Although the Windows operating system was updated significantly over the past years. However, the default Windows Notepad has not been updated in 20 years. If you need a text editor for simple programming tasks, using the vanilla Windows Notepad just does not cut it.
Therefore, we created Notepad3 with all the features that the default Windows Notepad currently lacks. Notepad3 is a fast and light-weight Scintilla-based text editor with syntax highlighting. It has a small memory footprint but is powerful enough to handle most programming jobs without breaking a sweat.
Notepad3 is based on code from the awesome Notepad2 by Florian Balmer and Notepad2-mod by XhmikosR.
Basic Notepad3 Features
Notepad3 has the following features: code folding, bracket matching, automatic indentation, word auto-completion, convert character encoding between various formats (ASCII, UTF-8, and UTF-16), newline format conversion (between DOS (CR/LF), Unix (LF), and Macintosh (CR) formats), multiple undo or redo, bookmarks, and regular expression-based find and replace.
Supported Languages
Previously we mentioned that Notepad3 can handle almost any programming job and we are not lying. Just take a look at the list of supported programming languages below and spot your favorite.
It offers syntax highlighting support for Apache, ASP, Assembly, AutoHotkey, AutoIt3, AviSynth, Awk, Bash, BAT, C, C++, C#, CGI, CMake, CoffeeScript, CSS, CSV, D, DIFF, Go, HTML, INF, INI, Inno Setup, Java, JavaScript, JSON, LaTeX, Lua, Makefiles, Markdown, MATLAB, Nim, NSIS, Pascal, Perl, PHP, PowerShell, Python, REG, Resource, R-S-SPlus Statistics, Ruby, Rust, Shell, SQL, Tcl, TOML, VB, VBScript, VHDL, XHTML, XML, YAML and improved support for NFO ANSI.
Download Notepad3 (new)
Notepad3 comes in two flavors. A setup for installing it to your computer and optionally replacing the default Windows Notepad. And a portable version for running it straight from a memory stick or portable hard drive. Just download whichever you prefer.
| Download | Notepad3_5.20.722.1_Setup.exe (145964 downloads) |
|---|---|
| Download (x86) | Notepad3_5.20.722.1_x86_Setup.zip (25755 downloads) |
| Portable | Notepad3_5.20.722.1.zip (64747 downloads) |
| Version | 5.20.722.1 |
| Updated | July 22, 2020 |
| File Size | 5 MB |
| License | Open Source |
| Requirements | Windows® 7, 8 / 8.1, 10 (32 and 64 bit) |
Release Candidate
| Download | Notepad3_5.20.615.1_Setup.zip (35645 downloads) |
|---|---|
| Download (x86) | Notepad3_5.20.615.1_x86_Setup.zip (4494 downloads) |
| Portable | Notepad3_5.20.615.1.zip (27652 downloads) |
| Version | 5.20.615.1 |
| Updated | June 15, 2020 |
| File Size | 4 MB |
| License | Open Source |
| Requirements | Windows® 7, 8 / 8.1, 10 (32 and 64 bit) |
Installing Notepad3
Simply download the installer above and run it to start the installation process. It supports replacing the default Windows Notepad using a clean, unobtrusive registry-based method, but can also be installed along-side Windows Notepad.
Recent Changes
Please go here to view the latest change-log.
Source Code
Browse the GitHub Repository.
Contributors
- Florian Balmer
- XhmikosR
- Kai Liu
- RL Vision
- Aleksandar Lekov
- Bruno Barbieri
Latest version [5.20.722.1] does not have Shift-Esc working as it is documented and as it was working before.
On a changed file, pressing Shift-Esc still brings up the prompt to save instead of just saving and exiting without any messages.
It does this using my old INI file from last years June version [the version I upgraded from] as well as the factory default INI for this version so its not a settings issue from my end.
This is just an FYI, I have set up a fix in AutoHotKey for myself that will fix it cleanly until you have it fixed in the next iteration/beta/rc etc.
The fix is to send an Esc and an Enter everytime I press Shift-Esc in Notepad3 and is shown below
#IfWinActive ahk_exe notepad3.exe
+Esc::Send, {Esc}{Enter}
#IfWinActive
Cannot thank you enough for continuing the work of Notepad2
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Hello @matif,
This BETA version should correct the issue you have reported: Notepad3Portable_5.20.724.1_BETA.paf.exe.7z
.
Your comments and suggestions are welcome at: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues 😃
Please fix the 32bit version.
It can not be downloaded (chrome and firefox claim it’s malware).
If you download with another browser, the resulting file (only about 2MB in size) is corrupted.
Hello @Jorge,
You are correct, the x86 installer for v5.20.722.1 is corrupted!
I will try “asap” to correct this situation.
In the meantime, you can download the correct version with this link: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues/2556#issuecomment-662826075
This version (5.20.414.1) very very slow 🙁
I wait 10 seconds even though my computer is strong.
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PS: This problem is solved from “Notepad3Portable_5.20.515.1_BETA.paf.exe.7z” (see issues #2331 and #2332)
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Hi. My av is eating the .exe
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/3b6d9fb7afe4130ab9a527abab0d99ea0975e36ad051dde0d593325151c93a56/detection
Kaspersky
Hello Jonny,
It was a “False Positive” from Kaspersky.
Now all in again in order.
hpwamr
Hallo,
vielen Dank für die Entwicklung an Notepad3! Ich finde ihn gut, möchte aber einen Verbesserungsvorschlag geben.
Bei Absätzen mit mehreren Zeilen sind alle Zeilen bis auf die erste links eingerückt. Das ist ungewohnt; auch beim Vorgänger Notepad2 war es NICHT so. Daher mein Vorschlag: kann man dieses Verhalten in den Einstellungen abschaltbar machen, so dass der Benutzer selbst auswählen kann, ob er dieses Einrücken will oder nicht?
Über eine Umsetzung würde ich mich sehr freuen. Vielen Dank im Voraus!
Viele Grüße, Michael
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Is this program completely free installing and using without any modification in the company?
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The short answer is yes: Notepad3 is a FREE Open Source program under the BSD License (https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause).
See in Help –> About…
Notepad3 Licence:
Notepad3 and MiniPath Copyright © 2008-2020 Rizonesoft, All rights reserved.
https://www.rizonesoft.com
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification,
are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
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3. Neither the name of Florian Balmer nor the names of its contributors
may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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Hallo,
ich finde ja Notepad 3 voll super nur hab ich immer wieder Probleme mit Umlauten bei vielen Textfiles welche ich mit Notepad 2 zB nicht habe!
