Notepad can be a great tool for those people looking for simplicity and no formatting, but wouldn’t it be nice if you could get a few more features? Notepad++ is based upon the ease-of-use of the Windows Notepad but has an extensive feature set. The most useful feature that it has for me is the syntax highlighting for many types of programming languages:
Supported languages : C, C++, Java, C#, XML, HTML, PHP, Javascript, RC resource file, makefile, ASCII art file, doxygen, ini file, batch file, ASP, VB/VBS source files, SQL, Objective-C, CSS, Pascal, Perl, Python, Lua, TCL, Assembler, Ruby, Lisp, Scheme, Properties, Diff, Smalltalk, Postscript and VHDL.
That is a pretty exhaustive list! You can also create some macros or view multiple documents at the same time with the use of the split-screen feature (pictured above). Don’t worry about cluttering up your taskbar either because Notepad++ has built-in tabs so that opening multiple files isn’t such a pain.
The list of features goes on and on but you can check out more screenshots or just head on over to download Notepad++. The new version that was just released is Notepad++ 3.8 and if you would like there is a list of bug fixes and new features available for your viewing pleasure.
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is there a way to replace notepad with this so that this is the default notepad?
Just go into the settings in Notepad and select the “File Extensions” tab. You can use this screen to select file extensions that you want Notepad to be the default for, such as .txt!
Hope that helps.
-Ryan
Ryan, I just discovered your blog a short time ago, and I have already gotten so many great tips from it! Thanks for another cool one (Notepad ) and keep the useful info coming along!!!
I saw Notepad on the web somewhere and ended up finding this article. I was wondering: what exactly this is for? and how is it used? Is this a compiler? Does this do something else? I’m new to programming so I kinda don’t understand it.
I downloaded N and chose C as the language. I wrote a simple program. Then I clicked Run> Run… and didn’t know what to do from there. Is the program I wrote supposed to execute? Do I save it or what?
Sorry for the barrage of questions.
No problem Max
This program is like any other where you just run through the setup process. Then you’ll use it for the same things that you use NotePad and WordPad for, except this is also nice for opening up your programming files. When you open a C file, or something along those lines, it will ONLY highlight the syntax so that the language specific words standout. This will not be able to compile you programs though, it is simply for editing the code quickly.