Review of free alternative text editors. Write - the most elegant replacement for Windows Notepad Overview of basic features and settings

Who likes standard Windows notebook, Hands up. So, there are almost no hands. This means that we will replace it with something more suitable, since the small soft ones could not make their own notebook more convenient for quick editing.

First, you need to decide which program is best to replace notebook. There are many such programs. Among them Notepad2, Bred, Notepad++, TotalEdit, AkelPad, Pspad, Texter... This list can be continued for a very long time. There is plenty to choose from. The main thing is to choose a program you like (you will have to endure the installed program for the entire life of Windows). I personally use Notepad2 from Florian Balmer. This is not a call to use this particular program. For me there is no more convenient way. For those who haven't decided yet, you can download it first Notepad2 from our website: . I will try to post a larger catalog of such editors so that there is plenty to choose from.

We got the program, now the theory.

Standard Windows notebook (notepad.exe) is a system program. Because of this, it is protected by the security system built into Windows. system files. Therefore, replacing a notepad can become a dance with a tambourine. Of course, you can disable System File Protection (SFP), but this is not good. Moreover, we are not looking for easy ways.

Program notepad.exe lies in three directories of the system. Here is their list:

• %windir%\
• %windir%\system32\
• %windir%\system32\dllcache\

%windir% is the folder where Windows is installed. Unfortunately, I don't know the structure in Windows Vista. For later versions, this instruction will work.

The first folder contains notepad.exe for compatibility with programs created for Windows 98 and later. The second folder is for all Windows above 98. The third folder is backups protected files. If any program or file protected by SFP is changed, it is restored from this folder.

So, to replace notepad, the first step is to replace notepad.exe our file in the third folder (%windir%\system32\dllcache). Next in the rest. Now, even when trying to restore the file, Windows will install our file.

For replacement notepad I suggest using a bat script. It's faster and more convenient.

Opening notebook. We write the following in it:

200?"200px":""+(this.scrollHeight+5)+"px");"> @echo off
copy /y notepad2.exe %windir%\system32\dllcache\notepad.exe
copy /y notepad2.exe %windir%\system32\notepad.exe
copy /y notepad2.exe %windir%\notepad.exe

Save the file to the folder where the replacement is located notepad named "install_notepad.bat". In principle, you can give the file any name, but make sure that it has a “.bat” extension. Just in case, I warn you that the standard notebook saves the file with the extension ".txt". To save in bat, select the file type "All files" in the saving window. Enter the extension in the file name.

If there were others with the replacement file, then they also need to be inserted into the bat file. You only need to copy them to %windir%\system32 and %windir%.

This completes the process of creating the installer.

Now double-click on the created installer, and if Windows offers to restore the file, refuse.

You can check the replacement like this: press WIN + R, in the window enter " notepad" without quotes, press ENTER. Your editor should open.

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It’s been a long time since there have been such interesting programs that when you look at them you want to say “Wow, this is incredible! This is what I have been looking for for a long time!” Everything has become quite ordinary, some products appear, others disappear, but there is no special “spark” in them. But from time to time, rays of something fresh and very interesting still break into the light. And the Write editor is just such a ray of light that you simply cannot pass by.

It is worth noting that key feature The Write text editor is minimalist. Its window is a simple blank sheet with a menu button and tabs at the top. This allows you to work with the current document and not be distracted by anything else - very convenient and productive. Despite its simplicity, it looks simply amazingly stylish and is really comfortable to work in.

An important role in convenience is played by visual animation, which is presented throughout the program.

For example, when you format text (bold/italic/underline, change color or font size), the selected text or word the cursor is on remains black, but all other text turns gray. This way you can immediately see which element is selected and work only with it. The gray text becomes something of a background.

By the way, you can format text either using the context or main menu with the mouse, or by surrounding phrases and words with certain symbols that will convert the selected word or phrase into the desired format. For example, if you surround a word with an asterisk (*), the word will appear bold. You can learn more about this from the “Markup Helper” assistant, which is available in the main menu in the “Help” section.

As you type, the editor suggests words you are likely to type. If a typo is made, it immediately marks the word with a classic red wavy underline.

It’s also worth talking about subheadings. If you have added a subheading to the text, you can collapse the text under it by clicking on the dot to the left of it. This allows you to hide unnecessary elements while editing and typing. It is very convenient, as it allows you not to be distracted by extraneous parts of the test when typing.

