Notepad++ is the lightweight replacement of the Notepad & is a free source code editor which support and can handle many Programming Languages like C, C++, Java, C#, XML, HTML, PHP, JAVA Script, NFO,makfefile, Batchfile, RCfile, Lua, Unix Shell Script, Fortran, NSIS and Flash action script. Notepad++ is based on Scintilla, a very powerful editing component. It is developed using C++. It uses WIN32 API and STL to ensure higher speed and execution with smaller size of programme. That’s why it is a lighter version of Notepad using less CPU power, reducing power consumption. This powerful editor is full of options which are ideal for programming as well as usual texting under Microsoft environment. It works with tabs as well. It is easy to work with multiple open files at the same time. It can be used to record and playback macros. For easy access, section of large documents can be bookmarked. For any coder or programmer it’s very useful due to is a versatile tool.
Features of Notepad++ 5.6.8
Notepad++ has features that make a difference in experience with general or regular texting, few of them are listed below-
- Auto save
- Finding and replacing text
- Line bookmarking
- Macros
- Editing with split screen and synchronised scrolling
- Tabbed document interface
- Syntax highlighting and syntax folding
- WYSIWYG
- Multi document and multi view
- Replace supported
- File status auto – detection
- Multi language support
- Bookmarks
- Macro recording and Playback
How to download Notepad++ 5.6.8?
Notepad++ can be downloaded from following link-