That said, i find i still need a throwaway notepad for fast trashy notes.
My sibling in Talos, what do you think the tabs in N++ are for?
I have >100 tabs in my N++ install because it’s so easy to throw some trash note in there forget about it, then be able to search all open docs for some random keyword I threw in there.
I use n++ for fast notes that I might need later, such as quickly making a step-by-step instruction as I go along, and notepad as a glorified clipboard for stuff I don’t want to be available later.
Having more than 100 notepad++ tabs would trigger the neat freak in me and force me to go through them all to save the important ones and delete the unneeded ones.
Having more than 100 notepad++ tabs would trigger the neat freak in me and force me to go through them all to save the important ones and delete the unneeded ones.
Yeah, I periodically (try to) do that, but the ADHD takes over before I get more than a dozen or so tabs in. So I’ve got all kinds of historical notes that may or may not be important. But that’s what the ‘search all open documents’ button is for!
You might wanna either backup %appdata%\Notepad++\backup\ or go to Settings->Preferences->Backup and change the directory into a folder that is already hitting your backups. Personally I have it aimed at a folder that is cloud synced (and that cloud has a local backup on my NAS).
Yeah you don’t even need to save every new tab that you have random stuff noted down in. They’ve recently added a new feature to pin tabs as well, so I’m actually considering just making a notes.txt file somewhere and pinning that instead of all the new tabs I end up with.
My sibling in Talos, what do you think the tabs in N++ are for?
I have >100 tabs in my N++ install because it’s so easy to throw some trash note in there forget about it, then be able to search all open docs for some random keyword I threw in there.
I use n++ for fast notes that I might need later, such as quickly making a step-by-step instruction as I go along, and notepad as a glorified clipboard for stuff I don’t want to be available later.
Having more than 100 notepad++ tabs would trigger the neat freak in me and force me to go through them all to save the important ones and delete the unneeded ones.
Yep precisely this.
Notepad is where stuff i dont care about 5minutes from now goes to die.
Notepad++ is stuff ill probably take to my grave, or at least til next week.
Yeah, I periodically (try to) do that, but the ADHD takes over before I get more than a dozen or so tabs in. So I’ve got all kinds of historical notes that may or may not be important. But that’s what the ‘search all open documents’ button is for!
You might wanna either backup %appdata%\Notepad++\backup\ or go to Settings->Preferences->Backup and change the directory into a folder that is already hitting your backups. Personally I have it aimed at a folder that is cloud synced (and that cloud has a local backup on my NAS).
Good recommendation! I usually just copy that folder around when I need to, but auto backups are always better.
Yeah you don’t even need to save every new tab that you have random stuff noted down in. They’ve recently added a new feature to pin tabs as well, so I’m actually considering just making a notes.txt file somewhere and pinning that instead of all the new tabs I end up with.
Interesting. I saw the icon, but I’ve never bothered to look into what it was for/how it worked. Thanks for giving me something to look into!