Articles for Notepad++, Vim, Sublime Text and other Text Editors
The graphical user interface of Notepad++ is neat and clean. The text is easily readable. The default font is Courier new with a size 10. This should be perfect for many. If you want to increase the font, you can do it using the tip mentioned in this document. But sometimes, you just want to …
Plain text has different Characters, Numbers, and Special characters like CR, LF, Space, TAB, and others special characters. CR, LF, Space, and TABS are invisible by default. What if you want to see all hidden/special characters in Notepad++? Notepad++ provides a function SHow Symbol to hide and show white space, TABS, All characters, Intend Guide, …
Show/hide Hidden, Control, Special Characters in Notepad++ (Show Symbol) Read More »
Programming languages have syntax and semantics e.g in PL/SQL, it is begin exception end, If then else block. These are fixed and do not change. What if you can store these blocks in a pocket and use it with just a click of a mouse button. No need to type it again and again. Isn’t …
Notepad++ Snippets Plugin (nppsnippets) – Download, Install and Use Read More »
Visual Studio Code is an all-in-one code editor for free created by Microsoft and optimized for developing and debugging the latest cloud and web-based applications. But here the Question is; How does it compare against the most well-known editor of source code, Notepad++? The blog will guide you to the rest of the answers to …
Which is the default text editor in Windows? Is it Notepad, WordPad, TextPad, Notepad++, or any other text editor? By default, it is Notepad. Any text file (*.txt) by default opens in Notepad, right? Double-click on that file and it opens in the default editor. What if you want to open these files in a …
How to Set Notepad++ as Default Editor in Windows Read More »
Tab settings in Notepad++ allow you to change the TAB size. You can change the size at the default as well as specific language levels. Default is applicable to all the languages while language level tab settings are applicable only to that specific language. The Default Tab size in Notepad++ is 3. You can also …
Tab Settings in Notepad++ ( Convert Tabs to Spaces) Read More »
Notepad++ is one of the best source code editors. It is fast and efficient and provides all necessary editing functions built-in. It does support plugins and extensions to add additional functionality. You are going to love this text editor for features like syntax highlighting, code folding, EOL Conversion, effective search and replace functionality. Today, we …
How to change text case (lower, upper and proper) in Notepad++ Read More »
The End of Line (EOL) conversion in Notepad++ allows you to change the line termination character in a text file. Unix uses line feed (LF), Windows use both carriage return (CR) and line feed (LF), and Macintosh uses (CR) as line termination characters. Let me show you how this character looks in a normal text …
Notepad++ EOL Conversion – Change line endings (crlf to lf) Read More »
Microsoft Notepad is a basic file editor included with Windows. It is a basic editor that allows you to create/edit text (*.txt) files. In this article, I will show how you can use Notepad to create a log file that adds the current date and time each time the file is opened. Create a log …
Syntax highlighting is one of the most important features available in Notepad++ Text Editor. Very useful for Developers. During the lifetime of a code, a lot of code is added and commented on. It would be difficult to differentiate between code and comments when you open it without syntax highlighting. Here, the syntax highlighting feature …
How to Enable Syntax Highlighting in Notepad++ and Create your own Read More »
