Textplorer supports data field coloring in structured files, ANSI, OEM, EBCDIC, MAC or user defined character sets, CRLF detection, bookmarks, fast load of large files,...
Cost / License
- Free Personal
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows

metapad has been discontinued. Similar apps include Notepad++, which is free and open source. Other options are Visual Studio Code, VSCodium, Vim and Geany. There's no shortage of Text Editors like metapad, with more than 100 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, the web and iPad.
Textplorer supports data field coloring in structured files, ANSI, OEM, EBCDIC, MAC or user defined character sets, CRLF detection, bookmarks, fast load of large files,...

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