Favourite free tool out there.
January 09, 2019
Favourite free tool out there.
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Notepad++
Software developers are using this application to edit and create code written primarily in OpenEdge ABL. Even though this language is not natively supported by Notepad++, the default syntax highlighting is functional and provides many features which are far beyond a basic text editor.
- Side by side views.
- Group operations on all open files. I have found this especially helpful with global search and replace operations and being able to review the results before saving.
- Auto-saving of temp files and of modifications to existing files. With many text editors, if you open a brand new file that you have never saved, and the application is abruptly closed without the chance to save the file, the text entered is lost. Notepad++ preserves these unsaved changes on both new and existing files.
- Rich feature list.
- Any areas where I wished a feature existed, I was able to resolve with plug-ins (xml tools, and a code compare utility).
- Negligible. There are other free/open source text editors. This is just one of the better ones.
Others in my organization use Sublime and like it. However, it must be purchased. I have not used it enough to have an opinion on which is better. Obviously, I have used Windows Notepad in a pinch, and this is so much better so it's really not even a valid comparison.