Notepad++

Good News this 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 Licence.

You can download Download Notepad++ executable file here and Download Notepad++ source files

For the binary (executable program) download, you have 2 choices: zip format and executable installer format. The installer format should suit for everyone since it gives all the possibilities (the choice of language, the options for components to install...). Whereas the zip format contains the minimum files to execute Notepad++.

For the zip format installation, if it's the first time you install Notepad++, just unzip the zip file to desired directory, then execute notepad++.exe. However, if you upgrade Notepad++ from the previous version, you have to follow the instructions:

1. Get Run Dialog by clicking start->run (Notepad++ should be closed).
2. Copy this text %APPDATA%\Notepad++ into the text field of Run Dialog.
3. Click ok. A folder named "Notepad++" will appear.
4. Delete 2 files config.xml and stylers.xml then unzip the zip file and launch Notepad++.

Source files

To build this package:

• For generating the executable file (notepad++.exe), you can use VC++ 7 or MinGW 3.0 / 2.X . A makefile is available, but not maintained anymore. I suggest you generate makefile via CMakeLists.txt come with this project by using cmake.
• For generating the dll files (SciLexer.dll) , you have to use VC++ 6 or MinGW 3.0 / 2.X

All the binaries will be built in the directory notepad++\PowerEditor\bin

Here are the features of Notepad++ :

	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

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

	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. ( screenshot1, screenshot2, screenshot3, screenshot4 ).

	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.

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

	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).

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

	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.

	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.

	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).

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

	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.

	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.

	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 .

Macro recording and playback