Notepad++ 5.9

Rated 50/50 by parvan at Oct 18, 2009

Many powerful editing features This is not really a negative; just an observation that with power comes complexity. As an occasional user, I have to learn and re-learn how to use many of the features each time I use Notepad++. I am not a programmer. My primary use for a powerful text editor is in cleaning up data files that come to me as text files, and need to be cleaned and formatted properly for loading into database software. I also use it for writing complex formulas that I paste into Access queries or into cells in Excel. Sometimes I edit complex SQL queries in Notepad++. I don't do this every day, or even every month, but when I need to do it I really need something like Notepad++. Because my use is sporadic, I commonly forget how to use some of the features, but that would happen with any such editor I might use. I do find Notepad++ approach to multiple editing windows a bit quirky. One can have two windows visible at once, either side-by-side or one above the other, but Notepad++ way of opening the second window is unusual. Still, once you know it, it works well.

Rated 50/50 by Dukko at Oct 18, 2009

"Best alternative to Windows Notepad." -Fast-Easy to use-Large support for editing and compiling -Well, for what I've done with it (simple CSS and HTML) it was fantastic.

Rated 40/50 by howard_lenos at Oct 19, 2009

"Versatile and convenient editor" Excellent general purpose editor for simple development projects and text editing. Great for handling complex independent or stand-alone projects. And it's free. No integrated source code management or collaborative support for mutli users. Not a real problem, just outside the scope of this product Very helpful, free resource.

Rated 50/50 by acedanger49 at Oct 19, 2009

"Absolutely wonderful for web development" This is a very useful text editor for web development and any text editing needs. There are no cons!

Rated 40/50 by davewaters at Oct 19, 2009

"Very useful program for website writing and development" Easy to use and versatile. Seems a bit of a leap from using MS Notepad initially!

Rated 40/50 by markgunn at Oct 20, 2009

"Fully functional text editor, that's free!" Useful for updating text based files such as html, scripts, etc., No obvious cons. Not a competitor for real note taking tools such as Evernote, but you still need a basic test editor and this one works a treat.

Rated 50/50 by _mark at Oct 21, 2009

"The Portable Version from PortableApps.com is best." Customizable Themes ( code coloring / background ). The Ones Supplied are GREAT!I've pretty much dropped Dreamweaver for this.Never Crashed .. Had 20+ Tabs opened.. WIN !!!Closed it, Opened with all my tabs open just where I left off. WOOT !! NO CONS! 5 Star APP.THIS KILLER APP IS OF LEGENDARY STATUS. You need a text Editor? GET IT NOW. Updated on Oct 21, 2009

Rated 50/50 by Rocdav04 at Nov 5, 2009

The simplest HTML coder avialable. Makes hardcoding Web pages a breeze. Absence of Site Manager. This program enabled me to finish my projects in school with ease. Its functionality and usability are the features that I admire the most. The same features you can find from a well designed Web site. I recommend Notepad++ to anyone who are just starting to learn creating Web pages.

Rated 40/50 by kemafor at Nov 8, 2009

"I have to use it first until i can answer" the produkt does the computer usable I have to use it until i can answer I

Rated 40/50 by wekajohn at Nov 9, 2009

"About time. Freedom of choice" I haven't seen a small fast efficient highly customizable code/GP developers' editor like this since Qedit in the MS-DOS '80's in what has become an overpoweringly windows trademarked Microsoft OS environment. Good stuff. More please. Still have to watch it in motion to see how it dances. That means cooking for the Microsoft menu. Are we in the mood? That's a big ask. More exposure needed beyond intuitive/predictive.

Rated 50/50 by Diam0nd at Nov 25, 2009

Very small AND slick notepad replacement packed with every possible feature one might ever need. Loving it!

