Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard
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: 4, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday May 12 2018, @08:59PM (2 children)
Having to download a real text editor for windows to edit one file on a computer you'll likely never touch again is an unnecessary pain in the ass. I doubt it took them any longer to improve the code than it has cost just me in wasted time.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday May 12 2018, @10:02PM (1 child)
Wait till you work for big corporate, When it takes a month for your text editor to be approved or denied.
(Score: 5, Touché) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday May 12 2018, @11:09PM
You wait till I work for big corporate. I ain't got heat death of the universe kind of patience.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.