Download Notepad++ 4.2

Yesterday version 4.2 of the open source text editor Notepad++ was released. This comprehensive text editor has several features that are particularly useful for programmers, such as syntax highlighting (for C, C++, Java, HTML, XML and PHP, among others) and the ability to edit multiple documents simultaneously or even one document on two different places. In this release, among other things, the ability to edit columns has been added and files can be automatically backed up. The full changelog of this release looks like this:

Version 4.2 fixed bugs and added features:

• Fix the dockable dialog drag and drop problem under vista.
• Add Column mode edition feature (Menu “Edit->Column Editor…”).
• Fixed “To UPPER/lower case” bug in column mode.
• Fix the display bug in User language define dialog.
• Add new feature which backups files in a user specific directory.
• Fix TeX syntax highlighting corruption problem while switching off then switching back to current document.
• Fix User Define Language extension recognition problem for sensitive case (now it’s insensitive).
• Add a menu entry to access to notepad++ plugins project page.
• Enhance file open dialog (add all supported extensions in the filters list).
• Fix bug of Run macro until EOF.

Plugins included in version 4.2:

• TexFX v0.24a
• Function list v1.2
• ConvertExt v1.1
• NppExec v0.2 beta 4
• Spell Checker v1.1
• Quick text v0.02
• Explorer v1.4
• Hex editor v0.84

[break]The following downloads are available:
Notepad++ 4.2 (zip)
Notepad++ 4.2 (installer)
Notepad++ 4.2 (source code)[break] Click on the image for a larger version.