Haven’t seen a single Linux game to download from torrents. All are for windows. Care to ask your friend how/where he pirates AAA games on Linux?

          • DupaCycki@lemmy.world
            83·
            3 months ago

            I had a dream where somebody pirated windows games on Linux and just played them through wine/proton. Just like… you know, legally purchased copies.

            Of course, as an upstanding citizen I haven’t tried this in real life.

              • Rob T Firefly@lemmy.worldEnglish
                3·
                3 months ago

                Neither Wine or Proton require running Windows. They’re compatibility layers which allow Linux to operate software intended for Windows.

                You may be thinking about when someone emulates a full virtual Windows machine within Linux, which is more resource-intensive. The overhead and performance impact of a compatibility layer like Wine or Proton is generally negligible compared to running such a VM.

  • CerebralHawks@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    10·
    3 months ago

    Copilot has been in Notepad, though. It can be disabled in Settings. I also disabled Markdown — I don’t need it. I just use Notepad as like a scratch pad, it’s a bit more versatile than Sticky Notes (which I also use).

  • normonator@lemmy.ml
    7·
    3 months ago

    It was already ruined when they modernized it. Now they are just pissing on it’s corpse.

  • Zulu@lemmy.world
    4·
    3 months ago

    Uninstall new notepad.

    Install Notepad (classic).

    Ezpz. Although i wonder how long that’ll last. My manager got upset i wasnt using the new notepad because of its features.

    I explained np++ is for things that last more than a day. Notepad classic is for thoughts i dont care about when i shut down.

  • Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works
    31·
    3 months ago

    I want Microsoft to add AI to my ass. Imagine what you could do with all the data coming out my butt MS. Hurry up and start working on it, openAI is already working on pushing AI to our balls.

  • laranis@lemmy.zip
    11·
    3 months ago

    No user said, “Leave it alone.” Not a single one. Universally from the office, to the classroom, to the monastery, every single person said, “Leave it the fuck alone.”