Zb statt ä ist dann ein schwarzer block mit xE4
Wenn ich dann von utf8 auf Ascii wechsle hab ich dann ein ? an der Stelle.
Aber Textfiles nun zu ändern wäre ja sowieso keine Alternative für mich.
Was kann man da tun?
Besten Dank!
I think Notepad 3 is really great, but I always have problems with umlauts for many text files that I don’t have with Notepad 2, for example!
Eg instead of ä there is a black block with xE4
Then when I switch from utf8 to Ascii do I have one? at the point.
But changing text files would not be an alternative for me anyway.
What can you do there?
Thank you so much!
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Microsoft Defender goes crazy when downloading. Had major issues trying to have a copy.
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Definitively, this is a “False Positive”.
When Chinese is displayed, the characters will overlap
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Hello, Notepad3 is fantastic, since today it has replaced the Windows Notepad in my PC. Please coould you tell me where can I find the file with the tags? I’d like to add my own tags, for example …, …, etc, with my own colors. I’m using the portable version, and Windows 10. Thank you very much from Las Palmas, on the Canary Islands (Spain)!
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Is it possible for the user to add syntax highlighting support for new type? If not, could you please add support for Verilog HDL?
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Hi my Friends! I used original Notepad2 for several years, but I needed a richer version that displays the Ruby language syntax. I found several variants of Notepad2, but Notepad3 turned out to be the best in this family. Thank You for the good work! Greetings from a programmer from Poland!
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Today I have corrected in the Notepad3 sources the incorrect caption of menu option in my Polish language (English: “Single File Instance”). I am glad that I can do something to improve the quality of this wonderful program.????
Hi, thank you for this program! I like it a lot, but I wanted to ask – is it possible to make in notepad 3 (or in future releases) more than one border for long lines? I’m translator, and on one line I can have two or three lines in the game. And the game line may be 50-60 symbols, so 2 or 3 visual borders would be the great help.
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Please add support for ligaturized font, such Cascadia Code, FiraCode, Consolas ligaturized, etc. and also dark mode please.
it seems dark mode is already exists, but not working in mine. will try to reset to default settings first to see whether it works.
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When will the Right to Left mode be supported, it is needed for writing in some languages like Arabic and Hebrew
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notepad3 x86 don’t run on win xp sp3 🙁
Hello “PremiumUse”,
You know, “XP IS NOT THE FUTURE” ????
Microsoft stopped XP SUPPORT almost 5 years ago (2014/04/08) and the latest version of Notepad3 supporting XP is dated on “2017/08/18”.
I think, it’s good like that, Windows 10 is 100x more secure and easier! ????
FIY : The author of Notepad3 has written a very interesting article about : GET OVER WINDOWS XP at :https://www.rizonesoft.com/get-over-windows-xp
Is there a way to hide the Zoom message when I open Notepad3? For example: If in my last file I was with 150% zoom applied and close and reopen Notepad3, it show a zoom message with. It’s a desnecessary…
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To all Notepad 3 Team…
Thank you very much for the updates… 🙂
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I try to download https://www.rizonesoft.com/download/3939/ my windows 10 report this file contain virus Trojan:Win32/Zpevdo.B
Hello @hachiko,
My opinion is that it’s a “false positive”, probably because in this case, binaries were not signed and the system’s Notepad replacement routines in the setup.
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just now I downloaded again, no report virus. thank you
You can use https://www.virustotal.com to double-check malware detection of a single engine.
You will see, that only Microsoft and Symantec are complaining about it.
I sent a “false positive report” to SecureAPlus (Microsoft) (https://support.secureaplus.com/how-to-report-false-positive/) – we will see, if they are going to correct their results …
(Only a guess: maybe they don’t like the system’s Notepad replacement routines in the setup?)
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– Hindi (hi–IN)
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– Korean (ko-KR)
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– Ukrainian (uk–UA)
– Vietnamese (vi–VN)
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just found another bug in v.5.19.726.2515 x64. Whenever I double click a .txt file, NP3 opens and complains that “unknown file extension (.txt). Open anyway?”
If I click “yes”, the file opens.
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there is a bug in notepad3 (and yes, i tried the most recent RC). it won’t open some files. when i double click the file, np3 opens with an empty document. if i try to open he file from the “file” menu, nothing happens, the “no title” empty document remains.
Needless to say, the file I want to open, opens just fine on other editors, like npp.
the file i’m trying to open is an .inf file, which is about 2MB in size.
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When I open file (in Notepad3 v5.19.630.2381) between each character I have NUL character .
On version Notepad3 5.19.108.1602 is correct
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How to fold code like in sublime text 3 CTRL + K + 1 ? How to format code (html, lua etc.) ?
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How does the portable replace the default notepad
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The portable does not replace the default notepad but gives you more control to set a small editor as replacement of other editors in, e.g. CppCheck or TotalCommander, etc.
Hi Mr. Derick Payne… ?
Thank you for the latest version updates…
Regards
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hpwamr
Been trying to find a Notepad2 replacement that looks like the dev will stick around and this is looking very promising. Thank you! I uploaded a dark theme for this already in my Gist: https://gist.github.com/xCONFLiCTiONx/43c035627909a92572334559b5685cf0
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Notepad2 is abandoned software, Notepad2-mod is (temporarily?) suspended. The only hope is that the Notepad3 will be developed. It is the best of these three so far.
Good,
I just went from notepad2-mod to notepad3 and it looks very robust and updated, thx
Taking a look at other possibilities in that change of notepad2-mod, I also found notepad2e, with the feature of multiple word editing, and I do not know if notepad3 implements it (at least I have not found anything).
https://github.com/ProgerXP/Notepad2e#new-edit-selection
Would there be a possibility of having that characteristic? , or at least something like that
A greeting and thanks for this application 🙂
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I am a volunteer for Polish translation
Hello @Crane70,
Thanks you for your offer to become a volunteer translator in Polish (pl-PL).
Well, the easy way is to open an issue in: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues
From there, I will contact you for further instructions.
very high cpu usage editing *.conf files
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This is the best Notepad ever! I always use for for edit Reg Files, Batch Files, or a file that I do not have a program to open and I want to edit it…
It is faster than an IDE, so sometimes I use it to edit my own projects!
Please, never let this program die, it is very good!
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Please bring back the light green highlighted bookmark functionality. It was a very visual representation of a bookmark, was easy to spot while not jumping from one bookmark to another, but scrolling through a long document (I’m knee-deep in 8-10 thousand line sqldumps). This new tiny icon at the edge of the line is way harder to spot. Thanks! Really appreciate your hard work, Notepad3 is an excellent tool and a tremendous help sorting out anything text-related all through the day.
