TextPad is designed to provide the power and functionality to satisfy the most demanding text editing requirements. It can edit files up to the limits of virtual memory, and it will work with the 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2000, Server 2003 and 2008.
TextPad has been implemented according to the Windows XP user interface guidelines, so great attention has been paid to making it easy for both beginners and experienced users. In-context help is available for all commands, and in-context menus pop-up with the right mouse button. The Windows multiple document interface allows multiple files to be edited simultaneously, with up to 2 views on each file. Text can be dragged and dropped between files.
In addition to the usual cut and paste capabilities, you can correct the most common typing errors with commands to change case, and transpose words, characters and lines. Other commands let you indent blocks of text, split or join lines, and insert whole files. Any change can be undone or redone, right back to the first one made. Visible bookmarks can be put on lines, and edit commands can be applied to lines with bookmarks.
Frequently used combinations of commands can be saved as keystroke macros, and the spelling checker has dictionaries for 10 languages.
It also has a customizable tools menu, and integral file compare and search commands, with hypertext jumps from the matched text to the corresponding line in the source file (ideal for integrating compilers).
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POX added TextPad as alternative to Apimac Notepad
Comments and Reviews
I've been using it for more than 10 years. I tried many other code editors, and keep coming back - it is easy to use, and powerful enough to handle my most demanding coding tasks. Thank you for a great tool!
Simplicity and excellent handling Regular Expressions.
All most all you can do with Linux "vi" you can do with this editor in a MS-Windows environment.
I like TextPad, but I need analogue for Linux. With functions like:
... and it's still just as relevant and useful as it was then
I'm yet to find an editor that matches the simplicity and power of TextPad's macro playback options. It's my choice for any text manipulation.
I haven't found an editor yet that handles regular expressions in such a convenient and efficient way as TextPad. I generally use Notepad++ for everything, but if I have to do regex's I need TextPad.
Macro Playback and Regular Expression are real strengths of this editor. The ability to sort regular text files, based on column and character type is a boon for log reading.