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- Operating system: Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: January 24, 2005
- Total Downloads: 397,009
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 203 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Notepad 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 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 and NoteTab Light probably will depend as much on layout as anything else. Although, forgive the pun, notably Notepad can not autoreplace Notepad, it's still an excellent Notepad replacement.
Publisher's description
From Don HO :Notepad++ is a free (under the GPL license) 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 actionscript.
Notepad++ main features are : Syntax Highlighting and Syntax Folding, User Language Define System, Regular Expression Search, WYSIWYG (If you have a colour printer, print your source code in colour), Unicode support, Full Drag & Drop supported, Brace and Indent guideline Highlighting, 2 edits and synchronized view of the same document, User Language Define System.
Version 2.7 fixes regular expression's find/replace bug, bug of saving file while displaying as UTF-8, and horizontal scrollbar bug.
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User reviews of Notepad++ 2.7
- Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 203 votes
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Version: Notepad++ 2.7
Cons: Very slow editor!
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Notepad++ 2.7
"Great notepad replacement, very small, NO SPYWARE! =D"
Pros: Small utility, open source, spyware & adware free, syntax highlighting, customizable auto complete feature, regex search, very fast, FREE!!!
I was using Editpad/Editpad pro which is very good too, but notepad++ is smaller and has autocomplete and regex search.
On editpad you have to get the paid Pro version to get regex search feature.
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Notepad++ 2.7
"Bastante útil pra quem edita vários tipos de arquivos."
Pros: Primeiramente é livre, leve e reconhece vários tipos de extensões de arquivos (PHP, java, SQL, scripts, html ...)
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Version: Notepad++ 2.7
"many features, language highlighting, but slow"
Pros: Makes syntax of batch files and bash shell scripts stand out so errors are easier to find. Shows line ends (optionaly).
Cons: Slow. Notetab is faster.
Summary: I prefer this for editing DOS batch files or bash scripts, but to process big files, notetab is better. The slowness of notepad ++ can be annoying.
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Notepad++ 2.7
Summary: I hand-code large amounts of HTML, CSS, and so on. I have been using full-featured editors like Ace and Coffee. They are nice but take some time to load and have many features I never use. Notepad++ is the editor I have recently settled on for the r... read more >>
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