Notepad can be replaced. Not really easily, but metapad is a nice replacement and the website has detailed instructions on how to add it. Most importantly, Ctrl+Backspace doesn’t insert characters!
I’ve been thinking about this, too. Especially with .NET 2.0, it would take less than a day to write a better Notepad. Then, multiply by the factor of 25 for QA and internationalization, and you’re still less than one man month.
I’m sure some people would sqwack about this because over the past 10 years I bet a lot of people have automated Notepad in some way, but this could just be called Note or something and I think we’d all be okay.
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