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Notepad++ 4.8.1

Notepad++ is a free (under the GPL license) source code editor which supports several programming languages under Windows environment. This 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.

What is Notepad++ 4.8.1 ?
Notepad++ is a free source code editor (and Notepad replacement), which supports several programming languages, running under the MS 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.

This project, based on the Scintilla edit component (a very powerful editor component), written in C++ with pure win32 api and STL (that ensures the higher execution speed and smaller size of the program), is under the GPL Licence.

Notepad++ 4.8.1 Features:
+ Syntax Highlighting and Syntax Folding
+ WYSIWYG
+ User Defined Syntax Highlighting
+ Auto-completion
+ Multi-Document
+ Multi-View
+ Regular Expression Search/Replace supported
+ Full Drag 'N' Drop supported
+ Dynamic position of Views
+ File Status Auto-detection
+ Zoom in and zoom out
+ Multi-Language environment supported
+ Bookmark
+ Brace and Indent guideline Highlighting
+ Macro recording and playback

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.

Notepad++ 4.8.1 has license: Open Source
File Size: 2 MB
Freeware Notepad++ 4.8.1 Requirements:
- Windows All/95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista/XP64/Vista64