Notepad++

Notepad++ is presented as a free code editor and Notepad replacement that supports multiple languages. The text says that it was written in C++, uses the Win32 API and STL, and that this contributes to greater speed and a smaller program size.

Reading notes

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• The project started in September 2003 with Don Ho, then a computer science student at Université Paris Diderot.
• The application was built for Microsoft Windows.
• The author considered, but discarded, porting the program to Mac OS X and Unix with wxWidgets.
• The first version was released on SourceForge on 25 November 2003, as a Windows-only application.
• The editor is described as simple for those who want something straightforward, but it also offers syntax highlighting, tabs for multiple documents, and support for dozens of programming languages.