DocPad software application is a superior alternative to Notepad.
Although it fills the same role, plain text editing, it has many advantages: 10-level undo, alphabetization, block indent/unindent, bookmark, case conversion, encoding conversion, file history, jump to line, jump to offset, keyboard macros, search and replace, spell checking, statistics, variable pitch font, and much more.
DocPad also includes a built-in calculator, calendar, and character map. Used internally by Gammadyne for 4 years, DocPad is now available to the public for free.
Here are some key features of "DocPad":
· 10-level undo
· Alphabetization of paragraphs
· Block indention and unindention
· Bookmarks
· Calculator, calendar, and character map tools
· Convert various encodings including Base-64, Quoted-Printable, UTF-7, etc
· Convert to lower/upper/title/sentence case
· Cut, copy, and paste
· File association tool
· File drag & drop
· Help file
· Jump to line/character
· Keyboard macros (unlimited in size and number)
· Normalize spaces
· Print
· Recent file history
· Search and replace, including case-insensitive, whole-word, and wildcard searches
· Skinnable user interface
· Spell checking
· Statistics on characters, words, lines, and paragraphs
· Text drag & drop
· Trim trailing spaces from lines
· Variable-pitch fonts support
Requirements:
· A proessor of at least 33 Mhz
· 16 MB of RAM
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Most icons have been replaced or improved
· Added the ability to customize the order and visibility of the toolbar icons Right click on the toolbar and choose "Customize"
· Added the ability to detect if an external program has altered the currently open document If so, DocPad will inform the user and ask if the document should be reopened
· Added the "All Files Types: Open with DocPad" option to the Options menu
· Added the "Help - Options menu" option to the bottom of the Options menu
· Increased the number of changes that can be undone Previously this was always 10 Now it is 10-100, depending on how much memory is used
· Numerous interface and skin improvements
· Numerous improvements to the installer The installer and uninstaller will now automatically close any open instances of DocPad or the help file The uninstaller will now automatically disassociate any file types that were associated with DocPad
· The left and right margins are now dependent on the screen width
· Restored supp...
