Notepad++ a free source code editor
Notepad++ is a user friendly GPL source code editor that can be
used completely for free. It can also be as a substitute for Notepad and
supports different languages. It runs in MS Windows and is licensed
under the General Public License. The mission of Notepad++ is to offer
user friendly and greener surroundings. The CPU power consumption can be
reduced by enhancing its routines thereby reduce carbon dioxide.
Notepad++ can be written in C++ due to the presence of an effective
editing component called Scintilla. Another feature is that use of
unadulterated Win32 API and STL which in turn gives high speed execution
with very small program. Due to the tabbed editing, work can easily be
done with multiple open files which is said to be one of the major
advantages of Notepad++ over the built-in Windows text editor.
This free software, Notepad++ also supports text encoding formats for international writing systems such as Unicode. It can compare files along with zooming feature. As it includes the feature of source coding, it automatically completes a detachment of the API of some programming languages and detects the status of the file. It provides bookmarks and it supports Syntax highlighting for 52 programming along with syntax folding, scripting, and markup languages. Using a modifiable list of file extension bindings, it detects the language of a given file. But one main fact is that there is an option to set the current programming language by the user. Apart from the features like Macro recording and execution, it has various other tools such as line sorting, text encoding conversion and text folding etc. Macros and plug-ins are supported by Notepad++. It has 27 official plug-ins and 10 are included by default in the program. "TextFX" is the first plug-in to be included in the Notepad++. It comprises of features like text sorting, W3C validation for HTML and CSS quote handling and character case alteration. User’s own language and its respective API can be identified by using the built-in User Language Define System. Another notable feature is that if there is no translation available you can easily change Notepad++ to your native language.
This free software, Notepad++ also supports text encoding formats for international writing systems such as Unicode. It can compare files along with zooming feature. As it includes the feature of source coding, it automatically completes a detachment of the API of some programming languages and detects the status of the file. It provides bookmarks and it supports Syntax highlighting for 52 programming along with syntax folding, scripting, and markup languages. Using a modifiable list of file extension bindings, it detects the language of a given file. But one main fact is that there is an option to set the current programming language by the user. Apart from the features like Macro recording and execution, it has various other tools such as line sorting, text encoding conversion and text folding etc. Macros and plug-ins are supported by Notepad++. It has 27 official plug-ins and 10 are included by default in the program. "TextFX" is the first plug-in to be included in the Notepad++. It comprises of features like text sorting, W3C validation for HTML and CSS quote handling and character case alteration. User’s own language and its respective API can be identified by using the built-in User Language Define System. Another notable feature is that if there is no translation available you can easily change Notepad++ to your native language.
There is an official website and you can have access of it. The forum page helps you in solving your issues relating to this free software. The forum experts will guide you in such matters. Try to download the latest version to enjoy the improved and new features. You can download Notepad++ v 6.2.3 version from this server. You can also get the source code from their official website notepad-plus-plus.org.
