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        In Windows 11 it saves every text file you open as a new tab, so every time you open a text file you’ll have tabs upon tabs of every previous text file you’ve ever opened.

        Here’s a Reddit post with some people talking about how to disable it, how frustrating it is, and even how it’s causing problems by straight up opening the wrong file if it’s named the same as a text file you’ve opened in the past.

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          Wow finally. I remember when I moved to Notepad++ a decade ago when I still used Windows, to get that behaviour. Being able to close it without losing all the open tabs was a game changer.

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            Yeah, I noticed it in the new Notepad. Nifty feature. Notepad++ is still my go to for everything. Especially dumping “temporary code” in unsaved tabs, then like 6 months later trying to figure out if any of its still relevant or safe to finally close.

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              Textadept is also pretty cool, it’s portable and FOSS unlike Notepad++

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          Here’s a Reddit post with some people talking about how to disable it, how frustrating it is

          Virgin Windows users on Reddit: *Crying in a corner instead of looking in settings on their own and make 3(!) mouse clicks*

          Chad Linux users on Lemmy: *Editing .conf files in vim*

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            So what’s the deal with vim? I spooled up a vps recently and decided to forgo the gui options, like a real Linux server admin. I have been using nano and it seems to do all I need from a basic text editor in the terminal. I get that vim/emacs meme-bantering but actually why. It accepts texts and stores them in files. What is the actual point/difference?

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          Not only that. Opening the same file again, opens it in a new tab ffs. I noticed this, when my ssh-config file (which has no file extension and is thus not linked to a program) had like 10 tabs open… Why would someone do that?

          I mean tabs are fine, I guess, but this shit?

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        Notepad++ was gaining some traction so Microsoft figured they nip that in the bud with a half-hearted attempt?

        Microsoft’s competitor to Notepad++ is VS Code.

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          Notepad++ is a text editor while VS Code is an IDE. They are intended for different use cases.

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              What would be missing from VS Code or VS Codium that an IDE needs?

              I’m an ex Visual Studio user, now writing all my code in VS Codium. I organize my project tree in VS Codium, I build from it and, like a Visual Studio user, I press F5 to debug, set breakpoints and inspect variables.

              And that’s just the default install using the vanilla C/C++ extension it ships with, not some complicated setup that takes any time to get working.

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      It can be reverted in settings. I just did this it was driving me mad. Why have the option for tabs without a close all option.