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README.md
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Notepads
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A modern, lightweight text editor with a minimalist design.
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What is Notepads and why do I care?
I have been waiting long enough for a modern Windows 10 notepad app to come before I decided to create one myself. Don’t get me wrong, Notepad++, VS Code, and Sublime are great text editors. I have used them all and I will continue to use them in the future. However, they are either too heavy or look less appealing. There are times that I just wanted to use Windows notepad for things like writing notes or editing config files. So I decided to create a win32 notepad replacement here and try to give it a modern look and feel. Most importantly, it has to be blazingly fast and appeals to everyone.
So here comes the “Notepads” 🎉 (s stands for Sets).
* Fluent design with a built-in tab system.
* Blazingly fast and lightweight.
* Launch from the command line or PowerShell by typing: notepads or notepads %FilePath%.
* Multi-line handwriting support.
* Built-in Markdown live preview.
* Built-in diff viewer (preview your changes).
* Session snapshot and multi-instances.
!Screenshot Dark
!Screenshot Markdown
!Screenshot DiffViewer
!Screenshot Light
Shortcuts:
* Ctrl+N/T to create new tab.
* Ctrl+(Shift)+Tab to switch between tabs.
* Ctrl+Num(1-9) to quickly switch to specified tab.
* Ctrl+"+"/"-" for zooming. Ctrl+"0" to reset zooming to default.
* Ctrl+L/R to change text flow direction. (LTR/RTL)
* Alt+P to toggle preview split view for Markdown file.
* Alt+D to toggle side-by-side diff viewer.
Platform limitations (UWP):
* You won't be able to save files to system folders due to UWP restriction (windows, system32, etc.).
* You cannot associate potentially harmful file types (.cmd, .bat etc.) with Notepads.
* Notepads does not work well with large files; the file size limit is set to 1MB for now. I will add large file support later.
Downloads:
Notepads is available in the Microsoft Store. You can get the latest version of Notepads here for free: Microsoft Store Link.
You can also use the Windows Package Manager to install notepads:
winget install "Notepads App"Changelog:
Disclaimer and Privacy statement:
To be 100% transparent:
* Notepads does not and will never collect user information in terms of user privacy.
* I will not track your IP.
* I will not record your typings or read any of your files created in Notepads including file name and file path.
* No typings or files will be sent to me or third parties.
I am using analytics service "AppCenter" to collect basic usage data plus some minimum telemetry to help me debug runtime errors. Here is the thread I made clear on this topic: https://github.com/0x7c13/Notepads/issues/334
Feel free to review the source code or build your own version of Notepads since it is 100% open sourced.
#### More to read here: [Privacy Policy]
TL;DR: You might notice that I work for Microsoft but Notepads is my personal project that I accomplish during free time (to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more😃). I do not work for the Windows team, nor do I work for a Microsoft UX/App team. I am not expert on creating Windows apps either. I learned how to code UWP as soon as I started this project, so don’t put too much hope on me or treat it as a project sponsored by Microsoft.
Contributing:
* How to contribute?
* Notepads is free and open source, if you like my work, please consider:
* Star this project on GitHub
* Leave me a review here
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Dependencies and References:
* Windows Community Toolkit
* XAML Controls Gallery
* Windows UI Library
* ColorCode Universal
* UTF Unknown
* DiffPlex
* Win2D
Special Thanks:
* Yi Zhou - App icon designer, Notepads App Icon (old) is greatly inspired by the new icon for Windows Terminal.
* Mahmoud Qurashy - App icon and file icon(s) designer, creator of the new Notepads App Icon.
* Alexandru Sterpu - App Tester, who helped me a lot during preview/beta testing.
* Code Contributors: DanverZ, BernhardWebstudio, Csányi István, Pavel Erokhin, Sergio Pedri, Lucas Pinho B. Santos, Soumya Ranjan Mahunt, Belleve Invis, Maickonn Richard, Xam
* Documentation Contributors: Craig S.
* Localization Contributors:
* [fr-FR][French (France)]: François Rousselet, François-Joseph du Fou, Armand Delessert
* [es-ES][Spanish (Spain)]: Jose Pinilla
* [zh-CN][Chinese (S)]: lindexi, walterlv, 0x7c13
* [hu-HU][Hungarian (Hungary)]: Csányi István, Kristóf Kékesi
* [tr-TR][Turkish (Turkey)]: Mert Can Demir, Emirhakan Tanhan
* [ja-JP][Japanese (Japan)]: Mamoru Satoh
* [de-DE][German (Germany)]/[de-CH][German (Switzerland)]: Walter Wolf
* [ru-RU][Russian (Russia)]: Pavel Erokhin, krlvm
* [fi-FI][Finnish (Finland)]: Esa Elo
* [uk-UA][Ukrainian (Ukraine)]: Taras Fomin aka Tarik02
* [it-IT][Italian (Italy)]: Andrea Guarinoni, Bunz
* [cs-CZ][Czech (Czech Republic)]: Jan Rajnoha
* [pt-BR][Portuguese (Brazil)]: Lucas Pinho B. Santos
* [ko-KR][Korean (Korea)]: Donghyeok Tak
* [hi-IN][Hindi (India)]/[or-IN][Odia (India)]: Soumya Ranjan Mahunt
* [pl-PL][Polish (Poland)]: Daxxxis
* [ka-GE][Georgian (Georgia)]: guram mazanashvili
* [hr-HR][Croatian (Croatia)]: milotype
* [zh-TW][Chinese (T)]: Tony Yao
* [pt-PT][Portuguese (Portugal)]: O.Leitão
* [sr-Latn][Serbian (Latin)]: bzzrak
* [sr-cyrl][Serbian (Cyrillic)]: bzzrak
* [nl-NL][Dutch (Netherlands)]: Stephan Paternotte
* Notepads CI/CD pipeline: Built with ❤ by Pipeline Foundation
Stay tuned 📢:
* Notepads Discord Server