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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: January 03, 2008
- Total Downloads: 397,009
- Downloads last week: 4,251
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 202 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 action script.
Notepad++ main features are: Syntax Highlighting and Syntax Folding, User Language Define System, 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, 2 edits and synchronized view of the same document, User Language Define System. Version 4.7.2 includes unspecified updates.
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Version 4.7.2 includes unspecified updates.
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Version: Notepad++ 4.7.2
"Best text editor out there. Full stop."
Pros: Multiple language support, auto-completion, tabs. Btw, and it's free!
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Version: Notepad++ 4.7.2
"Powerful text editor with tabs and split-screen"
Pros: Notepadd++ met my needs in a plain text editor. It had multiple tab capabilities, split-screen and was easy to use. I use it to edit CSS and HTML when working with sites. I don't put a heavy demand on this application and that's just fine. I have replaced the default Notepad with this program because I like it so much.
Cons: It does the job fine so nothing big in terms of down sides for me.
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Version: Notepad++ 4.7.2
Pros: I've tried alot of different editors, but this is the best one I've ever tried.
I use it for both HTML, CSS, ASP, .NET and Python programming. It is excellent
Cons: The only thing I can think of is, that I miss a tool for autocomplete forms or tags or a debugger to search for unclosed statements like if and if else.
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