Notepad like text editor based on the Scintilla source code. Notepad3 based on code from Notepad2 and MiniPath on code from metapath. Download Notepad3:
tl;dr from Powershell, notepad .\foo will open Notepad with file foo. Saving the file foo saves it to the notepad installation directory, I expected it to save foo to the current directory.
Reproduction
install notepad3
I installed Notepad3_6.23.203.2_x64_Setup.exe
installation directory C:\Program Files\Notepad3
selected Replace Windows Notepad with Notepad3
open powershell
the current working directory is C:\Users\user\
run notepad .\foo
a pop-up asks "foo" not found, would you like to create this file?
select Yes
type some random letters into the text field
press ctrl+s to save the file
search for the file
EXPECT: the file foo is saved to the current working directory C:\Users\user\ACTUAL: the file foo is saved to the installation directory C:\Program Files\Notepad3
tl;dr from Powershell,
notepad .\foo
will open Notepad with filefoo
. Saving the filefoo
saves it to the notepad installation directory, I expected it to savefoo
to the current directory.Reproduction
Notepad3_6.23.203.2_x64_Setup.exe
C:\Program Files\Notepad3
C:\Users\user\
notepad .\foo
a pop-up asks "foo" not found, would you like to create this file?foo
is saved to the current working directoryC:\Users\user\
ACTUAL: the filefoo
is saved to the installation directoryC:\Program Files\Notepad3