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Just open “Customize Schemes…” dialog -> Default Text -> Bookmarks and Folding
and set e.g.: “fore:#000000; ; back:#00FF00; size:+8; alpha:160”
Hi, i will translate to ko_KR language, how i can send the trasnlated files to you?
Hello novas386@naver.com
Feel free to join our “ko-KR” translation project at: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues/936
Hello @test ,
Can you please, open an issue at: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues
Thanks in advance
hpwamr
I have no github account. One week ago, I send an attachment of text that encode detected wrong.
Hello test, create a GitHub account is very easy, free, non-intrusive, ….
Just type: https://www.github.com,
Then fill in: an username, your email and password. That’s all !
See you in GitHub.com 🙂
hpwamr
Being able to check orthography (with a basic dictionnary) would be a huge plus.
Notepad3 could replace Word even for plain English!
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Can you please, open an issue at: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues
Thanks in advance
hpwamr
There is a bug in displaying Select Scheme window in version 5.19.108.1602
My setup: Win10 Pro 64bit 1804
Primary monitor: scaling 200%
Secondary monitor: scaling 100%
When the Notepad3 window is open on the secondary monitor, Select scheme window is outside of viewport and looks empty.
See the screenshot:
https://postimg.cc/RNt1BT5M
Everything is OK on the primary monitor.
Anyway thanks for the great editor!
Hello @Jozef ,
Can you please, open an issue at: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues
Thanks in advance
hpwamr
Suggest:
1. Add korean version, and conveniently replace the notebook that comes with the Windows system;
Hi Lee,
If you wish, you can become a volunteer translator in Korean (ko-KR).
In this case, just open a problem in: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues
From there, I will contact you for further instructions.
Thank you in advance.
hpwamr
Sigh – no Rexx syntax highlighting even though it is a common cross platform scripting language.
Hello @Bill ,
Can you please, open an issue at: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues
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hpwamr
The notepad3.ini size reduces from 19KB to 5KB, why??
If a Settings-Key/Value is missing, an internal default is used as fallback.
So vice versa can be used; If a Settings-Key/Value evalutes to default, it must not be written to settings file => that reduces the file size.
We are looking for volunteers for your translation project in all languages, with a priority for the following languages:
– Portuguese (pt-PT, pt-BR)
– Spanish Latin America (es-MX, es-?? …,)
– Italian (it-IT)
– Greek (el-GR)
– Turkish (tr-TR)
– Vietnamese (vi-VN)
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– Polish (pl-PL)
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Hi, i will translate to PT-BR language, how i can send the translated files to you?
Hi Leet Jack
Thanks you for your offer to become a volunteer translator in Portuguese (pt-BR).
Well the easy way is to open an issue in: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues
From there, I will contact you for further instructions.
Thank you in advance.
hpwamr
Hi Mr. Derick Payne… 🙂
It’s good to see the new updates version was released!
Regards
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Thanks for your warm comments 🙂
Please translate in Italian language
Hi @Massimiloano F. ,
If you wish, you can become a volunteer translator in Italian (it-IT).
In this case, just open a problem in: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues
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Thank you in advance.
hpwamr
Reporting bug – for Notepad3_4.18.512.992_Setup.zip and Notepad3_5.18.1106.1434_Setup.exe. Installed on Windows 10 v1809 with the following issue:
Here’s a screenshot of what I mean:
https://s15.directupload.net/images/181202/z8fvrycn.jpg
Description:
With word wrap on, a text line wraps on a second line and so forth, etcetera… when the line or sentence (text) is longer than the display window size. Okay.
So the ISSUE is, when you click on that line number, so as to select the full line of characters that has been word wrapped below, you only get the first row selected, NOT the full highlighted yellow colored text to copy, as expected and wanted).
When clicking on the line number, it is supposed to select the whole line, even if it drops down below as a word wrap.
But in these versions (listed above), unless there is a new setting to change this behavior, when selecting the line number, only the first row gets selected for copying despite the whole line number gets colored yellow…
This action should be changed to: when selecting the line number, the full line gets highlighted for copying, even if it is word wrapped…. (got it)?
Discussed in https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues/844
I can completely download your files (all programs) with Ant Download Manager Pro. It has stopped connecting when is in 99% 🙁
Bug: RC2 lost some scheme settings, the Notepad3.ini size reduces from 19KB to 5KB.
With the new version, an optimized settings-file handling is introduced (default settings are redundant and not saved anymore – only changed settings are saved now). This will reduce the .ini file size.
If some changed settings (compared to default settings) are lost, this would be a bug, please report details to https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues.
Bug: error to distinguish GB18030 encoding, Notepad3 costs some time and displays unreadable code.
Please report details to https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues
Portable Notepad3 (64-bit) RC v5.18.1003.1309
Minimize is not right, always everything is gone and empty.
Always power instead of minimizing.
Otherwise this program is very good! I just started to use it and I like it very much.
Notepad3 (64-bit) RC v5.18.1003.1309
Nothing happens when clicking on hyperlinks, not even right-click and “Open Hyperlink” works.
Otherwise this program is very good! I just started to use it and I like it very much.
There is a bug in hyperlink handling. Will be fixed in the final release.
Notepad3 (64-bit) RC v5.18.1003.1309
Toolbar, after change does not save
You have to “Save Settings Now (F7)” explicitly, or enable “Save Settings on Exit” to persist the changes for the customized toolbar.
RC5 Double-click the hyphenation is not accurate, double-click the selection will include punctuation, version: notepad3_5.18.1003.1309_x64.
rc5双击断字不准确，双击选择时会包括标点符号，版本：Notepad3_5.18.1003.1309_x64。
If “Accelerated Word Navigation” is enabled, also punctuation characters are seen as word characters for double-click selection. This can be fine-tuned by “[Settings2] ;ExtendedWhiteSpaceChars=” defining (ASCII) characters, which should be taken (additional to usual white-space chars) as word delimiter for the “Accelerated Word Navigation”.
aspx support incomplete. <asp: tag appears as unknown html tag, highlighted in yellow with a red font.
This makes reading of aspx files difficult.
Are you using any VPN or proxy to download? What browser are you using?
For your information, I’m not using VPN or proxy to download. I’m using Mozilla Firefox latest version 62.0.3 (64-bit).
I’ll get in contact with you tomorrow and we can troubleshoot the download together?
Orait… 🙂 That would be great!
请原谅，我不善于使用英文。
建议：
1、增加中文版本，且便捷的替换Windows系统自带的记事本；
2、监视系统剪切板，自动将剪切板中内容复制到Notepad3中。
Please forgive me, I am not good at using English.
