Notepad++ 5.9.5

As a webmaster, we use text editor to code php and html/css scripts very often. Although there are many other great text editors, Notepad++ is really a good choice, I have been using it for quite a long time. Most importantly, it is a free and open source text editor



Syntax highlight

Notepad++ will discern your document from external name, such as .php or .c/.cpp file. All of keywords will be highlighted. You can set this feature following this way: selecting "Settings" menu and "Style Configure".


Brace highlighting

It's very important and cool,if you move cursor to {,you can see "{" and "}" will be highlight,you can know the segment clearly.
,It helps you read and review scripts quickly and correctly.


Indent highlighting

When you move cursor to " or ',another " or ' will be highlighted at same time. This enables you checking and finding error in your scripts.


Multi-language supported

Notepad++ support East Asian languages(Chinese, Japanese, Korean),also support Arabic and Hebrew.


Zoom in and out

you can zoom in and out on toolbar,change font size in editor area.


Multi-document

If you open more than one documents at same time.You can use tab to switch and sort them on tab.




Hope you enjoy it.

Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Running in the MS Windows environment, its use is governed by GPL License.

Based on a powerful editing component Scintilla, Notepad++ is written in C++ and uses pure Win32 API and STL which ensures a higher execution speed and smaller program size. By optimizing as many routines as possible without losing user friendliness, Notepad++ is trying to reduce the world carbon dioxide emissions. When using less CPU power, the PC can throttle down and reduce power consumption, resulting in a greener environment.

This project is mature. However, there may be still some bugs and missing features that are being worked on. If you have any questions or suggestions about this project, please post them in the forums. Also, if you wish to make a feature request, you can post it there as well. But there's no guarantee that I'll implement your request.

You're encouraged to translate Notepad++ into your native tongue if there's not already a translation present in the Download Section. And if you want, help translating Notepad++ official site into your native tongue would be greatly appreciated.

I hope you enjoy Notepad++ as much as I enjoy coding it.

Here are the features of Notepad++ :
1.Syntax Highlighting and Syntax Folding
Supported languages :
C/C++/Java/C#/XML/HTML/PHP/CSS/makefile/ASCII/art (.nfo)/doxygen/ini file/batch file/Javascript/ASP/VB/VBS/SQL/Objective-C/RC resource file/Pascal/Perl/Python/Lua/TeX/TCL/Assembler/Ruby/Lisp/Scheme/Properties/Diff/Smalltalk/Postscript/VHDL/Ada/Caml/AutoIt/KiXtart/Matlab/Verilog/Haskell/InnoSetup/CMake/YAML/COBOL/D/R/PowerShell/Gui4Cli

2.WYSIWYG
If you have a colour printer, print your source code (or whatever you want) in colour.

3.User Defined Syntax Highlighting
It allows user to define his own language : not only the syntax highlighting keywords, but also the syntax folding keywords, comment keywords and the operators.

4.Auto-completion
For most supported languages, user can make his/her own API list (or download the api files from dowload section). Once the api file is ready, type Ctrl+Space to launch this action (see screenshot). For more information about Auto-completion, please see Auto-completion HOWTO.

5.Multi-Document
You can edit several documents at the same time.

6.Multi-View
You have two views at same time. That means you can visualize (edit) 2 different documents at the same time (screenshot). You can visualize (edit) in the 2 views one document at 2 different positions as well. The modification of document in one view will carry out in another view (i.e. you modify the SAME document when you are in clone mode, see screenshot).

7.Regular Expression Search/Replace supported
You can search and replace one string in the document by using the regular expression.

8.Full Drag ‘N' Drop supported
You can open a document by drag & drop. You can also move your document from a position (or even a view) to another by drag & drop.

9.Dynamic position of Views
The user can set the position of the views dynamically (only in 2 views mode : the splitter can be set in horizontal or in vertical), see screenshot.

10.File Status Auto-detection
If you modify or delete a file which opened in Notepad++, you will be notified to update your document (reload the file or remove the file).

11.Zoom in and zoom out
That's another fantastic function of Scintilla component. Just see screenshot.

12.Multi-Language environment supported
The Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic and Hebrew Windows environments are supported. See Notepad++ under the Chinese Windows , under the Arabic Windows and under the Hebrew Windows in action screenshot.

13.Bookmark
User can just click on the bookmark margin (located right side of line number margin) or type Ctrl+F2 to toggle a book mark. To reach the bookmark, type just F2 (Next bookmark) or Shift+F2 (Previous bookmark). To clear all bookmarks, click the Menu Search->Clear All bookmarks. See screenshot.

14.Brace and Indent guideline Highlighting
When the caret stay beside of one of those symbol { } [ ] ( ) , the symbol beside of caret and its symmetric opposite symbol will be highlighted, as well as the indent guideline (if any) in order to locate the block more easily. See screenshot1, screenshot2 .

15.Macro recording and playback.