Download Notepad++ 5.1 rc

The release candidate of the open source text editor Notepad++ 5.1 was released on Saturday. Notepad++ is an extensive word processor with various features that are especially useful for programmers, such as syntax highlighting for c, c++, java, html, xml and php and the possibility to edit multiple documents at the same time or even one document in two different places to maintain. In version 5.0, among other things, the startup and shutdown times have been reduced, there are call tip hints and added ‘tags match highlight’. Furthermore, it is now also possible to add items to the context menu to add. The main improvement in version 5.1 is full support for unicode. Below is the full list of changes since version 5.0.3:

Notepad++ 5.1 fixed bugs and added features (from 5.0.3):

• Make Notepad++ Unicode-compliant application (Unicode path supported).
• Fix crash issue due to the incoherent modification/creation date.
• Enhance Find in files feature : launch in thread, stop as wish.
• Fix tag match highlighting mismatched bug.
• Make tag match highlighting on non html zone optional.
• Fix cpu high consumption bug while document is cloned with smart highlighting and xml matched highlighting features activating.
• Refine the Save/Open file directory settings (follow tab/last operation/user defined dir).
• Add “Doc go to new instance” and “Doc open in new instance” features.
• Move document to another instance of Notepad++ via drag and drop document tab.
• Add new pluin notification NPPN_DOCACTIVATED and NPPN_LANGCHANGED.
• Fix context menu incorrect setting crash bug.
• Fix crash problem while typing Chinese character in ANSI CSS document under Chinese environment.
• Fix a problem with Incremental search+UTF8 in win9x.
• Fix the User defined language not working in Unicode version bug.
• Fix bug with CPP lexer keyword list.
• Fix auto-completion not getting for HTML, SQL and RC problem.
• Remove all the comic sans font (finally 🙂 ).

Included plugins (Unicode):

• TexFX v0.24a
• MIME Tools v1.5
• NppExport v0.2.8
• DocMonitor v2.2
• NppAutoIndent 1.2
• FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
• NppAutoIndent 1.2

Included plugins (ANSI):

• TexFX v0.24a
• NppExec v0.2 RC3.2
• Spell Checker v1.3.1
• MIME Tools v1.5
• FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
• NppExport v0.2.8
• Compare plugin v1.5.1
• Light Explorer v1.5
• DocMonitor v2.2
• NppAutoIndent 1.2

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