Updated: January 17, 2009
Notepad++ is quite likely the best text editor for Windows. It has a huge range of features that would take quite a few articles to cover. And this exactly what I'm going to do: introduce the incredible power of this highly versatile and sophisticated text editor. No more Notepad or Wordpad for working with text files. Or scripts. Or HTML files. So, here are (the first) five great tricks that will help you bring out the best of Notepad++.
Notepad is designed to use less CPU power and highly user-friendly to design code in. Its support for plug-ins is just amazing, in addition to its ability to be translated to major languages is exceptional, a breeze for developers to do coding from their native languages. First of all, you can use the paper from the notepad to cut out a little piece and stick it on top of your mistake. The paper is the same as in Archer and Olive journals so it won't be noticeable. Secondly, you can use a page from a notepad to cover a mistake so big that the entire page must be eliminated. The use of Notepad is free for any of the sectors, we use a lot to see the issue of text formatting (even removing formatting), making some adjustments to web application source code or even taking notes, already Even without saving the document we can close the application and when reopening we do not lose what is written.
1. Set Language to match your code
One of the stronger features of Notepad++ is the ability to color pieces of code. This is highly useful when writing C, Matlab or HTML files, allowing you to easily visually distinguish between functions, reserved words, comments, text, and other types of symbols and expressions in your code.
Notepad++ is smart and will automatically detect your code. For example, here's a piece of a Matlab m-file:
2. Bulk find & replace
Osx audio converter. If you want to replace a certain entry in your file(s), Notepad++ is your (wo)man. Not only can it instantly search through all entries in a file, it can search all open files or even all files in a directory (including sub-directories), and then, only matching certain file types.
3. Search for regular expressions
When it comes to finding what you want, Notepad++ is not limited to mere words. You can also use powerful regular expression to match dynamic entries. For example, the below search will find (and replace) all tags in the source of HTML files, regardless of the actual image size specified:
Uses Of Notepad++
Of course, some knowledge of regular expressions is required to use this feature. Not surprisingly, these regular expressions will also serve you will if you dabble in the Linux command line with sed or awk commands.
4. Tidy HTML code
If you're writing web articles, there's a fair chance your code will include a bit of unnecessary breaks, misaligned tags and so forth. Notepad++ can Tidy your HTML code.
For example, here's a piece of unformatted text:
Which we wish to convert to the XHTML format:
When will legacy of the void be released. And Bob's your uncle:
5. Save all open files
While this may not sound too exciting, imagine you have 100 open files - Notepad++ behaves like Firefox in this regard and opens documents in tabs - each one changed after you ran a bulk find & replace earlier. Saving them one by one can be tedious. Notepad++ saves you the hassle. You can save all open files at once.
5. Save all open files
While this may not sound too exciting, imagine you have 100 open files - Notepad++ behaves like Firefox in this regard and opens documents in tabs - each one changed after you ran a bulk find & replace earlier. Saving them one by one can be tedious. Notepad++ saves you the hassle. You can save all open files at once.
Similarly, you can close them all at once.
Conclusion
Notepad++ is an extremely powerful tool. When used wisely, it can virtually render miracles with your text-oriented tasks. We have reviewed only a tiny, tiny selection of features. But then, you may also want to use macros or function completion, compare documents, export files to other formats, and a whole lot more. We'll talk about those in a follow-up article.
Notepad++ also has many useful plugins and it comes in a portable version.
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Meanwhile, enjoy!
