Vscode would be a good substitute as well.

VSCode is gigantic and complicated and only really useful to developers anyway. It does not really overlap with notepad. Notepad++ is almost simple enough to replace notepad. (Personally it's still too complex to replace notepad for me but I know it does for some people.)

In a world where people think Slack is slim at 400MB (I do not) calling VS Code gigantic is an exaggeration IMO.

Also VS Code is possibly more user friendly and AFAIK supports more non-developer extensions.

E.g. I can't recall ever seeing good support for markdown in Notepad++.

VSCode is great for every day non-dev use.

notepad++ is far faster to load. A notepad replacement should load instantly. VS code does not.

Would rather Notepad2 over notepad++

I've never used Notepad2. How is it better than notepad++?

It's not. It's better than vanilla Notepad.

My VS Code loads in like <2 seconds.

Maybe get a better computer? (not trying to be glib, seriously I wonder what are you running on). I run on a 2017 Mac Book Pro and it is very very fast for me.

Also, personal opinion: VS Code gets a big +1 from me due to it recently adding remote development capabilities (eg connect to host over SSH, do dev/compile stuff there).

>[performance problem involving software having ten million layers of abstraction and running a full web browser engine (read: second OS) just to type some characters]

>Maybe get a better computer?

thanks i almost forgot i was on HN for a second there

Get a better computer? - to run a text editor? That's funny :)

My machine is a 16GB i7-4930K. It's no slouch, unlike the startup time for VS code.

I can't be waiting 2 seconds for my text editor to load, when i have one that loads instantly.

The whole point of notepad.exe and notepad++ is that its super fast.

>My VS Code loads in like <2 seconds.

Two seconds is eternity for text editor.

VS Code is more than a text editor. You're repeating a meme.

It is, but discussion was about replacing notepad, not some IDE.

Meh I think VScode is a bit overcomplicated and heavy compared to notepad++ to be used as a default for every machine. I don't find VScode that compelling until you really tinker with it a bit as well which makes me feel like it's better suited as an installable program.

PowerShell ISE is pretty sluggish and honestly not very good and gets included on every machine though.