Notepad2

Notepad2

Screenshot of version 4.1.24
Developer(s)	Florian Balmer
Initial release	April 15, 2004
Stable release	4.2.25  (6 May 2011; 6 months ago (2011-05-06)) [+/−]
Preview release	4.2.25-rc8  (19 April 2011; 6 months ago (2011-04-19)) [+/−]
Written in	C
Operating system	Windows
Available in	English[1]
Type	Text editor
License	BSD
Website	flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html

Notepad2 is an open-source text editor for Microsoft Windows, released under a BSD software license. It is written by Florian Balmer using the Scintilla editor component, and it was first publicly released in April 2004. Balmer based Notepad2 on the principles of Microsoft Notepad: small, fast, and usable.

It features syntax highlighting for many programming languages: ASP, Assembly, C, C++, C#, Common Gateway Interface (CGI), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), HTML, Java, JavaScript, NSIS, Pascal, Perl, PHP, Python, SQL, Visual Basic (VB), VBScript, XHTML, and XML. It also features syntax highlighting for the following file formats: BAT, DIFF, INF, INI, REG, and configuration files (.properties).^[2]

Notepad2 also has several other features:

• Auto indentation
• Bracket matching
• Encoding conversion between ASCII, UTF-8, and UTF-16 formats
• Multiple undo/redo; rectangular block selection
• Newline conversion, between DOS (CR/LF), Unix (LF), and Macintosh (CR) formats
• Regular expression-based find and replace

Balmer has stated that some features will probably never be implemented in Notepad2, as they are beyond his design goal of a simple Notepad-like application. These include Notepad2's most requested feature, a multiple document interface.^[3] Other missing features such as code folding, file associations and bookmarks are available through modifications, linked from the homepage. Starting with version 4.2.25-rc6, an x64 build is also offered.^[2]

See also

• List of text editors
• Comparison of text editors
• Scintilla (editing component)

References

1. ^ Notepad2 FAQ Retrieved 21 May 2010 Developer: The expense of collecting, testing, packaging and hosting translated versions of Notepad2 was more than I felt happy with for my hobby project.
2. ^ ^{a b} "Notepad2 Readme File". http://www.flos-freeware.ch/doc/Notepad2.txt. 
3. ^ Notepad2 FAQ: Will Notepad2 ever have a tabbed multiple document interface?

External links

• Official website