Notepad2

NAME

SYNOPSIS

Notepad2 [ options ]

AVAILABILITY

DESCRIPTION

It was written by Florian Balmer using the Scintilla editor component, and it was first publicly released in April 2004.

Balmer based Notepad2 on the principles of Microsoft™ Notepad: small, fast, and usable.

It features syntax highlighting for many programming languages: ASP, assembly language, C, C++, C#, Common Gateway Interface (CGI), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), HTML, Java, JavaScript, NSIS, Pascal, Perl, PHP, Python, SQL, Visual Basic (VB), VBScript, XHTML, and XML. It also features syntax highlighting for the following file formats: BAT, DIFF, INF, INI, REG, and configuration files (.properties).

Notepad2 also has several other features:

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Auto indentation

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Bracket matching

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Encoding conversion between ASCII, UTF-8, and UTF-16 formats

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Multiple undo/redo; rectangular block selection

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Newline conversion, between DOS (CR/LF), Unix (LF), and Macintosh (CR) formats

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Regular expression-based find and replace

OPTIONS

-h

usage message.

-i

install the Notepad2 command as menu point 'Notepad2 -- enhanced Notepad' to the 'Send To' context menu in 'Windows Explorer'.

-u

uninstall the Notepad2 shortcut from the 'Send To' context menu in 'Windows Explorer'.

-V

print program version.

options

more options. See also: https://www.flos-freeware.ch/doc/Notepad2.txt

ENVIRONMENT

EXIT STATUS

0

always.

FILES

etc/Notepad2.cfg

configuration file of Notepad2. This file is updated when settings in the Notepad2 application are changed and saved.

lib/notepad2/vsave.exe

vsave (version save) plugin for Notepad2.

Enabling this plugin the 'Browse' button in the Notepad2 toolbar can be used to create a version save (using vsav(1), or when the SHIFT key is pressed using savnow(1)) of the current file opened (and saved) without leaving the editor.

The plugin is enabled/disabled selecting the related option in config(1m) or manually adding

  [Settings2]
  filebrowser.exe=vsave.exe

to the etc/Notepad2.cfg configuration file.

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AUTHOR

COPYRIGHT

This is free software; see WA2LWinTools/man/COPYING for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.