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- Set all .txt files to open with Notepad++ by default.
- Right-click a .txt file, select "Open with...", then select Notepad++, and select the checkbox that says "Always use this program".
- Change Notepad++'s file icon to the default Notepad one, because the Notepad++ file icon is too colorful / busy.
View menu
- Enable "Word wrap".
Settings → Preferences → General
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Settings → Preferences → Editing
- Set caret 'Width' to 2.
- Enable multi-editing
- Set 'Line Wrap' to 'Indent'
- Disable 'Display line number'
- Disable 'Display bookmark'
- Disable 'Enable current line highlighting'.
- Set 'Border Width' to 'No edge'
- Set 'Folder Margin Style' to 'None'
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