Suggest:
1. Add Chinese version, and conveniently replace the notebook that comes with the Windows system;
2. Monitor the system clipboard and automatically copy the contents of the clipboard to Notepad3.
RC 5.18.1003.1309:
– Chinese version ( zh-CN) available
– Monitoring Clipboard: start with cmd-line option “/b” (Notepad3.exe /b)
替换Windows系统自带的记事本很简单，一行命令即可：
reg add “HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\notepad.exe” /v “Debugger” /d “\”%~dp0notepad3.exe\” /z” /f
I do not like any checking for updates.
You don’t like:
– automatically checking for updates ?
– manually checking for updated ?
– using programs with web connection capabilities to check for updates then self ?
– delegating web update check to website (home page) to see if updates available
(no own web connection)?
– checking for updates in general ???
Automatically checking for updates usually causes the interface or operations hobble. Please do not check for updates automatically.
Improving the speed for large file, please!
It is difficult to scroll to the end of a large file (above 10MB). why?
“Ctrl+End” ?
I know this. I mean that after I press “Ctrl+End”, it still cost long time to the end.
Can Notepad3 do case conversion (\l, \u, \L, \U, \f or \i) via regex? Thanks.
Notepad3 is using Onigmos’s RegEx engine (https://github.com/k-takata/Onigmo).
Onigimo’s RegEx description (https://github.com/k-takata/Onigmo/blob/master/doc/RE) stated:
A-3. Missing features compared with perl 5.18.0
+ \N{name}, \N{U+xxxx}, \N
+ \l,\u,\L,\U, \C
+ \v, \V, \h, \H
+ (?{code})
+ (??{code})
+ (?|…)
+ (?[])
+ (*VERB:ARG)
* \Q…\E
=> So the answer is: unfortunately, this is not supported (yet?).
how to translate the ui language ?
i18n
Hi thriken.
if you are using GitHub, i can prepare a Resource-File-Project for the language you want to provide.
If you can’t use GitHub, we can exchange the .rc files and I can integrate (pull request) it into Notepad3.
The languages, which are already available are:
af-ZA de-DE es-ES en-GB fr-FR ja-JP nl-NL zh-CN (en-US internal).
Please let me know, which language you like to translate to.
I would like to translate to Hungarian. Can you prepare the files?
Great job! but i had to search elsewhere to find out that Notepad2 &3 allow the Column mode by Ctrl+Alt+Mouse…
To the developer.
Thank you for taking over of this interesting project. I’d like to report a simple bug in Japanese (probably in Chinese too). Should I write in Github? I have an account.
Thank you for providing Japanese language translation.
Can I run the Installer silent / quiet?
Dear Mr. Derick Payne,
Thank you for the upgrade of Notepad3 version 3 to 4. There are lot of new features, changes, enhancements and fixes.
Just want to ask, why you removed the wyUpdate features from Notepad3?
The wyUpdate on the server side broke. I researched the issue and found that the only solution is to run the update over an insecure http connection. This requires me to allow http connections to Rizonesoft.com and this is not desirable. Furthermore, I found that wyUpdate is dependent on .NET framework and this is not ideal. However, I am working on an administration tool that will be used to check for updates.
Is the sudden jump to version from RC 3.18 to version 4.18 intentional or a typo?
If you take a look at the changelog, you will see that the work is phenomenal. And this justifies a major version jump.
Will it be multilingual in the future?
Yes. 🙂
Would it be able to change the view of nfo files (ascii art) back to the way it worked in notepad2-mod? All the lines have these little horizontal spaces between while in notepad2-mod, nfo files were rendering correctly (like in any other good nfo viewer). Also the anti-alaising setting is a bit too high for my taste. The best option would be a button to change between rendered and not rendered ascii art.
Here’s a screenshot of what I mean:
http://fs5.directupload.net/images/180502/uulccy7e.png
Ps.: Yes, I translated notepad2-mod into german language for my own purpose cause after I wanted to share it with others, the np2-mod developer called me a stupid a**hole and prohibited any modification of “his” work – even if it’s just the ui language.
Greetings
Thank you for reporting it. I have created an issue on GitHub for you.
I remember the Question of LTK:
Is there a plan to support changing the interface language of Notepad3?
Regards
Built in Multilingual Support, Please 🙂
Dear Mr. Derick Payne…
Thank you for the automatic update features.
I just want to ask, can Notepad3 automatically detect new updates without we run ‘wyUpdate’ manually?
Unfortunately not. It will effect the performance of Notepad3 considerable.
Thanks for this, just discovered Notepad3, and switched from Notepad2 Mod.
Noticed one minor issue though, the “eolfilled” parameter has no effect for the “Registry files” scheme.Registry files look the same with our without the “eolfilled” argument.
Not sure if other schemes are also affected, I didn’t test them all, but “eolfilled” does work for batch files though.
This was working in Notepad2-mod for registry files.
Hello coch,
For Your Information: I’ve post your remark in: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues/352
Hello coch,
The first short answer is: “Works as expected”, but if you follow the links above, you will see that the complete answer is much more nuanced !
Thanks a lot, much appreciated, and as a bonus I got to learn a little about the functioning of Notepad3 (I had no idea what a lexer was before reading the github). That said, I really like the enhanced “lexer” for the registry editor. I understand a workaround would be to use configuration files like it was in Notepad2-mod to get the eolfilled functionality back, but I would lose the other registry files-specific enhancements, which I really like (especially the “GUID” formatting to make it easier to spot those in registry files). Now my only issue is deciding which of the two choices I like best considering advantages and limitations of each one 🙂
Thanks again!
Hello coch,
Thanks for your nice answer.
For Your Information: On the same subject, see also other very interesting comments on: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues/359
Hello coch,
For the “eolfilled” issue, suite the story at: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues/359
To summarize:
– In beta version 3.18.216.89 “eolfilled” on / off works as expected!
– If there are no other problems, “modified lexer reg” will be part of the next version of Notepad3
Hi,
Thanks for replying to me, and I will be reading on development on https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues/359
I tested the new versions 3.18.216.891 and 3.18.216.892 and did have any visible problems with them, although the “eolfilled” parameter only appears to be enabled for “Added Keys”, is that right?
I’d be interested in “eolfilled” also be enabled for Comments in registry files, unless that causes issues. You bring a good point in https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues/359 about registry files having comments right after Added Keys, and not sure how this would be dealt with (in Notepad2-mod, using the Configuration files lexer the “Added Keys” eolfilled argument would prevail when adding a comment on the same line).
Dear cock,
Kindly, I advise you to post directly to https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues your future wishes or comments about Notepad3.