At the bottom of the window there is a button that opens a pop-up window with statistics. It indicates the number of words and typing speed in the editor.

And below are buttons with tips for different types text - articles, emails, tweets and the like.

Write editor saves files in native wtt format. But at the same time, it allows you to export text to PDF, TXT, RTF and a number of other formats for transmission to other users who may not have this wonderful editor at hand.

But there is also an unpleasant moment - it does not support the Russian language. This nuisance is neutralized by the same minimalism - there is nothing special to read in a foreign language on a white sheet of paper. And the Russian language editor still supports spell checking.

Write is perfect for taking notes, taking notes and writing articles/posts. Thanks to the excellent balance of functionality and minimalism, it is really pleasant, simple and very convenient to use.

The standard text editor Notepad is available in all versions of Windows, starting with the very first one, released in 1985. The simplicity of this tool is both its strength and weakness. It's great for basic text editing tasks, but very poorly suited for working with configuration files and code. Therefore, along with programmers, experienced users prefer to use more powerful applications, for example, Notepad++.

Thanks to integration Notepad++ into the Windows shell, you can open text files with it directly from the Explorer context menu, but you can go even further by making it the default application for working with text files.

It's very simple, just open the properties of the text file on the tab "Are common" press "Change" and specify the path to the executable file Notepad++, thus reconfiguring the association.

But there is another, more specific way.

Since version 7.5.9 , V Notepad++ appeared new feature, which allows you to replace the standard one with this third-party editor Notebook Windows. The new feature was implemented specifically for debugging code, but it can also be used in other cases. Settings that would allow such a replacement to be made in the interface Notepad++ not yet, at least we couldn’t find it, so we’ll have to work around it by editing the registry.

To do this in the key:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options

You need to create a subsection notepad.exe with string parameter Debugger and the path to the executable file Notepad++ as the value of this parameter.

Let's do this. Download from the link drive.google.com/open?id=1RhnFhXAA0xKS2HKzAuwzIE110_08E9Wz archive with batch files, unpack it and run the file as administrator 32 or 64 -bit.

Text document icons will not change, but from now on they will open in Notepad++. To restore default settings, run CMD file "Cancel".

At first I wanted to make a review separately for each category of editors - as an alternative to notepad, MS Office, for code editing and online, but still decided to collect everything in one article. It contains free editors as an alternative to the already familiar and standard notepad and MS word. As always, you can download them from the official website and install them for yourself and try them out. Why pay for paid products when there are such alternatives, sometimes even better than paid analogues. In total, the review turned out to be not a lot, not a little, but 29 editors.

Free alternative editors to replace MS office

1) OpenOffice.org

I think it would be reasonable to put it first on the list, because it is the most popular today.
OpenOffice.org (OOo) is a free office suite designed to replace the well-known Microsoft programs Office both at the format level and at the user interface level. With OpenOffice.org you can easily download MS-Office documents (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), edit them and store them both in the original format and in the OpenOffice.org format.
OpenOffice.org can be useful to anyone who needs a powerful program with high security, functionality, flexibility and compatibility for use in business, government, education and the private sector. One of the useful features of the package is the ability to use it without installation, which allows you to run the program, for example, from a flash drive.

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OpenOffice.org includes the following programs:

OpenOffice.org Writer (a program for working with text documents and visual editor HTML, analogue of Microsoft Word).
- OpenOffice.org Calc (a spreadsheet program similar to Microsoft Excel).
- OpenOffice.org Draw (a program for creating and editing vector graphics).
- OpenOffice.org Impress (a program for preparing small presentations, similar to Microsoft PowerPoint).
- OpenOffice.org Base (database management system - DBMS).
- OpenOffice.org Math (mathematical formula editor).
- System for recording macro commands (macros).
- Startup acceleration tool (using preload).

You can download OpenOffice for free from

2) LibreOffice

LibreOffice consists of the following parts:

LibreOffice Writer is a program for working with text documents and a visual HTML editor.
- LibreOffice Calc- a program for working with spreadsheets.
- LibreOffice Draw - a program for creating and editing vector graphics.
- LibreOffice Impress - presentation preparation program.
- LibreOffice Base - a mechanism for connecting to external DBMSs and a built-in DBMS HSQLDB.
- LibreOffice Math - editor of mathematical formulas.

