Substitute for Notepad

What we know about Notepad

Notepad is a common text only or plain text editor. Typically saved with the ‘ .txt ‘ extension. Have no format tags or styles, making the program suitable for editing system files that are to be used in a DOS environment.

Notepad is that it does not support formatting of any kind. If text is copied from a web page and pasted into a word processor, the formatting and embedded metadata comes along with the text, and can be difficult to remove. However, if text is copied from a formatted web site, pasted into Notepad, then copied again from Notepad before being pasted into a destination program, Notepad will have stripped all of the formatting.

Notepad can edit files of almost any format. Windows notepad include an updated version of Notepad with a search and replace function (Ctrl + H), as well as (Ctrl + F) for search and similar keyboard shortcuts. Some coders also prefer notepad as a text-based HTML editor for it’s pure simplicity.

notepad

Being a plain and simple text editor as it is, doesn’t offer many options. For an instance, writing codes or script with Notepad is done manually, every single one of them. There is no automated functions to rewrite, debug, making error corrections or others that found in most commonly known paid editor softwares.

Notepad replacement

This where Notepad ++ comes in. For newbies who just started to learn to write codes and don’t want to spend a dime on any codes editor softwares. Notepad++ is suitable for them. Not just for beginners, it’s for everyone to use. Do you need to buy it?. NO. Notepad++ is available for FREE.

notepad-plus-plus

As the name implies, ‘++’ referring to extension, addon functions or more of something. Notepad++ unlocks so many features which any simple text editor doesn’t have. It’s a normal text editor and source code editor. Notepad++ supported 47 different programming languages and user defined languages via built-in ‘User Language Define System’ which makes Notepad++ extendable, to have syntax highlighting and syntax folding.

Programming languages supported

Ada, ASP, Assembly, AutoIt, Batch, C, C#, C++, Caml, Cmake, CSS, Diff, Flash actionscript, Fortran, Haskell, HTML, INNO, JAVA, Javascript, KIXtart, LISP, Lua, Makefile, Matlab, Microsoft .INI file, MS-DOS Style, NSIS, Objective-C, Pascal, Perl, PHP, Postscript, Properties, Python, rc resource file, Ruby, Shell, Scheme, Smalltalk, SQL, TCL, Tex, VB, VHDL, Verilog, XML, YAML.

Features

  • WYSIWYG
  • User Defined Syntax Highlighting
  • Auto-completion
  • Multi-Document
  • Multi-View
  • Regular Expression Search/Replace supported
  • Full Drag N Drop supported
  • Dynamic position of Views
  • File Status Auto-detection
  • Zoom in and zoom out
  • Multi-Language environment supported
  • Bookmark
  • Brace and Indent guideline Highlighting
  • Macro recording and playback

To expand more functionality or other features that are not included in the Notepad++ package by using plugins. Advanced users can create their own plugin to add that personalize touch and flexibility to their own Notepad++.

Notepad++ have more controls and options given to the users for free. The same thing that are usually offered on any paid source code editors.

More details and download page at notepad-plus-plus.org

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