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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: April 17, 2009
- Total Downloads: 522,456
- Downloads last week: 6,060
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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 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 5.3.1 includes unspecified updates.
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Version 5.3.1 includes unspecified updates.
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User reviews of Notepad++ 5.3.1
- Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 203 votes
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Version: Notepad++ 5.3.1
Pros: Covers all the languages I use, both scripting and programming.
Cons: Have some difficulties loading the add-ons.
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Version: Notepad++ 5.3.1
"Exactly what should be included with Windows!"
Pros: Color coding, wide range of known languages/syntaxes, tabs, integration with Windows context menu.
Cons: I wish there was a way that I could just tell the program what type of file I'm looking at, like .html. This is necessary for times when I just cut and paste some text in from somewhere else or the extension of the file is not what is expected.
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Version: Notepad++ 5.3.1
"Everything an editor should be"
Pros: Syntax highlighting for all kinds of languages. Automation negates need for laborious and time-consuming edits. Tabs; Macros; All sorts of TextFX conversions/enhancements (ie. auto-indentation for C++ code, convert to different num. bases, etc.)
Cons: None that I have ever experienced. Maybe the Preferences dialog could be organized a little more descriptively?
Summary: I've been using Notepad++ for a year now and continue to use it daily. It's perfect in everything it does, and has tons of options that are of great use to any developer. It's an absolute must-have and I would be practically lost without it.
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Version: Notepad++ 5.3.1
Pros: easy to use
Cons: I see none
Summary: Use of this software is highly recommended
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Version: Notepad++ 5.3.1
Pros: Small, easy to install, great for editing code
Cons: none as of yet
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