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Spotlight: Notepad++ text editor

By Paul Mah February 16, 2010, 12:07 AM PST

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Spotlight: Notepad++ text editor

View configuration file

View configuration file

Notepad++ makes editing of configuration files much easier with its comprehensive features.

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Spotlight: Notepad++ text editor

Viewing HTML Source

Viewing HTML Source

Where plain text file is concerned, syntax highlighting and awareness of multiple file types and scripting languages mean that errors can be spotted much easier.

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Spotlight: Notepad++ text editor

Powerful find and replace dialog

Powerful find and replace dialog

Notepad++ comes with features that Notepad should have come with, such as powerful search and replace.

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Spotlight: Notepad++ text editor

Look at the Preference dialog

Look at the Preference dialog

The preference dialog looks like this. As you can see, it is perfectly capable of manipulating text files with consideration to how Windows, Unix or Mac platforms deal with new line and carriage feed.

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Spotlight: Notepad++ text editor

Zoom controls

Zoom controls

Zooming in or out using Notepad++ is a breeze with the keyboard shortcuts. Personally, I’ve always used the scroll wheel on my mouse while holding on to the CTRL key.

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Spotlight: Notepad++ text editor

Supports plug-ins

Supports plug-ins

The software supports a plethora of external plugins as well – far too many to explore here.

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Spotlight: Notepad++ text editor

Multi-tab Support

Multi-tab Support

Rather than cluttering up your desktop with multiple text windows, Notepad++ comes with a tabbed interface to easily handle multiple open text files at the same time.

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