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Package ID
notepad4
Version
26.10.6392
Downloads
4390
Website
https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4

Summary

Notepad4 (Notepad2x2, Notepad2++) is a light-weight Scintilla based text editor for Windows with syntax highlighting, code folding, auto-completion and API list for many programming languages and documents, bundled with file browser plugin matepath.

Description

Notepad4 (Notepad2x2, Notepad2) is a light-weight Scintilla based text editor for Windows with syntax highlighting, code folding, auto-completion and API list for many programming languages and documents, it’s based on (rewritten in modern C) Florian’s Notepad2 and XhmikosR’s Notepad2-mod. matepath is a file browser plugin and based on (rewritten in modern C++) Florian’s metapath.

Changes compared to Notepad2 or Notepad2-mod:

  • Support for bookmarks
  • Option to mark all occurrences of a word or selection, and show matched count
  • Enhanced auto-completion for words and functions
  • Context-based auto-completion for some words
  • Enhanced auto indentation
  • Auto completion for braces, brackets and quotes
  • Color preview via CallTip and click CallTip to open color dialog
  • Support Base64 encoding and decoding
  • Syntax highlighting, code folding and API list for (see built-in file extension list)
  • Toggle fold for specific level, shortcuts: Alt+Number
  • Toggle fold for current block without scrolling back to the block start line, shortcut: Alt+C, or context menu “Toggle Fold”
  • Improved support for Chinese, Japanese and Korean: inline mode IME, word wrapping, word selection, case conversions, etc.
  • Insert new GUID and current timestamps
  • Number conversion between decimal, hexadecimal, octal and binary
  • Display caret location and length of selected text in count of characters
  • Improved support for NFO ANSI art
  • Support various Windows system integration
  • Support high DPI display with HD version
  • Support rendering using Direct2D DirectWrite, and switch between GDI and Direct2D
  • Support font ligature with font like FiraCode in Direct2D mode
  • Support color font (Windows 8.1 and above) in Direct2D mode, useful to display color Emoji 😊 and others
  • Experimental support for RTL layout (GDI) and bidirectional (Direct2D), useful for Arabic and Hebrew
  • Support using fractional font size
  • Support full screen mode
  • Support compress & pretty for CSS, JavaScript, JSON and JSON5
  • Support copy as RTF
  • Support text transliteration
  • Support drag and drop file from Visual Studio, Android Studio, IntelliJ IDEA, etc.
  • Other various major or minor changes and tweaks

Options

By default, this package will install the multi-language build of Notepad4 best suited for your processor (Win32, x64, ARM, ARM64 and AVX2 available). Other options can be requested as follows:

Single-language

Use the \Language: parameter with:

  • de – Deutsch
  • en – English
  • fr – Francais
  • hans – 中文 (简体)
  • hant – 中文 (繁體)
  • it – Italiano
  • ja – 日本語
  • ko – 한국어
  • ru – Русский
Low-resolution

64-bit capable machines will get a build with high-definition images. If you would prefer a low-resolution install, use the \LowRes parameter.

Example to download and install the Simplified-Chinese-only, Low-Resolution build:
choco install notepad4 --params="'/Language:hans /LowRes'"

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