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Notepad Replacement

September 27th, 2006

One useful software that comes with your Windows would be the notepad. The simplicity and light weight of notepad makes it easy to open and use when there is something to write.
However, the standard notepad has its limitations. Sometimes, we need to open multiple notepad at a time for comparison purposes. This is not possible with the standard notepad since it is a separated program.

Another limitation would be the capability of handling large text file. Try to open 20Mg text file and you will see your notepad got stuck.

If you want to find an alternative to notepad or text editor, there are a few “better” ones available on the web. A simple search on Google will give you several lists of software.

Currently I’m using EditPad Lite, a free version of EditPad Pro. It manages to solve the two problems I mentioned earlier. You may want to give it a try if you are looking for a notepad replacement.

But if you are an advance user, especially for programmers, you may want to try ConTEXT. This text editor has syntax highlighting for many programming language such as C/C++, Java, VB, Perl, Tcl/Tk, etc., and it is extensible through downloadable highlighters files. And guess what, it’s free.

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