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For many years, Windows Notepad only supported text documents containing Windows End of Line (EOL) characters - Carriage Return (CR) & Line Feed (LF). This means that Notepad was unable to correctly display the contents of text files created in Unix, Linux and macOS.
[...] Starting with the current Windows 10 Insider build, Notepad will support Unix/Linux line endings (LF), Macintosh line endings (CR), and Windows Line endings (CRLF) as usual. New files created within Notepad will use Windows line ending (CRLF) by default, but it will now be possible to view, edit, and print existing files, correctly maintaining the file's current line ending format.
It's about damned time.
Source: Introducing extended line endings support in Notepad
(Score: 5, Funny) by KritonK on Saturday May 12 2018, @07:26PM (2 children)
At last! I can finally switch to Windows, getting rid of both vi and emacs, and embracing the simplicity of notepad. 2018 is shaping up to become the year of Windows on the desktop.
(Score: 5, Funny) by Snotnose on Saturday May 12 2018, @09:01PM (1 child)
CSB. Back in the early 90s the big thing was Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE). Management bought us one (without asking I might add) and during training we were told "You'll love our editor! It's so simple to use you'll be an expert in 30 minutes". He wasn't lying. The editor did diddly squat, it was basically Nopepad wishing it knew where the steroids were kept. It was universally despised by us vi and Emacs experts.
I figured out how to pull the files out of the CASE tool (Cadre, I think it was) and put them back in. I even wrote a script to pull all the files out and put them back in. Had I charged a nickle anytime anyone wanted to use my script I'd have been making about $1/day.
The cherry on top was discovered after I'd left the company. Turns out every time I pulled a file out I effectively deleted it, and when I put it back effectively created a new file. Which wiped out all version history, which was something we were required to keep according to our contract. Oops.
When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.
(Score: 5, Funny) by Snotnose on Saturday May 12 2018, @10:44PM
Heh. Nopepad. Now there's a typo I wish I'd made on purpose.
When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.