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Notepad Plus Plus is a Notepad replacement with an eye toward programmers, although it should also appeal to the casual user who wants a cross between Notepad and WordPad. Notepad Plus Plus has some noticeable differences from WordPad. Support for tabs is key, letting users manage different documents simultaneously. Line-numbering is important, too, a feature that nobody mucking about in C should be without.
The interface is much simpler compared with some of its competitors. A familiar row of icons with their mouse-over labels sits at the top, and one row of tabs is just below that. The rest of the screen is made of nothing but pure white space. All the coding tools live in the menu bar, with some represented on the toolbar. Users can compile and run macros, convert text to Hex, submit directly to W3C for validation, launch in Firefox and IE, and more. There's also a built-in spell-checker.
Choosing between Notepad Plus Plus and NoteTab Light probably will depend as much on layout as anything else. Although, forgive the pun, notably Notepad Plus Plus can not autoreplace Notepad, it's still an excellent Notepad replacement.
Publisher's Description
From Don HO:
Notepad++ is a source code editor which supports several programming languages under Windows environment. It's also a lightweight replacement of Notepad. The supported languages by Notepad++ are C, C++, Java, C#, XML, HTML, PHP, JavaScript, RC file, makefile, NFO, doxygen, INI file, batch file, ASP, VB/VBS, SQL, Objective-C, CSS, Pascal, Perl, Python, Lua, Unix Shell Script, Fortran, NSIS and Flash action script. Notepad++ main features are: syntax highlighting and syntax folding, regular expression search, WYSIWYG (If you have a color printer, print your source code in color), Unicode support, full drag-and-drop supported, Brace and Indent guideline highlighting, two edits and synchronized view of the same document, and user language define system.
What's new in this version: Version 6.3.3 has added remembering folding between sessions feature and optimized startup performance.
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"Not as good as the XP version"
Version: Notepad++ 6.3.2
Pros
Easy download
Cons
Does not function like the XP version
Touchy to use
Not at all user-friendly
Took great measure getting used toSummary
I understood the old Windows Notepad was this updated download.. how incorrect I was. What ended up downloading was not the basic Windows Notepad I was familiar with, but this high tech Wordpad equivalent which included graphs, rulers, etc. Won't be using it anymore. Quite disappointed.
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"They took a step backward!"
Version: Notepad++ 6.3.2
Pros
Once it finishes loading, it works like it always has before.
Cons
Since Version 6.0, every newer version has loaded slower & has NOT DISPLAYED the Toolbar!
Summary
Until these 2 problems are fixed, I will be using it LESS! They need to start back at Version 6.0!
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"Good but not exactly Great yet"
Version: Notepad++ 6.3.2
Pros
It's fast on open up. Easy on system resources
Cons
Doesn't offer Text formatting..
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"The best, ever"
Version: Notepad++ 6.2.3
Pros
I have always used Notepad++ to write my HTML/CSS. I have just downloaded the new version and I'm happy as usual. It's just neat, simple, effective.
Cons
None. Never had to complain.
Summary
It's free and works great. Download it now.
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"Decent editor for basic programming needs"
Version: Notepad++ 6.2.3
Pros
Easy to use.
Free.Cons
Nothing...
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"good app-purpose editor"
Version: Notepad++ 6.2.2
Pros
Lots of features. The one that makes this edits stand out is the great support for unicode and many character set conversion options.
Cons
No file-browsing options (e.g. like ps-pad)
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"This is excellent software"
Version: Notepad++ 6.2.2
Pros
This is a very easy way to edit HTML code.
Cons
Can't think of any problems with it.
Summary
I will definitely be using this software again.
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"Always works as advertised"
Version: Notepad++ 6.2.2
Pros
Many programming languages covered
Cons
None that I found
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"Easy & just works. This is the one you want."
Version: Notepad++ 6.2.2
Pros
Just works.
Cons
The only pain is that to set Notepad++ as the default nfo viewer, you have to to set Windows temporarily to show hidden and protected files in order to access the path.
Summary
This has the top rank for a reason. This is what you're looking for if you acquired a movie by torrent and are curious what's in the nfo files.
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"a very good editor satisfys my need"
Version: Notepad++ 6.2.2
Pros
a very good editor satisfys my need
Cons
a very good editor satisfys my need
Summary
a very good editor satisfys my need
