IMPORTANT! All Notepad++ users!

[andu]

I clicked ctrl + s in Notepad++ and my pc instantly froze for 10min or more, probably permanently. After restarting system my lua file is:



20 hours of work went to the void.
Checked multiple forums about solution.
There's no solution.

What I learned and what you all guys should do right now:
That crash is a bug with one of Notepad's default plugins. It very rarely crashing PC when you are saving a file. That saved file will be corrupted becouse system cannot handle anything when it's frozen as fk.
After you restart PC, your little big ultra 1mil$ worth file will be full of NUL!
To save your time you have to enable option in Notepad++ what isn't enabled by default. It's a backup of already saved files.
This is what I learned when I was looking for solution.

Do it right now:
Settings -> Preferences -> Backup -> Backup on save -> simple backup
I also added a custom backup directory.

Guys now you know there's a bug in Notepad++ which isn't fixed for years.
Notepad's devs don't know where's the problem. It happened to many people, but still not enough, it's very rare bug and this makes it much harder to fix. (luck of informations)
I saved over 100k files in my life. This bug happened to me twice. In 2nd time I lost my file (NUL NUL NUL NUL...).

Now I'm smarter and also you too. Don't forget to enable backup in your Notepad++

 

[Infernum]

Sublime Text 3.

 

[pink_panther]

Sublime Text 3.

VS Code

 

[zbizu]

never happened to me (v6.9.7 here, using it for everything)

might be a problem with newer versions

having a backup of your files is a good thing regardless of the editor you're using

thanks for the warning though, I enabled this feature just now

 

[Evil Puncker]

@andu
what version are you using?

 

[Blackstone]

You should have backups in general and not only for notepad++ files.
This will keep happening with any kind of software / computer / os. You can even lose your stuff to a fire.
Please protect and backup all your data.

 

[StreamSide]

why no vs code

 

[pepsiman]

Sublime Text 3 FTW

 

[TheAllien]

Microsoft notepad. Always works well.

 

[zbizu]

Microsoft notepad. Always works well.

except for documents written in other editors
then it shows them as one line

 

[TheAllien]

except for documents written in other editors
then it shows them as one line

No problem, with super wide 64k monitor.

 

[pink_panther]

except for documents written in other editors
then it shows them as one line

notepad had word wrap, too.

 

[Okke]

You could just go with vim: welcome home : vim online (https://www.vim.org/)

Just memorize this cheatsheet and you should be really fast doing whatever you need to do on a text editor:

Best Wishes
Okke

 

[andu]

notepad had word wrap, too.

Yes but it sometimes converts lua file with multiple lines into one line of text. Not sure it's still in Win7,8,10 but on XP it was like that.

 

[zbizu]

Yes but it sometimes converts lua file with multiple lines into one line of text. Not sure it's still in Win7,8,10 but on XP it was like that.

win 7 it still does, probably on 10 too

You could just go with vim: welcome home : vim online (https://www.vim.org/)

Just memorize this cheatsheet and you should be really fast doing whatever you need to do on a text editor:

Best Wishes
Okke

ah, the linux escape room easter egg called text editor

 

[pink_panther]

Yes but it sometimes converts lua file with multiple lines into one line of text. Not sure it's still in Win7,8,10 but on XP it was like that.

Oh.... Oh Well, that probably serves you right for using notepad in the first place.

 

[andu]

Oh.... Oh Well, that probably serves you right for using notepad in the first place.

That was a something around 2005 year Later only N++ or other advanced stuff for web. VS for little lua changes, hmm. It loads longer then N++, it's heavier at all. Still notepad++ is worth for quick edits. But when quick edit turns to 20h that means you were too focused to open VS

 

[pink_panther]

Yeah, I use notepad++ for something, but VS Code for bigger lua/php/xml stuff