You can download LibreOffice for free from

3) [R]Software Editor

Main features of [R]Software Editor:

Selecting font, size, text color, background color, style, setting spacing, offset, text scale
- Paragraph alignment to the left, right, center and width. Setting paragraph spacing before and after a line, line spacing, setting tab stops. Set a custom border and fill color for a paragraph.
- Creation of bulleted and numbered lists (including multi-level ones).
- Visual work with tables: inserting and deleting rows, columns, merging, splitting cells, setting borders, frames, vertical alignment of text in cells. Convert text to tables and tables to text.
- Design of text and images with hypertext links.
- Spell checking using MS Office dictionaries (versions up to 2000) or ISpell.
- Spell checking carried out in background or upon request.
- Customizable autocorrect lists as you type (can be disabled).
- Customizable keyboard shortcuts.
- Function for counting the number of words and the proportion of all words in the document.
- Possibility of transformation BMP images document in JPG, GIF or PNG format.
- Search and replace functions.
- Text encoding conversion functions (from KOI, DOS, ISO).
- Print with preview.

Due to the fact that the official site “died” in 2008 and no new releases are expected, I suggest downloading the latest version 1.3.12 from this site. Before that time, they managed to adapt the product to versions of Windows 98 and XP. I didn’t install it on seven, you can check for yourself how it works on new versions. There is still a Russian language.

4) AbiWord

Main characteristics of AbiWord:

Full integration into the Windows operating system.
- AbiWord supports everything standard types formats: OpenOffice.org, Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, Rich Text Format, HTML and many others...
- Wide functionality of the program: text formatting, working with pictures, tables and styles, spell checking...
- Multilingual interface. Ukrainian and Russian languages ​​are also supported.
- Using the spell checking function for Ukrainian and Russian is possible after downloading the corresponding dictionary(s).
- Support command line. AbiWord can be easily integrated with other programs, which can be useful, for example, when creating a large number of documents of the same type.
- To expand the capabilities of the text editor, add-ons (plugins) have been created, with the help of which AbiWord can be “taught” to perform one or another function you need.

You can download AbiWord for free from

Note:

To install the Russian spell check dictionary, download and unpack it into the appropriate directory (by default C:/Program Files/AbiWord/dictionary/ispell). You can also select the required languages ​​when installing the program (in this case, the installer will download and install them on its own.

The program was apparently abandoned in 2010 and now it supports a maximum of Windows XP.

5) Lotus Symphony

Lotus Symphony features:
- support for VBA scripts
- support for ODF 1.2 standard
- OLE support for Office 2007
- ability to insert OLE, audio and video files
- new clip-art gallery
- ability to create new business cards and labels, new template files
- support for VML images in OOXML files
- support for multiple options to protect spreadsheet and sheet files in the VBA API
- support for addons for downloading a spell check dictionary in 22 languages ​​for Windows, OS users
- better graphical rendering of the object due to improved anti-aliasing
Document editor
- support for native nested tables.
- support for multi-page layout.
- support for autotext function
Spreadsheet editor
New opportunities:
- equation solver
- sheet zoom
Presentation editor
- display images on multiple monitors
- more animation, graphic and text objects, text effects.
- more page layouts.
Charts
- new engine for plotting.
- added diagram types: cylinders, cones, pyramids...

You can download Lotus Symphony for free from

6) SoftMaker FreeOffice

Free alternative editors to replace Notepad

1) AkelPad

Main features of AkelPad:

Single window mode (SDI), multi window mode (MDI).
- Full support for Unicode strings on Unicode systems (NT/2000/XP/2003).
- Work with Unicode encodings (UTF-16 little endian, UTF-16 big endian, UTF-8).
- Works with any code page installed in the system.
- Work with DOS/Windows and Unix line feed formats (including saving).
- Preview of opening files.
- Correct display of pseudographics.
- Editing files with the “Read Only” attribute.
- Warning when trying to open a binary file.
- Multi-level rollback of actions.
- Search/replace text strings, escape sequences.
- Remembering the file encoding.
- Remembering the position of the carriage in the file.
- List of recently opened files.
- Plugin support (syntax highlighting, auto-completion, script launch, keyboard macros).
- Support for language modules.

