One classic example is Notepad++, a significantly more advanced text editor with support for multiple formats and encoding, plus features like line numbers making it easy to spot errors in code.

Notepad++ is much advanced than Notepad (the default text editor in Windows) and offers many features, such as syntax highlighting, auto-completion, code folding, plugins, and more.

Starting with Notepad version 11.2311.29.0, which is rolling out today to Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels, Microsoft finally gave in and added a character counter to Notepad's ...