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[-] lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 week ago

Dude, I miss the days of using Notepad++ in windows.

I mean, Kate is better, but it does not have that same I'm using it in highschool feeling that Notepad++ does.

[-] patruelis@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

I know that feeling. You'll never get it back because you grew up.

That feeling you have now is because that era reminds you of simpler times, less worries, less cluttered world. Embrace what you do now, it will be the same feeling in 15 years.

[-] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

As someone who switched from npp to Kate in the past year and change, I think npp is way better out of the box. Kate is like a multitool that you need to tweak a lot.

[-] BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I actually just used it this weekend! On my airgapped Win XP machine. College vibes, very nostalgic.

[-] HotChickenFeet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

The ability of Kate to pipe selected text through shell commands is very nice. Ctrl+\ or whatever it is.

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