You can download AkelPad for free from

2) EditPad Lite

Key features of EditPad Lite:

Can be installed on a USB drive or other portable device.
- Search and Replace function works in all open files.
- Unlimited number of undo and redo actions. Cancel changes even after saving.
- Editing and converting ASCII, ANSI and Unicode files.
- It is possible to create text files not only in European, but also in Eastern languages.
- Editing structured text files, saving part of the text on disk and inserting the file into the current content.
- Preview function, setting print font, margins, footers, etc.
- Option “on top of windows”.
- Warning when closing an unsaved file.
- Supports ISO-8859 code pages, as well as most DOS, KOI8 and EBCDIC.
- Select settings - word wrapping, line numbering and auto-indentation separately for each file type.
- Define your own file types.

The only drawback is that there is no Russian language.

You can download EditPad Lite for free from

3) EmEditor

EmEditor main features:

Working with large files (up to 500 GB)
- Ability to underline and highlight commands of various programming languages
- Creation of javascript or VBScript macros
- Pseudo-multi-window interface will make it easier to work with several files at the same time
- Support for drag"n"drop, Unicode and all popular text formats is fully implemented.
- In principle, even a Word document will open, albeit with loss of formatting
- Automatically convert entered URLs and e-mail addresses into hyperlinks.

The general impression is spoiled only by the shareware status of the program, which provides only 30 days of free use of EmEditor...

You can download EmEditor for free from

4) ListEdit

All necessary functions for working with text are provided:
- vertical bookmark panels and text line numbering;
- use of bookmarks in the text with the ability to save them after closing the document;
- opening large files;
- unlimited cancellation and return of changes in the text;
- automatic indentation when entering new lines of text;
- advanced search and replace capabilities in text, using the search-replace panel instead of the search-replace dialog box;
- use a list of substitutions to quickly insert frequently used text;
- built-in file file manager with features:
- opening files in the current folder, opening history and Favorites;
- filtering and sorting the list of files to open;
- Slideshow mode of opened files;
- support for Unicode, UTF-8, UTF-7 encodings and all encodings available in your Windows (WIN, DOS, MAC, KOI8, ISO and others);
- customizable auto-detection of encodings;
- support and auto-detection of RTF files;
- recoding of both the entire text and selected fragments;
- checking spelling and grammar using Microsoft Word dictionaries;
- spell checking both in the entire text and in selected fragments;
- viewing and editing web pages (HTML files);
- viewing web images (GIF, JPG, PNG files);
- setting the font, color and background separately for editing mode and viewing mode;
- use of numerous configurations (additional ini files) of the program depending on the extensions of the files being opened;
- expanded possibilities for using multisubstitutions in text (customizable list of multisubstitutions, support for macro substitutions, implementation of symbol transliteration, etc.);
- operations of sorting selected lines of text and other operations on lines (paragraphs);
- management of open program windows, including:
- opening the current file in a new program window;
- opening the file in a new program window (in any way + pressing the key);
- closing or minimizing all open program windows;
- support for Windows XP visual style;
- use as an external plugin for Total Commander to view files by key or edit files by key ;
- Drag & drop ability to edit text and open files;
- display of hyperlinks in the text;
- Microsoft IntelliMouse support;
- the ability to display a standard Shell Context Menu for a file opened in the program (just like in Explorer);
- remembering the history of search strings and replacement of occurrences in the text;
- quick file printing from the command line (key "/p");
- mode for inserting HTML text (Format HTML) from the clipboard;
- auto-insert text mode from the clipboard;
- support for end-to-end navigation tools (back and forth) through files opened in the current work session (including hyperlinks), regardless of which built-in program window - editor or browser you are currently in. Editor-viewer of text and WEB files (web pages and web images). The program can be used as a plugin for viewing or editing files in Total(Windows) Commander.

5) PolyEdit

Key features of PolyEdit:

Allows you to encrypt and compress your documents for secure and fast transmission over the Internet
- carry out pre-print preview and break the text into columns
- insert OLE objects, pictures, tables and special characters
- check spelling
- create your own document archives with a hierarchical structure
- edit program texts with syntax highlighting
- work with various formats and encodings: RTF, ETF, MS Word 6.0/95/97/2000/XP/2003/2007, MS Excel, MS Write, WordPerfect, OEM (DOS), ANSI (Windows), Unicode, UTF- 8, Mac, Unix.
In addition, the program's capabilities can be significantly expanded using additional modules (plug-ins)
OS - maximum Windows XP

For Russian users, the program is registered for free - you need to enter the word Gift in the key field for version v.5.4 - for version 6 (portable) this key is not suitable.

