Notepad++ and Don Ho: A story of software, activism, and defiance
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Just for the benefit of other readers, Notepadqq is one of the alternatives for Linux. However, there are a few features I really wanted from Notepad++, so I have installed it using wine. No problems there. Hopefully some day we'll see a Linux release.
Last time I checked out Notepadqq, it was nothing like Notepad++, if what you want from Notepad++ are the features. Maybe it's improved though. Personally I've found that with the right combination of settings and add-ons, the closest editors on Linux to Notepad++ are Geany (GTK) or Kate (KDE).
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Last time I checked out Notepadqq, it was nothing like Notepad++, if what you want from Notepad++ are the features. Maybe it's improved though. Personally I've found that with the right combination of settings and add-ons, the closest editors on Linux to Notepad++ are Geany (GTK) or Kate (KDE).
Notepadqq seems to be catching up to Notepad++. In my case the feature that I was sorely missing was the function list, as I am not a heavy macro/plugin user.
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Notepadqq seems to be catching up to Notepad++. In my case the feature that I was sorely missing was the function list, as I am not a heavy macro/plugin user.
I'll definitely check it out again then. As a dual booter (for now until I can't update Windows 10 anymore), cross platform is ideal but otherwise as close as possible is the next best thing.
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Hopely he doesn't put the political messaging into the software.
Did you read the article? If you have a problem with the political messages he is adding to the releases, you've probably been brainwashed by a government or a political party. He's not saying anything controversial, mostly just "Hey y'all, genocide bad."
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Having switched to linux, np++ is one of the programs I miss the most.
Inb4 'just use [insert software here] instead'; yes I know alternatives to np++ exist.I'm in the same boat.
I ended up giving up on the Linux options and using a Notepad++ snap package, but as it runs in WINE it has some quirks that I have not figured out yet.As an example I chose to hide the menu bar while I was trying to get a dark theme looking correct, and now I have no idea how to bring the menu bar back, because wine takes the [alt] input that would usually bring the menu back up.
I'll probably end up just deleting and reinstalling the snap. But I'd rather know how to bring up the alt menu in emulated programs in wine - in case it happens again.
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XDA is asking for disabling my adblocker? WTF? I guess i won't be reading the article.
What browser and adblocker?
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Just a note on the efficacy of activist messages in FOSS.
In the Aughts, I was learning to play with microcontrollers. PIC microcontrollers were free as well as the JAL language. I ordered a hardware programmer from the Dutch guy who created JAL: Wouter van Ooijen. Probably my first purchase online. There was a statement in the license, to the effect of, the language could not be used to develop arms.
Looking back, that was a turning point for me. I was machining arms for a living and continued to do so for years. It got me to thinking about what it was that I was producing with my hands. Weapons for killing people.
I thought about it a lot. All these things I was making with blood and sweat being used to kill people. Running machines on night shift gives you time to think.
His statement was, at minimum, at least partially responsible for me changing my mind. I grew past the bad religion and far right ideology that I was taught.
I'm going to send him a thank you note.
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XDA is asking for disabling my adblocker? WTF? I guess i won't be reading the article.
Firefox + ublock Origin on my phone. No issues.
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Hopely he doesn't put the political messaging into the software.
Here to cheerfully crush your hopes and say he does!
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I'm in the same boat.
I ended up giving up on the Linux options and using a Notepad++ snap package, but as it runs in WINE it has some quirks that I have not figured out yet.As an example I chose to hide the menu bar while I was trying to get a dark theme looking correct, and now I have no idea how to bring the menu bar back, because wine takes the [alt] input that would usually bring the menu back up.
I'll probably end up just deleting and reinstalling the snap. But I'd rather know how to bring up the alt menu in emulated programs in wine - in case it happens again.
Used to be alt+space. But I haven't used wine in a while...
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Last time I checked out Notepadqq, it was nothing like Notepad++, if what you want from Notepad++ are the features. Maybe it's improved though. Personally I've found that with the right combination of settings and add-ons, the closest editors on Linux to Notepad++ are Geany (GTK) or Kate (KDE).
