Windows 10 Notepad application finally supports Linux/Mac line endings

by do son · May 9, 2018

Notepad is a fairly classic application in the Windows operating system. It was also retained in the latest Windows 10 operating system, and its fate is much better than the MSPaint program replaced by Photos and Paint 3D. Recently, however, the Windows 10 version of the Notepad application ushered in a new update – the Linux / Mac style “line endings” support.

Michel Lopez said:

“For many years, Windows Notepad only supported text documents containing Windows End of Line (EOL) characters – Carriage Return (CR) & Line Feed (LF). This means that Notepad was unable to correctly display the contents of text files created in Unix, Linux and macOS.”

“Starting with the current Windows 10 Insider build, Notepad will support Unix/Linux line endings (LF), Macintosh line endings (CR), and Windows Line endings (CRLF) as usual. New files created within Notepad will use Windows line ending (CRLF) by default, but it will now be possible to view, edit, and print existing files, correctly maintaining the file’s current line ending format.”