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https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4

Notepad4 (Notepad2⨯2, Notepad2++) is a light-weight Scintilla based text editor for Windows with syntax highlighting, code folding, auto-completion and API list for many programming languages and documents, bundled with file browser plugin matepath.
https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4
arm64 dark-theme editor matepath metapath noteoad2 notepad2-mod notepad4 scintilla syntax-highlighting
Last synced: 27 days ago
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Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4
Owner: zufuliu
License: other
Created: 2017-01-25T06:07:49.000Z (almost 8 years ago)
Default Branch: main
Last Pushed: 2024-08-04T10:07:45.000Z (3 months ago)
Last Synced: 2024-08-05T00:01:11.174Z (3 months ago)
Topics: arm64, dark-theme, editor, matepath, metapath, noteoad2, notepad2-mod, notepad4, scintilla, syntax-highlighting
Language: C++
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Size: 23.1 MB
Stars: 2,502
Watchers: 54
Forks: 178
Open Issues: 141
Metadata Files:
- Readme: readme.md
- License: License.txt
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README

        # Notepad4 and matepath

Notepad4 (Notepad2⨯2, Notepad2++) is a light-weight Scintilla based text editor for Windows with syntax highlighting, code folding, auto-completion and API list for many programming languages and documents, it's based on (rewritten in modern C++) Florian's [Notepad2](https://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html) and XhmikosR's [Notepad2-mod](https://xhmikosr.github.io/notepad2-mod/). matepath is a file browser plugin and based on (rewritten in modern C++) Florian's [metapath](https://www.flos-freeware.ch/archive.html).

[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-BSD%203--Clause-blue.svg)](License.txt) [![Latest release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/zufuliu/notepad4.svg)](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/releases) [![Downloads](https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/zufuliu/notepad4/total.svg)](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/releases)

## Binaries

Latest development builds (artifacts in Release configuration for each compiler and platform) are available on [GitHub Actions](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/actions) and [AppVeyor](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/zufuliu/notepad4). Or you can build from source, see [Wiki](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/wiki/Build-Notepad4).

| GitHub Actions (MSVC, Clang, GCC) | AppVeyor (MSVC, Clang) |

| --------------- | -------- |

| [![Build status](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/workflows/CI/badge.svg)](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/actions) | [![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/github/zufuliu/notepad4?branch=main&svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/zufuliu/notepad4) |

## [Screenshots](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/wiki/Screenshots)

![v24.07 HD](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/zufuliu/notepad4/screenshots/v24.07HD.png)

## Changes compared to [Notepad2](https://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html) or [Notepad2-mod](https://xhmikosr.github.io/notepad2-mod/):

* Support for bookmarks

* Option to mark all occurrences of a word or selection, and show matched count

* [Enhanced auto-completion for words and functions](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/wiki/Auto-Completion-in-Notepad4)

* [Context-based auto-completion for some words](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/wiki/Auto-Completion-in-Notepad4#context-based-auto-completion)

* [Enhanced auto indentation](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/wiki/Auto-Completion-in-Notepad4#auto-indent-text)

* [Auto completion for braces, brackets and quotes](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/wiki/Auto-Completion-in-Notepad4#auto-insert-text)

* [Color preview via CallTip and click CallTip to open color dialog](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/wiki/CallTip)

* Support Base64 encoding and decoding

* Syntax highlighting, code folding and API list for (see built-in [file extension list](doc/FileExt.txt)):

	* Plain Text

	* [ABAQUS](tools/lang/ABAQUS.inp)

	* [ActionScript](tools/lang/ActionScript.as) for ActionScript 3 and 4.

	* Android Smali, [Screenshots](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/wiki/Screenshots#android-smali)

		* [javap](https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/17/docs/specs/man/javap.html)

		* [Jasmin](https://jasmin.sourceforge.net/)

	* ANSI Art

	* [ANSYS](tools/lang/APDL.cdb) Parametric Design Language

	* Assembler, [Screenshots](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/wiki/Screenshots#assembler)

		* MASM

		* GNU Assembler

		* [NASM](https://nasm.us/)

	* [Asymptote Vector Graphics Language](tools/lang/Asymptote.asy), up to Asymptote 2.70.

