Software:Notepad2

Short description: Open-source text editor for Microsoft Windows

Notepad2

Screenshot of version 4.1.24
Developer(s)	Florian Balmer
Initial release	April 15, 2004 (2004-04-15)
Written in	C
Operating system	Windows
Platform	IA-32, x64
Size	305–371 KB
Type	Text editor
License	BSD
Website	www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html

Notepad2 is a free and open-source text editor for Microsoft Windows, released under a BSD software license. It was 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 Notepad: small, fast, and usable.

It features syntax highlighting for many programming languages: ASP, assembly language, 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).

Notepad2 also has several other functions:

• Auto indentation
• Bracket matching
• Character encoding conversion between ASCII, UTF-8, and UTF-16 formats
• Multiple undo/redo; rectangular block selection
• Newline format 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. 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.

Notable bugs

Notepad2 is affected by the Bush hid the facts bug.

See also

• Scintilla
• Notepad++
• List of text editors
• Comparison of text editors