Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Running in the MS Windows environment, its use is governed by GPL License.
Based on the powerful editing component Scintilla, Notepad++ is written in C++ and uses pure Win32 API and STL which ensures a higher execution speed and smaller program size. By optimizing as many routines as possible without losing user friendliness, Notepad++ is trying to reduce the world carbon dioxide emissions. When using less CPU power, the PC can throttle down and reduce power consumption, resulting in a greener environment.
Notepad++ 6.8.9 changelog:
- Fix Notepad++ hanging issue while user uses touchscreen to activate Notepad++ window.
- HTML auto-close tag enhancement: Prevent br, hr, img, link and meta from being closed automatically.
- Project enhancement: Allows user defined extension to associate workspace file.
- Make behavior of SHIFT+END and SHIFT+HOME more consistent when word wrapping is enabled.
- Add new API NPPM_SAVEFILE (for plugins) to save any file, not only the focused one.
- Add file extensions for FreePascal/Lazarus pascal, lex (as C).
- Update keywords for C, C++, JavaScript, Python and YAML.
Download: Notepad++ 6.8.9 | 3.9 MB (Open Source)
Download: Portable Notepad++ 6.8.9 | 2.7 MB
View: Notepad++ Home page
UPDATE:
Due to a critical regression, Notepad++ 6.8.9 release has been removed from the website. The regression is a crash issue : while user switches off from Notepad++ and an opened document is modified outside, user switches back to Notepad++ and answer YES for reloading the modified document - then the crash happens. The new release 6.8.10 to fix this regression will be available soon. In the meantime, please downgrade to v6.8.8. Sorry for the inconvenience.