	* [AutoHotkey_L](tools/lang/AutoHotkey_L.ahk) and [AutoHotkey_H](tools/lang/AutoHotkey_H.ahk) Script, up to v2.

	* [AutoIt3](tools/lang/AutoIt3.au3) Script, up to 3.3.16.

	* [AviSynth Script](tools/lang/AviSynth.avs), up to AviSynth 2.6, AviSynth+ 3.6, GScript 1.1.

	* [AWK](tools/lang/Awk.awk), up to GNU AWK 5.3.

	* [Batch Script](tools/lang/Batch.bat), [Screenshots](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/wiki/Screenshots#batch)

	* [blockdiag](tools/lang/blockdiag.diag), seqdiag, actdiag and nwdiag

	* [C#](tools/lang/CSharp.cs), up to C# 12.0. [Screenshots](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/wiki/Screenshots#c)

		* [Vala](https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala) 0.54

	* C/C++, [Screenshots](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/wiki/Screenshots#cc)

		* Objective-C/C++, [Screenshots](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/wiki/Screenshots#objective-cc)

		* [C Standard Library](tools/lang/C.c), up to C2x.

		* [C++ STL](tools/lang/CPP.cpp), up to C++20.

	* [Cangjie (仓颉)](tools/lang/Cangjie.cj), up to June 2024.

	* [CSS Style Sheet](tools/lang/CSS.css), up to September 2024.

		* [SCSS Style Sheet](tools/lang/SCSS.scss), up to Dart Sass 1.50.

		* [Less Style Sheet](tools/lang/Less.less), up to Less 4.1.

		* [HSS Style Sheet](tools/lang/HSS.hss)

	* [CMake](tools/lang/CMake.cmake), up to CMake 3.29. [Screenshots](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/wiki/Screenshots#cmake)

	* [CoffeeScript](tools/lang/CoffeeScript.coffee), CoffeeScript 2.7.

	* Common Intermediate Language

	* Configuration / Properties File

		* Apache Configuration File

	* [CSV File](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4180)

	* [D](tools/lang/D.d), up to D language 2.0.

	* [Dart](tools/lang/Dart.dart), up to Dart 3.4.

	* Diff/Patch File

	* [F#](tools/lang/FSharp.fs), up to F# 8.0.

	* [Fortran](tools/lang/Fortran.f), up to Fortran 2023.

	* [GN Build](tools/lang/GN.gn), up to GN 2019-03-13.

	* [Go](tools/lang/Go.go), up to Go 1.21.

		* [Go+ (GoPlus)](https://goplus.org/) and the Q language

	* [Gradle](tools/lang/Gradle.gradle), up to Gradle 8.3, [Screenshots](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/wiki/Screenshots#gradle)

	* [GraphViz Dot](tools/lang/GraphViz.dot), up to GraphViz 2.49, [Screenshots](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/wiki/Screenshots#graphviz)

	* [Groovy](tools/lang/Groovy.groovy), up to Groovy 5.0.

	* [Haskell](tools/lang/Haskell.hs), up to GHC 9.6.

	* [Haxe](tools/lang/Haxe.hx), up to Haxe 4.3.

	* [HTML](tools/lang/html.html), up to [WHATWG](https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/) September 2024. [Screenshots](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/wiki/Screenshots#html)

		* ASP

		* ASP.NET

		* JSP

		* PHP

	* INI Configuration File

	* [Inno Setup](tools/lang/InnoSetup.iss), up to Inno Setup 6.2.

	* [Boost Jam](tools/lang/Jamfile.jam), up to Jam 4.4.

	* [Java](tools/lang/Java.java), up to Java 22. [Screenshots](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/wiki/Screenshots#java)

		* [BeanShell](https://github.com/beanshell/beanshell)

	* [JavaScript](tools/lang/JavaScript.js), up to ECMAScript 2024 with [JSX](https://facebook.github.io/jsx/) and [Web APIs](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API).

	* [JSON](https://www.json.org) and [JSON5](https://json5.org/) Document

	* [Julia Script](tools/lang/Julia.jl), up to Julia 1.9. [Screenshots](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/wiki/Screenshots#julia)

	* [Kotlin](tools/lang/Kotlin.kt), up to Kotlin 2.0.