Will do, thanks. (Couldn’t remember my github login info, but I just created a new account right now).
Dear Mr. Derick Payne…
Is there any version of Notepad3_x_3.18.113.828.exe that replace Notepad to download…?
The normal installation now replaces Notepad.
Thank you so much for your information. 🙂
It’s good when Notepad3 had a integration installer that replace Notepad.
Can previous versions be downloaded?
Why don’t you upload them to GitHub/SourceForge?
Regards
I recenly started working on a download mirror that will have all previous versions available for download. Please check it out at Datumza.com.
I tried using Notepad3 and quickly found that clear-button in toolbar doesn’t work reliably. I have to copy text before the clear-button is enabled and can be used after selecting text. Is this program recommended as a stable alternative to Notepad2?
Are you referring to the ‘Cut’ toolbar icon? I’m not currently able to reproduce your issue…Please try the latest release and let us know if you still have a problem.
Could you please add “Favorites” to the top menu, along with view, settings, help, etc. It would be so much quicker and easier to get to. Similar to that found in “Win32pad”. Wonderful program BTW!
Favorites icons are present in Notepad3’s default as-shipped toolbar. You can add and remove toolbar buttons to how you want by clicking ‘Settings’ -> ‘Customize Toolbar…’
Is there a plan to support changing the interface language of Notepad 3?
Yes.
Merry Christmas Mr. Derick Panye… 🙂 And happy new year…
Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you to. 🙂
Hello there.
Been using Notepad2-mod for many years, no prob. Decided to try Notepad3 this September (or August). Very similar to Notepad2, all was working great. Til I decided to update it a few days ago. While i’m not 100% sure this wasn’t happening with the older, “September” version, too, but now i started to notice flashing lines. Will try to explain: take a wall of text without spaces so you can see it more clearly, and then just look at the window: you will see random lines flashing (and the bottom bar, i.e. Ln, Col, size, etc…), every 2-3 seconds or so. It much much worse when you try to select part of that text – all lines will flash like crazy (and bottom bar too)!! Back to Notepad2-mod, where only bottom toolbar will, sometimes, flash. Default config in both cases by the way. Hope you can solve it soon 🙂
Keep it up.
We are aware of the bug. We recently introduced an experimental ‘hyperlink hotspot’ feature that caused a few issues. But this is expected with any new feature. I apologize for not testing it properly before releasing. However, you can expect a new version on the 23rd with most if not all the bugs sorted out. Thank you for your support. 🙂
Many thanks for so fast reply 😀
Yes, that’s what i thought initially – must be some sort of new option/function and it doesn’t work as expected. Good luck on solving that stuff 😉 (if not, would be great to have some sort of “on/off” option for it, for those who need that, just my 2 cents)
Best wishes.
This behaviour was dramatically improved starting with release 3.17.1228.783, and continued improving until the latest release (3.18.131.862) – I suggest you try it. And keep watching this space, we are still busy working on the Hyperlink Hotspot feature behind the scenes to make it even better.
Dear Mr. Derick Payne… ????
I’m suggesting that you put a change log (Changes.txt) in http://www.rizonecloud.com/downloads/notepad3/ and mirror pages http://www.datumza.com/rizonesoft-notepad3/ whether in specific pages.
Thank you.
I already created a release page for Notepad3 here: https://www.rizonecloud.com/downloads/notepad3/update/ The information on this will always be current.
Thank you for your information… 🙂
Many many thanks to Rizonesoft for Hyperlink Hotspots’- this was what I missed, excellent work! Now I can use Notepad3 as default text editor! Thank you so much! Regards.
Is it possible to make my own syntax color like notepad++ ?
Not like Notepad++, but you can change the colors of existing syntax schemes:
Menu: View->Customize Schemes…
Where can I download Notepad3_x_3.17.1202.715.exe for replacing Windows Notepad? Thank you. 🙂
I will upload it this evening. Was looking for a better method to replace the Windows Notepad, but will upload the old one for now.
Thank you very much for your information and effort… 🙂
Sorry for not uploading the replace Windows Notepad build last night. Please be patient for one more day.
It’s okay Derick. 🙂 Take your time. 🙂
Hi! Is there any changelog or history available ? Notepad3 looks great but I’m kind of unsettled when I don’t know what changed in new version I’m about to install. There is nothing here if I’m not overlooking something and Releases page on gihub seems not up-to-date. Thanks.
Please download the portable version and look at the Changes.txt file.
Dear Mr. Rizonesoft,
There is no changes.txt file in either zip file in the portable package. FYI.
Thank you for your work!
Sorry about that. I will make sure it is bundled in the next release. In the meanwhile, take a look here: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/releases/tag/3.17.1124.690
Thanks, I know that’s additional work and but wouldn’t be possible to keep Github releases page up to date ? I’m installing installer version and prefererably through https://chocolatey.org/ so it’s very cumbersome to download portable version only to look at history 😉
Sure thing. I was planning on keeping the GitHub release page up-to-date from now on. 🙂 Busy working on procedures to help me work more efficiently.
Great, thank you very much ! 😉
Text rendering issue for version 3.17.1124.693
Please check the following image to see in detail what happens: https://imgur.com/a/ulYZb
Please create an issue at: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues for this.
For your monitor and clear-type font setup it maybe better to switch off Scintillas new Direct Write technology. You can do this within NP3’s settings file, section [Settings2] set SciDirectWriteTech=0.
You may also change FontQuality ([Settings2] SciFontQuality=0-3, 3 is optimized for LED screens).
Thanks @RaiKoHoff
adding the line “SciDirectWriteTech=0” to my settings file, fixed the issue.
SciFontQuality didn’t have any effect.
Starting with Notepad3 RC v5.18.mmdd.bbbb, you can switch rendering mode by menu.
Dear Mr. Derick Payne… ????
Just want to inform that the latest version you put on download menu was Notepad3 2.17.1016.632 updated on November 21, 2017. But when we downloaded the file was Notepad3_2.17.1023.632.exe
Regards
Fixed now. New release uploaded.
Thank you so much… 🙂
Rizonesoft new graphical user interface website is more beautiful, good look and nice… 🙂
Thank you. 🙂 Glad you like it.
Thank you for continuing notepad2.
Request: The new toolbar, can it be made slimmer like the old notepad2 / notepad2-mod? It saves vertical screen real estate.
Issue: Flo’s original notepad2 x64 version receives drag and drop file from 32 bit apps (such as xyplorer) with no problems. Notepad3 x64 is not able to do so successfully.
If you have a screen resolution higher than HD, the HighDPI toolbar is used.
