Notepad is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Running in the MS Windows environment, its use is governed by GPL Licence. Based on a 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 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. Syntax Highlighting and Syntax Folding.
WYSIWYG. User Defined Syntax Highlighting. Auto-completion. Multi-Document.
Multi-View. Regular Expression Search/Replace supported.
What is the closest thing to Windows notepad on the Mac? [closed] Ask Question 41. What is the closest thing to Windows notepad on the Mac? I'm using Leopard. Macos software-rec text-editing. That works out-of-the-box just like notepad, plus you can activate (if you wish) more and more functions. Notepad allows to do only basic coding, but with Komodo edit, you can code languages like C++, and even Python an Mac. So, we can say it is a step ahead from Notepad ++ for Mac. It is mostly used by professional coders but if you are a starter, you can use the light version for coding.
Full Drag 'N' Drop supported. Dynamic position of Views. File Status Auto-detection. Zoom in and zoom out. Multi-Language environment supported. Bookmark.
Brace and Indent guideline Highlighting. Macro recording and playback.