Notepad - Edit -> Go To

Wow! I've been editing with Notepad for a long time and just by chance stumbled on a useful tool. From the Edit menu, select "Go To..." and enter the line you wish to go to. This comes in great when debugging, I wish I'd have known this before, I could have saved a lot of time counting.

yep and you can also get it by clicking CTRL+G in the keyboard. this key combination is very popular actually, and supported by most modern text editors.
if you like shortcuts and you're using Firefox, try also clicking links with the middle mouse button. it would open the link inside new tab.....
and something you probably know already: clicking the windows key plus D in Windows will minimize all windows to expose the desktop.

Any particular reason you are still using Notepad?

If it's just because you want a small lightweight text editor, then
Notepad really isn't the best option. There are many free editors
out there that can give you more advanced stuff like indenting,
syntax highlighting, and of course, line numbers.

Have a google for some stuff like Textpad, SciTE, Notepad++ or
EditPlus. SciTE is wicked because you don't have to install it. You
just put the files on your HD or a USB key, and you can run it from
there. That means you can have the editor on any machine you
can put your USB key in!

-> I'd strongly recommend ditching Notepad and getting Editplus
and SciTE [both free].

Notepad is light-weight editor, it does not require installing being only one file, and since Windows 2K it support large files and line numbers. ok, so no auto indentation... no big deal. and most important, it does not mess with what you write there - you have 100% control over what you write. so honestly, can't see any reason why to stop using it unless I'm just anti microsoft. it's perfect in my opinion for writing classic ASP or HTML codes and I'm using it all time long.

Erm. Are we talking about the same thing here? Notepad has never
had line numbers in any version I've ever used.

Got nothing to do with being anti microsoft [which I'm not], it has to
do with making your life easier. Looke at the editors I listed - you will
see that you have 100% control over what you write, they just make
it easier to read/understand what you have written...

Seriously, don't knock it till you've tried it.

Download Editplus or SciTE, mess about with some HTML, then see if
you still prefer Notepad...

<edit> "so no auto indentation... no big deal." - You're kidding, right?

i personally use Dreamweaver (yeah i know i will get told off for that!) but i don't bother writing my own html when it can do it for me. I just edit it as required. I write all my on php.

If i am writing in asp.net then i use web matrix which is free from Microsoft! Yes free from Microsoft!!

I really like syntaxt highlighting!!!

If you wanna stick with something lightweight i would agree with cheif that notepad aint the best. And before i get told "how to you know if you use DW and WM"! I had to use a text editor at uni for c, c++, java!! Can't rememeber which i used cus i ended up doing most of it on teh uni linux machines but when i did use my lappy it was much nicer with syntax highlighting

anyway woffleing over i think

Make sure you're not in Word Wrap mode in Notepad or you won't be able to use Go To.

I don't have any problem using notepad for editing text files. I don't understand the "why are you using ..." comments. Why not use Notepad when it's there and gets the job done?

Cos there are other tools that get the job done better...

I think it's just a matter of which text editor you are used to the most.
I totally agree with trying other text editors, which I personally never even thought of until i read this thread. I really didn't feel I need a better text editor, but why not give it a try and see what i am missing?

by line numbers I mean you can see the line number in the status bar, like in any advanced text editor.
I'm not knocking anything down Chief, I'm just saying "why not use Notepad" - probably if I'll download and check those other editors I would like them, but what I'm actually saying it why bother? I already have good enough tool. I don't really write html/classic ASP anymore, so it's not really relevant for me these days...

Wow, I didn't know this would start such a heated debate, lol. I will definitely look into the scite, but it'll take a lot to sway me from notepad.