Notepads VS Geany

As far as I could tell it's a UWP app specific issue (ie calculator, file explorer, paint3D). Nothing happens in these apps when i try to paste something, calculator even crashes if i try to copy, and I know nothing gets put into the clipboard as the last thing i copied from a non-UWP app is still possible to paste in other non-UWP apps. I verified this using powershell with the Get-Clipboard command. Notepad works fine, but afaik it's not UWP. I do have a custom UWP notepad installed (https://github.com/0x7c13/Notepads) which DOES have this issue.

Notpads maybe work for you. It keeps everything saved automatically.

You make a good few points, though the base already exists, and is open source! You can contribute here and bring the few features you think the Notepads app currently lacks.

Notepads is a good FOSS alternative to the default windows notepad. That said, stop storing your passwords in a text file. Consider using a password manager like Bitwarden and KeepassXC instead.

If you're doing research, you should learn to use Zotero too and search the right tool for you. There are a lot of options, the best -to me- are Obsidian, Zettlr (before 2.0.0), Joplin and Vim (haven´t tried emacs enough to say anything). I also use a simple text editor like Notepads (Windows) or Nano for quick notes ([espanso](espanso.org) can be useful if you want to use quick templates too).

but the problems is not native software really, it's Microsoft software. their modern TEXT EDITOR breaks on large text files because their fucking RichTextEditor component can't fucking handle pagination https://github.com/JasonStein/Notepads/issues/10

That's not the default windows notepad. It's an app called Notepads. It is free and open-source, and it is very fast too. It is also available on the Microsoft store here

You might want to at least use a code editor with syntax highlighting so that it gets a little easier to read the code. Personally I use Geany but there are many other ones you can use.

right on the main page, there is a screenshot. If you click it, it takes you to more screenshots.

Open https://www.geany.org/ in a web browser like chrome or firefox

Check out Geany. It is free, open source, cross platform, and lightweight. It has support for dozens of coding languages. LINK: https://www.geany.org/

I still enjoy Geany. It is lacking certain features I could do with, but it's joyful to use something that light: https://www.geany.org/

When I installed my IDE I just wanted something lightweight, so I went with Geany. I've been using it for years without trouble.

I would say, try out geany: https://www.geany.org/

Geany. Nothing can beat that one. - https://www.geany.org/

Link: https://www.geany.org/