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qalmakka on May 28, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Notepad Tab

The IDE is literally a text editor. Why not hit file -> new file and write stuff in there?

cess11 on May 28, 2024 | [–]

For me it's the risk of littering in a project repo.

So I use Zim wiki instead: https://zim-wiki.org/

qalmakka on May 29, 2024 | | [–]

AFAIK all editors and IDEs I've ever used can open a random file in a new tab, even if it is outside of the repository.

scubbo on May 29, 2024 | [–]

Because "random human-language notes" are conceptually different from source code for me.

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