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Notepad doesn't open files created by Gedit?

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I'm using c/c++ compiler on Ubuntu 14.04 and I've typed all the programs using Gedit text editor.

But the problem is that now I need to open them in Windows 8 with Notepad, but when I tried to open .c files that are created in Ubuntu in Notepad they are displaying like a paragraph but not line by line.

So I need the programs to be displayed line by line as in Gedit . The only method I found was to edit each and every line in the program as to be displayed as line by line.

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answered 3 Years ago mouedi · Accepted Answer

It's true that Notepad is not a good editor and that it's basically Notepad's fault. But the actual problem is this:
Line ends are stored differently among operating systems. Unix (Ubuntu) usually use the symbol "LF" and Windows (Notepad too, because of that) "CR+LF".
You can set the line ends to CR+LF in Gedit (you need to search the option yourself, you should find it somewhere) and Notepad will be happy.
But in the long term you'll be happier with Notepad++ or I think Geany runs on Windows too.