TextPad
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| developer | Helios Software Solutions |
| Current version | 8.2.0 (May 26, 2019, German) |
| operating system | Windows |
| category | Text editor |
| License | proprietary |
| German speaking | Yes |
| www.textpad.com | |
TextPad is a commercial text editor for Windows - operating systems . It is used to create simple text files and to write program code and HTML files.
Details
TextPad offers, among other things, the following functions compared to the Notepad editor supplied with Windows :
- Find and replace , also with regular expressions and in all open documents
- Search in files
- Compare similar text files
- Editing of column blocks
- Creating simple macros for recurring actions
- Text modules that can also be expanded or redefined
- Syntax highlighting for various languages; the scope of syntax can be expanded and additional languages can be added.
- Clipboard history in which all texts that were on the Windows clipboard are saved and can be pasted into the open text window by clicking on them. The clipboard history can be found on the selection list of the text modules, so it is technically a dynamically generated list of text modules.
- Integration of external programs such as Java compilers, code formatters, web browsers
- All available commands with user-defined shortcuts are called
For programs that specifically call Notepad.exe, there is a two kilobyte Notepad.exe replacement that forwards all requests to TextPad. So it is possible to use TextPad as the default editor.
Web links
- TextPad - manufacturer website (English)