Rated 50/50 by beth_faith at Nov 25, 2009

"love it, use it" color coding nothing - n/a

Rated 50/50 by gcaleval at Nov 30, 2009

Don Ho's changelog for 5.6 Notepad++ v5.6 new features and fixed bugs (from v5.5.1) : 1. Add languages encoding - Chinese traditional (BIG5), Chinese Simplified (GB2312), Japanese (s*** JIS), Korean (EUC), Thai (TIS-620), Hebrew (iso-8859-8), Hebrew (1255), Central European (1250), Cyrillic (1251), Cyrillic (KOI8-U), Cyrillic (KOI8-R), Cyrillic (Mac), Western European(1252), Greek (1253), Turkish(1254), Arabic (1256), Baltic (1257), Vietnamese (1258), ISO8859-1 to ISO8859-16 and a lot of more. 2. Add auto-detection of HTML and XML files encodings. 3. Add COBOL, D, Gui4Cli, PowerShell and R language support. 4. Add Marker Jumper feature (Jump down/up : Ctrl+Num/Ctrl+s***+Num). 5. Add indent guide line highlighting for html/xml tags. 6. Add system tray context menu and new command argument "-systemtray". 7. Fix Unicode to ANSI encoding bug. 8. Fix last recent file list menu items localization encoding bug. 9. Fix last recent file number goes to zero issue. 10. Add new command argument "--help". 11. Fix Calltip hint bug and add a new capacity in it. 12. Add the ability to add the second keyword group for user in both LISP and Scheme languages. 13. Fix the wrap symbol display problem. 14. Add SQL ESC symbol '\'. 15. Fix column editor insert number bug in virtual space mode. 16. Fix status bar displaying "-2 char" issue for a empty document. 17. Fix installation of NppShell64 failed issue in installer. Included plugins (Unicode): 1. TextFX v0.26 2. NppExec v0.3.2 3. Spell Checker v1.3.3 4. MIME Tools v1.6 5. NppExport v0.2.8 6. NppNetNote v0.1 7. Compare Plugin 1.5.5 8. Plugin Manager 0.9.3.0 Included plugins (ANSI): 1. TextFX v0.25 2. NppExec v0.3.2 3. Spell Checker v1.3.3 4. MIME Tools v1.6 5. NppExport v0.2.8 6. Light Explorer v1.5 7. NppNetNote v0.1 8. Compare Plugin 1.5.5 9. Plugin Manager 0.9.3.0

Rated 10/50 by dhry at Dec 3, 2009

And of course none of the bugs I've observed with this for months now have been addressed. Inactive tab colors still do not persist. https:// links are STILL not clickable. And another annoyance - the syntax highlighter for AutoHotKey only highlights words that are suffixed by a space. "DetectHiddenWindows, on" doesn't highlight the keyword, whereas "DetectHiddenWindows , on" does. PSPad, Notepad2 work fine in this regard. I'll keep checking back but this is turning into the iPhone of the text editor world: glossy on the front, crapburger behind the curtains.

Rated 50/50 by us3r at Dec 8, 2009

Great app. Here are the changes for 5.6.1: 'In this version brace matched broken issue is fixed. A lot of encodings are added as well. I take the chance to thank Thell Fowler and Vitaliy Dovgan. The "Mark Jumper" feature idea come from Thell. Without him this feature won't be in v5.6.x. Vitaliy has fixed the searching case insensitive for non ascii characters. Thanks to Chris, the NppHelp is updated. Here are Notepad++ v5.6.1 new features and fixed bugs (from v5.6) : 1. Fix brace highlighting breaking issue and related performance problem. 2. Add new encodings in the shortcuts map. 3. Remove annoying encoding issue warning dialogs. 4. Enhance Html encoding auto-detection. 5. Fix case-insensitive searching bug for non-ascii characters (for example some characters in French and Cyrillic letters). 6. Add find result commands in the menu. 7. Add DOS CodePage : CP437, CP737, CP850, CP852, CP855, CP857, CP858, CP860, CP861, CP863, CP865, CP866 and CP869. 8. Fix localization combo box unselected in preference dialog bug after startup (when a localization file is in use). Don' @dhry: Try to report these bugs on forums, bug tracker or directly to developers.

Rated 50/50 by ruemere at Dec 9, 2009

Good, getting better. To dhry: There is a difference between missing functionality (lack of support for https:// addresses) and a bug (a feature not working in the intended way). Your rating method is very subjective and therefore of little worth. Some of the annoyances you have reported (highlighting issues, for example) are extremely limited in scope and may be beyond author's ability to address (supporting syntax of a language you are not familiar with is a major pain - the author is probably using highlighters files provided by someone else). Also, at least with regard to highlighters, it's not difficult to fix (.xml at worst) and... best of all, AutoHotkey does not seem to be on the list of supported languages in stable releases. So, kindly either do it yourself or switch to a different editor - it will save you a lot of grief. Regards, Ruemere

Rated 10/50 by dhry at Dec 9, 2009

Pfft. http://2.gp/ezy - the https:// bug has been reported a total of FIVE TIMES in the bugtracker already. For some reason they're all classified as everything EXCEPT a bug, which is what I consider the issue to be. The author seems to be concerned with incredibly insignificant changes (such as modifying the program icon). And even if they WERE listed as bugs, this comment (http://2.gp/ezz) has it dead-on. Author doesn't appear to give a toss. You get what you pay for with this. Pass.

Rated 50/50 by belanova at Dec 11, 2009

i love thee

Rated 50/50 by rabidrobot at Dec 16, 2009

"Best All-Around Default-Program Editor for Text Files" syntax highlighting for most languages, text tools like word count and capitilization modifiation, extensible & customizable, tabs are detachable & support middle-click behavior Settings somewhat cryptic I install this right after Windows, & never look back. Text editing the way it should be

Rated 50/50 by lprucha at Dec 16, 2009

"Really great language sensitive editor" Every language I used it on worked great. I experienced any yet.