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Notepad++ V5.6.6
Suggested by Andrew Lee - Updated by guinness on 28 Jan 2010
8MB (uncompressed) - Popularity score (12542)
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Category: Text - Editors (15), Text - Notepads (17)

Synopsis: Notepad++ is one of the few source code text editors that supports folding. In addition, it features multi-language syntax highlighting, auto-completion, regular expression search/replace, macro recording and playback etc.

X-Notepad++ is an alternative which cleans the local application folder.

Writes settings to: Application folder

How to extract: Download the full version ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. There are two versions available: ANSI and Unicode, found in their respective subfolders. Choose the version you need, and launch notepad++.exe within its subfolder.

Stealth [?]: No

Unicode support: Yes

License: GPL

System Requirements: Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista

Extreme Editor V6.6
Suggested by technicolordreamcoat - Updated by webfork on 11 Jan 2010
1MB (uncompressed) - Popularity score (1199)
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Category: Text - Editors (15)

Synopsis: Extreme Editor is a text editor oriented for programming that combines a lot of features with a clean interface: no eye candy or color buttons. Simple, minimalistic and easy to use.

The download page lists the program as shareware; download and open the ZIP file for correct license information.

Writes settings to: Application Folder

How to extract: Download the zip package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch eedit.exe.

License: GPL

System Requirements: Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP

EditPad Lite V6.6.0
Suggested by Jacek Zebrowski - Updated by Checker on 9 Dec 2009
4MB (uncompressed) - Popularity score (1543)
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Category: Text - Editors (15), Text - Notepads (17)

Synopsis: EditPad Lite is a small and compact general-purpose text editor. It allows you to open many files simultaneously, and switch between them using tabs. It also supports many functions for text manipulation and conversion.

Writes settings to: Application folder

How to extract: Download the installer and use the "Create Portable Installation" option.

Stealth [?]: Yes

Unicode support: Partial. Able to display Unicode text with the right font chosen, but unable to handle files with Unicode filenames.

License: Free for non-commercial use

System Requirements: Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7

What's new: >>

Improvements:

Windows 7: Disable EditPad's icon next to the system clock by default, as Windows 7 hides all notification icons by default
Windows Vista & 7: Running EditPad as administrator no longer reuses the existing EditPad window, if any. This makes sure that the instance with elevated rights will actually run rather than bring a previous instance with normal rights to front again
Windows Vista & 7: Running EditPad as administrator now shows (as administrator) in the caption bar, so you can easily distinguish between EditPad instances running with elevated rights from those running with normal rights
Windows Vista & 7: Vista-style open and save dialog boxes

Bug fixes:

Deleting a rectangular selection of which the first line was totally blank moved the cursor down one line
EditPad needlessly checked at regular intervals whether the current file still exists on disk
Searching reloads the file after the search instead of before the search if it was modified on disk, causing incorrect search matches and other trouble

Akelpad V4.3.6
Suggested by Fluffy - Updated by webfork on 6 Jan 2010
342KB (uncompressed) - Popularity score (3933)
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Synopsis: Akelpad is a plain text editor designed to be small and fast. Unicode support, both single-document and tabbed interfaces, unlimited file size and multi-level undo are just a few of the many features this editor offers.

Writes settings to: Application folder

How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch AkelPad.exe. Go to the "Settings" dialog from the "Options" menu. Under "General", set "Recent files" and "Search history" to "0". Under "Advanced (1)", set "Save settings" to "INI File".

Stealth [?]: Yes. If you set Recent Files and Search History to 0 as these are stored in the registry.

Path portability: Requires manual entry of drive-less absolute path (eg. \docs\personal\work.doc without the drive letter)

Unicode support: Yes. Full support of Unicode strings on Unicode systems (NT/2000/XP/2003)

License: BSD

System Requirements: Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7

What's new: >>

Changed: syntax highlighting improved.
Added: check for language modules and program compatibility. Now the language module version
must be equal to version of the program.
Added: "RichEditClass" parameter - defines edit control class name: 0 "AkelEdit" (by default), 1 "RichEdit20"
Added: option to turn off the selection by pressing on left mouse button in left margin.
Fixed: work with Input Method Editors (IME).

PSPad V4.5.4
Suggested by Andrew Lee - Updated by infimum on 17 Nov 2009
10MB (uncompressed) - Popularity score (1755)
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Category: Text - Editors (15)

Synopsis: PSPad is a plain text editor with syntax highlighting support. It includes an integrated hex editor, spell checker, FTP client, code explorer etc. It also allows you to automate repetitive activities through macro recording and playback.

Writes settings to: Application folder

How to extract: Download the CAB archive and uncompress to a folder of your choice. While you are at it, grab one of the dictionary files and uncompress to the Spell subfolder. Now, double-click on PSPad.exe and you are good to go!

Unicode support: Partial. Can display Unicode text in the editor with the proper font/encoding chosen, but cannot display Unicode filenames properly in tabs and other controls.

License: Freeware

System Requirements: Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP

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