DocPad is a plain text editor with many advantages over Notepad: block indent / unindent, bookmarking, customizable toolbar, file history, keyboard macros, print preview, wildcard search and replace, spell checking, statistics, and much more.
Version: 28.0DocPad is a free alternative to Notepad.
License: Free
Operating System: Windows
Homepage: www.gammadyne.com
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Although it fills the same role, plain text editing, it offers an arsenal of time-saving tools: block indent / unindent, bookmarking, case conversion, customizable toolbar, encoding conversion, file history, jump to line / offset, keyboard macros, print preview, search and replace, skinnable interface, spell checking, statistics, variable pitch font, and much more. It also includes a built-in calculator, calendar, and character map.
DocPad is pure freeware, does not display advertisements, and does not install third party apps.
What's New
Version 28.0: Added an Auto-Save feature.
Version 27.0: Added an option to automatically reopen all documents from the last session.
Version 26.0: The tab bar now has a Close button on each tab.
Version 25.0: Added the ability to rearrange tabs. Redesigned the Preferences window.
Version 24.0: Numerous minor improvements.
Version 23.0: DocPad now has a Tabbed Document Interface that allows the user to open multiple files for editing.
Version 22.0: The block selection (Alt+Drag) is now compatible with most editbox tools.
Version 21.0: Improved support for editing files in a different code page.
Version 20.0: The Search and Replace tool now supports regular expressions.
Version 19.0: Added the 'Welcome Panel'.