Windows 10: Notepad needs to be developed.

If you like those features then just install Notepad++ and don't use notepad. Notepad is perfect for what it's supposed to be. A plain simple editor for very basic needs. Yes, it's very simple but that's the beauty of it and I think it should stay that way.

I know when I took a class in Python many people used Notepad because it was simple and it allowed them to code scripts without having to add any apps.

Jeff

 

Yep love notepad the way it is,
The ultimate text format stripper
Never used it but isn't Onenote the new and improved notepad *Tongue

 

It doesn't have to be made complicated. But it would be nice if it had some improved text management features to make it more useful.

 

Notepad uses the standard Edit control to provide editing functions. This control is used in just about every Windows application ever written. Adding editing features to this control raises the possibility of compatibility issues. You would be surprised how even the most trivial changes can cause problems for some applications. I can't see Microsoft risking this to provide features that few people care about.

 

FuturDreamz.

Surely, then, WordPad is the answer for your requirement. It can save have picture insertions tabs, margins etc. Anything the normal straightforward typist would need? It can, by default, or choice, you can save docs in rtf, XML or plain format.
As said in other posts, please leave notepad alone, with its simplicity.

 

It doesn't need to be changed. Notepad is perfect just as it is. If you want more than as mentioned use Word-pad or install another editor. Let's leave notepad alone.

Jeff

 

Notepad++ offers too much and Notepad offers too little. Notepad2 is right in the middle and is my default text editor.

 

I agree that Notepad is a basic text editor, not a word processor. One doesn't want word processing formatting, some hidden, when working with programming or with basic HTML pages. Sometimes it's easier to pick out a small error in the HTML page versus in a graphical view as in the View Page in a browser.

 

In fact the new one, Notepad 8, seems to have problems opening 'large' files that my old notepad opens happily.

My ModeS radio and Planeplotter software produces daily logs usually around 2Mb-3Mb of straight text files.
Notepad 8 just quits after a short while most of the time or, if successful, is a case of dead slow and stop.
Notepad on the other hand is quite happy opening a 10Mb file (Ok - It might take a bit before it opens)
So my 'Open With' setting is reset to use the old one, which is fortunately still there.

Note that I'm not editing fields or anything, usually just doing a 'find' to answer a Yahoo group or e-mail question. Any log files older than 3 days get deleted in my system

 

the only reason im looking for a new notepad is to have a newer feel or something a bit more metro/ modern

calculator, calendar etc; all have been redesigned

Best notepad apps - Windows 10 - Appy Ninja

some 3rd party options that have a bit more gui:
FluentNotepad
Notepad Classic
ModernNote
Syncplify.me Notepad
Notepad7
Notepad8
NOTEPAD RT
Modern Notepad

 

Give it time. Windows 10 is a work in progress, and there's still parts that are on the to-do list.