Notepad++ 5.9 is now available for download . A free lightweight and handy open source code editor which has way much better functions and designed than windows notepad . Based on the powerful editing component Scintilla, Notepad++ is written in C++ and uses pure Win32 API and STL which ensures a higher execution speed and smaller program size. By optimizing as many routines as possible without losing user friendliness, Notepad++ 5.9 is trying to reduce the world carbon dioxide emissions. When using less CPU power, the PC can throttle down and reduce power consumption, resulting in a greener environment .

Notepad++ 5.9

Notepad++ 5.9 Features :

• Binary Translations
  From Binary Translations page you could get the language you need.
  Please refer to translate binary howto if you want to get more information.
• Plugins
  From the v3.1, Notepad++ has the extension capacity – the plugin system.
• User Defined Language files
  For some reasons that some languages are not supported by Notepad++, User Language Define System can help you out in this case. This system allows user to define his own language : not only the syntax highlighting keywords definition, but also the syntax folding keywords definition, comment keywords definition and the operators definition.
• Bookmark
  User can just click on the bookmark margin (located right side of line number margin) or type Ctrl+F2 to toggle a book mark. To reach the bookmark, type just F2 (Next bookmark) or Shift+F2 (Previous bookmark). To clear all bookmarks, click the Menu Search->Clear All bookmarks.