Twistpad is an advanced Windows text editor suitable for basic notepad replacement or as a fully-featured editor for software and web developers. It offers a user-friendly interface and syntax highlighting design tools.
Out of the box, Twistpad supports syntax highlighting for a wide variety of popular formats such as HTML, ASP, XML, C++, Pascal, etc. However, its real strength lies in its ability to create new highlighting schemes with ease.
When it comes to handling text, Twistpad excels with an extensive range of formatting commands that allow for seamless text editing experience. Clipboard operations are standard, while advanced features like Unicode support, Spell Checking, and Active Spell Checking add considerable value.
Twistpad is written in native Windows code, which guarantees that no system DLL's will be installed or altered. Startup time is quick, and parsing text is fast, ensuring excellent performance at all times.
Additional features that enhance the user experience include the ability to compare text files, export to Rich Text Format or HTML, and Find/Replace in Files functionality. Project Management, Auto-Complete, Auto-Replace, and Auto-Recover features add to the overall experience of using Twistpad.
A robust set of tools and compiler support, configurable Toolbar/Editor Context Menu/Shortcuts/Colors, advanced text formatting like join lines and removing empty lines, and the ability to sort text make Twistpad a one-stop-shop for all text editing needs. Overall, Twistpad is a solid contender as a versatile text editor for Windows users.
Version 3.12:
Added a new option to disable syntax highlighting on long single line documents (Preferences - Syntax)
Reorganized Indent and Tab Options
Added recent browsed folders to the Favorites button menu of the File Browser Window
Match Section Command can now also match HTML/XML Tags
Improved display of non-printing characters
Replaced the sort combo box with buttons in Workspace window
Reset Window Layout command resets window dialogs position and size as well
Added the ability to select the Escape or the Tab Key as a command shortcut
Fixed: Replacing files in UTF-8 format could result in loss of extended characters after the replace
Fixed: Some options in the Go-to dialog were not working
Fixed: Unicode encoded files would always display MAC (CR) as the line break format
Fixed: Match case option when searching with Regular expressions
Fixed: Backward search using Regular expressions
Fixed: Pressing Shift+enter would force an extra indentation on the new line
Fixed: Sometimes pressing the tab key would not insert a tab/space
Fixed: Some issues with the "Automatic" detection of tab mode
Fixed: After saving large files, Twistpad would ask to reload the file as if it was edited elsewhere
Fixed: Refreshing the file browser would lose the current selected file or folder
Fixed: Exiting full screen without any documents loaded
Fixed: Importing a non-HTML file with the "Import Text From HTML" command
Fixed: Save template command would always create the template
Fixed: Deleting old file revisions
Json Syntax is now bundled in Twistpad
Optimizations when running in portable mode
Updated Help File
Minor bug fixes