Download Notepad++ 5.0 beta 1

The first beta release of version 5.0 of the open source text editor Notepad++ was released on Sunday. Notepad++ is an extensive word processor with various features that are particularly useful for programmers, such as syntax highlighting for C, C++, Java, HTML, XML and PHP, among others. Furthermore, the program offers the possibility to edit several documents at the same time, or even maintain one document in two different places. Below are the changes and improvements that have been made compared to version 4.9.2:

Notepad++ v5 Beta fixed bugs and added features (from v4.9.2):

• Improve Notepad++ performance – on startup and on exit.
• Add Call tip capacity.
• All the menu commands can be added in context menu, including plugins’ commands, macros and user defined commands.
• Add bookmarked lines operations : delete all marked lines, copy all marked lines into clipboard, cut all marked lines into clipboard, paste from clipboard to replace all marked lines content.
• Fix crash bug : Open files with date pre-1970.
• Fix clone mode bug : now the actions done in one view will be synchronized in the cloned view.
• Add tooltips in document tab to display the full file name path.
• Change hide lines behavior : Hide lines now saved during switches.
• Change file history list behavior : Most recently closed file is on the top. Add number on list.
• Caret width and blink rate are customizable.
• Add asterisk in title bar if file is dirty.
• The bookmarks’ look & feel are improved.
• Add “Select all” and “copy” context menu items in Find in files results window.
• Fix goto line with command line bug.
• Improve smart highlight / mark all / incremental search highlight all visibility
• Tabbar’s colors are configurable via Stylers Configurator(Active tab Text, Inactive tab text, Inactive tab background, Active tab focused indicator and Active tab unfocused indicator).
• Add the smart highlight file size limit – 1.5 MB in order to improve the performance.
• Add exception handling (dumping filedata).
• Fix go to line command line bug.
• Enhance Find in files and Find in all opened files features’ performance.
• Fix dialog off screen problem under multi-monitor environment.

Included plug-ins :

• TexFX v0.24a
• NppExec v0.2 RC3.2
• Spell Checker v1.3.1
• MIME Tools v1.4
• FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
• NppExport v0.2.7.3
• Compare plugin v1.5.1
• LightExplorer v1.5
• DocMonitor v2.1

[break][break] Notepad++ screenshot, click on the image for a larger version.