Notepad3

Without denying that you might as well write your code in Notepad, sometimes small tools such as a text editor can considerably work environment and improve your productivity at the same time.

Notepad3 is a lightweight piece of software that overcomes some of the well-known limitations of Windows standard text editor while providing syntax highlighting support.

While the installation is quick and straightforward, it is worth noting that you are able to specify if you prefer additional shortcuts or if you want to replace Windows Notepad with the application. In case you are sharing your computer with other users, then you can make the desired modifications just for your profile.

The program comes with an intuitive and well-structured interface that is unlikely to give you any troubles. In fact, you can type in anything from simple notes to more complex codes that feature special characters just as easily.

Since the idea behind the utility is to overcome the limitations of notepad, you will be happy to learn that you do not have limitations regarding the special characters that you want to add to your content. Moreover, you should know that you can perform various character conversions between UTF-16, UTF-8 and ASCII formats without too much hassle.

A further noteworthy feature of the application is that it comes with syntax highlighting for a plethora of programming languages, including, but not limited to LaTeX, Ruby, Perl, AviSymth, CMake, Inno Setup, NSIS, so on and so forth. It enables you to use features that Notepad could use, such as bookmarks, word auto-completion, auto indentation, bracket matching and code folding, just to name a few.

In the eventuality that you not completely satisfied with Notepad, but would not prefer working on a more complex tool at the same time, then perhaps Notepad3 could lend you a hand.