You can use the .ini configuration to define the screen resolution, where the bigger HighDPI toolbar should be used: Section [Windows] for example 2560×1440 HighDpiToolBar=0 will switch back to good old small toolbar.
Regarding drag n’ drop from 32-bit App to NP3 x64:
please follow discussion here: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues/192
Regarding: drag n’ drop 32-bit to MP3 x64: please see : https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues/192
Starting with Notepad3 RC v5.18.mmdd.bbbb, drag n’ drop 32-bit to Notepad3 x64 should work again.
Good morning, with the latest release (2.17.1023.632) the font rendering is much worse than before, can you fix it?
Thanx.
For your monitor and clear-type font setup it maybe better to switch off Scintillas new Direct Write technology. You can do this within NP3’s settings file, section [Settings2] set SciDirectWriteTech=0.
You may also change FontQuality ([Settings2] SciFontQuality=0-3, 3 is optimized for LED screens).
Can use installer in quiet (unattended) mode?
Dear Mr. Derick Payne… ????
Can you upload Notepad3_x_2.0.2.450 installer that support Windows XP and Windows Server 2003?
I’m busy working on a Notepad3 mirror that will include the full history of Notepad3 releases.
Thank you very much for your effort and information… 🙂
May God bless you and your family… 🙂
You can download Notepad3_x_2.0.2.450.exe here: https://www.datumza.com/rizonesoft-notepad3/ Please bookmark this page. It is a permanent Notepad3 download mirror.
Thank you so much… 🙂
What about multilingual UI?
Currently Notepad3 is only available in english. Any chance of adding more languages, like spanish, german, french, etc?
Starting with Notepad3 RC v5.18.mmdd.bbbb: now we are multi-lingual.
Dear Mr. Derick Payne… 🙂
Can I know last version of Notepad3 that support Windows XP…?
Hi,
I want to add a new scheme for .batch files. How does it work ?
Regards Stefan
Ever since v.468 (I think), opened text files are filled with nonsense (xE3, xBA, � etc) instead of diacritics, no matter the encoding.
A setting reset selected with the new update solved my problem.
Sorry for the lousy one star – this tool is awesome!
It was the first time that I used Notepad3. I heard that it’s a good editor, but…maybe because of my poor English, I don’t know how to make something like”gcc -0 …” be a shortcut. I know that notepad++ can use plugin to make it. Could you please help me? And also…is there any tutorial of this software?
In current builds, the Install-path can’t be chosen anymore 🙁
With Notepad3 just installed and without any change to the configuration file, I entered the 12345678901234567890 string, then Enter and a string of pure ASCI characters of equal length, beat so many Enter until you reach line 7, select line 1 with click on line number and CTRL-C, move pointer to line 6 with click on the line number and paste with CTRL-V.
As a result I got the warning “Switching the file encoding from one encoding to another can replace unsupported text with default characters and the undo …”
The error (?!) Is repeatable indefinitely.
Forgive my bad English.
Hi,
yes, this bug was addressed already: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues/102
and will be fixed with upcoming release.
Sir. Just want to inform that the latest version of Notepad3 is not working on Windows xp and Windows Server 2003.
Windows XP support was discontinued! 🙁 We will be working on a Windows XP version soon! 🙂
Thank you very much for information. I hope Rizonesoft will continue support for Windows XP (Notepad3).
… “”We will be working on a Windows XP version soon!”
Then there should be a separate WinXP GitHub branch, just for important bugfixes … ????
Dropping WinXp support has been around 30th of August, it will be a lot of pain to cherry pick and merge important fixes only … ????
Windows XP and 2003 are both 14+ years old (XP was released in 2001!). Microsoft hasn’t supported it for years. There’s really no excuse for being on it still. My opinion: If you like a stale OS, then you’re gonna have to stick with stale software. Notepad2 should work just fine for you :). I would recommend upgrading your OS, because you’re going to find a lot of stuff that doesn’t work with it!
Reactos it is coming and it have the Server 2003 api into,
this is what should be supported.
best
Blacky
I just moved from Notepad2-Mod to your app a few minutes ago so I’m still yet to discover the improvements. But after I few seconds I came to the 1st problem… Favorites do not show up in the list… I’ve set the favorites folder in three different ways in the settings file:
1) =%CSIDL:MYDOCUMENTS%\Notepad3
2) =%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Notepad3
3) =C:\Users\\Documents\Notepad3
Even thought, they all work to add new shortcuts… In neither of them the shortcuts appear in the list of documents for opening. Also, the first 3 or 4 times I’ve tried changing the path to Favorites via the “Click here to specify the directory… etc” and the app crashed, just after a used the full qualified path manually editing the config file it started to work (I noticed that even though the full path solved the crash problem, the program automatically used the 1st option as it’s default, and now it works no matter which option you use, that’s weird).
Hi,
Notepad3.ini (section [Settings]): Favorites=%CSIDL:MYDOCUMENTS%\NP3\Favorites (for example)
works as designed (in my environment).
Please create an issue at: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues
and provide some more information (OS version, i.e. Win7 Prof. 64-bit, configuration Notepad3.ini, and add a more detailed description).
Did anyone else has the same problem(s)?
I was able to reproduce the problem and fixed it with PR #132 (will be available in upcoming release (>610)
Thanks for continuing improvements to this OSS project.
I can see a full version in the “version.ini” file on GitHub, but does that version always match the binary offered (with the “release” number only) on this page? Could you include the full version string on this page? Alternatively, could you keep the “latest release” on GitHub up-to-date?
Hi, thanks for your work on Notepad3 it’s greatly appreciated, I just would like to bring up an issue I hope you can fix, I use XYplorer (which is built in VB so unfortunately it will always be 32bit) and when I try and drag-n-drop a file onto Notepad3 x64 I get an error where it says it cannot find the file and the filename is in Asian characters, although drag-n-drop works correctly when running x32 version of Notepad3, this problem has been around in Notepad2 always too, but I was hoping you could fix it since you are continuing the development so that I can run the x64 version of Notepad3 and be able to drag-n-drop from XYplorer. My OS is Windows 10 x64.
Here is a screenshot of the error:
http://i63.tinypic.com/4qg8as.png
Here are some links with more information from other people also experiencing the issue.
https://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=12524
https://github.com/XhmikosR/notepad2-mod/issues/61
This is due to a bug in Windows. For further information see:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39612616/drag-and-drop-from-32-to-64-bit
A clean workaround for this bug would be implementing the IDropTarget interface,
just to support drag-n-drop from 32-bit to 64-bit (64-bit to 64-bit works fine)…
There will be support for file tabs on Notepad3?
