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And work bosses saw a news story on this and banned the app outright :( can anyone suggest a replacement that is not paid and has features useful for searching lots of large logs files quickly for keywords?
Notepad++ installed from any package manager was perfectly fine and safe.
Well those would have included the update checker. So if you installed from a package manager, then let it update when prompted for the new version, you could still have been at risk.
I know.
I'm only using Sublime Text and the Notepad that is included with Windows. Not sure exactly what you're looking for.
NotepadQQ 😆
Rename the shortcut to notepad++2?
Kate
+1 for Kate. I think its ment to be an acronym for KDE Advanced text editor but its a linux program that feels very close to notepad++ and will handle large files with gusto
VSCodium.
Sublime 3
Awesome choice but one crucial detail is that commercial use requires a license.
Emacs
He’s asking for a text editor, not to join a cult. /s
I guess Geany could work?
I downloaded that one today. It will work for now but it's missing a couple of n++ features I use.
Zed! Fastest GUI editor out there other than Sublime Text.
Ive always had notepad++ crash on large files or xml's with no newlines. I use sublime in those cases :)
That said, as a developer, notepad++ is a very often used tool haha
I regularly open CSVs in the range of 500MB to 2GB in notepad++ without any problem.....