Notepad++ Source Code and Text Editor Out in Portable Version
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Notepad++ has been a very popular open source code editor and text editor for a long time. Licensed under the GPL and available for Windows, many people use it as a replacement for Windows Notepad, and as an editor to write blog posts in, where it won't introduce the same formatting problems that some word processors do (which can throw off a blog engine). In SourceForge's last Community Choice Awards, it was named Best Tool or Utility for Developers. Now, the folks at PortableApps have announced a handy new portable version of it.
The portable version of Notepad++ is only 10MB in size, so you can easily run it from a USB thumb drive at any computer, anytime. Among the features are:
 * Syntax Highlighting and Syntax Folding (C, C++, HTML, ASP, Java,    Pascal, CSS and more)
 * User Defined Syntax Highlighting
 * Auto-completion
 * Multi-Document
 * Regular Expression Search/Replace supported
 * Full Drag ‘N' Drop supported
 * Zoom in and zoom out
 * Multi-Language environment supported
 * Brace and Indent guideline Highlighting
 * Macro recording and playback
If you're unfamiliar with installing PortableApps' portable applications, you'll find instructions at the bottom of this page, and our writeup on the PortableApps suite is here. The suite is a great way to download a truckload of good open source applications all at once.
 
