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I do a lot of my web development in Notepad++ on a Windows XP machine. The development happens on a remote server (Windows 2003) used for a variety of jobs, so it often fills up.
When the hard drive is full and I save a file, I do not receive any sort of error in Notepad++. Everything appears to save normally from the application. However, the text file save as an empty file, likely because there is no space to save the changes.
I usually catch the problem when I refresh my web browser and see a blank webpage. Occasionally though, I close the file after a quick edit, and if the data was not saved, it is lost.
Is there a setting in Notepad++ to alert me if the file was not saved correctly? Is this something that should be checked at the OS level?
dangowans
Posted 2012-09-17T14:34:47.347
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The OS should tell the application (notepad) and it should tell you. – ctrl-alt-delor – 2012-09-17T14:51:41.523
2I would tell you to get a better editor but where would you put it. – ctrl-alt-delor – 2012-09-17T14:52:13.580
This sounds like a problem with Notepad++. I would either provide more storage space to the server, set the default location location to some other storage device, or find a better tool that doesn't have this problem. – Ramhound – 2012-09-17T14:53:48.867
Have you considered saving the file locally and copying it to the server? You would then get a copy error to let you know it did not work. – CharlieRB – 2012-09-17T15:21:29.760
@CharlieRB I'm trying to avoid adding steps to the save process. Copying over the file afterwards would work, but I hope that's a last resort. – dangowans – 2012-09-17T15:58:59.567
@richard I've gotten quite used to using Notepad++, and don't want to abandon it just yet if there's a way I can get an alert. – dangowans – 2012-09-17T16:01:16.240