You can download PolyEdit for free from
The Russian language is in the same place, but lower. If you don't want to look -

6) Metapad

7) MioPad

The program automatically recognizes all encodings using the Cyrillic alphabet. It is possible to save UTF-8 documents. Alternatively, you can open a DOC, RTF, or HTML document and convert it to plain text. There is also the possibility of transliterating texts, which allows you to use the document on computers where the Cyrillic alphabet is not installed. For example, you can convert text to Latin, send a letter to a friend living far abroad, and then return the document to its original form. Sending emails is possible from a text editor. The message creation window is called up in the mail client installed on the system by default. The text of the letter is the current document.
If there is a keyboard layout error, you can select a piece of text and perform the conversion. There is no point in typing the text again. It is possible to check spelling. This requires MS Word installed on the system. The check starts from the current cursor position to the end of the document.
To make it easier to navigate through documents, it is convenient to use bookmarks. Their number is not limited. In other programs, it is worth recalling that, most often, you can create no more than ten of them. MioPad doesn't just set a bookmark, remembering the cursor position. The entire line is also copied. By opening the bookmarks window, you can see not only all marked positions, but also quickly navigate through them. The entire list of bookmarks can be saved to a file and then used again. The Bookmarks window has two permanent buttons for quickly moving to the position where you started reading the document when opening a file, as well as to the point where you were before you started navigating through bookmarks. In addition, MioPad supports the creation of tables of contents of texts.
The program supports text compaction by removing unnecessary line breaks, spaces, and tab characters. String sorting is also possible. It is usually used to process lists. Sorting is carried out either over the entire document, or only over its selected part.
MioPad has the ability to connect dictionaries to explain the meanings of specific words and to translate them from unfamiliar languages. By default, the word under the cursor is processed. A dictionary is an external text file, each line of which is a combination of the spelling of a word and its meaning, interpretation, or translation.
The use of synonyms is allowed, that is, one word can be assigned several descriptions.
The text editor contains a powerful scientific calculator. It receives either the selected text fragment or part of the current line up to the cursor. This depends on whether there is an equal sign in this string.
The MioPad Help system consists of two text files. One of them states general issues related to the operation of the application, and the other document is detailed description built-in calculator.

You can download MioPad for free from

8) Notepad X

The program installs without asking unnecessary questions, but refuses to run in an unprepared environment. Windows system. What should her preparation consist of? On the official project page you can read that the application requires the .Net Framework 2.0 installed on the system. After meeting such requirements, everything falls into place, the text editor starts up and starts working.
Notepad X allows you to work with several documents at the same time, switching between them using tabs. Toolbars are a popular design used in many Windows applications. Many main menu items have icons next to them. This is rare for text editors; they usually do without such generous beauties. This is probably done for the sake of saving resource consumption, for the sake of reducing the size of the distribution kit, because positioning as a replacement for Notepad forces you to try not to swell too much compared to the standard application of the system, a real baby, a crumb.
In addition to working with plain text, Notepad X has the ability to work with RTF. These tools are primitive, and it cannot be said that a text editor can even replace WordPad. However, for creating fairly simple documents with font style, lists and images, Notepad X is quite suitable.
Another feature is that it works with the BBCode format. It is used on forums and is also intended for complex text formatting. Notepad X features the ability to quickly insert multiple BBCode tags.
The text editor can change letter cases, number lines, and rename documents. The list of most frequently used files is created using favorites. In order to add a new document to it, you must first save it to HDD. The application's working window can smoothly change transparency. After installing and launching the application, a new icon appears in the Windows system tray, which allows the text editor to perform basic operations with files without having to open the application's working window.
Notepad X is convenient for preparing simple texts and documents that use not very complex styling. Additionally, the text editor can be used to create forum posts that use BBCode formatting.

You can download Notepad X for free from

Free editors for developers

1) Notepad++

Other Notepad++ features:

Auto-completion of the typed word.
- Ability to create your own list of API functions (or download it from the download page).
- Support for regular expressions Search/Replace.
- Full support for dragging text fragments.
- Dynamically changing viewing windows.
- Automatic detection file status (notification that a file has been changed or deleted by another program - with the ability to reload the file or delete it from the program).
- Zooming in and out (zooming).
- Supports a large number of languages.
- The program listing can be printed in color - just as you see on the screen in the editing window.
- Notes about the document.
- Highlighting brackets when editing text.
- Recording a macro and executing it.

