(based on 212 reviews)

Notepad++ 5.7

Rated 50/50 by Nighted at Mar 21, 2009

From the SF forum: Here are Notepad++ v5.3 new features and fixed bugs (from v5.2) : 1. Add Line change state vertical bar. 2. Drop (or open in dos command line) a directory in Notepad++ to open all files in the directory recursively. 3. Add "Find all in current file" feature. 4. (Most of) Find/replace dialog settings are remembered. 5. Add a hidden setting (dlgAlwaysVisible in config.xml) to allow user set it manually to not hide the Find/Replace dialog if any result found. 6. Fix uncomment block erasing first character bug. 7. Enlarge some strings displayed zone for the translation. 8. Fix ESC key for column mode behaviour. 9. Fix read only file SaveAs bug. 10. Change behaviour : no popup dialog while closing an unsaved empty untitled document. 11. Changing "Search result" stylers via Styler Configurator takes visual effect on the fly now. 12. Fix for L_EXTERNAL in loadSession. 13. Variable $(CURRENT_WORD) is enlarged to 2039 charraters. 14. Fix the bug the Notepad++ is launched several instances but show nothing. 15. Fix Find in files regression : The result panel doesn't show Unicode characters correctly. Included plugins (Unicode): 1. TextFX v0.26 2. NppExec v0.3 RC1 3. Spell Checker v1.3.2 4. MIME Tools v1.5 5. FTP_synchronize v0.9.6 6. NppExport v0.2.8 7. Doc Monitor v2.2 8. NppNetNote v0.1 Included plugins (ANSI): 1. TextFX v0.25 2. NppExec v0.3 RC1 3. Spell Checker v1.3.1 4. MIME Tools v1.5 5. FTP_synchronize v0.9.6 6. NppExport v0.2.8 7. Light Explorer v1.5 8. Doc Monitor v2.2 9. NppNetNote v0.1

Rated 40/50 by us3r at Mar 21, 2009

File Compare plugin has been removed from this build due to compatibility isseus :/.

Rated 50/50 by reddy.shyam at Mar 23, 2009

Its a great piece of software. Works flawlessly and if at all bug arises, its usualy fixed in the subsequent version. 5.3 installation was smooth and works great as well.

Rated 40/50 by B__B at Apr 7, 2009

Very good editor, with a lot of handy features and a very tidy UI.

Rated 50/50 by dhry at Apr 9, 2009

Great program. For regular editing, though, I recommend going into Styler Configurator -> Global Styles and change both the unsaved and saved change marker colours to your regular background colour (eg white). Interesting idea but I found it incredibly distracting to have lines get coloured differently, margin or not, while editing. A simple star in the titlebar when the doc has been edited but not saved has sufficed for me for years. Also, clickable link functionality still has a bug. http://www.blah.com works and is clickable, but neither https://www.blah.com nor blah@blah.com are clickable.

Rated 50/50 by Joco at May 13, 2009

Changelog: https://sourceforge.net/...525&forum_id=331753 Sigh! users like PDSComputers now becomes more common on BN. Installed the software, then clicked, probably expected it to play music. Didn't understand, got upset and give bad rating for unrelated reasons.

Rated 50/50 by kindbud1 at May 13, 2009

The best free text editor for Windows. Period.

Rated 50/50 by Andy Dean at May 26, 2009

For me Notepad++ is the best open source text editor around. The ability to introduce a custom language is brilliant. With this release the best just got a bit better :)

Rated 50/50 by us3r at May 26, 2009

Although File Compare plugin is still removed by the installer, the unicode version of the plugin seems to work fine with this build.

Rated 50/50 by dhry at May 26, 2009

Still the best editor for Windows, even if the https:// and username@domain clickable links bug is STILL there and even if they DO have a "Hello Kitty" theme built into the program now (snort). *8-) PS: reviewer below - how about actually reviewing the program instead of beating someone else's review down because you disagree with it?

Rated 50/50 by DJHasis at Jun 1, 2009

Very good text-editor has improved, haven't seen bugs for a long time and this works pretty good on Ubuntu with Wine. Changelog: http://sourceforge.net/f...232&forum_id=331753

Rated 50/50 by reddy.shyam at Jun 2, 2009

Best of its kind. Very light weight and yet so effective. Orbitration, it installed fine and I am on XP Pro SP3.

Rated 40/50 by Orbitration at Jun 2, 2009

I love this notepad replacement, however this version will not install on my Windows XP sp3

Rated 40/50 by dhry at Jun 7, 2009

Still doesn't recognise https:// urls. Since this issue has persisted for several versions now I'm knocking off a star. Next version, we'll be down to three if it's not fixed. (folds arms)

Rated 50/50 by gcaleval at Jun 8, 2009

Notepad++ is top of its class, highly recommended for casual and expert users for notepad replacement. This program meets the mission of being a thorough, fleet, dedicated editing tool. It is not intended to be a word processor so if you are looking for extended word processing features, turn to OpenOffice or another such program. But, if you are looking to edit plain text, raw html, php or other script/programming code, Notepad++ is a tool of choice. I find it invaluable as a viewer, as much as an editor, such that viewing html source (using View Source in Firefox) with Notepadd++ really eases the process of following code structure and logic. One reviewer repeatedly complains about not having live url links. My use of Notepad++ would actually suffer if I had to exercise care that when working through pages of code that I do not load a browser and launch a web link. It is a text editing tool, not a development environment like Aptana Studio and I encourage the author not to add excessive features that reduce the speed and elegance of the program. It already provides an extension API and there are many useful such addons, to be employed according to the needs of the user and not hardwired into the base code.

Rated 30/50 by dhry at Jun 8, 2009

And v5.4.3 STILL doesn't recognise https:// URLs as clickable. Three stars and falling. Note to the guy above: I don't repeatedly complain about not having live URL links. I complain about the fact that http:// links work perfectly fine, while https:// ones do not. It's a bug. Either make them both work or get rid of the feature. And frankly, it's not my problem if having the feature causes issues for you because you think you might accidentally click a link. You can turn the feature off, so it's not even an issue you need to bring up. It's like complaining about having rat poison under your sink because you're scared you might accidentally drink some. (shaking head) Also, the built-in updater is busted. Running v5.3.1, select "Update Notepad++" from Help menu, get "No update is available" when v5.4.3 is clearly out.

Rated 20/50 by dhry at Jul 6, 2009

@preinterpost: It's been mentioned SEVERAL times in their forums. The guy's just basically ignoring the bug. https://sourceforge.net/...rt=&posted_date_end= And as of v5.4.4 https://URLs are STILL not clickable. 2 stars and falling.

Rated 50/50 by preinterpost at Jul 6, 2009

Top notch text editor. Just worried that at some point the features will tip the scale to being bloated. So far so good... @dhry: In case you don't do this yet - You might be better off to report bugs in the developer's forum than on some 3rd party site (BN)

Rated 50/50 by bigmama at Jul 6, 2009

the best editor for all everyday jobs

Rated 50/50 by Joco at Jul 6, 2009

Changelog for Notepad++ 5.44: http://sourceforge.net/f...337&forum_id=331753