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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: August 25, 2009
- Total Downloads: 536,250
- Downloads last week: 6,283
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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 5.4.5 includes unspecified updates.
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Version 5.4.5 includes unspecified updates.
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User reviews of Notepad++ 5.4.5
- Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 203 votes
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Version: Notepad++ 5.4.5
Pros: Lots of supported file formats
Keyword highlighting with support for tons of languages
Fast and versitile
Makes it simple to edit any file by adding a "Edit with Notepad++" option to the right click menuCons: Doesn't cook food for me? Nothing comes to mind
Summary: This is a great text editor. It blows away both notepad and wordpad that come with windows. It has every feature I've ever had a need for, including support for basically any programing language I can find. This is always among the first pieces o... read more >>
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Version: Notepad++ 5.4.5
"One of the most broadly useful utilities around"
Pros: You can poke around inside any type of file, any language, with tons of macros. Has some IDE functionality. Great for writing scripts. Lightweight.
Cons: It's not as good as a full-on language-specific IDE for development.
Summary: This is one of the first things I install on any computer. It is useful for looking into any type of file, and is much much powerful than traditional notepad text editors.
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Version: Notepad++ 5.4.5
"Outstanding tool for coding!"
Pros: Really good autocomplete feature, you can limit it to just the languages or scripting that your programming in, great interface. The have TextPad at school, and this beats it all to he*&. I highly, highly recommend it.
Cons: None. It's free.
Summary: Absolutely the most feature rich text editor I've used. Can't say enough good things about it. It auto loads all the files you had open in your last session, puts 'em all up on tabs at the top, just a heck of a great little app.
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Notepad++ 5.4.5
Pros: Nice interface and it is free.
Cons: I don't know how to use it or what to use it for.
Summary: When I lesrn how to use it, I'm sure it will be great and very useful.
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Notepad++ 5.4.5
Pros: it dosent take up to much space and its very good
Cons: dont need all the other things associated with the program
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