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The tools I use at work
Chrome extensions
- LastPass
- DisconnectMe
- Vimium
- AdBlock Plus
- StayFocusd
- RescueTime
- Block Quora Login Popup
- PixelBlock - Don't let people see when you've opened their emails.
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Programming Tools
- PyCharm
- Gerrit
- Jenkins
Notepad++
Thoughts
Things I like
- A huge downside to Notepad is that it doesn't save a copy of your draft (unsaved work), so if your computer crashes or gets restarted for some reason, you'll lose everything in your notepad file that wasn't saved. With Notepad++ it seems to keep a saved copy of your draft after every keypress.
- Another problem with Notepad is it's extremely-limited 'Undo' functionality.
- The main thing about Notepad++ that I think makes it better than Sublime Text for simple text notes is that it starts up instantly. Sublime Text has a surprisingly long start-up time.
- Another big advantage that Notepad++ has over Sublime Text 2 is the speed with which regex find-and-replace operations are completed. They're significantly faster with Notepad++.
Things I don't like
- The big problem I have with Notepad++ is that the default UI is packed full of icons and buttons.
- The scrollbar is slightly wider than the one on Notepad, which I don't like.
Recommended settings
- The recommended settings below are for using Notepad++ as just a better version of Notepad (i.e. for keeping notes), and not as a code editor.
- Change Notepad++'s file icon to the default Notepad one, because the Notepad++ file icon is too colorful / busy.
- Change the font to Calibri (what Word uses) or Consolas (what Notepad uses)
- Hide autocomplete suggestions: https://stackoverflow.com/a/22635911/4115031
Preferences/General
- Select 'Hide menu bar'.
- Press 'Alt' to have it show up when you need it.
- Deselect 'Show status bar'.
- Toolbar:
- Enable the 'Hide' checkbox.
- Tab bar:
- Deselect 'Draw a coloured bar on active tab'
Preferences/Editing:
- Enable multi-editing
- Set 'Line Wrap' to 'Indent'
- Disable 'Display line number'
- Disable 'Display bookmark'
- Set 'Border Width' to 'No edge'
- Set 'Folder Margin Style' to 'None'
- Disable 'Enable current line highlighting'.
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