EditPad Lite V6.6.4    Suggested by Jacek Zebrowski - Updated by Checker on 17 Jun 2010 4MB (uncompressed) - Popularity score (1801) Website - Screenshot - Download - Comments (12) - Post comment - Permalink

Posted comments:

 Brial Mcneilly: I would love to see EditPad Lite includes the option "Column select" to its feature-rich editor . This option is essential for an efficient editing of .nfo files .
Again, thanks for an elegant text editor ! [2006-06-04 23:57]

 Ale: I didn't test by myself yet but the editor claims to support Unicode. Actually it should be one of the major improvements over the previous 5.x versions. [2006-06-06 05:46]

 Andrew Lee: I checked again. V6 is able to display Unicode text with the right font chosen, but it is not able to open files with Unicode filenames. I have updated the database entry to reflect this information. [2006-06-07 06:14]

 dot: URLs and email addresses don't seem to be clickable here (though there is a setting for them under Options > Configure File Types > Syntax & Navigation). URLs don't even get colored. email addresses get colored and change the mouse pointer, but don't start the email client, anyway. Maybe it's a restriction of the free version. I'd call this crippleware, then. [2006-09-07 18:00]

 Cosmin: The interface for search is kinda clumsy with versiob 6. It was actually better in the previous version. [2006-09-09 02:33]

 Ancient Images: I much prefer the old EditPad Lite 5x interface. Version 6 and above just really gets to me.

I realize there are issues of portability and unicode support, but I always keep around an old version of EditPad Lite 5.4.6, just in case I feel like switching off Notepad2 and using a multi-document interface.

If the author added support for skins, or even a "Classic" look (much the same way WordPerfect 11 lets me view files in white-on-blue classic mode) that'd be great! [2007-05-21 09:42]

 L A R: Any idea where I can find the older version of EditPad Lite? I foolishly deleted the file and the new one (6.0.3) keeps crashing. [2008-01-25 22:06]

 Frank: L A R, you can find old versions of EditPad Lite at www.oldware.org there's about 8 versions available. [2008-03-15 10:18]

 Transcontinental: The editor's choice (I'm editing my post). Am an EditPad user since its first releases, fast, feature-rich, even in its freeware version. Recommended :) [2009-03-18 00:46]

 Kaleb: So, why wouldn't we just click the portable install button rather than install it, copy it, then uninstall it? Is there any specific reason? [2009-09-22 00:14]

 KingMudkip: I've used the portable install & had no probs so I'm not sure why the instructions read that way. The only thing I can think of is that when you close the portable version via the 'X' button, it minimizes to the tray instead of actually closing. Maybe the install/copy/uninstall method prevents this. [2009-10-19 16:54]

 Shodan: It won't render RTF files. Enough said. I'll stick with Metapad, and you should try it too. [2010-03-02 18:20]

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