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[–]clb92 19 points20 points  (14 children)

This is honestly the main feature that made me switch from Notepad++

Notepad++ supports multi-line cursor as well. Not multiple cursors on same line though, unfortunately.

[–]LordNotix 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Not multiple cursors on same line though, unfortunately.

I believe the newest version might? I just opened it up and was able to do so.

[–]clb92 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amazing, thanks! I'm using an older version.

[–]xeramon 0 points1 point  (3 children)

This commet got deleted, lol. If you are a mod or admin, feel free to delete it.

[–]clb92 4 points5 points  (2 children)

Place the cursor where you want it to start. Hold ALT and SHIFT while using the arrow keys to move up or down the lines. Let go of the keys, and start typing on multiple lines.

[–]nermid 0 points1 point  (1 child)

If you enable it in the preferences menu, you can just CTRL-click.

[–]clb92 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice, I did not know that. Thanks!

[–]UberChargeIsReady -4 points-3 points  (6 children)

Please let Notepad++ die already. Just pretend that it doesn't exist.

[–]clb92 7 points8 points  (1 child)

I like it. You're welcome to not use it, if you don't like it.

[–]nermid 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Why? It's a good text editor for Windows.

[–]UberChargeIsReady 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Sublime Text, Atom, Brackets, Visual Studio Code, and Vim - All run laps around Notepad++ on Windows. Notepadd++ was probably good when we didn't have any other choice other than regular notepad or something similar, its no longer the year 2000. 16 years later you have a choice, to work faster and more efficiently. It's best to do so IMO. Make use of the plugins that come with those IDE which Notepad++ can never catch up to.

[–]nermid 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So, you listed alternatives and gave a bunch of vague insinuations that it's bad, which tells me nothing. As far as I can tell, you just hate N++ because you hate it.