Notepad++ 5.3.1

Notepad++ 5.3.1 is a free source code editor which supports several programming languages running under the MS Windows environment. Notepad++ is a great freeware replacement for Notepad.

Based on a powerful editing component Scintilla, Notepad++ is written in C++ and uses pure Win32 API and STL which ensures a higher execution speed and smaller program size. By optimizing as many routines as possible without losing user friendliness, Notepad++ is trying to reduce the world carbon dioxide emissions. When using less CPU power, the PC can throttle down and reduce power consumption, resulting in a greener environment.

You're encouraged to translate Notepad++ into your native tongue if there's not already a translation present in the Download Section. And if you want, help translating Notepad++ official site into your native tongue would be greatly appreciated.

Major Features:

1. Syntax Highlighting and Syntax Folding: Supported languages :
   
   • C C++ Java C# XML HTML
   • PHP CSS makefile ASCII art (.nfo) doxygen ini file
   • batch file Javascript ASP VB/VBS SQL Objective-C
   • RC resource file Pascal Perl Python Lua TeX
   • TCL Assembler Ruby Lisp Scheme Properties
   • Diff Smalltalk Postscript VHDL Ada Caml
   • AutoIt KiXtart Matlab Verilog Haskell InnoSetup
   • CMake YAML
2. WYSIWYG: If you have a color printer, print your source code (or whatever you want) in color.
   
3. User Defined Syntax Highlighting: It allows user to define his own language : not only the syntax highlighting keywords, but also the syntax folding keywords, comment keywords and the operators. ( screenshot1, screenshot2, screenshot3, screenshot4 ).
   
4. Auto-completion:For most supported languages, user can make his/her own API list (or download the api files from dowload section). Once the api file is ready, type Ctrl+Space to launch this action. For more information about Auto-completion, please see Auto-completion HOWTO.
   
5. Multi-Document: You can edit several documents at the same time.
   
6. Multi-View: You have two views at same time. That means you can visualize (edit) 2 different documents at the same time . You can visualize (edit) in the 2 views one document at 2 different positions as well. The modification of document in one view will carry out in another view (i.e. you modify the SAME document when you are in clone mode, ).
   
7. Regular Expression Search/Replace supported: You can search and replace one string in the document by using the regular expression.
   
8. Full Drag ‘N Drop supported: You can open a document by drag & drop. You can also move your document from a position (or even a view) to another by drag & drop.
   
9. Dynamic position of Views:
   The user can set the position of the views dynamically (only in 2 views mode : the splitter can be set in horizontal or in vertical)
   
10. File Status Auto-detection: If you modify or delete a file which opened in Notepad++, you will be notified to update your document (reload the file or remove the file).
    
11. Zoom in and zoom out: That's another fantastic function of Scintilla component. J
    
12. Multi-Language environment supported: The Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic and Hebrew Windows environments are supported. See Notepad++ under the Chinese Windows , under the Arabic Windows and under the Hebrew Windows in action .
    
13. Bookmark:User can just click on the bookmark margin (located right side of line number margin) or type Ctrl+F2 to toggle a book mark. To reach the bookmark, type just F2 (Next bookmark) or Shift+F2 (Previous bookmark). To clear all bookmarks, click the Menu Search->Clear All bookmarks.
    
14. Brace and Indent guideline Highlighting: When the caret stay beside of one of those symbol { } [ ] ( ) , the symbol beside of caret and its symmetric opposite symbol will be highlighted, as well as the indent guideline (if any) in order to locate the block more easily. See screenshot1, screenshot2 .
    
15. Macro recording and playback:You can save several macros and edit their keyboard shorcuts for the next use.