Windows Notepad gets Markdown support before Apple Notes....WTH??!!
Hands on with Windows 11 Notepad's new markdown support https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/hands-on-with-windows-11-notepads-new-markdown-support/
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How to get the old NotePad app back on Windows 11, if you should need it:
Go to Settings -> Apps
In the center pane select Advanced app settings -> App execution aliases
Toggle off Notepad
Then go to the old Notepad app at C:\Windows\Notepad.exe and right click -> Pin to the taskbar/Pin to start/Send to Desktop
You can then run the old Notepad from the shortcut or from Start -> Run etc.
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Text Formatting in Notepad begin rolling out to Windows Insiders.
Windows Insider Blog · Text Formatting in Notepad begin rolling out to Windows InsidersHello Windows Insiders, today we are beginning to roll out an update to Notepad to Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels on Windows 11.
Notepad (version 11.2504.50.0)
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Me: The road to a landscape full of modular, open-standards-based software components…where you actually have freedom of choice….seems to be slipping further and further away. Everywhere you look, big vendors are #Skewering everything with their “#AI kebab/satay skewer-stick”, turning it all into a vendor lock-in festival.
Colleague: Ah, just let it go, man. Just use #Notepad… clean, straightforward, totally in control.
#Microsoft:
https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/23/microsoft_ai_notepad/
The Register · Microsoft dumps AI into Notepad as 'Copilot all the things' mania takes hold in Redmond
Requiem for Notepad.exe (long, grouchy, and melodramatic)
Alright masto, I need a spell checker for notepad++. preferably a working dspell, or something that lists all the misspellings in a document. Please boost for reach. #Notepad++ #writingLife #editing
Notepad has Copilot integration.
Hey, Microsoft, why does Notepad need Copilot integration?
Factors:
1. Accessibility. Not everyone has really fast (or stable) internet.
2. Environmental. There's no reason to use more computing power than necessary for the task at hand. It's wasteful. Very few people need the fancy features advanced text editors introduce.
3. Interoperability. Text files I write and send are readable *everywhere.* Try loading up Google Docs on a 1024x768 screen with a 256MB RAM Pentium 3. You'll be lucky if Google Docs even loads.
4. Privacy. A text file is easy to protect. GPG is the most straightforward. It remains small, and there's no way middle-men can read it. Google Docs? Google has root and they're not encrypted from them. So, good luck.
5. Account requirements. Text files require no accounts anywhere. All you need it an Internet connection and a DNS server that'll point your computer the right way. SaaS requires that you also have up-to-date software, a powerful computer, and that you register an account with them to access files shared with you.
6. Storage space. A text file takes kilobytes. A .docx file takes megabytes. My daily journal, which granted has some meta-data but is still plain text, is nearing on 580kb after three years of diligent, detailed journaling. I can't help but doubt that Word would even open a .docx file that large if formatted natively. (Thousands of headings, links, timestamps, etc.)
6. Feature-set. Plain text lets you do enough for 99% of all tasks. Yes, it's not as pretty, but within the bounds of putting characters into a file, you have complete freedom. Proprietary services, on the other hand, have a very very rich feature-set, most of which is irrelevant for 99% of users. The drawback of this is that every user is forced to load these rarely-used functions onto their own computer when the applications load up. That's wasteful, and likely cost the world hundreds of millions in unnecessary energy expenditure already.
TL;DR: Use plain text unless you absolutely positively can't help it. It's seriously better in every way.
#plaintext #emacs #txt #notepad #bloat #bloatware #saas #googledocs #msword #microsoftword #rant
RE: https://fed.bajsicki.com/notes/a6uy06mot0
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@scottwilson WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?
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Ok just found another instance of notepad being a password holder.
Listen, never put passwords to notepad - Beginning with Windows 11 it keeps the password in on-disk cache if you only close notepad.
Not only is #Notepad++ shaped by open-source principles and a passionate community, but its creator, Don Ho, has used it as an unexpected platform for activism—embedding political messages in release notes to advocate for human rights and denounce censorship.
Over the years, Notepad++ has endured attacks from Islamic extremists, DDoS assaults from the Chinese government, and boycotts from France’s far-right. Yet, it remains one of the most downloaded text editors.
XDA · Notepad++ and Don Ho: A story of software, activism, and defianceNotepad++ started as a simple code editor but evolved into a platform for political messaging and free speech
Windows Central · Microsoft just put this controversial Notepad feature behind a paywall
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Aber ohne Blockchain?!
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@AmbianceAsunder I mean, given the listed sample of a state-sponsored attack, we can assume the attackers have some basic project management skills and being able to collect both #OSINT and mobilize local assets to collect #SIGINT on street level.
- Not to mention none of the revealed info indicates they could've done it with like #OpenStreetmap / #GoogleMaps and a simple #notepad at hand.
After all, they most likely only realized that #WiFi-connected / authenticated devices are exempted by having collected #INTEL on the targeted org's employees and their workflows.
- Making me conclude they had access to employer handbooks and IT documentation via a unclassified employee. But they couldn't risk have said #insider / #UC blow their cover by i.e. smuggling in an unathorized #device or sth.
It would however make sense to have someone inside as a #canary even if they ain't in #IT nor have any privilegues…
- After all, depending on the organizational size it's a statistical inevitability to have privileged access...
Notepad++ v8.7.3 for Windows Released! https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/ #editor #notepad #texteditor
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Why Not Zoidberg? 
Since #Notepad is now going to be shipped with a built in version of Copilot that will "summarize, edit and spell check" your entries... has anyone tried Notepad3? Saw it the other day, apparently open source. Is it full of ads and shit or is it useable?