We are not planning tabs at the moment.
yeah NP3 doesn’t need that feature… if you need TABS then Notepad++ is the PROGRAM you want!
I use both lol ;p ;p ;p
The bigger toolbar buttons forced me to revert to version 1.0.2.392. The user should be able to choose between bigger and smaller toolbar buttons.
In the next release. 🙂
I agree. The smaller ones were better for desktop computers.
First off I would like to say thanks for continuing the development of Notepad2 and I love the new toolbar button size its great and a welcome change.
I am having a problem with the line comment toggle which I usually access by the Ctrl+Q shortcut key but is also available under Edit Menu | Special | Toggle Line Comment, but the menu item is always unavailable and the shortcut key doesn’t work either, although if I try the same file in Notepad2 it works flawlessly, so could you please look into fixing this because I regularly use this feature in Notepad2 so its stopping me migrating.
Love notepad 3, two minor irritations drove me to grab the source and make some tweaks:
1:
The settings/checksboxes in “Find text” are not remembered between sessions. I almost always used regex searches, and checking the box every time I run the app became irritating. So I added code to save & restore those checkbox states…
added to SaveSettings():
IniSectionSetInt(pIniSection, L”fuFlags”, efrData.fuFlags);
IniSectionSetInt(pIniSection, L”IDC_FINDTRANSFORMBS”, efrData.bTransformBS);
IniSectionSetInt(pIniSection, L”IDC_WILDCARDSEARCH”, efrData.bWildcardSearch);
IniSectionSetInt(pIniSection, L”IDC_NOWRAP”, efrData.bNoFindWrap );
added to LoadSettings():
efrData.fuFlags |= IniSectionGetInt(pIniSection, L”fuFlags”, 0);
efrData.bTransformBS = IniSectionGetInt(pIniSection, L”IDC_FINDTRANSFORMBS”, 0);
efrData.bWildcardSearch= IniSectionGetInt(pIniSection, L”IDC_WILDCARDSEARCH”, 0);
efrData.bNoFindWrap = IniSectionGetInt(pIniSection, L”IDC_NOWRAP”, 0);
2:
Space characters in regular expression searches were not matching correctly.
eg: if the text was “the quick brown fox”, then a search for “quick brown” would return no matches in regex mode.
Using the special character class “[[:space:]]” would return a match, that is, a search for “quick[[:space:]]brown” returns the correct match.
So I fixed this in the function “long Document::FindText…” in Document.cxx by replacing all space charters in the search string with “[[:space:]]” just before it returns “return regex->FindText…”
So is this project abandoned, after just a few months of existence? I was so glad to learn that someone picked up Notepad2 development again, but now it seems to have been ceased again. There are known bugs (like the broken “strip trailing blanks” functionality) which haven’t been addressed for quite some time, and also the activities on Github are sparsely…
And open and honest word would be enough: do we need to look for another editor which is still maintained? Or are you planning to continue caring about Notepad3? Thanks for a statement!
The project is not abandoned. I had small time management issues and some problems with acquiring a new code signing certificate. Read this notice to learn more: https://www.rizonecloud.com/important-notice-rizonesoft-april-2017/
In short, I will always be caring for Notebad3 and even when development slow down a little. It will never mean that the project is abandoned.
Ah, thanks for the reply and the explanation! Sorry for the harsh tone – that was based on past bad experience with the “Notepad2 mod” author who wouldn’t accept bug reports as some other kind of user contribution, only actual patches (which I cannot provide). I was afraid to learn that Notepad3 has been abandoned and wouldn’t be an alternative anymore.
So I’m glad to hear that Notepad3 is alive and there will be future releases! For the time being I wouldn’t have problems with unsigned software…
Thanks for your project and your continuation of that little Notepad gem!
Can you make the the button and icon in toolbar to be bigger? In HiDPI display, the buttons are really small.
Is there an option for column mode editing or am I missing that? If its not exist yet, can you add column mode editing.
Thank you so much.
It`s sad it doesn`t support Arabic it only gives ???????????? instead of Arabic letters i hope you add more languages soon or at least use UTF-8 encoding
Houston, we have a problem.
In “Find Text” dialog (or “Replace Text” and Regular expression search box ticked), I can´t “Find Previous” this string
(\d\d)\s\1
on this text (for example):
03 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
03 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
03 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
03 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
03 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
03 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
03 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
03 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
03 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
03 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
03 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
03 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
03 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
03 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
03 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
but, “Find Next” is working.
In Notepad2 and Notepad2BE works fine.
Can you fix this? Thanks in advance.
Hi El Kabongo;
you are right, wrong “find mode” is used for previous find
(Mode “Left2Right” uses search pattern left-to-right interpretation from text end to text start,
which needed in your (for Find previous) a new pattern “\1(\d\d)\s”.
This is not inteded and will be fixed in upcoming release builds (.492+).
Please report these issues on GitHub, you will get a response sooner 😉
Hello,
I just came to know your Notepad3 and like it a lot. It has some enhancements over the NP2 that I find very usefull.
However I have to comment that whenever I use replace of text using regular expressions the programm hangs and I have to kill the process.
I’m using Windows 10 running over Intel Core i7 with 12 GB in RAM.
Just to make it clear, I’m trying to do a replace end of “$” line with “,”
I’ve done some other simple regular expression replacements without major problems.
Hi,
switch on the View->Show Line Endings and use the “Find Next” and “Replace” buttons within the RegEx-Replace dialog to see the single steps:
“$” refers to the end of the line (just before the CR/LF characters). Replacing it with a character (e.g. a “,”) will put the “,” at the end of the line and move the “$” reference just behind that. Find next “$” is already the current position, inserting the “,” again, moving the eol-reference, chaching you in an infinite (the memory will limit this) loop.
I think: you want to replace the line-break characters “\r\n” (Windows: CR LF) with a “,” – try this.
Hi,
Thank you for your comment.
To clarify, I’m not trying to change the “\r\n” or the “\n”. I just want to add a “,” and the end of the line. My issue comes from using “replace all” since I’m doing a replacement of only EOF ($) on both Unix and DOS/Windows files.
If I try to change any character before EOL (e.g. “-$” or “~$”) and press “Replace All” button, the process run OK.
If I try to change ONLY the EOF (e.g. “$”) and press Replace All button, the editor hangs
If I use “Find Next + Replace” buttons the only EOF being changed is the current line (where the cursor is), never goes to the next line to make the change.
Hey,
you can not replace the “meta character”($) it will still exists after replacement.
If you replace “~$” by “,” that is ‘replacing all “~” at line-ends by “,” – the line-end still exists.
