[HN Gopher] Notepad++ v8.4.9 Release
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       Notepad++ v8.4.9 Release
        
       Author : based2
       Score  : 23 points
       Date   : 2023-02-04 19:19 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (notepad-plus-plus.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (notepad-plus-plus.org)
        
       | jkic47 wrote:
       | I've used this editor for years and am always amazed at how such
       | high-quality tools can be developed by people with a passion to
       | create something useful. Don, thanks so much for this body of
       | work.
        
       | flykespice wrote:
       | I fondly remember one of my very first editors I used to start
       | coding as a kid was Notepad++, almost a decade ago.
       | 
       | It was simple, minimal so that it didn't take much of the
       | precious internet bandwidth downloading and space in my parents
       | computers, it still kept a balance on being powerful enough so
       | that you could install a wide range of plugins provided, heck
       | there was even a plugin that could play tetris.
        
         | TAKEMYMONEY wrote:
         | You can really tell the "only read the title" comments on this
         | one
        
       | anotheryou wrote:
       | what happened if they updated their design to the 2020s?
       | 
       | it looks like win95 in a cute way, but it undersells it so hard
       | :)
        
       | deafpolygon wrote:
       | Amazing how long this project has been going. N++ was one of the
       | very first editors I used on Windows 98 back in the day. I used
       | it to edit HTML and Perl, which got uploaded using WinFTP.. when
       | I think about it, it's amazing everyone didn't get hacked because
       | of how much we used FTP without encryption.
        
       | wadd1e wrote:
       | Good lord, what's wrong with people? Why vandalise the project on
       | Github? Everything about the situation, right from folks not
       | understanding an obvious joke to vandalising the issues page is
       | anger inducing.
        
       | nicbou wrote:
       | What exactly angered Chinese users so much? I'm missing some
       | important context here
        
         | AdmiralAsshat wrote:
         | The creator titled one of the previous releases "Free Uyghur",
         | IIRC, which made many Chinese users upset.
        
           | simplotek wrote:
           | If you get upset by people who state that genocide is bad,
           | you're rooting for the bad guys.
        
         | genocidicbunny wrote:
         | I'm missing most of the context too, but from the twitter
         | thread linked to by the dev, it seems that a lot of Chinese
         | posters immediately started firing back as though he was
         | attacking China specifically.
         | 
         | I know the Notepad++ dev has made some spicy comments but I
         | don't recall if there were any directed towards the Chinese
         | government.
        
           | colejohnson66 wrote:
           | It was related to Hong Kong and the genocide, which some in
           | China agree with
        
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