Geany is a stupidly underrated piece of software imo. I use it for pretty much everything other than my largest of projects. Even then I consider it lol
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Just a note on the efficacy of activist messages in FOSS.
In the Aughts, I was learning to play with microcontrollers. PIC microcontrollers were free as well as the JAL language. I ordered a hardware programmer from the Dutch guy who created JAL: Wouter van Ooijen. Probably my first purchase online. There was a statement in the license, to the effect of, the language could not be used to develop arms.
Looking back, that was a turning point for me. I was machining arms for a living and continued to do so for years. It got me to thinking about what it was that I was producing with my hands. Weapons for killing people.
I thought about it a lot. All these things I was making with blood and sweat being used to kill people. Running machines on night shift gives you time to think.
His statement was, at minimum, at least partially responsible for me changing my mind. I grew past the bad religion and far right ideology that I was taught.
I'm going to send him a thank you note.
I'm just an internet stranger, but I'm proud of your growth. Many people in similar positions would've spent those years digging themselves deeper, because confronting the cognitive dissonance is not easy (you may well have spent some of that time digging deeper, but you made it out, and I'm glad you're here with us)
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Interesting piece. Thanks for sharing
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What browser and adblocker?
Vivaldi, no adblocker, it seems it has one integrated… maybe?
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Hopely he doesn't put the political messaging into the software.
He did. A notable update for Notepad++ compulsory had a support message for Charlie Hebdo. Its his right to do so, and he's not wrong.
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Notepad++ is still the second thing I install after
ChromeFirefoxwhatever the fuck i'm gonna use now -
Notepad++ is still the second thing I install after
ChromeFirefoxwhatever the fuck i'm gonna use nowLibreWolf ( https://librewolf.net/ )
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Having switched to linux, np++ is one of the programs I miss the most.
Inb4 'just use [insert software here] instead'; yes I know alternatives to np++ exist.Yep same here. I've tried Notepad Next, Notepadqq, and notepad++ with wine. Each had their own quirks/issues (no dark mode, crashes, GUI glicthes). Now I'm just using vscodium for everything. While vscodium isn't as simple as np++, (there are a lot of extra features you'll never need when editing a simple txt) it gets the job done without any issues
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I'm just an internet stranger, but I'm proud of your growth. Many people in similar positions would've spent those years digging themselves deeper, because confronting the cognitive dissonance is not easy (you may well have spent some of that time digging deeper, but you made it out, and I'm glad you're here with us)
I dug into 'Creation Science' for a while as a result of the cognitive dissonance. Trying to square reason and science with religion and belief in an inerrant Bible. Ultimately, I lost my religion and had an existential crisis that lasted about a year.
It was terrible. Panic attacks and circular thinking. An existential crisis is depression's cousin. Painful, frightening, and eventually exciting. I'm free now. I got rid of the slavery that was pushed into me as a child. Still have to fight the guilt and bad thought patterns.
I was not successful in bringing any friends or family with me from before. I tried. I have regrets, but would do it again.
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Just a note on the efficacy of activist messages in FOSS.
In the Aughts, I was learning to play with microcontrollers. PIC microcontrollers were free as well as the JAL language. I ordered a hardware programmer from the Dutch guy who created JAL: Wouter van Ooijen. Probably my first purchase online. There was a statement in the license, to the effect of, the language could not be used to develop arms.
Looking back, that was a turning point for me. I was machining arms for a living and continued to do so for years. It got me to thinking about what it was that I was producing with my hands. Weapons for killing people.
I thought about it a lot. All these things I was making with blood and sweat being used to kill people. Running machines on night shift gives you time to think.
His statement was, at minimum, at least partially responsible for me changing my mind. I grew past the bad religion and far right ideology that I was taught.
I'm going to send him a thank you note.
Not an easy thing to change about oneself. Good job and thanks for sharing
