Windows 11’s Notepad continues to get Copilot-powered AI features – a handy addition to a tool whose main appeal has always been simplicity and minimalism. Not all users are happy, however, with some saying AI features are overkill.

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  • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    From the Notepad++ home page:

    Based on the powerful editing component Scintilla, Notepad++ is written in C++ and uses pure Win32 API

    Trying to port it to other platforms is thus nonsensical. It would have to be a ground-up rewrite without the Windows API dependency. And there are indeed various other projects for Linux and other platforms that pretty much replicate its functionality, but they’re by definition not going to be Notepad++.