You can download Notepad++ for free from

2) PSPad

PSPad is a compact tool with easy operation and powerful code editor capabilities, necessary for working simultaneously with different programming languages ​​(including PHP, Perl, HTML and Java) and working with text data.
PSPad has a powerful graphical user interface that allows you to work with projects, work on multiple documents simultaneously in tabbed mode (MDI), search and replace in files, compare texts with multi-colored highlighting of differences. Other useful features include saving screen sessions, and the ability to edit files directly from the web server.

Key features of PSPad:

Macro support: recording, saving and loading.
- Templates (HTML tags, scripts, code templates).
- Templates for HTML, PHP, Pascal, JScript, VBScript, MySQL, MS-DOS, Perl.
- User-defined highlighting styles for exotic syntaxes.
- Auto-correction.
- Smart built-in HTML preview using IE and Mozilla.
- Full-fledged HEX editor.
- Calling external programs, separately for each development environment.
- An external compiler with output interception, a log window and a log parser for each environment creates the “IDE” effect.
- Color syntax highlighting for printing and preview before printing.
- Integrated TiDy library for formatting and checking HTML code, conversion to CSS, XML, XHTML.
- Built-in free version of the TopStyle Lite CSS editor.
- Export code with highlighting in RTF, HTML, TeX formats. file or clipboard.
- Vertical selection, bookmarks, labels, line numbering.
- Reformatting and compression of HTML code, changing the case of words, tags and letters.
- Sorting rows with the ability to sort by a given column, with the option to remove duplicates.
- A table of ASCII characters with matching HTML mnemonics.
- Code navigator for Pascal, INI, HTML, XML, PHP.
- Spell check.
- Built-in web browser with Apache support.
- Illumination of paired brackets.

Attention: To install spell check dictionaries, download the desired language. After downloading, unpack the file into a directory Spell(usually C:/Program Files/PSPad editor/Spell). Then, go to the Settings/Spelling Options menu and select one of the installed dictionaries. You may need to create a Spell directory in your program folder if it doesn't already exist.

You can download PSPad for free from

3) Bluefish

Key properties of Bluefish:

Powerful search and replace tools that allow you to use regular expressions.
- Spell checking of HTML pages.
- Built-in help information for various programming languages
- Collapsible code blocks.
- Unlimited number for canceling and returning completed actions.
- Highlighting the beginning and end of tags for the corresponding blocks.
- Auto-completion and automatic closing of tags for many programming languages.
- Multilingual interface.
- Recursive opening of files.
- User customizable toolbar for quick access to frequently used functions.

The site has a lot of links not for Windows, but I found the latest version, although x32, but it will even work on Windows 8, free download GNU Emacs

6) Crimson Editor

9) Komodo Edit

This is worthy of your attention" notepad - substitute" Windows. Very convenient text editor, which can easily replace standard Windows notebook and will significantly exceed its functionality. The alternative will pleasantly surprise you with an intuitive, friendly interface, a large selection of options and will leave the mundane and gray far beyond understanding notepad families operating rooms systems Windows.

Simple and functional text editor

The average user will easily master the program, and the “advanced” programmer will find in the miracle tool many different useful options for editing the script.

Notepad++ features

• text highlighting and the ability to collapse blocks based on WYSIWYG (English abbreviation What You See Is What You Get - « what you see is what you get") is a wonderful property of programs in which, when editing, we see what will be the final result;
• selection of words to be typed when typing the first letters;
• customizing text display according to the most popular syntaxes (for example, programming language style Pascal), it is also possible to create your own syntax;
• working with several documents simultaneously;
• changing text encoding;
• display line number;
• dragging selected parts of text (function Drag-and-drop);
• file status information;
• scaling the editing workspace;
• plugins, TextFX;
• working with macros (recording and execution);
• support for a large number of languages;
• and many many others:-)

Notepad++ is built with a strong editing component Scintilla(developed in C++, implemented only by a Win32 API And STL) thanks to which the maximum high speed program at its minimum size.
And the best part is that Notepad++ is absolutely free :-)