As a rule, it's always best to install applications that provide just a little more functionality than you need. Linux provides hundreds of options for utilities and applications and a user just needs a little patience to pick out one that is perfect for the task at hand. In Windows, the options are equally numerous, which makes me wonder why users download a pirated copy of Adobe Photoshop CS4 just to crop or change the Levels of a photo.
I've long heard about Notepad++ and occasionally read a fan citing the application in a Linux forum. It's a fairly tried and tested application, but I've been so busy using basic Linux editors such as KWriter, XML Copy Editor, Leafpad, and Gedit that I never really needed to boot into Windows to try out the popular utility.
I'm not a developer or an emacs expert, but I have to admit I enjoy using Notepad++ in Windows. It's a pretty powerful tool and I now understand why it has so many fans who probably know the shortcut keys to heart. Even if I only use it for XML, Docbook, and XHTML, it's certainly a superior alternative to Notepad when I'm running Windows at work. The Search, Language, and Macro functions are impressive, and though I don't use them myself, I'm pretty sure they are very useful to hardcore developers and coders out there.
I'm keeping it in my USB flash drive as a Portable App along with the equally useful Lightscreen screen capture tool. After all, you never know when you might need a superior text editor on a Windows machine.
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