	* LaTeX

	* Lisp Script (Common Lisp, Clojure, Scheme, etc.)

	* [LLVM IR](tools/lang/LLVM.ll), up to LLVM 16.

	* [Lua Script](tools/lang/Lua.lua), up to Lua 5.4.

	* Makefile, [Screenshots](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/wiki/Screenshots#makefile)

		* nmake

		* gmake

		* Borland bmake

		* qmake

		* ninja

	* Markdown, up to [CommonMark](https://spec.commonmark.org/) 0.31, with following extensions:

		* [GitHub Flavored Markdown](https://github.github.com/gfm/)

		* [GitLab Flavored Markdown](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/markdown.html)

		* [Pandoc’s Markdown](https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#pandocs-markdown)

	* [Mathematica](tools/lang/Mathematica.nb) and [WolframScript](https://www.wolfram.com/wolframscript/)

	* MATLAB, [Screenshots](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/wiki/Screenshots#matlab-octave)

		* Octave

		* Scilab

		* Gnuplot

	* [Nim Script](tools/lang/Nim.nim), up to Nim 2.0.

	* [Nullsoft Scriptable Install System](tools/lang/NSIS.nsi), up to NSIS 3.09.

	* [OCaml](tools/lang/OCaml.ml), up to OCaml 5.0.

	* Pascal, Delphi

	* [Perl](tools/lang/Perl.pl), up to Perl 5.36. [Screenshots](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/wiki/Screenshots#perl)

	* [PowerShell](tools/lang/PowerShell.ps1), up to PowerShell 7.2.

	* [Python](tools/lang/Python.py), up to Python 3.12. [Screenshots](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/wiki/Screenshots#python)

	* [PHP Script](tools/lang/PHP.php), up to PHP 8.3. [Screenshots](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/wiki/Screenshots#php)

	* Windows Rescouce Script

	* [R](tools/lang/R.r), up to R 4.2.

	* [REBOL](tools/lang/Rebol.r) 3 and [Red](tools/lang/Red.red)

	* [Ruby](tools/lang/Ruby.rb), up to Ruby 3.3. [Screenshots](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/wiki/Screenshots#ruby)

	* [Rust](tools/lang/Rust.rs), up to Rust 1.38. [Screenshots](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/wiki/Screenshots#rust)

	* [SAS](tools/lang/SAS.sas), up to SAS Viya 2024.06.

	* [Scala](tools/lang/Scala.scala), up to Scala 3.2.

	* Shell Script

		* [Bash](tools/lang/Bash.sh) likes (sh, bash, dash, ash, zsh, ksh), up to Bash 5.2. [Screenshots](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/wiki/Screenshots#shell-script)

		* [C Shell](tools/lang/CShell.csh) (csh, tcsh), up to tcsh 6.24.

		* [M4 Macro](https://www.gnu.org/software/m4/) and [Autoconf](https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/)

	* SQL Query

		* [SQL Standard](tools/lang/SQL.sql), up to SQL:2016.

		* [MySQL](tools/lang/MySQL.sql), up to MySQL 8.0, MariaDB 10.9.

		* [SQLite3](tools/lang/SQLite3.sql), up to 3.44.

		* [PostgreSQL](tools/lang/PostgreSQL.sql), PostgreSQL 14.

		* [Transact-SQL](tools/lang/Transact-SQL.sql), SQL Server 2019.

		* [Oracle](tools/lang/Oracle.sql), Oracle 20, incomplete.

	* [Swift](tools/lang/Swift.swift), up to Swift 5.10.

	* TCL, [Screenshots](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/wiki/Screenshots#tcl)

	* [Texinfo](tools/lang/Texinfo.texi), up to Texinfo 7.1.

	* [TOML File](https://toml.io/)

	* [TypeScript](tools/lang/TypeScript.ts), up to TypeScript 5.4.

	* Visual Basic, VB6, VB.NET

	* VBScript

	* [VHDL](tools/lang/VHDL.vhdl), up to VHDL 2019.

	* Verilog HDL, up to [Verilog](tools/lang/Verilog.v) 2005 and [SystemVerilog](tools/lang/SystemVerilog.sv) 2017.

