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No idea why he would use Notepad2, ST3 loads up just as fast and provides way more features for text editing. Plus it is good with markdown syntax highlighting thus eliminating the need for MarkdownPad

Also Github for windows or just Git bash covers the need for Gow

Jabbr is ok, but I havent been able to give up mIRC

Also he left off a good tabbed ssh/putty

Great list, learned lots of new things thanks!

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What?? I don't have access to a Windows install right now, but the last time I used ST3 on Windows, it took a heck of a lot longer (~2-3 seconds) to start up than Notepad2.

For micro-edit sessions, Notepad2 is unbeatable.

Just tested: less than half a second (it basically came up instantly). I have a SSD though.

It takes a few seconds to start up for me too. And if it's already running, unrelated tabs appearing are annoying. I use Sublime usually, but Notepad2 when I just want to edit something quickly or have a scratch pad. (I actually replaced Windows' notepad with it.)

ST2 takes 8 seconds for me to start on my laptop. Notepad++ starts in 0.5.

Yes that's why this discussion is about ST3.

Upgraded. Same issue.

Using ST3b3059 on Windows 8.1 pro x64, 2.5Ghz Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM, 7200RPM Platter and the ST console logs "startup time: 0.0931221", it loaded as fast as vanilla Notepad.

There was a massive performance boost for startup for ST3. ST2 startup is slow.

That might explain the difference in opinion perhaps.

I love Notepad2. It is one of the programs I always install when I have Windows installed.

Agreed Notepad2 is pretty much perfect. I have been meaning to try out Notepad2-mod for a while as I would quite like the code folding.

One thing I would like (and might change myself if I ever get around to setting up my own build of it) is for it to remember its last position. At the moment you can save the location but it is annoying and should be automatic (IMHO).

Woow. What a great tool for some editing. I didn't knew about before, now I got installed and I'm removing notepad++ in favor of it. Thanks!

Same here. It has become such a standard tool for me that I install it on servers as well.

Instead of Git bash try ConEmu with msys. It has resize support and several other features ;)

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