Notepad on Windows 11 is finally getting a character count::Microsoft is finally adding a character count to Notepad on Windows 11. It’s in testing alongside the ability to hide the news feed in the widgets panel.

    • Josh@sh.itjust.works
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      11 months ago

      I know a few people who use it to covert selections to plain text or keep a quick note. Notepad++ is more akin to an IDE if anything.

      • OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca
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        11 months ago

        Ctrl + Shift + V will paste a selection in plain text.

        Also I keep quick notes in Notepad++ because it’s just as easy to open and it has persistent windows in case something happens.

        • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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          11 months ago

          Ctrl + Shift + V will paste a selection in plain text.

          *Sometimes

          Because MS in their infinite Wisdom only baked that functionality into some of their apps, and even in some apps where that functionality exists, sometimes it’s a different keybind.