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The 3rd most popular text editor/IDE on Windows

Notepad++ is a free, open source (GPL) source code editor which supports several programming languages running under the Microsoft Windows environment. Notepad++ is hosted on SourceForge.net, from where it has been downloaded over eight million times. Notepad++ supports syntax highlighting for 44 programming, scripting, and markup languages. Users can also define their own language by using the built-in User Language Define System, which makes Notepad++ extendable, to have syntax highlighting and syntax folding. This project, based on the Scintilla editor component, is written in C++ with pure Win32 API calls and uses STL. Notepad++ is licensed under the GPL Licence. The aim of Notepad++ is to offer a slim and efficient binary with a totally customizable GUI. Notepad++ is available only for the Microsoft Windows operating system. However, users can still get Notepad++ to work on other platforms, like Linux and Mac OS X, using software such as Wine.
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  • toodlestech expert
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    Nice syntax highlighting and small memory footprint but would be nice to support syntax highlighting for more languages by default. (prolog isn't supported and I don't think lisp is either)

  • Shamono expert

    Best editor I've been able to find.

  • Patrick fanatic
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    Definitely the best, free text editor on Windows. I have it set as the default app for viewing source code of web pages.

  • Styl0x devotee
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    The best notepad replacement abailable! It highlights the syntax for almost every available code language and you can even add your custom highlights. Definitly something I'll use forever.

  • francistm devotee

    The most flexible highlight text editor.

  • Quatroking fanatic
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    A great editor for pretty much all formats. Its a must have for every developer!

  • vafa fanatic

    anyone can run the source from notepad++ to C++ debugger or compiler?
    how can i do?
    now, i use "Bloodshed Dev-C++" and "Turbo C++ 4.5" to run a code.

  • helloworlder devotee
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    I've tried other lightweight editors but keep coming to this one. It looks great and is easy to use.

  • mynetx expert
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    Of course, the interface could look better, but that is surely not the main focus for an efficient editor. Without being bloated, Notepad++ offers all necessary and more features that you need, regardless of what language you use for coding.

  • Leto devotee
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    Best text editor for webdeveloper.

  • brianjohnston devotee
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    Pros: Tabbed editing, syntax highlighting, code folding
    Cons: None that come to mind

    Nothing beats Notepad++ for a quick and simple editor for plain text or most programming syntax. I use it often to browse code and perform quick edits.

  • tuxx devotee
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    What I really like: The Scintilla component. Multi-editing, syntax highlighting, code folding and much more.
    What I strongly dislike: It doesn't really like huge amounts of data to edit. It quickly becomes slow and sluggish. A pity, actually...

  • roversam devotee
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    Its a very good software for editing all kinds of files:
    .c, .h, .cpp, .java and so on

  • Prince_Of_Hearts overlord
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    A very nice text editor... Good for coding... I'm talking about serious coding :D...

  • heigren devotee
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    This is great for almost anything, and it's easy to use. Love it!

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Website: notepad-plus.sourcefor...
Developer: Donho
License: Open source
Version: 5.45
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Usage: 6 years, 6 months, 20 hours, 16 minutes and 56 seconds
Usage since: 24 April 2007
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