	* [Vim Script](tools/lang/Vim.vim)

	* [WebAssembly](https://github.com/WebAssembly/wabt/blob/main/src/lexer-keywords.txt), up to wabt 1.0.

	* [WinHex Script](tools/lang/WinHex.whs) and template, up to WinHex 20.9.

	* XML Document, [Screenshots](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/wiki/Screenshots#xml)

		* XML Schema

		* XML Stylesheet

		* SGML and DTD

		* Apple Property List

	* [YAML Document](https://yaml.org/)

	* [Zig](tools/lang/Zig.zig), up to Zig 0.13.

	* Many Others

* Toggle fold for specific level, shortcuts: Alt+Number

* Toggle fold for current block without scrolling back to the block start line, shortcut: Alt+C, or context menu "Toggle Fold"

* Improved support for Chinese, Japanese and Korean: inline mode IME, word wrapping, word selection, case conversions, etc.

* Insert new GUID and current timestamps

* Number conversion between decimal, hexadecimal, octal and binary

* Display caret location and length of selected text in count of characters

* Improved regex support with [Boost regex library](https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/release/libs/regex/doc/html/boost_regex/syntax/perl_syntax.html)

* Improved support for NFO ANSI art

* Support various [Windows system integration](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/wiki/System-Integration)

* Support high DPI display with HD version

* Support rendering using Direct2D DirectWrite, and switch between GDI and Direct2D

* Support font ligature with font like [FiraCode](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode) in Direct2D mode

* Support color font (Windows 8.1 and above) in Direct2D mode, useful to display color [Emoji](https://unicode.org/emoji/charts/full-emoji-list.html) 😊 and others

* Experimental support for RTL layout (GDI) and bidirectional (Direct2D), useful for Arabic and Hebrew

* Support using fractional font size

* Support full screen mode

* Support compress & pretty for CSS, JavaScript, JSON and JSON5

* Support copy as RTF

* Support text transliteration

* Support drag and drop file from Visual Studio, Android Studio, IntelliJ IDEA, etc.

* Other various major or minor changes and tweaks

## Supported Operating Systems:

* Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10 and 11, both 32-bit and 64-bit

* Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2019 and 2022, both 32-bit and 64-bit

* Windows 10 on ARM64, Windows 8/8.1 on ARM32 (Windows RT)

* Unix-like Operating Systems (Linux, macOS, BSD, etc.) using [Wine](https://www.winehq.org/)

* [ReactOS](https://www.reactos.org/)

## Contributors:

* [XhmikosR](https://xhmikosr.github.io/notepad2-mod/)

* [Kai Liu](https://code.kliu.org/misc/notepad2/)

* [RL Vision](https://www.rlvision.com/notepad2/about.asp)

* Aleksandar Lekov

* Bruno Barbieri

* Homam

* Everyone else on [GitHub](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/graphs/contributors) and on Notepad2-mod's [Contributor List](https://github.com/XhmikosR/notepad2-mod/graphs/contributors)

## More information:

* [Florian's Notepad2 website](https://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html)

* [XhmikosR's Notepad2-mod website](https://xhmikosr.github.io/notepad2-mod/)

* [Scintilla's website](https://www.scintilla.org/)

* [Build Notepad4 and matepath](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/wiki/Build-Notepad4)

* [Localization](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/wiki/Localization)

	* [Deutsch](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/tree/main/locale/de) by [@xelsios](https://github.com/xelsios)

	* [French](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/tree/main/locale/fr) by [@VoilierBleu](https://github.com/VoilierBleu)

	* [Italiano](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/tree/main/locale/it) by [@Matteo-Nigro](https://github.com/Matteo-Nigro)

	* [日本語](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/tree/main/locale/ja) by [@maboroshin](https://github.com/maboroshin)

	* [中文 (繁體)](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/tree/main/locale/zh-Hant)

	* [中文 (简体)](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/tree/main/locale/zh-Hans)

	* [한국어](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/tree/main/locale/ko) by [@VenusGirl](https://github.com/VenusGirl)

	* [한국어](https://teus.me/Notepad4) by [@bluenlive](https://github.com/bluenlive)

* [Notepad4 Wiki](https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4/wiki)