dantheclamman@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoMicrosoft is killing WordPad in Windows after 28 yearswww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square407fedilinkarrow-up11.05Karrow-down126cross-posted to: sysadmin@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnology@zerobytes.monsterhackernews@derp.footechnews@radiation.partymicrosoft@lemmy.worldtech@pawb.social
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minus-squareShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·1 year agoHow do people use Wordpad for coding? I’ve never seen that done. If I ever open code in an editor with a “bold” button, I screwed up and close without saving.
minus-squaresenoro@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 year agoHe must be thinking of notepad. Which I mean, I would not choose to code in Notepad but I wouldn’t actively avoid it like I would wordpad.
minus-squareSabata11792@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoIt’s the “I got to change 1 of code” editor.
minus-squareelrac@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoThe “my IDE didn’t recognize the file type and opened it in here by default” editor.
minus-squaredanieltonlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoWordPad was often used if a file was too big for Notepad, over 64 KB. But now there are better options.
How do people use Wordpad for coding? I’ve never seen that done. If I ever open code in an editor with a “bold” button, I screwed up and close without saving.
He must be thinking of notepad. Which I mean, I would not choose to code in Notepad but I wouldn’t actively avoid it like I would wordpad.
It’s the “I got to change 1 of code” editor.
The “my IDE didn’t recognize the file type and opened it in here by default” editor.
WordPad was often used if a file was too big for Notepad, over 64 KB. But now there are better options.