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Notepad++ 7.8.1 Release “free-uyghur-edition” (github.com/notepad-plus-plus)
55 points by anichale on Oct 30, 2019 | hide | past | favorite | 11 comments


2018 - strongly opinionated text-editor means one thing. 2019 - strongly opinionated text-editor means something entirely different.



Link should be changed to point to the issues page, otherwise people won't understand why this was posted: https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issue...


Is this the most socially aware text editor? From the homepage:

> By optimizing as many routines as possible without losing user friendliness, Notepad++ is trying to reduce the world carbon dioxide emissions. When using less CPU power, the PC can throttle down and reduce power consumption, resulting in a greener environment.


Free Hong Kong, revolution of our times


Looks like the Issues page is being filled with messages from supporters and detractors alike. https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issue...

Edit: Pull Requests too: https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/pulls


That's interesting, the special, official forums section to say "I don't like N++" [0] is has not been found as a target by bots and is quite silent these days. However, that's surprising such category exist at all.

[0]: https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/category/8/boycott-n...


I've been trying to download the update, but it keeps timing out. Is China ddosing you? :)


Times out here too.

Even if the webpage seems to be under CloudFlare DDOS protection. I guess the binaries are not covered?


For anyone curious why it's notable, check out the Issues page.


Does this version actually do anything for the Uyghur cause or is the blog article the extent of it? I read the article and there is an external link but I didn't see anything about how this version helps in any way other than raising awareness.




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