Notepad2 4.2.25-rc8

Rated 10/50 by nlws at Dec 17, 2009

Why you need this program? AkelPad forever

Rated 50/50 by Reverb at Feb 8, 2010

I have to agree with the other reviewers here. Best notepad for Windows replacement. Like notepad, it is small, fast, and light but also portable. I too have replacled the native notepad app with this on all my Windows boxes and keep it handy on my USB flash drive.

Rated 50/50 by Blaxima at Feb 8, 2010

This and foobar are just two of a very small set of apps that I consider must haves for every windows user. I just wish Kai Liu would update his version New in Version 4.1.24-rc3 (released February 07, 2010) - /z command line switch (support registry-based Notepad replacement) - /u command line switch (launch Notepad2 with elevated privileges) - Fixed some /p command line switch options not working properly - Display more informative error messages for file operation failures - Hotkey to copy pathname of current file to clipboard (s***+F9) - Window title indicator when running with elevated privileges - Ini-options to control system MRU, taskbar and jump list behaviour - Revised word wrap settings dialog and added more detailed options - New style setting to control font smoothing (see FAQ on my website) - New style setting to control size of visible white space dots - Added new "HTML Element Text" and "XML Element Text" styles - Improved default style utilization for HTML-embedded schemes - Updated PowerShell keywords to version 2.0 - Updated Scintilla library to 2.02

Rated 50/50 by war593122 at Mar 2, 2010

Simply the best.

Rated 50/50 by cawalth at Apr 4, 2010

Helps me when I am on the net and need to save a few lines of something I want to remember. Nothing yet. It has been easy for me to use and has been helpful.

Rated 50/50 by Plumber at May 29, 2010

I've been using this more and more instead of UltraEdit simply because it launches so much faster, and has fewer annoying bugs. It doesn't have the nifty macro features but not being aggravated is very high on my "List of Important Things".

Rated 50/50 by VE5RWD at Nov 14, 2010

GREAT FOR ALL I HAVE BEEN USING. ALSO HELPS ME WITH SETTING UP A LOT OF FORMS AND ALSO LETTERS AND RELATED ITEMS. FANTASTICS. RECOMMEND FOR EVERYONE. NONE AT ALL. I WOULD RECOMMEND FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN THE KNOW AND THOSE WHO WANT TO EXPERIMENT TOO. AND THOSE WHO WANT TO FORGE AHEAD.

Rated 50/50 by XhmikosR at Nov 16, 2010

Notepad2-mod v4.1.24 with Kai Liu's patches and more: http://code.google.com/p/notepad2-mod/

Rated 50/50 by sweathog at Feb 6, 2011

Unless you are hooked on tabs, this is the notepad to have. Lightening fast. Outstanding.

Rated 50/50 by Blaxima at Mar 15, 2011

I use Notepad2-mod but either or are simply excellent

Rated 30/50 by Balderstrom at Apr 15, 2011

While I do use this editor, it's certainly not my primary editor. And comparing Notepad2 to UltraEdit32 is one of the most ludicrous statements I've ever read. The second-most ludicrous would be comparing to Notepad++ - which is a great feature-rich editor, that may or may not crash for no reason whatsoever. From VAX to Unix to DOS to Windows and Linux, I've used dozens upon dozens of Editors, and Notepad++ is the only one (of two) that has crashed. Notepad2 is a decent 'quick-edit' feature-light editor that has a few annoying quirks that the dev doesn't want to fix, but at least it has never crashed. If you require heavy-lifting and extensive customization, you should look elsewhere. And if stability isn't important to you, but free is, go for Notepad++. My full-featured editors of choice, EmEditor, and CodeLobster PHP. Notepad-like editors: Notepad2, Ted's Notepad (v6 beta), and good-old Notepad. For ~$40 EmEditor (perpetual license, so far) stomps all over (feature-wise) the outrageously priced UltraEdit32, and the "free" Notepad++.

Rated 30/50 by anomoly at Apr 19, 2011

I don't care for this all that much. Akelpad is more user friendly for me though that mod version works well with nfo's. Nice review balderstrom.