{"id":83,"date":"2023-11-28T00:04:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T00:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serverhost.com\/blog\/celebrating-20-years-of-notepad-with-a-brand-new-release\/"},"modified":"2024-12-09T06:35:37","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T06:35:37","slug":"celebrating-20-years-of-notepad-with-a-brand-new-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serverhost.com\/blog\/celebrating-20-years-of-notepad-with-a-brand-new-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating 20 Years of Notepad++ with a Brand-New Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>The open-source text editor Notepad++ is marking its 20th anniversary with a new release packed with exciting new features.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>The 238th release since 2003, titled Notepad++ 8.6, introduces additions to its robust feature set with an enhanced multi-edit feature, specifically for its Windows-based code tool.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>While I&#8217;m not a developer myself, with my coding experience being limited to a bit of basic PHP for specific sites occasionally, the utility of this feature might elude me. It&#8217;s also hard for me to compare this feature to the ones available in previous versions of the app.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Some third-party plugins for Notepad++ have offered similar features for a while now. One such example is <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/dail8859\/BetterMultiSelection\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BetterMultiSelection<\/a>. The inclusion of this feature in the native app was spurred by a <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/notepad-plus-plus\/notepad-plus-plus\/issues\/14266\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">bug report<\/a> requesting functionality to &#8220;transform the column mode to multi-caret on HOME\/END\/Arrow keys&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Here\u2019s an animated GIF of Notepad++ multi-edit in action:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/149366088.v2.pressablecdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/multiedit.gif\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Link to GIF<\/a><\/p>\n<p><p>Multi-edit in Notepad++ 8.6 in action<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Notepad++ 8.6 is also able to \u2018remember inaccessible files across the sessions, by using empty &amp; read-only documents as placeholders\u2019. To enable, head to <em>Preferences &gt; Backup<\/em> and enabled the <em>\u2018Remember inaccessible files from past session\u2019<\/em> option.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>These and other changes in Notepad++ 8.6:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Multi-edit<\/li>\n<li>Session inaccessible files now remembered<\/li>\n<li>Customise multi-select background &amp; caret colours<\/li>\n<li>Scintilla &amp; Lexilla updated to v5.3.8<\/li>\n<li>3 line operation (delete, copy &amp; cut) shortcuts<\/li>\n<li>Find\/Replace shows extra info in status bar to avoid PEBKAC<\/li>\n<li>Misc bug &amp; crash fixes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><p>Notepad++ is a free and open-source software that has been specifically developed for Windows. It is available for download as either a standard installer or a portable version.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/notepad-plus-plus.org\/downloads\/v8.6\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Download it from the software&#8217;s official website<\/a> or from GitHub.<\/p>\n<p><p>Although it was designed to be used on Windows, don&#8217;t be fooled: you can also use Notepad++ on Linux!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>You can simply <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omgubuntu.co.uk\/install-notepad-editor-ubuntu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">install Notepad++ on Ubuntu<\/a> directly from the Ubuntu Software\/App Center (since it&#8217;s available on the Snap Store). Alternatively, you can run the Windows version using WINE\/CrossOver, or if you have the skills, you can manually build it from the source code.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The open-source text editor Notepad++ is marking its 20th anniversary with a new release packed with exciting new features. The 238th release since 2003, titled Notepad++ 8.6, introduces additions to its robust feature set with an enhanced multi-edit feature, specifically for its Windows-based code tool. 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