Windows Notepad fixed after 33 years: Now it finally handles Unix, Mac OS line endings

Windows Notepad fixed after 33 years: Now it finally handles Unix, Mac OS line endings

6 years ago
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https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/08/windows_notepad_unix_linux_macos/

Windows Notepad users, rejoice! Microsoft's text editing app, which has been shipping with Windows since version 1.0 in 1985, has finally been taught how to handle line endings in text files created on Linux, Unix, Mac OS, and macOS devices.

"This has been a major annoyance for developers, IT Pros, administrators, and end users throughout the community," Microsoft acknowledged in a blog post today, without touching on why the issue was allowed to fester for more than three decades.