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AutoSave Adds Reassurance To Notepad++ Editing
12:10AM Kevin Purdy | Windows: Notepad++, a light but reliable text editor we included in our 2009 Lifehacker Pack of essential Windows downloads, gets even more reliable with a free, configurable auto-saving plug-in. More »
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TED Notepad Is An Advanced, Light And Fast Plain Text Editor
1:30AM Adam Pash | Windows only: If you’re looking for a lightweight notepad replacement but still yearn for some extra features, look no further than TED Notepad. More »
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Glass Notepad Has Slick Aero Transparency Effects
2:00AM The How-To Geek | Windows only: Glass Notepad extends the Aero transparency effect to the entire editing window—a slick replacement for the built-in Notepad utility. More »
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XML Notepad 2007 Is A Simple, Smart Editor For Web Code
10:30PM Kevin Purdy | Windows only: If you’re delving into XML programming for the first time, or want to tweak a few software files, Microsoft’s XML Notepad 2007 may be the no-nonsense editor you’re looking for. It’s not a beginner’s tool due to lack of features or context—we’re just assuming that most full-time or experienced programmers have their own platform preference for editing all sorts of code. XML Notepad 2007 is themed around the same kind of just-the-text-ma’am simplicity of Windows’ Notepad, but does add relevant features for markup language hacking. The left-hand pane breaks an XML document into a tree view of classes, tags, and their key values. All the text is color-matched to its identifier on the left, and writing in Tree View allows you to leave all the tag containers behind. If you want to see what your raw XML looks like, click “XSL Output,” and you’ll see what Internet Explorer would see when checking out the file. Copying and pasting are modified to ensure the nodes you shuffle around keep their contexts, and, well, that’s about it for basic features. There’s more to find in XML Notepad, but nothing more is required to get started. XML editing gives one all kinds of powers over a system. XML Notepad 2007 is a free download for Windows systems only. XML Notepad [via Online Tech Tips] More »
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NFOPad Is An NFO-Friendly Notepad Clone
11:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | Windows only: If you frequently open NFO files—those pesky little text files that often contain scrambled ANSI art—NFOPad is a small Windows Notepad clone designed to display them properly. NFOPad selects the font style based on the file extension, so you can freely switch between basic text files and NFO files without the hassle of changing settings. In the screenshot above, the same file has been opened in both Notepad and NFOPad. The white text on the left is the ANSI text that Notepad is having trouble displaying. Even when the Terminal font is selected in Notepad to properly display the characters there is usually alignment and spacing issues that make any special formatting nearly unreadable.The same text when displayed in NFOPad reveals that the beginning of the file contains ANSI artwork. For more notepad alternatives check out the results of the Hive Five Best Text Editors. NFOPad is freeware, Windows only. NFOPad [via Freeware Home] More »
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Notepad 2008 Brings The Office Ribbon to Your Text Editor
1:00AM Tamar Weinberg | Windows only: Experience the popular ribbon user interface from Microsoft Office 2007 in your free, light text editor with Notepad 2008. Notepad 2008 most closely resembles the lightweight WordPad with the ability for users to change font sizes to format their text, but with the added options to customise the display of your text editor with one of three different appearances. The ribbon interface displays all features of Notepad 2008 onscreen so that no menus are needed. Notepad 2008 is a free download for Windows only. Notepad 2008 (direct download) [via Life Rocks 2.0] More »
Battle of the Notepad Alternatives
5:00AM Gina Trapani | If you’ve done any more than cursory text editing using Windows’ built-in Notepad application, you know that Notepad is at best sorely lacking in the features department and at worst downright buggy. Several free, simple Notepad alternatives are available for download, but which one has your heart? After the jump, vote for your favourite powered-up Notepad replacement. More »
Replace Notepad with Notepad2
7:00AM Gina Trapani | Windows only: When Notepad just doesn’t have the features you need to get simple text-editing done, check out the lightweight but feature-packed alternative, Notepad2. Since we mentioned Notepad2 back in 2005, the application has seen several updates, including a new release just this week. Get code syntax highlighting, regular expression search, better text selection options, and support for Unix and Mac-created text files in Notepad2, which can run standalone from a thumb drive. You can even replace Windows Notepad entirely with Notepad2, though it takes a few steps—here’s a tutorial on how for XP users, and one for Vista users. My one gripe about Notepad2? It can’t open multiple files in one window. But it’s still a big step up from Notepad. Notepad2 is a free download for Windows only. More »