If you try to replace “$” by “,” that is replacing the empty char at the line-end by “,”.
But the “$” (and the empty-char before) is not replaced, satisfying the next find of the _same_ line-ending (“$”) – so repace-all will catch you in an “infinite” loop then.
Try to replace “\r\n” by “,\r\n” (resp. “\n” by “,\n”) – this will “add” a “,” at the end of each line.
Good work. Planning support MDI?
minipath.exe is not working yet on Windows XP
Sorry about this. I fixed it and it is working on Windows XP now. Will have the new release up in a few hours. 🙂
Thanks.
The most recent version (386) broke the ALT+W shortcut (“Strip Trailing Blanks”). Trailing tabs are not removed anymore, but in my opinion they should be covered by that as well (as it was the case in Notepad2 and in Notepad3 until version 350). Thanks for reverting that change, or making it an option otherwise!
Good job!
Planning support scripting?
Also please can you make in text hyperlinks and e-mail adresses clickable?
Thank you
Please label the two Input fields in the encryption dialog for Screen Readers like in the search and replace dialog.
I’ll make the changes and it will be available in the next update.
Can you please install the option to restore the Position of the cursor in recently opened files?
Hi,
Is it just me, or the “Notepad3 Setup – Build 350 (64 and 32 Bit)” links to a corrupted file. I did it three times already. Here are the checksums:
File: Notepad3-1.0.2.350.exe
CRC-32: c879cc1e
MD4: dcf41419d06448deae39da500e48c4db
MD5: 350cb591fb4ae63b0db861fb1965e80e
SHA-1: d42044c8514ede021779cb913010099d939ca5a3
I’ll have the link fixed by tomorrow. Maybe even an update 🙂
While you wait, you can download it from here: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Office-tools/Diary-Organizers-Calendar/Notepad3-Rizonesoft.shtml
Ok, The link has been fixed. Please let me know if it works. 🙂
Seems good now, thanks.
Hi, i like see an more updated notepad2, heh notepad3 is a good name choise 🙂
I wish see really new features on it, (without make this bloated ofcourse heh)
* Translations support.
* Tabbed MDI (multiple document interface), PMDI (pseudo multi-window interface) modes
An example with this features is AkelPad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AkelPad
i don’t understand why if notepad2 is using scintilla not have this features while scite and others scintilla based if.
Regards.
How do you do?
I’m quite happy with it, Notepad3 that is, + it seems to me you’ve got your work cut out with all the “it hasn’t got this, it hasn’t got that” from seemingly all angles. So, I ask nothing of you, make no request or appeal + am happy to make do with what there is, it could be a generation thing? When I were a lad……………………
Thank you for your comment.
New Notepad2Mod out @ https://github.com/XhmikosR/notepad2-mod/compare/4.2.25.980…4.2.25.985
Please have changes back into Notepad3. 🙂
Thanks again,
Will
Updated Notepad3 to Build 350 🙂
File -> Launch -> Command, take a look at Browse button
Notepad3 1 Build 331…
http://i.imgur.com/qxucIVe.png
I will fix this in the next release.
When will it support tab?Thanx.
Support Tab?
Seems he talked about tabbed interface, like Notepad++
Thanks. We will not be working on tabbed interface soon. But maybe later.
@Rizonesoft
No longer portable versions of Notepad3?
Hi,
I’m using dark colors: Default Style=font:Lucida Console; size:10; fore:#FFFFFF; back:#333333
It would be very nice to have an option to set the color for the cursor too in the Notepad3.ini.
Thanks in advance
What’s up with the zero “0” on the about screen?
Currently: “Notepad3 (64-bit) 0 Build 303”
Why the zero before “Build” ?
Also, I see it’s built using Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 1.
You do know that Update 2 is out right:
https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/news/vs2015-update2-vs.aspx#Cdoubleplus
Would you please update it with larger icon in toolbar? I’m using 125 scaling so in HiDPI res (mine 1080p) the toolbar is quite small. Perhaps also with minimal/material design, monochrome icon (like in Android, iOS app, Microsoft Edge, etc).
Where’s the source code posted? Also could you setup a Github (or similar) site for this? I think that would make it a bit easier to track issues.
https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3
Hello,
I just came across the notepad3 through a post I saw on the notpad2-mod website.
One thing I really appreciate here over the notepad2-mod is that changes to new versions are listed 🙂
Have been using notepad2 and the -mod for years now, but have always missed out on couple of features I had with Emeditor (before it became paid software and bulky). Not sure you would find this useful enough to take a look, but would help me and maybe others if you could consider these:
This Emeditor that I had, had this one feature I value a lot. As with notepad3, when I search for a text within the file, it, highlights all instances of that word and the cursor moves to the first found instance. On pressing F3 or Find next, it still keeps everything highlighted but moves to the next instance. The Status bar gives information of the number of found items. The advantage is that even without pressing F3 or Find next, the user can just scroll down and see all highlighted items. A menu command allows to remove highlights.
Also, would it be possible to highlight and make clickable all urls and email addresses.
Emeditor has got this small but very useful thing. If a file has already been saved, the Save button icon and option under file are not clickable and are greyed out.
Would really like to know if you think they are useful and possibly implementable.
Thanks,
Can you add the encryption feature recently made by RaPeHoff? Link: https://github.com/RaPeHoff/notepad2-mod-crypto
Just give me a week max to work on this. Check back next week for an update.
Compared to Notepad2-mod
Missing questions marks on search and replace windows. Questions marks give all the options for both Regular expression search and Transform backslashes.
Wildcard search is missing completely.
I will include this in the next update next week.
Thanks for fixing. 🙂
Should sign all exe.
As soon as I can pay for a certificate.
Thanks for digitally signing. 🙂
One item I wish Notepad2 had, and now Notepad3, …is a ‘Select All’ toolbar button.
Not exactly a show stopper without it, just an added convenience if it was available.
Also wondering since I presently have Notepad2 installed as my Windows notepad replacement,
do I need to uninstall it first, then install Notepad3 as the Windows notepad replacement, or can
I just run the Notepad3 setup exe with the install taking care of making it the system default Notepad?
Thank You Sir.
Better to uninstall Notepad2 before installing Notepad3 because it uses another method for replacing the Windows Notepad. Try Edit -> Select All!
Getting this error while opening the file… I tried downloading it with and without IDM.
http://i.imgur.com/yIQS71c.png
I found the problem. Fixing it for your now.
Getting this error while opening the file… I tried downloading it with and without IDM.
Ok, its fixed. There was a problem in my download system when downloading exes. I created a zip file with the exe in it. Let me know if its working for you now please.
Yeah! It worked for me! Thank you!