• thecrotch@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 year ago

    N++ can search for a string in a directory full of files, that’s what I use it for. Also helpful for showing unprintable characters like linefeeds or changing bit order mode, I’m not sure vs code can do any of that.

    For writing code, though, I do use vs code

    • 9point6@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      IIRC you can do both of those with VSCode, I think even without any extensions too!

      The search sidebar has include and exclude fields for directories to search in.

      For showing unprintable characters, I think it’s split into two settings: one for whitespace one for control characters like null and bell