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Notepad++ Hijacked by State-Sponsored Hackers (notepad-plus-plus.org)
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[–] bgb_ca@lemmy.ca 11 points 13 hours ago (7 children)

And work bosses saw a news story on this and banned the app outright :( can anyone suggest a replacement that is not paid and has features useful for searching lots of large logs files quickly for keywords?

[–] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago

Rename the shortcut to notepad++2?

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 8 hours ago

I guess Geany could work?

[–] kablez@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

Zed! Fastest GUI editor out there other than Sublime Text.

[–] CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Sublime 3

[–] ieGod@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 hours ago

Awesome choice but one crucial detail is that commercial use requires a license.