

metapad
Metapad is a small, fast (and completely free) text editor for Windows 9x/NT/XP/Vista with similar features to Microsoft Notepad but with many extra (and rather useful) features. It was designed to completely replace Notepad since it includes all of Notepads features and much...
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
Country of Origin
United States
Platforms
- Windows
The last update was in 2012.
Features
metapad News & Activities
Recent activities
- POX added metapad as alternative to Notepad.js
- POX added metapad as alternative to Apimac Notepad
- TBayAreaPat reviewed metapad
Does not do .rtf, so it's not really a WordPad alternative. As far as NotePads go, I'm a NotePad++ fan myself. From Brave AI: Metapad vs Notepad: includes UNIX support, hyperlinking, auto-indent mode, and block indent/unindent. It also has a portability mode Metapad reacts to touch with visual, aural, and haptic feedback. Finger taps and movements are visualized with animations. Metapad has 2 versions: The full version has more features, LE version is faster.
- BarnMTB added metapad as alternative to Ivirius Text Editor
- POX added metapad as alternative to Text Editor
Comments and Reviews
Been using it for about 10 years on 4 machines
Works without any problems in Win-7 HP/PRO 32/64-bit
Does not do .rtf, so it's not really a WordPad alternative. As far as NotePads go, I'm a NotePad++ fan myself. From Brave AI: Metapad vs Notepad: includes UNIX support, hyperlinking, auto-indent mode, and block indent/unindent. It also has a portability mode Metapad reacts to touch with visual, aural, and haptic feedback. Finger taps and movements are visualized with animations. Metapad has 2 versions: The full version has more features, LE version is faster.
I use Metapad360 for archiving info, easily found with a good contents find program (4,800 TXT files at last count)
Option to be on top.
Save as VBS (option)
10 quick text available (Buffers and Language in Settings) ... Alt+number (0 -9)
Insert string of choice at beginning of selections with Alt+Q ... I use it while writing/testing VBscript
Portable (optional)
Change window font (and window backcolor) with click of menubar button
Favorites list (optional)
Recent Files (optional) configurable max. 16
Toggle file read-only (Ctrl+E) (optional)
Active hyperlinks
Fixed window position (optional)
Insert date or date/time (configurable)
Clear Find History (feature)
SaveAs File Types REG file by developer, can be edited to personal requirements
Best basic text editor since sliced bread :)
[Edited by bawldiggle, February 04]
Aside from the browser, this must've been the exe that I launched most often the past decade. I spent countless nights burning the midnight oil with this editor.