Just use shift+Ctrl+V for that.
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CTRL + SHIFT + V
For apps that support it. Not even the whole Microsoft suite does.
Heeey Notepad has Copilot included now! I wonder why they ruin the app.
No, they are the sticky notes of the file system. And unless I need a docx file, I'm not gonna wait for Microsoft Copolit 365 24/7 Cortana Ambiguously Named Office Word to wake from its eternal slumber.
Notepad++. You don't even have to "save" the file! When I used Windows that is pretty much a requirement and it makes an excellent scratch pad.
To add to the others, I recommend Sublime Text
Heynote is my new goto for this usecase: https://heynote.com/
I will check that out! I have been using Obsidian for a while, with some plugins and minor tweaks to make the interface as plain text as possible, but it isn't always a good "scratch pad". I love markdown, but I do miss Notepad++ while on my Mac.
I'm also a heavy Obsidian user, but yes it's a full featured markdown editor.
Heynote does exactly what you like from notepad++ (persistent buffer, no saving) but instead of tabs you can press ctrl+enter and just start a new note (with line numbers starting over at 1) right below the previous one.
On top of that, hit ctrl+L and you can pick your language and get some nice formatting.
All just as lightweight as notepad/++
They added ai to the new notepad (win11) iirc
Powertoys has a plaintext paste
Nah, I use it a lot for editing .ini files for games.
Try Notepad++, its free, open source, and well worth the minimal effort to download and install.
NP++ is great but sometimes you want something even more minimal... I for example hate NP++'s icon toolbar and it's cluttered menu bar and would never use it even though I acknowledge that it's a great tool (just not for me).
Classic notepad.exe with basic syntax highlighting would be amazing...
Shift + control + V makes this bot obsolete
It doesn't work in all apps.
For those instances, I paste + cut in my browsers url bar (unless multiline, then notepad)
I hit Win+R and use the run dialogue text bar.
You also get to try running it in case it does something fun on your system.
Glad to hear I'm not the only person abusing that run dialogue box.
chad
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You're the only program that loads quickly enough on my pile of junk machine to write down my impulsive ADHD ideas before I forget them so I can forget to read them later
have you considered a notebook next to your keyboard, so you can jot down those ADHD ideas in a pinch?
adhd ideas are fast, too fast for handwriting. sometimes even typing is barely fast enough
one day when we invent thought -> text machine neurotypicals will finally be able to see the speed of an adhd brain that "just had a great idea", and they shall wonder how can our brains be so fast, but seemingly never when they should
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I have, but I also have a touch of dysgraphia, so my handwriting is serviceable but really slow (like, the 2d spatial relation skills of being able to keep the different bits of letters proportioned to each other takes active concentration for me), whereas I can use keyboard without thinking about it
Incidentally, the fact that cursive was a graded subject for me in elementary school that almost led to me getting held back a grade probably played a big part in who I grew up to be (i.e. someone who usually doesn't like authority figures but does like misfits and outcasts)
Typing hurts my wrist less than physically writing it down
The pain is what sears anything I hand write down into my brain.
Notepad++ for me since opening the files i need to in regular notepad freezes the fucker xd
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CTRL + SHIFT + V in Windows pastes without formatting
It works 50% of the time
It depends on how the app you were using was written. If it was written correctly, it'll work, if not, blame the company that made it (especially when it's Microsoft themselves!).
Power Toys has a feature that will force it to work in every app, I highly recommend it! There's all sorts of helpful features in Power Toys.
+1 for PowerToys, lots of good features
Depends on the app, it’s not a “windows” thing.
If you install Power Toys, you can set a key sequence to paste in anything like this.
Power Toys FTW!
I can't believe i never tried that. So much time wasted right-clicking and hitting values only.
I have no mouth and I must scream.
I can believe it: Stuff like this is not very well advertised to users so tons of useful shortcuts go unused regularly.
Bonus hotkeys:
WIN + X will also bring up a more helpful menu and allow you to do things like shut down, restart, sleep the computer using only a few keystrokes instead of clicking around.
WIN + right or left arrow will snap the screen to one side or the other, WIN + up maximizes, WIN + down will minimize
my company was paying a license for a tool to let them snag areas of the screen for screenshots, with quick tools to hilight or circle or add arrows to certain areas. an expensive license. more people than I care to admit we're shocked when I showed them the windows snipping tool with win + shift + x
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I do this all the time in Fedora.
Before even typing "notepad" after hitting Win+R, I realised I could just paste my text directly into the run dialog and re-copy it.
For one liners, this is the way.
notepad++ is better.
I love it too, but it takes longer to open, and wants to update its self every time I open it. If I just want a plain text editor I still use plain notepad. I save ++ for when I need some special features.
notepad++ doesn't nag me about updates all the time. I open mine very frequently to manage my onetab tabs
SO much better.
Shit not even that anymore, now that M$ wants to monetize it, too.
Notepad++ is the go-to tool I have been using since finding out about it a long ass time ago.
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copying format should be the thing that takes an extra keystroke, not pasting without it
Watch microsoft "update" notepad to ruin this feature..
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