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[–] baltakatei@sopuli.xyz 65 points 4 days ago (3 children)

So… they removed Wordpad to push people into using Word… and now they removed Notepad to push people into… this monstrosity? Why does Notepad support hyperlinks now?

Back when I used Notepad, it was to strip out rich text formatting and reliably get consistently distinct text, especially if I configured it to use a monospace font. Now I have to worry about embedded hyperlinks sending me to God-knows-where?

[–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 41 points 4 days ago

If you are stuck in Windows, use Notepad++.

[–] MissesAutumnRains@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Control + Shift + V pastes as plain text.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 24 points 4 days ago
[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

I always thought the default font used by notepad, courier, is monospace. But I mostly stopped using windows years ago so maybe that changed