Syntax highlighting: Recognizes over 50 languages and auto-detects language.Search and Replace: Search and Replace with regular expressions.Plugins: Extensive plugin support for additional functionality.

Multi-view: Multiple views of the same document.

Multi-language: Supports a wide range of languages.Macro recording: Record and play macros for automated tasks.Line operations: Line operations to cut, copy, paste, delete and move lines.File comparison: Compare two different versions of a document.FTP support: Directly open and save files from FTP.Brace matching: Automatically highlights matching braces.

Bookmarking: Supports bookmarking and navigation between them.Auto-completion: Context-sensitive auto-completion for keywords.When comparing this excellent text editor with many shareware or otherwise paid or free application, Notepad++ blows them all out of the water in terms of functionality.Īpart from the various different programming languages we thought this application was superb for, it is overall a very functional and extremely useful application all around, whether it be as a Windows notepad.exe replacement or simply non-headache inducing programming which coders may experience while using notepad. Notepad++ also features an excellent search and replace tool which is extremely versatile, powerful and useful. On the coding side of things, NotePad can recognize virtually any type of popular programming language and makes it easier to edit files because of syntax highlighting, something we found useful when working with HTML documents and creating code in PHP. Each line of text is numbered while hitting the CTRL key along with scrolling with the mouse wheel allows you to zoom into text. Comparing text between different documents is therefore a simple job and done easily by switching between tabs. Notepad++ features a tabbed layout, which makes it ideal for working with multiple open files at the same time. It is excellent for both writing text and editing different types of code such as HTML, PHP or C. Notepad++ is an excellent text and code editor which is distributed completely free of charge both as freeware and as an open source product. A feature-rich text editor application that supports not only plaintext, but a number of programming languages which can act as a Notepad replacement for Windows.

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