Popular and powerful open source text editor for Windows, Notepad++ has announced the release of version 6.1.5 today. The new version is now more compatible with Windows 8. Apart from that major changes include:
- Fix a html tag match freezing issue.
- Fix un regression: folding/unfolding performance issue.
- Fix tab context menu in the other localization regression due to adding new command “Reload”.
- Fix lower/UPPER case on selected text which contains NULL characters.
- Fix xml syntax highlighting broken because of php preprocessor instruction inside.
- Fix a GUI bug which shows empty tab row while closing a last tab in a row (in the multi-line tab mode).
Features of Notepad++:
If you are still using the default text editor Notepad provided by Microsoft, you might not have come across Notepad++. It is an awesome text editor which makes Notepad look like its granny, old, ugly and weak. Main features of Notepad++ include:
- Syntax Highlighting and Syntax Folding
- User Defined Syntax Highlighting and Folding
- PCRE (Perl Compatible Regular Expression) Search/Replace
- Document Map
- Auto-completion
- Multi-Document (Tab interface)
- Multi-View
- Zoom in and zoom out
- Multi-Language environment supported
- Bookmark
- Macro recording and playback
If you have never used before it is a must try application which is available for free. Download it now!
If you are a die hard Linux lover, you might want to check out the Linux alternative of Notepad++.