Monday, November 10, 2008

Notepad2 3.0.20 – Open Source MS Notepad Replacement

Notepad2 3.0.20 (Windows, Open Source, 258KB) [alt DL] is another small, fast notepad replacement with some unusual features. It includes zoom, rectangular selection, regular expressions, and more.

Changes:

  • Notepad2 converted to a native Win32 Unicode application
  • "Copy Add" (Ctrl+E) to append selected text to clipboard
  • "Unwrap Paragraphs" (Ctrl+Shift+J)
  • "Strip Last Character" (Alt+U)
  • "Select Line", can be used repeatedly (Ctrl+Shift+Space)
  • Remapped "Delete Line" hotkey to Ctrl+Shift+D
  • Remapped "Transparent Mode" hotkey to Alt+O
  • Allow easy toggling of find and replace dialogs (Ctrl+F, Ctrl+H)
  • Save and restore find and replace dialog positions (Ctrl+O, Ctrl+P)
  • Files with UTF-8 Signature always loaded in UTF-8 mode
  • Simple HTML detection for files without extensions
  • Support basic Emacs file variables (see FAQ on my website)
  • Update timestamps (Shift+F5) (see FAQ on my website)
  • %APPDATA% searched for existing ini-file
  • Modest enhancements to scheme customization dialog
  • Improved performance for saving settings to ini-file
  • Less restrictive handling of quoted filenames on command line
  • Keep scrolling positions when reloading changed files
  • Modified /s command line switch to work with extensions, not ids
  • /m command line switch to match specified text
  • /q command line switch to force creation of new files
  • Pass command line switches to existing windows: /s /t /h /x /g /q
  • Proceed to next match after choosing "replace" in replace dialog
  • Fixed some more find and replace problems
  • Improved visual appearance on Windows Vista
  • Updated Scintilla library to 1.77

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